Things not to do with a Roadster.

[Dragon]

Last week I was in a parking lot with an exit you have to approach at an angle. It needed every cm of my 190cm height and lot of stretching to get the ticket in for opening the barrier.

 

[vfx]

Don't try and get mail from my mailbox.

 

[TEG]

Don't plug power inverters into the 12V accessory jack unless you check with Tesla first to make sure it is an OK make/model.

 

[TEG]

Don't try and get mail from my mailbox.

Uh oh... What happened?

 

[Dragon]

Don't park the car when a doubledecker bus full of children is approaching the same parking zone. They'll literally jump all over your car.

 

[zack]

My bank's drive-thru is very short, just about right for the car. Parking ramps, not so fun. But don't try to enter the code for the machine for entering the automatic touchless car wash, almost impossible!

 

[bonnie]

Don't try and get mail from my mailbox.

If it's like my mailbox, there's a very narrow window of 'close enough to open the mailbox without the car blocking reaching in to get your mail'. It's usually easier to just take the dogs out for a walk. Then I can stop by the trash and dump most of it before going back in the house

 

[Doug_G]

My bank's drive-thru is very short, just about right for the car. Parking ramps, not so fun. But don't try to enter the code for the machine for entering the automatic touchless car wash, almost impossible!

The owner's manual recommends against automatic car washes.

 

[zack]

Don't take it through an automatic car wash. 8^|

 

[vfx]

If it's like my mailbox, there's a very narrow window of 'close enough to open the mailbox without the car blocking reaching in to get your mail'....

The car is just about too low up to open and access. Funny enough as another car is almost too high to reach down to get in.

Taking the cats for a walk is the best way the get the mail.

 

[vfx]

Big rock at 50 mph

 

[Lloyd]

Ouch, new tire and rim!!

 

[TEG]

Sorry to see that. I am guessing that you have to replace the wheel? Do they still have the dark finish ones in stock?

Looks like you were able to keep driving on it, at least to get some place safe?

 

[vfx]

+ alignment for sure. That's a big hole. I was about 4 miles from home. Just drove on it.

If anyone knows of these short run painted stock rims that Tesla had made that might be sitting in a garage or at the local Tesla Store please PM me!

 

[TEG]

If anyone knows of these short run painted stock rims that Tesla had made that might be sitting in a garage or at the local Tesla Store please PM me!

For what it is worth, I think mainly only late 2008s (between about #240 and yours) got those wheels. And even in that range you could pay extra to get the older style 'premium' (forged not cast) wheel. They generally weren't on 2010s & 2011s, and not on the early 2008s. Guessing maybe around 100 sets of them were made?

 

[zack]

Ouch! Not forged? My ranger told me that the forged wheels on mine would be highly resistant to damage from potholes compared to the cast ones.

 

[hcsharp]

Don't take it through an automatic car wash. 8^|

Oh come on Zack, pls provide more details of what happened!

 

[zack]

I believe my post was in response to someone saying that the manual says no automatic car washes. I find that the touch-less car washes are pretty much fine. Even with the soft top, I sit inside with a roll of paper towels and dab up a few drops here and there.

 

[bonnie]

Big rock at 50 mph

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Oh no!! Sorry, v.

 

[fraccy]

I didn't set it up :tongue: