My own experience with Cars & Coffee is that the only real - and it's a great - way to wow them is to set up as many Model Xs as possible and sync them with the Christmas show. Too bad there aren't any (?????) C&C at nighttime.
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Indeed, I didn't catch the autocorrect.I think the title of this post should be "Why Cars and Coffee fails with Tesla"
"My kid is really really into Tesla's so we came over to check them out."
It's funny when 4-year old will be pointing your car out to the parents screaming "Tesla!" with excitement while at the same time a guy in his late 20s working for car rental company will ask you 3 times "So, it really doesn't need a gasoline?"On 3 separate occasions I was standing by my MS when some kid (<16) exclaimed “Dad, Dad! That’s a Tesla!”. On all 3, the dad’s response was “What’s a Tesla?”. We’ve definitely won over the younger generation.
This list comes from what people told me as they have walked past my car. I presented this post to explain from personal experience why non - tesla owners might not share our enthusiasm for the cars we own. I have owned fast cars in the past and am well aware of car culture. In the end, the attraction of a car gathering is to enjoy other people's enthusiasm for the cars they own, whether or not you personally like their car. It shouldn't be a "I'm going to tell you why my car is better than yours" experience.
Another time I took my car to cars and coffee I put a piece of paper on the windshield that highlighted a few of the oddities of the car: "2 motors, 1 gear, 700 hp" and lots more people stopped to ask questions. A much more positive experience.
I wonder whether the fame of the 2020 Roadster will precede it sufficiently that the ICErs will understand what they are looking at when the first one shows up at cars and coffee? I wonder whether they will want to know how much i paid for it? ;-)
- No noise. Its a very visceral thing to have a loud revving angry engine that tells the world you’ve got. Both the new ZR1 and the latest Mustangs have super loud and quiet muffler settings, indicating that car companies spend a lot of effort in car noise. And even though I personally would rather hear the radio than a constant exhaust drone, its a very common request to want to hear what the engine sounds like.
I have found that motor heads do not really get it until they actually get behind the wheel and press the pedal.