Jul 8, 2015
jerry33 I hope you didn't have to wait long in the E.R.�
Jul 8, 2015
!S4 First mini-moment happened today in the first 30 minutes of driving the car; going from picking it up at the service center to the detailer for Xpel. I was stopped at a light and finally no trucks around so I rolled down the windows. A car pulls up to the right of me and yells "Nice car!" I of course say an enthusiastic "Thanks!" and then the other passenger yells "How's it drive?" I said "Amazing, unlike anything else." Smiles all around.
It's really exciting to see that other people are just as excited to SEE the car and it makes me really happy with my choice.
Edit: Oh yeah second moment was at the detailer! I pulled up and the woman I was meeting was outside so she just directed me where to park. I pull in and get out and while she's talking to me I pop the truck. She turns around and is startled to see my 3 year old sitting there in the rear facing seats!
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I absolutely will. Hopefully this weekend. My 3 year old took the pictures at the service center and all you can tell is that there's something blue she was looking at.
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Jul 8, 2015
Irish Dan T Today was the perfect day to try out the turn signal pass maneuver. I came up behind a cement truck going 55, cruise set to 60. The 85D cruise light turned blue, ahh I'm tracking him, my speed matches his...time to pass, but wait! There is an old white Ford pickup in the left lane right beside me and he is not moving. Finally he speeds up a little and I look over to a big "thumbs up". I give him one back and he drops back quickly. Then I floor it to pass the cement truck, 85 in a split second to just put a smile on the older gentleman's face in the white Ford. I'll have to do the turn signal trick another day, just had to show off a bit for someone whom I'm sure appreciated it.�
Jul 8, 2015
kuttakamina Humor gets you in and out of places you never thought you could get into, pretty easily!�
Jul 9, 2015
Max* I always thought you people who left your car running and left were just exaggerating or trying to make a funny.
Well I have a rental car today (mine is getting the handle fixed and AC compressor inspected), and I walk out of the rental, get my bag and start walking to work. I think the headlights being on is what triggered it, but I had to go back to the car, turn off the ignition, take the keys out and lock the door.�
Jul 12, 2015
swengl Here's a bizarre one: I left the garage door up as we were packing our other vehicle and a female cardinal got stuck in there. Trying to mate with Big Red, perhaps? I was able to usher the bird out without too much hassle, but she liked the red car, there's no doubt!
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I get a form of "culture shock" every time I drive our ICE car: I have to push buttons, use brakes (a lot!), and manually turn on headlights and windshield wipers. Stopping at the gas station is perhaps the most disappointing thing (next to the absolute lack of acceleration!)�
Jul 12, 2015
pmoa Fun one from yesterday. I parked in a nice garage in downtown Baltimore and went to pick up some stuff and catch up with an old high school friend. I came back a couple of hours later and there is a guy peering into my car and he was so embarrassed cause I caught him looking into the window.
He says I'm so sorry! I have never seen the inside of one! So I said well then come on into the passenger side and sit down.
He was astonished. He said No way! I showed him the controls and he snaps some pictures of the dash and screen.
He was so appreciative and left with an, that's an awesome car dude and thanks for making my day.�
Jul 12, 2015
cab So we don't own a Tesla, but are considering a CPO car in a few months now that our Chevy Volt's lease is up. While I have had a lot on conversationa about our Volt over the last three years, most were initiated by me (a total car guy). I was just talking to my wife about this thread and we decided the difference with the Model S is that it simply LOOKS nice (often confused with a Maserati, Jag, etc. at first glance). THIS is what folks first see and are attracted to, at which point they either realize it is a Tesla or have no idea and are curious (in either case they want to know more).
While our gen 1 Volt looks a bit different, it is hardly classically beautiful, and has some common Chevy design elements...basically, it just doesn't get "noticed" most of the time. As a comparison, I had a BMW i3 for a 3 day test drive and got more thumbs up in 3 days than I did in 3 years with the Volt. I know there is little love for the i3 here on this forum, but there is no denying its um "unusual" styling catches your eye. I've found car people consider it hideous looking whereas regular folk often find it "interesting or cool" (ok, some find it ugly too). Finally, the generation 2 Volt (also on my list) is probably better looking than gen 1.0, but is also more vanilla...I predict it will also go unnoticed by the masses...�
Jul 12, 2015
ecarfan I had a similar experience this June while stopped and waiting to be let through a road repair project on Hwy 120, the Tioga Pass section, in Yosemite. A long line of cars had been waiting for over 15 minutes and people were getting out and walking around. I was chatting about Tesla with an American guy just ahead of me when a German tourist walks up from somewhere in back of me to look at the car. I invite him to sit in the driver's seat and my wife shows him the touchscreen features and talks about the car. We get the signal that the line is going to move soon, he gets out and is all excited and tells me I've made his day, getting to sit in a Tesla and see how it works. So even though there are multiple showrooms in Germany and cars on the road, and this guy was clearly interested in Tesla, this was his first experience inside a Model S! He was stoked.�
Jul 12, 2015
pmoa It's fantastic isn't it?
Off topic but I was on a Ferrari forum and there are signatures in some postings that said, "the tesla is a glorified slot car and lacks soul. And I will gladly pass it on my way to the next gas station"
SMH�
Jul 12, 2015
mmccord Eh, i still like my vinyl occasionally too, but i don't have a turntable in my car or in my office.
Nothing wrong with enjoying some ancient technology.�
Jul 12, 2015
SmartElectric Small world.
We've had our Tesla Model S for two weeks, and done almost 3000 km and visited superchargers 11 times.
On our way back from the beach today, we're at Barrie (ON CA) supercharger when a P85D pulls up. We chat with the owner and find out he is a fellow TMC member, one whom I had personally gone back/forth with in a thread for a few days when he was buying his car a few months ago, and he's from southern US on a big road trip himself, and we happened to meet up in the 30 minutes I happened to be at an Ontario charger. Crazy small world!�
Jul 12, 2015
ibdb Griot's Garage, a car care specialty shop, has a storefront near where I live. I stopped by today to ask for some advice on removing what we've ultimately decided was probably some road salt residue. While we tested out a couple of their products to see which would work best, another employee stopped by with his camera to take some pictures of my car. I've seen some phenomenal cars on their showroom floor and in their parking lot in the past so I thought that was funny until...
