I was hoping this was the one place I'd never feel compelled to post, but alas, the very first day I got my Tesla I already had an event worthy of this thread. Now I have two more, so I've got to post here.
Here's something never to do with your Roadster. Within seconds of parking it in my garage for the first time, I took out the manual and set it on top of a piece of cardboard on the roof of my Tesla to open it and examine each of the little books inside, certain it was safe. It's metal. What were they thinking making it out of slippery metal, with knife-sharp edges? I slammed the door on the driver's side and the metal book slid off the cardboard, across the roof (scratching the paint) and landed (corner down) on the passenger door sill, scraping away some protective film, then hit the concrete and formed a needle-sharp burr. I took a file to all of the corners and edges to eliminate the knife-sharpness immediately after cursing for a few minutes.
Next thing not to do. I opened the box containing the mobile connector and slipped it's manual in with the rest of the manuals (which look identical and have the same exact form factor) and put it away under the passenger seat. It was a little tough getting it in there... hmm, I thought, this seems different now. Then I tried to get it out. 10 minutes later, having wiggled it back and forth each way until my fingers were raw, I managed to wrestle it free. I explained the problem to my sales guy and his response? "We recommend that you take out the Tesla manuals from that little pocket and put your car registration and insurance information in there." What? Tesla actually recommends NOT bringing your manuals along? I wish I didn't find myself shaking my head so much with regard to this car. I love it so much, but there's just a certain amount of madness involved in its design. I felt under the passenger seat and there's plenty of room to make the box that holds the manual a little bigger so it can hold more stuff inside. If it was designed just a little differently, it would expand with the manual to maintain a firm but gentle grip. My two cents. Maybe I'm just a complainer?
Third thing not to do with a Tesla. When I first got the car I hadn't read the manuals completely and was trying to close my trunk by slamming it. Hah. I felt like such a fool when I read that you're supposed to close it by pressing down with increasing pressure on each side until it clicks. Duh! So tonight I'm pressing down with increasing pressure when I realize I'm in excruciating pain and I've got the tip of one finger trapped just inside the edge of the trunk and it's about to click. Gahh! I let up just in time. Still giving me the willies. Moral of the story? Keep my fingers aimed out flat when closing the trunk... don't be tempted to grip it!
Here's something never to do with your Roadster. Within seconds of parking it in my garage for the first time, I took out the manual and set it on top of a piece of cardboard on the roof of my Tesla to open it and examine each of the little books inside, certain it was safe. It's metal. What were they thinking making it out of slippery metal, with knife-sharp edges? I slammed the door on the driver's side and the metal book slid off the cardboard, across the roof (scratching the paint) and landed (corner down) on the passenger door sill, scraping away some protective film, then hit the concrete and formed a needle-sharp burr. I took a file to all of the corners and edges to eliminate the knife-sharpness immediately after cursing for a few minutes.
Next thing not to do. I opened the box containing the mobile connector and slipped it's manual in with the rest of the manuals (which look identical and have the same exact form factor) and put it away under the passenger seat. It was a little tough getting it in there... hmm, I thought, this seems different now. Then I tried to get it out. 10 minutes later, having wiggled it back and forth each way until my fingers were raw, I managed to wrestle it free. I explained the problem to my sales guy and his response? "We recommend that you take out the Tesla manuals from that little pocket and put your car registration and insurance information in there." What? Tesla actually recommends NOT bringing your manuals along? I wish I didn't find myself shaking my head so much with regard to this car. I love it so much, but there's just a certain amount of madness involved in its design. I felt under the passenger seat and there's plenty of room to make the box that holds the manual a little bigger so it can hold more stuff inside. If it was designed just a little differently, it would expand with the manual to maintain a firm but gentle grip. My two cents. Maybe I'm just a complainer?
Third thing not to do with a Tesla. When I first got the car I hadn't read the manuals completely and was trying to close my trunk by slamming it. Hah. I felt like such a fool when I read that you're supposed to close it by pressing down with increasing pressure on each side until it clicks. Duh! So tonight I'm pressing down with increasing pressure when I realize I'm in excruciating pain and I've got the tip of one finger trapped just inside the edge of the trunk and it's about to click. Gahh! I let up just in time. Still giving me the willies. Moral of the story? Keep my fingers aimed out flat when closing the trunk... don't be tempted to grip it!
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