TMC Book of Records for the Model S...

[palmer_md]

I wanted that one. Maybe the first Model S with a trailer hitch. (I have to haul around a 50' computer monitor, it about three inches too big.)

50' monitor is too big to fit in my house let alone my car....

Hitches are available.... Torklift Central - Tesla Model S Ecohitch Trailer Hitch|Ecohitch|Seattle|Kent|Auburn|Puyallup|Tacoma|Renton|Covington|Sumner|Bellevue|Burien|Enumclaw|WA

 

[ChadS]

The white car above is a photoshop, but the red car is mine - Torklift used my car to design the hitch (so I assume I was the first to get a hitch). It's pretty nice, I like the simple way it installs and the fact that it's hidden.

Tesla doesn't recommend towing, but Torklift figures the hitch can handle about 2k pounds.

BTW, dwhite, I'll be staying overnight in Mojave in about 2 weeks, so PM me if you want to try to meet up so you can see the hitch.

 

[ChadS]

Lowest elevation? Here's ours at Badwater, Death Valley, 282' below sea level:

I don't think we can claim first Model S in Death Valley, as Tesla did some hot-weather testing there. But I assume they were driving on Hwy 190 (where our Model S did happen to set a personal speed record), and not pulling over by Badwater.

Death Valley is a cool place:

 

[goaliemanshark]

Isn't it actually a very HOT place.

Sorry, low hanging fruit.

 

[ChadS]

Good point. But we happened to be there at an unusual time - the temps varied between 26 and 55 degrees. Death Valley, indeed...

 

[bonnie]

I had a pic published of me, back in the day, on a windsurfer there ... "Windsurfing's Low Point".

(Also lived there a number of years. Anyone going there to visit, talk to me. I'll give you the scoop.)

 

[dwhite]

"Anything worth doing, is worth overdoing. Moderation is for Monks." Lazarus Long in Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love" Adam ripped it off.

 

[GeekGirls]

First unplanned simultaneous mutual Model S photos posted on TMC: here and here.

 

[elecblue]

Tomorrow I have to go down to our church where one of the priests (huge car fan!) wants to drive my car. First priest in a Model S?

Not sure if this one is too late, but when I got my car on the first weekend (12/16/12) our local pastor (priest) blessed the Model S!

 

[Al Sherman]

Unverified, but a reliable source. The Chicago DS "Ross" told me on the phone that he delivered a MS to a lady in Michigan (Grand Rapids maybe?) who is 95 years old. Said she was sharp as a tack, and knew tons of stuff about the car.
If true I would suspect this will be like DiMaggio's hitting streak. Might never be broken.

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

^ amazing! Probably the only person alive who might have seen the early Baker/Columbia/Detroit Electric cars when she was little!

 

[NJ_EV]

I put a reservation in on April 9th, 2009 and got my S Perf. on Jan. 11th 2013.

 

[vfx]

Roadster owner Howard was the oldest Tesla owner.

World 16-yr-old granddaughter drives it for practice

Charging Ahead at 98 | Plug In America

For those of you complaining how long it takes to get your cars after ordering, Howard was banned from driving by the time his car arrived. He has passed and his car was for sale (TEG?)

 

[Al Sherman]

What an awesome guy! RIP.

 

[byt]

I think I'm the first with 2 speeding tickets and have a photo of the officer behind me giving me the second one. During my first stop the officer was giddy and told he's let me off the hook if I gave him a ride but then didn't take the offer that he made. Looking to install a K40 Radar Detector to make sure ticket #3 doesn't happen.

 

[olanmills]

First Model S driven to a comicon

Weirdest hat worn while driving a Model S (Picture is not of me; it's just an example):
metroid hat - Bing Images

 

[Princeton96]

First use of a Model S in an engagement photo shoot? Huge props to my fiance for letting me have a car in a couple of our engagement photos and then suggesting I post them on TMC!

 

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What does this body language say?

 

[Babylonfive]

Congratulations!

 

[FalconNinetyD]

Was the photographer on your roof for the last one?