Griot's frequently allows car clubs to host shows and cruise-ins in their lot. This weekend, an Oldsmobile 442 club was having a show. There were some really beautiful mid-to-late 60s muscle cars on display. I parked nearby and my son and I walked over to check out some of the cars. While we were enjoying the car show, someone else left the show to go take pictures of my car, then came back to the 442s. Not long after, I saw another dad with his son walking to the show stop and start walking around my car, taking pictures, pointing, and doing most everything we were doing with the cars on display. Made me wish it was cleaner. I went over to talk to him and answer some questions. After we talked for a few minutes, he turned to his son and told him he was looking at the modern equivalent of the muscle cars that were there for the show.
Then, on the way home, we happened to drive up behind another new Model S that still had paper plates on it. It was going about the same speed as we were, but my kids egged me on to catch him so they could wave. I did, and they did. The driver was wearing his new Tesla Owner's hat and cracked up laughing as I pulled up along side and he looked over to see my wife and kids looking over and waving to him.�
Jul 13, 2015
kuttakamina I think its pretty cool that Tesla owners wave at each other�
Jul 13, 2015
ibdb I think I have my two youngest convinced that it was one of the requirements of buying the car.�
Jul 13, 2015
seclinton Yes the waving is fun. But thank god we keep the windows up past the Costco gas station. My kids point and laugh yelling "gas guzzlers!"�
Jul 13, 2015
ecarfan I used to own Porsche 356's. Yes, they have "soul". But this is the 21st century. It's time to move on from 19th century technology and embrace the future. Driving a Tesla is like driving the future, but I get to do it every day, right now!�
Jul 13, 2015
Yggdrasill Yes, steam locomotives have plenty of soul. But that's not enough.�
Jul 13, 2015
mhpr262 If they feel the need to put such a defensive sounding statement in their signatures, that speaks volumes right there ... :biggrin:�
Jul 13, 2015
Sosius Yep.�
Jul 13, 2015
Pilot_51 On the way home today, in traffic stopped at a light, the guy to my right honked and motioned to roll down the window. I rolled it down and paused my podcast, but left the AC blasting.
Guy: "How's the new car?" (something along those lines, hard to make out)
Me: "It's awesome."
Guy: "I inspect that car for sealer and adhesive." (again, unsure of exact wording)
Me: [Awkward pause as I try to figure out what he just said] "Cool."
Traffic starts moving and we both start creeping forward.
Guy: "I'm the one who designed the sealer."
Me: "Cool."
Guy gives thumbs up and I return it as we drive off.
Apparently I don't handle those situations well because of the extremely limited time for conversation, so I end up giving really short and unenthusiastic replies. :redface:�
Jul 13, 2015
pmoa Completely agree.�
Jul 13, 2015
bmah Depends on where you are. In my part of the SF Bay Area, nobody waves. Probably too many of us here, so it's not special anymore. :-O
The closest I've come was trading thumbs-ups with a guy in a McLaren.�
Jul 13, 2015
gg_got_a_tesla Oh yeah, that ended here around May 2013. I'd feel silly waving to another MS driver now. Having said that, I still exchange waves with Signature Red drivers; they are special�
Jul 13, 2015
Shelly cool, haha....�
Jul 13, 2015
Pilot_51 And here in Michigan, nobody waves because they're so rare and almost always going the other direction, at least in my experience. I'm always caught by surprise with a touch of disbelief and it's too quick to do anything about, especially with windows closed. The only owner who waved was SteelGrey, who coincidentally worked in my department on loan for two weeks, when I followed him from work and our homeward routes split, so really a "bye" wave rather than a "hey, another owner!" wave. I did wave at one as I was walking along the street near my house, but they had almost no way to know I was another owner unless they happened to see my car in the back of my driveway.�
Jul 17, 2015
Pilot_51 I'm pretty sure this qualifies as my first unexpected Tesla moment with a complete stranger while I wasn't driving.
After I parked and started walking across the parking lot at work this morning, a minivan drove up...
Woman: "That's your car! I drive by it every day. I had to look it up on the Internet. I love your car!"
Me: "I love it too."
Woman: "How do you like it?"
Me: "It's amazing!"
Woman: "I bet it is."
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Jul 17, 2015
mwulff We had a nice tesla moment the other day. We were at the recycling station unloading trash. An elderly couple pulls up next to us and rolls down the window.
Him: I saw a car like that on the highway yesterday, what is it? It's beautiful.
Me: it's a Tesla Model S
Wife: it's all electric not a drop of gas anywhere.
Him: (looks at the back) there's no tailpipe???
Wife: nope, no emissions. Just plug it in like an iPhone.
Him: awesome, how much is it, if I may ask?
Me: this one is about $120.000
Him: ouch, but it looks worth it. Is there a cheaper model?
wife: sure, but it won't be out until 2017. The Tesla Model 3.
him: Thanks. I'll keep an eye out for that one.
very nice experience and it happens more often than I would have expected.�
Jul 18, 2015
mhpr262 You could have mentioned that the same model was available for 75k ... before incentives and tax rebates and at least 15k in gas money ...�
Jul 18, 2015
mwulff I did. But it was clear that above 35.000 was too much for him. But he liked the car and that was what really mattered.�
Jul 18, 2015
grantgro I called the local 3m authorized tint shop yesterday to schedule my 85d for tinting and the lady asked what kind of car I had. When I told her it was a Tesla I had to repeat myself 3 times and finally even had to spell it out for her. She had no idea what it was. Honestly, a little worried taking it there to get tinted considering the lady who answers their phones doesn't know what a Tesla is but they're the only 3m authorized tint shop in the area and they've done a good job in the past on my other vehicles�
Jul 18, 2015
Cyclone I wouldn't worry about it honestly. The lady picking up the phone is unlikely the person putting on the tint, and there is nothing special about the Model S versus other frameless window vehicles. Any reputable shop should be able totally with you and show you their workspace and such, so you could ask for questions when you drop off the car and maybe even meet the person doing your tint. When I did mine, the gentleman put samples on to help me pick my shade and gave me a turn of the shop. It was a great gesture and the transparency of the process was welcomed.�
Jul 18, 2015
Brass Guy I wouldn't worry about it. The lady answering the phone probably doesn't work on any cars.�
Jul 18, 2015
ecarfan My answer to the price question is always to say "They start at..." With the current number being $70K. All cars have a base price and people understand what that means, and that options add to the base price. The base Model S is an extremely impressive car, especially now that so many things that used to be in the old Tech Package option are now standard.�
Jul 18, 2015
paulkva Fun one in Ocean City MD yesterday. I was trying to turn right into a narrow driveway that a black Lamborghini was exiting at the time, so I stopped and waved him ahead. After a thank-you wave, he pointed at my car and gave me a thumbs-up (which I returned of course). I was especially amused because I had my whole family with me and two trunks full of beach gear in the car.
