Here's why I think Tesla will have a Roadster out by 2019 or 2020 at the latest.
If they don't, then we sports car people will buy something besides a Tesla, which is not what I want to do. But, I want a sports car to drive and I don't like gasoline engines anymore, not after my Ludicrous Model S, which I love. (I kind of like the current Roadster, even though I don't really like the looks of an Elise at all - too small and buggy looking. Also, I don't work on cars. It's just not my thing to turn wrenches. I am not good at this and don't have the time or tools or place. I always wound up with more parts than I started with when I put something back together. I guess if I got a Roadster I'd have to move in with an a combination electrician/mechanic's family or something like that -know what I mean? And when I read on this forum that the tech's at Tesla didn't know such and such about a Roadster, then I figured well what am I supposed to do when I don't even want to change a fuse - except I guess they don't even have those anymore, right? I just don't want something where I have to figure how everything works and get down and clean out leaves from an air duct, or try to figure out whey my red light is on when it should be my white light. When I was a kid and my dad worked on our old Ford T-Bird I was the kid holding something, like the brake pedal inside the car, and I held that thing man forever, cause I didn't want anybody dying cause of me. Then, like hours later they would all laugh at me - hey, are you still pressing down on that brake? Yeah, cause the last time I let up everybody screamed at me that Dad was under the car and you almost killed him by letting the car rock back off the jack stands or something.)
So, if Porsche or BMW or some other company comes out with a really fast and good looking sports car and Tesla is building heavy duty trucks or mass transit compact cars that look humbler than a billy goat, I will have no other choice if I want a sports car than to jump ship, which again I would hate to do cause I love Tesla the company, Musk, and all that, even drink the Kool Aid to be a part of the gang here. But, I'd keep my Model S and move up to a Porsche Mission E or a BMW i8 if it is all-electric, I don't know, but I am so disappointed right now I am downright desperate for something sportier than a four door all the time. Musk needs to tell us more about his Roadster plans. Why not?