I know I've seen similar stories posted before. I've had the Model S nearly two years and it still floors me that there are people who "upgrade" from other high-end cars to what I'm driving, in addition to those (like myself) who replace more mainstream cars.�
Jul 18, 2015
mmccord I find I'm more likely to get a wave from someone in a ferrari or lambo than i am from an audi or mercedes.�
Jul 19, 2015
DrumCoder One of the things I like about this thread was that it is a fluff thread where positive experiences regarding Tesla can be shared. There's the rest of the forum for negativity, bitterness, and saltiness over how things aren't going 100% your way.
Was hanging out with some friends (who some didn't know I got a new car) after seeing Ant-Man, and there's a scene that I don't want to spoil but the story specifically revolves around that scene. We went to dinner afterwards and talked about that scene, so I pulled out my keyfob and said that this was a Tesla.
They were like "Yeah, right, like that's gonna turn into an ACTUAL Tesla."
They were instantly jealous 30 minutes later in the parking lot when they saw the actual Tesla.�
Jul 20, 2015
Max* All jokes aside, the reasons I went with new over CPO are autopilot, AWD and blue.
-AWD isn't really required in VA, and the Tesla has no engine so having RWD isn't as bad in snow.
-Color choice I could have lived with one of the various shades of gray.
-But if this autopilot thing doesn't happen soon, I'll be kicking myself for not going CPO.�
Jul 23, 2015
beeeerock I've told the story of taking my old-school Italian mechanic for a drive... well, here's another one for the thread. Text is cut/paste from my Instagram feed. Note, his Testarossa is just visible in the background... probably should have parked them side by side!
"This is Franco. Today is his open house, celebrating 45 years in the auto business! I've known him since I was a teenager buying parts from him for the family Volvo. When I told him I was buying a #tesla he was skeptical to say the least... "electric cars are garbage!" Well... I took him for a ride and he changed his opinion 180 degrees! He loves my #teslarossa and asked me to let him display it at the open house. I agreed and made him this nice 'street person sign' to wear today. LOL! It says, "Seeking Forgiveness. I was wrong about the Tesla. Any forgiveness you can spare helps. Thanks and God bless." This is a Tesla Moment for sure!"
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Jul 23, 2015
Pollux Priceless! Nicely played, sir!
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Jul 23, 2015
KenN We should arrange for a gaggle of owners to drive from Vancouver and have a little picnic on his lot!�
Jul 23, 2015
brucet999
I like that guy! A mechanic with an obviously great sense of humor.�
Jul 23, 2015
beeeerock Heh, he'd probably break out the BBQ and serve up some burgers! He actually suggested I should send the photo to Tesla - LOL
At last count there were six Teslas in Kamloops. And perhaps that number has grown... the Tesla folks in Vancouver suggested a few more were headed this way. Franco will need a bigger parking lot for a picnic at this rate.
You Vancouver guys would always be welcome. Don't forget Hot Nite in the City is coming up on the 8th of August. Hewey and and I have registered and have hopes a few more will show up to join us for a day in the sun. We had a discussion about what category to register in... 'Special Interest' or 'Modern American Muscle Car' ;-) If either of us had a P, perhaps we'd go with the latter, but we're both driving those sluggish 85D's - which would still probably take most or all of the ICE cars in that category - Hellcat excluded.
I'm heading to the shop first thing Saturday morning to take Franco's late-teens nephew visiting from Italy for a drive. He's excited to see how the kid reacts to the idea of 'EV'... it must be a really bad word in the land of cars with stallions and bulls in their logos!
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Absolutely! His low regard for EV's would have come (fairly) from the poor examples produced by other manufacturers. He's a car guy and I think he's learning that the power source doesn't really matter... perhaps a bit like a homophobe coming to accept that the friend who's come out is still a good guy... :wink: If the car performs, who's to judge it for it's preference of power source? :biggrin:�
Jul 24, 2015
Sosius LOL (really)!�
Jul 24, 2015
sickfox that's awesome beeeerock! And he's forgiven. :tongue:�
Jul 24, 2015
KenN The 10 year old kid in the black t-shirt was quite excited. He yelled "Nice Tesla" 3 or 4 times along with the double thumbs up. I wasn't ready for it, so just managed a thumbs up in return.
[video]https://www.facebook.com/ken.neave/videos/10153463087217246/?pnref=story[/video]�
Jul 24, 2015
ChadS There are many Model S around here. When driving in my Roadster I usually give them a thumbs-up, but they are rarely looking at me. When they are, I think most of them don't realize I'm in a Tesla.
Tonight as I came down the hill from my house, I found myself behind a red P85D. The plates looked pretty new. I couldn't see the people inside the car, but as I followed them to the freeway onramp, I wondered if we'd get there at one of those rare times with no cars in front of us - there were several cars in front at the previous light, so it seemed unlikely. I wondered if they'd accelerate at full throttle. I wondered if they noticed the yellow car behind them, or knew what it was.
It looks like it was "yes" to all of the above (in fact they had been driving a little slow; perhaps they were trying to let space open in front of us). I was surprised that I kept up; perhaps they didn't really floor it, or perhaps because we had a rolling start around the corner they'd lost their from-a-standstill acceleration advantage. Six years in, that was my first in-the-wild dual Tesla run. They slowed down on the freeway so I could get alongside them and thumbs-up just before I exited.
In the grand scheme of things this was nothing, really...but I still enjoyed it.�
Jul 24, 2015
Cyclone Those are really the ones that stand out the most though when we think back though, aren't they?!?�
Jul 24, 2015
McMuggets Lots of Tesla moments for me. Two stand out:
1. I was in the left turn lane stopped at a red light waiting to turn. Dude in the right thru lane slows down and does double take. Then literally goes and TURNS left from his thru lane at the intersection.... Not only that, he commits a U-TURN and comes back the opposite way only to come to a full stop beside my driver side window. I roll down my window to chat. The guy is enthralled and wants to learn more but my light is now green. We end with "check the website! Google it!".
2. Picking up some pizza. Notice a police car in the same lot. After buddy gets the pizza I get a knock on my window. "Hello officer, how are you today?". He asks me where I got the tint on my windows (yes they are all tinted, front and rears). And then proceeds to say "going to have to give you a ticket". I sigh and agree. Then he continues "...or you can let me check out your car!". I tell him to hop in and even offer to drive him around in it for a bit. He opts to just hop into the passenger side and is in utter awe of the console. Let's me off and says "just don't drive too aggressively and nobody will really bother you about the tint. It's not too dark anyhow."
True stories. No joke.�
Jul 25, 2015
beeeerock Turns out it wasn't the kid I was expecting it to be, rather another relative who is probably in his early 40's. He didn't speak any English, so I just demonstrated some of the touch screen stuff and other than 'No English' from him, it was a quiet ride... Until I goosed it from a complete stop on the on-ramp to the highway. The he started speaking excited Italian to me. All I managed to pick out of the fast-talk Italian was "Mama-mia!" and "Ferrari!".
When we got back, he had a long animated conversation with Franco in Italian, to which Franco translated the summary - "He thinks the car is really fast"... LOL... I kinda got that already!
I can only imagine the reactions if I had a P...�
Jul 25, 2015
Cyclone This is what I experience with all my friends. We go over the car, we give joy rides. Some of them even get to drive it. Everyone loves it. Everyone ends up dizzy. My lifetime average W/mi goes up. And then I say "and I don't even have the performance version of the car!"�
Jul 26, 2015
Armadillos I love it!�
Jul 26, 2015
caddieo Most of the complimentary conversations about my car that I have had with strangers are pretty much generic/interchangeable such that I cannot remember any one specific instance versus another. But this one really sticks out. I was crossing the parking lot to the post office when I noticed a lady (probably in her 40�s) just outside the P. O. door eyeing my car intently. After greeting me as I neared, she proceeded with the usual compliments and questions. As she started to leave, however, she let go one parting shot - "this is the only car I know of that can generate a feeling of lust". :scared:�
Jul 26, 2015
ecarfan Single straight guys, take note. This story reminds me of the film "Wedding Crashers"...but with Teslas instead of weddings.�
Jul 26, 2015
andydoty Okay, so this is a first. I, like many on here, get the standard questions and comments about the curves, lines, beauty, etc. The new one is "What do you do that you can afford that car?"
Just thought it was interesting...�
Jul 26, 2015
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I had a very similar experience yesterday evening. I was waiting outside an ATM for an attractive lady who was inside. She exited and smiled as she passed me heading into the parking lot. I went inside, did my transaction and came back out. She was still in the parking lot, walking around my MS, giving it the twice over. When she saw me she says,"Is this a Tesla?" I affirmed. She then says, "I didn't know there were any around here!" I replied..."Our numbers are growing every day!" She smiles and says "gorgeous car! I'd love to take a spin in one"
I climb into the MS where my wife who has been observing the entire scene smiles at me and says..."Don't even think about it!"�
Jul 26, 2015
Hugh Mannity ha ha and i assume you are a smart man and didn`t say "too late" since we all know you did think about it ]�
Jul 26, 2015
Vip I had the same situation occur but the P85D I was behind didn't know I was in a Tesla Roadster. I thought it would be great to see the speed comparison. Looks like you discovered what would happen!!�
Jul 26, 2015
rickgt very funny... best pick up line of the year!
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Jul 26, 2015
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Jul 29, 2015
JMG My Tesla moments tend to come in bunches. I haven't had any in a few weeks but I've had a few this week.
First, it was my first tire rotation due. I am 2 hrs away from the SC, so I know I need to develop a relationship with a local tire shop. My usual local tire place is a mom and pop (literally....the man is grease covered in the garage and the wife is sitting around stacks of papers). I always took my vehicles there because they are long time customers of mine, and they would rotate my tires with every oil change. I took it by there (they were one of my first Tesla moments) and they were both just amazed. I asked him if he would be comfortable working on it, and he said, "No.....not comfortable. I could do it...but...I wouldn't be comfortable." So, that crossed it off my list there.
So I found a local Discount Tire that had a few good reviews. I dropped by and got some immediate reaction. The manager on duty said he's worked on one before and we chatted for quite a while about it. He said he would have me drive it into the bay and put it in jack mode. I showed him the lift points and he seemed to already know that because he said they were the standard lift points. I went over the 21mm and 129ft/lb (they had 130 in their system..I guess close enough?). I drove it in, and within a few minutes every employee was around it. Pictures were being taken. The initial employee that greeted me (very professionally) when I first walked in the door, was now like a teenager. "DUDE!! DUDE!! Show him where you charge it!!!" "LOOK AT THAT SCREEN?!" "JOEY, how you feel that his car can beat your twin turbo?" It was pretty funny and very cool. I stayed back there the entire time and watched them rotate the tires and then check the torque. The manager came back and handed the me the ticket and it had a zero balance on it. I was fully prepared to pay because obviously since these are OEM tires, I didn't buy them there and wouldn't qualify for the free balance and rotation. He said, "Nope, we're glad to do it. Anytime you need anything just stop by." So, I have found my tire place.
I then immediately drove from there over to Home Depot to pick up a few supplies before heading home. Of course I park well away from all of the other cars and shopping carts. When loading up, I notice an employee taking shopping carts come over to me. He said, "Hey man, do you mind if I ask what kind of car is that?" I said, "Of course not. It's a Tesla. All electric, no gas." He had a look of amazement and said, "Dude, that's a really sharp looking car."
Then finally, my landscape architect guy was over at my house yesterday finishing up some work around the house and we were discussing his business. He's my age and seemed to be very "techy". So before he left I told him I wanted to show him something. We went in the garage and his jaw nearly hit the floor. "Is that...Is that.......that's...a TESLA?" He said he's been wanting to see a Tesla up close and personal for a long time and never expected one to be in the garage. We did the full blown experience, test drive, etc. His reaction was absolutely priceless. It was nice to unexpectedly find a Tesla admirer and give him the full experience. He said he's been in some pretty awesome sports cars before, but nothing tops this. He said he's got to get one and starting to work on how to make it happen.�
Jul 31, 2015
sickfox @JMG - Time to send him your referral link. :wink:
3 days ago, I parked next to a BMW 5 series in front of In N Out Burger. Wifey asked me where do we want to sit and I said, let's eat outside since its a nice warm night. To make the long story short, the owner of the BMW and his family came back. The husband went to the passenger side and opened his door and stood there for about 30 seconds starting at my MS. He then checked my aftermarket wheels and went around the car.
At this point, my 5 year old son noticed the gentleman, and as my son was about to say something to me, we heard the gentleman said to his wife, "Honey, this is all customized!" And my son looked at him and looks back to me and shouted, "DAD, HE"S CHECKING OUT OUR CAR!!!!"
The gentleman went inside his car. I smiled at him and he gave the "nod."
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Jul 31, 2015
hiroshiy Maybe my first Tesla moment. Here, people never notice Tesla. Very low awareness.
So I parked at an underground parking at Tokyo Midtown (in Roppongi) and my colleagues and myself went to a meeting held there in the office tower. After two hours of long meeting we came back to the parking lot at 93F(!) and I regretted not turned on the AC in advance.
To everybody's surprise, my Tesla was ice cold! It has to be Smart Air Conditioning, working for the very first time. It's not my home nor office, but I had a few 2 hour meetings there, and my Tesla might knew that the meeting will end in 2 hours.
So two of my colleagues are very much impressed!�
Jul 31, 2015
beeeerock And you had to pretend you were NOT impressed... because after all, this is just the way your Tesla always behaves! :biggrin:�
Jul 31, 2015
Johan Oh buddy she was trying to pick you up, but you weren't trying to pick her up. Either she dod it deliberately, or it just slipped out if her which is really also her trying to pick you up (her instinctual parts of the brain just haven't told her consciousness yet).�
Jul 31, 2015
lucy Many thanks to all in this thread.
Very calming and smile inducing to me, as a stressed and frustrated MX reservation holder on the LAST DAY OF JULY WITH NO FRICKING NEWS!!!
Guess I need to go back and read some more moments...�
Jul 31, 2015
Tuan Did you entered the meeting in your calendar?�
Jul 31, 2015
Johan Yeah. I was pretty dazzled myself the first time smart preconditioning struck. It was a similar instance, just after the feature had been rolled out. I had read about it but didn't know it was on as a default after updating firmware and hadn't checked. Anyway, I was with my 5-year old son at skiing practice, and it was in my calendar. It was like -10 C. After practice my son said: "Dad, my hands are cold" and looked at me with his big beautiful brown eyes. My heart just sank - I hadn't warmed up the car towards the end of his practice. I was trying not to show it: "It's only a 15 minute drive home, the car will warm up quickly". But as we sat he said: "See, the Tesla is always warm when we sit in it". I realized then that he had never been aware that it was constantly me preconditioning the car that winter- his thought was "the Tesla does it". And this time, as I the stupid an inattentive human forgot, the Tesla did it.
After this incident I've been thinking more about how blurry the lines are between "hard" and "soft" AI. That is no one would argue that a Tesla and its associated central systems (servers it accesses online - maybe that car makes the decision to precondition locally or it might ask a server about how to do it and if to do it when there's a meeting in the calendar) is "hard AI". Yet what the system did that day felt like actual intelligence to me, the recipient or the one who experienced the act.�
Jul 31, 2015
Johan Yeah I remember that wait before the S. Now I'm calmer regarding the X since I'm already driving a great Tesla, but impatiently waiting like you (like kids right?).�
Aug 4, 2015
hiroshiy Yes all of my appointments are in the calendar. That may be the reason Smart AC worked at that time, but previously it didn't work.�
Aug 6, 2015
mknox But does the car remember appointments when you and your phone leave the car? If I happen to get back in the car without my phone, there is nothing on the Calendar screen.�
Aug 6, 2015
Cyclone I am not saying this is what the car does, but the Firmware 6.2 documentation makes it sound like Tesla's servers do see you calendar, but the car will only display calendar entries that Tesla's servers have under your MyTesla login if the phone that submitted the entries is currently active on Bluetooth in the car. So that would mean that Tesla HQ, and likely the car, have access to the calendar entries to make Smart Preconditioning decisions on.�
Aug 8, 2015
ecarfan I had a moment today: in Yosemite National Park at the side of the road near Wawona. Wife and I and three friends had just returned from a great hike to the Mariposa Sequoia grove. Had the car open and were stowing our gear and preparing to leave. A park ranger pulls up in his truck, stops, gets out, and with a smile says "Hi, you folks all right?" I think, well that's very friendly but why is he asking me this? I say "Thank you very much but we are fine, just returned from a wonderful hike!" And smiled. He said "Good, have a nice day" and turns to get back in his truck. Suddenly I realize why he stopped. I say "You stopped to check on us because my hood is raised, right?" and he nods. I say "It's an electric car and there is no engine in the front, just an empty space we call 'the frunk'! The motor is behind the passenger seats, you can't even see it." He smiles and nods and departs.�
Aug 9, 2015
!S4 I had something similar yesterday that my wife caught and I completely missed. I was getting a new tank of propane and the frunk is the perfect place for it.
I swap tanks and as I'm getting in the car my wife asks "Did you see that woman?" Me, "No, why?" "She was staring at you the entire time you were putting the propane in the frunk and when you closed it she just shrugged her shoulders and walked away."�
Aug 14, 2015
slevit1md I've had a couple so far, figured I'd post.
1) Pulled up to Chipotle and a guy who was eating outside stared me down as I pulled in, walked up to me as soon as I got out of the car (you could tell it was coming), and started asking all sorts of questions about the car. Apparently he'd been following Tesla for years but never actually seen one up close, only on the highway. Very nice guy and I was happy to answer his questions. We talked for probably 15 minutes or so. While Teslas may be all over the place in CA, they're still pretty rare around here!
2) Sitting in a largely empty parking lot at the local university making some phone calls (had just left my doctor's office, which is located on the campus) and a big group of college kids came walking by. They all walked around the car, staring at it, and then gave me thumbs up as they walked away. Seemed like the first one they'd seen sitting still as well.
3) Was driving my old car (X5) yesterday to get it appraised. Stopped for dinner and walked away without turning it off! Fortunately, I remembered that I actually had to turn it off before I got too far away.
4) More than once, I've been sitting at a traffic light and heard what I thought was a quiet noise coming from the car. I knew the car shouldn't be making any noise and was afraid I'd have to take it in for service. Then I realized that it was just the other cars around me idling. When getting into my old car last night, I had forgotten how much engine noise it actually makes. I also had forgotten how slow it is to accelerate (always thought it was relatively fast, until getting used to the Tesla). Even with "just" the 85D, it's easy to forget how much faster the acceleration is than just about anything else around you!�
Aug 14, 2015
Andyw2100 I've had an issue with this a couple of times. You definitely get used to the "instant torque" very quickly.
The worst experience I had with this was probably a few weeks ago, driving my Acura TL. It was at an intersection that was radically redesigned in the past year or so, adding a traffic signal where there had not been one before. My having driven through this intersection configured the other way for 25 years certainly contributed to the problem.
I was coming up a hill, towards the traffic light, where in the past there was no light, and I would have had the right of way to turn left, with cars that wanted to go straight having a stop sign. I somehow found myself having just slightly run the red light (that never used to be there at all), when I realized what I had done and stopped, slightly beyond where I should have been, and slightly in the intersection, with a car with the right of way bearing down on me. I could have stayed where I was, in which case the other driver might have had to turn a little bit to avoid me, but it would not have been a big deal. Instead, I thought, "I can just get out of his way", and I stepped on the gas. In the Model S, I would have been out of the other car's way long before it entered the intersection. Unfortunately, though, I was driving the Acura. I realized the error of my ways as I heard the engine revving up and the Acura wasn't really moving very fast at all. I felt bad, because I expect the other driver may have had to brake, and if not, I certainly scared him (or her), and I was definitely at fault.
So yes, the acceleration is easy to get used to, and a little dangerous if you still have to drive ICE vehicles every so often.�
Aug 14, 2015
AC123 I drove a Honda Accord yesterday for about 30 seconds. The way that steering shakes on idle is just ridiculous.�
Aug 14, 2015
beeeerock When I finally found a buyer for my E-Class Benz diesel, I drove him to the insurance agent in that car to do the transfer. I kicked it hard off a stop sign to enjoy my last experience with the torquey diesel and was surprised by the sloppy lag before it got up and went... and when it 'went', it wasn't exactly impressive. I was worried that there was something wrong with it from sitting idle for a month that would pooch the deal, but the buyer was actually impressed so I didn't say anything. It wasn't until later that I realized that I was now completely used to the Tesla performance and what I'd seen was actually normal. Weird...�
Aug 14, 2015
dusterbuster Here in Santa Monica, Teslas sometimes seem to outnumber most other makes (you will literally see one about every 30 seconds while driving around), so I was a little surprised to return to my car at the Santa Monica Museum of Flying parking lot, and see an older gentleman snapping away with his iphone taking pictures all around the car. I said hello, and he mumbled that this was the first time he's seen one of these cars in person, to which I joked he must not be from around here (he wasn't).�
Aug 18, 2015
swengl My latest moment happened in one of the most unlikely places: deep in the hills of coal country (Southwest Virginia). I am out at a local community college providing some IT consulting this week and I took 3 of the IT guys out to lunch today. They are mainly "truck" guys and very being very polite about the car until I punched the accelerator to pass a very slow moving construction truck in the right lane. The rest of the ride was "I can't believe how much torque this thing has" and "was that really 0-60 in about 4 seconds?!" and "I had no idea electric vehicles were this good!" I was grinning ear to ear. Back at the school, the head of engineering spotted the car in the parking lot and sought me out to go out to take a look. We then had 3 more guys go out to take a look and one of the faculty drove up in her Mercedes and commented on how nice the car was. I always enjoy talking about the technology and showing people the car. One of the guys took a picture and sent it to his wife joking that he had traded in his truck (if that's not a compliment coming from a truck guy, I don't know what is!). Needless to say, seeing (and riding in) is believing, even for folks whose community's livelihood is in coal mining. I hope I've started something good out here�
Aug 18, 2015
Pollux I salute you, sir! Nicely done!
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Aug 19, 2015
swengl The funny thing is: it just happened naturally, I didn't have to hype it up at all. I mentioned that I had an EV and would drive to lunch. After that, the secret was out! Haha....�
Aug 19, 2015
eloder I actually had a Tesla moment, even as a non-owner.
I was punching it through city traffic with a couple friends on my Leaf (first time EV ride for one of them) and my friend noted how quick the pick-up was. I mentioned "Yea, and it's still the slowest EV out there! A Tesla can hit 60 mph in that same timeframe", and a few seconds later we passed a parked Tesla which is still kind of rare in my city.
I loved the timing!�
Aug 20, 2015
eyespii Had a woman offer to trade me her 3-yo child for my 85D today, straight up. I'm pretty sure she would have come out ahead in that deal, so I turned it down.�
Aug 20, 2015
!S4 I had a middle aged guy with his family come up to me and say, "Can I have your car?". I wasn't sure how to respond to that other than laugh.�
Aug 21, 2015
bmah Had a bunch of mini Tesla moments yesterday at my department's BBQ / picnic.
We had to carpool to the park where the BBQ was. My seats filled up pretty fast when one of my coworkers called to me down the hallway "Are you driving to the picnic? And did you bring your Tesla?" Lots of technology questions on the way over (we're a bunch of network and high performance computing geeks).
Complete bafflement from another coworker who pulled in next to me, while I was unloading food from my frunk, and wondering why my hood was up. "Oh, it's a rear-engine car?" Then even more bafflement when I popped open the trunk too.
Seeing the light come on in the eyes of a future Model X owner (we've been talking about the Model S and Model X for awhile, and he just put in a reservation) when I pulled out my bag o' charging accessories and showed how they all work together.
We had an interview candidate that day, and we invited him along to our picnic. He'd never seen a Model S before (maybe not even heard of Tesla Motors...not too many Teslas in Greece I imagine), and he was so blown away that he asked if we could take some pictures of him with the car (we obliged of course).
I only regret not washing my car before the picnic...it was filthy.�
Aug 21, 2015
bvrothe Sorry, but I don't have one of those......
Recently, out in the Inland Empire in California, they've been having smog check points (apparently there are a lot of folks removing the catalytic converters on their vehicles).
So, the CHP officer waves me into the parking lot where they're doing the checking and when I roll down my window he says, "Just pull into a spot and they're going to put a sensor in your tailpipe".
To which I reply, "That's going to be difficult, as I don't have a tailpipe."
He glances at the car and says, "Oh, right. This is a Tesla. Now I'm embarrassed. Get the heck out of here." and he waves me through.�
Aug 21, 2015
Cyclone Love it!�
Aug 21, 2015
beeeerock I think I would have kept my mouth shut and timed how long it took the guys with the sensor gear to figure out the mistake... LOL
Although I guess in California Tesla is well-known enough to make that experiment MUCH less fun than it would be up here... I could probably string our inspectors along for 10 minutes or more�
Aug 21, 2015
Max* Side note: Your avatar has the custom license plate that I tried to get here in VA, but someone [else] already took it.�
Aug 21, 2015
beeeerock LOL, I've often wondered how 'original' my plate actually was... now I know! I did searches, went through this forum, looking for ideas. I had a running list on the bedside table and EVOLVD came to me in the middle of the night. Seemed unlikely nobody else would have thought of it, even though I thought I was pretty clever and original...�
Aug 21, 2015
mikeash This is one of my favorite things. Pop the trunk. "Oh, where's the engine? In the back?" "Let's see." Then I pop the trunk. I have the rear-facing seats, so that just adds to the confusion. It's extra fun if I have a stuffed animal or two strapped in back there.�
Aug 21, 2015
Max* I tried EVOLV, EVOLVE, EVOLVED, EVOLVD <-- all taken. The only one available here is EVOLVES (maybe without the 2nd E?), but it's not as... interesting�
Aug 21, 2015
Shaggy
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The last two new cars I've bought had the rider "No dealer branding on vehicle" as a deal breaker. They were fine with it. I cannot say I'll make the same stipulation on a Tesla.�
Aug 21, 2015
Shaggy Could just slip in, "no that's in Oklahoma..."�
Aug 21, 2015
beeeerock Pulled off the highway into an Esso station near the little town of Bassano Alberta at around 11:30 PM on Tuesday last week. We'd driven through a swarm of something and the windshield had transitioned from 'bad' to 'simply too messy to keep going safely'. Pretty quiet place at that time of night.
I rolled up to the pumps and got out to borrow the windshield squeegee when along came a guy and his son from their car, looking quite concerned. They asked if I was OK and I said "Yeah, just need to clean the windshield".
Their response: "Oh, that's good! When we saw you pull in to a gas station we figured there must be something wrong with your car!"
Not sure if I was more impressed with their concern for a fellow traveler or their quick recognition of the car - in the dark - where there just aren't many of them!�
Aug 21, 2015
brucet999 You still have ESSO there?
Then the old joke about the swarm of bees can still work up there. A swarm of bees descend on a Shell station and start to build a hive, but one bee flies across the street to the ESSO station, proving the old adage:
"There's an ESSO bee in every group."�
Aug 21, 2015
Hugh Mannity I think only the states has exxon, the rest of the world has esso stations :wink:�
Aug 21, 2015
beeeerock Which means there can be no ESSO bees in the USA...�
Aug 22, 2015
TI Sailor I too have yet to join Tesla ownership, at least if you ignore my TSLA holdings. Nonetheless, I had a memorable Tesla moment while driving from FL to Blowing Rock, NC last December.
At precisely the time my teenage son and I were passing Apple�s solar farm on Hwy 321 near Maiden, NC, a white Model S met us traveling in the opposite direction. I was immediately consumed calculating the probability of that happening, what with it being a secondary road and all. I exclaimed out loud the odds were probably better for hitting the Powerball.
My son made a near silent grunt and quickly resumed playing games on his PS Vita, thus killing any chance he had of getting a Model 3 for graduation. I hope he likes his new XBox whatever�:biggrin:�
Aug 22, 2015
SW2Fiddler Hey! The Apple Maps camera-mobile is cruising my neighborhood. A white Model S may be "on the map" in Alief TX at some point.�
Aug 22, 2015
swengl I attended a local charity car show at a church near the house that ended up having about 30 cars that ranged from a 1902 Rambler (!) to your standard 70's muscle cars to my 85D. I parked right beside my neighbor's Audi R8 (dark green, beautiful car�
Aug 22, 2015
tonybelding I was gonna say, "You still have gas stations there?"
When I was growing up, we had so many gas stations in town, the joke was that if one ever caught fire the whole town would go up like a string of firecrackers. In the 1980s, self-serve gas and convenience stores started to catch on. Then, in the 1990s, we got new environmental regulations that required all the old and leaky gasoline storage tanks to be replaced, which was something no gas station could afford to do, and every one of them closed down. (A couple remained as tire fixers and oil changers, but the gas pumps were gone.) Since then the convenience stores have been the only source of fuel.�
Aug 23, 2015
tstafford Standard stuff here but I figured I post it.
Yesterday - Put the rear seats down and filled 'er up with a bunch of cardboard recycling that was too big for the curbside can. Took it to the convenience center. The folks working there loved it. "What is it?" "I heard they can go 500 miles on a charge!" "WHAT - it doesn't use ANY gas??", etc. Fun stuff.
Today - Father and his two young kids complimented me on the car. They were looking it over in the grocery store parking lot when I came back. Dad was explaining to them about the environmental aspects and the silent operation.�
Aug 23, 2015
DrumCoder It wasn't a random Tesla moment, but I was hanging out with some friends at a house party yesterday and someone needed to go pick up dinner for the group. I offered to drive so I took two friends to pick up the food. One of my friends is a total car buff, but has a father who won't go near a Tesla for fear of being electrocuted, even though they both really like fast cars.
Right outside of her subdivision is a long straightaway that is not heavily traveled and had nobody around, so I floored it. Both of my friends grabbed whatever they could and screamed. It really was like the videos you see on YouTube.
Except for the fact that I have a 70D.
"This is actually the slow and cheap Tesla."
Then I scared them by enabling TACC when we got onto some moderate traffic and kept repeating "Not touching the pedals, not touching the pedals" as the car in front of us came to a complete stop at a red light. It was glorious.�
Aug 23, 2015
mwulff I had a self-inflicted Tesla moment yesterday. I attended a city-wide party in my old hometown and somehow got into a chat with a dad and his two sons (teenager and an 11 year old). Now it turns out that the teenager was a total car-guy and the conversation went something like:
Me: Yeah, I'm sort of a big car guy too, just bought a new car.
Son: What did you get? a cool car?
Me: It really is a cool car, but I'm pretty sure you can't guess which one
Him: BMW? Merc?
Me: Nope, Nope, way cooler
Him: Porsche?
Me: Way cooler, it's a Tesla.
Him: Are you f*** kidding me? You have a Tesla, did you bring it? Where is it?
Me: Sry, It's parked on the other side of town (don't park a Tesla where drunk people go)
At this point the car was parked about 2 miles away and everybody has had a few too many beers to drive safely. So I offer to drop by the next day and take Dad and both kids for a small drive. As you can imagine the kids freak out completely and the dad is just grateful.
So I show up the next morning and they are all waiting for me. The dad tells me that the only thing he heard of this morning was "Tesla", the oldest son had even called friends just to tell them that he was going for a ride in a Tesla.
So we do the usual "see the big screen"-tour and take off slowly. They all marvel at how quiet it is until we hit a highway and I just floor it. I swear both kids nearly screamed with joy as our Tardis took off like a rocket. The father was visible shaken and kept repeating "I didn't expect that".
We had a nice and cosy test-drive and at the end everybody had a great time. The oldest son was planning on becoming a mechanic, now he is considering wether it might be better to become an electrical-engineer.�
Aug 24, 2015
brec As I await delivery, I ask what screen features does the usual tour include?�
Aug 24, 2015
JMG I guess this can be considered a Tesla moment, but not exactly with someone who didn't know about it, my wife. We were in Dallas traffic the other day and Tesla rerouted me fairly quickly to get off of the freeway to avoid an upcoming traffic jam. I looked at my right mirror and saw a gap but the other car was coming on quickly. So I gave the 85D a quick boost on the go-pedal and jutted over. Apparently I didn't give my wife any warning because it threw her head back into the headrest...and she exclaimed, "You just broke my hair clip!!" Whoops! :biggrin:
Not the one you were asking, but I normally say something to the effect of, "Everything is controlled via this touch screen. The only exceptions are flashers (hit flashers button on and off) and glove box (hit button)." If you have air suspension, one of the things that gets the biggest reactions out of adults is the location enabled suspension. I raise it up, point to the auto location icon (or whatever it says) and tell them that the next time I come to this GPS location it will automatically raise up. I show them the settings screen that shows how you can turn on and off the creep mode, and that this was done by just an OTA update by artificially generating the creep mode found in ICE vehicles. Of course you have to drag down the sunroof with your finger. Show them the web browser, always on backup camera, etc.�
Aug 24, 2015
Gynob001 My assistant's son got married on Saturday and the parents asked me to borrow my Model S as the "Limo" for the newly married! They returned the car with 3 miles remaining but guess what took the center stage! With the iPhone app, I could see them zipping along the freeway at 85MPH! I told them no "just Married" painting or dragging tin cans along the freeway!�
Aug 24, 2015
jerry33 I generally start with the camera on top and the Nav on the bottom. Then make the Nav full screen and do a pinch to zoom. Set a destination and show the turn-by-turn on the smaller display, Then the calendar function. After that it depends on what they are interested in.�
Aug 24, 2015
brianman "Same thing"?�
Aug 24, 2015
stevezzzz The number of 'Tesla moments' has fallen to a trickle as the S has become more and more common on the roads here in Colorado. It's still not a daily thing to see another one, but I no longer get many second looks on the roads.
So yesterday's Tesla Moment Trifecta really made me smile. The first one came when I walked up to my car in an underground garage at one of the ski resorts: somebody had left me a post-it on the driver's window with "Awesome car!" written on it. The second came on the newly-paved entrance road to the same resort, some beautifully smooth new asphalt. There were a number of twenty-something hipster/slackers (when did that become a thing?) riding longboards down the road in the opposite direction. One board had two riders, one sitting, one standing. The standing rider caught sight of the red P85D as I approached and did a full double-take and craned around as I passed, breaking his hipster cool, pointing and talking to his buddies excitedly. He got a grin and a thumbs-up from me.
The third moment came at a stoplight on a multi-lane boulevard in suburban Denver, when a huge pickup pulled up on my left (I swear the bottom of the passenger window was higher than the roof of my D) and I became aware that the driver dad and his young son were both trying to get my attention. I gave them the thumbs-up just as the light changed and, since the road ahead was clear for a good half-mile, launched away from the light for their entertainment (and mine). It wasn't even a full-out launch, but when they caught up with me at the next light, it was to more smiles and a big thumbs-up from the kid.
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Aug 24, 2015
DrumCoder Since I don't have air suspension, the one that gets the biggest reaction from me is the pano roof. I don't tell them what's about to happen, I just tell them to drag around on the roof on the top of the car in the settings page. When they get that the roof is opening to the exact position they dragged their finger, they typically lose it.�
Aug 25, 2015
mwulff I tend to do:
1. Sunroof
2. Navi system (trip planner, my target of choice is almost always Amsterdam), just to show how the tripplanner tells you where to charge.
3. Energy screen
4. Media player - demo Rdio streaming
5. Some of the settings
6. Rear view camera.
I tend to skip over the web-browser and just mention that it's a little slow.
Also I normally make a little joke about "and now we just enter a pin code on the screen to start the car...." after a small artistic pause I go: "Nah, just look at the speedo" and press the brake to flip the display. Then discreetly flick it to drive and take off.
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Not where I live. Electricians install stuff, electrical engineers design and build stuff�
Aug 25, 2015
Max* Tesla's are getting more popular in my neck of the woods, so not many "tesla moments", but this weekend had a guy in a '57 Chevy (I'm not a car person, I wouldn't have known what car he was driving, except his plate said 57chevy, lol) drive by and give me a thumbs up.�
Aug 25, 2015
beeeerock On the highway yesterday afternoon in typical summer traffic. Somebody was doing about 80 in a 100 zone and traffic was backed up behind. I joined the tail of the car snake and remained patient for an opportunity to get a bunch of us by. Up behind me came an out of province Chevy pickup, which began to tailgate me - so close I needed the camera to see his bumper. It was annoying and I was sorely tempted to flip him the bird or do something to get him to back off. However, a passing lane came along and I move over to go by the slower traffic. So did he and I had the idea he was going to try to tailgate me to push me past as much of the traffic as possible.
So I did the obvious Tesla thing - punched it! He was a speck in my mirror very quickly and I got past most of the traffic.
Later, in a four lane section where the congestion thinned out, he caught up to me again. Sat behind me for a few minutes, then went by very slowly. Got slightly ahead then backed off and let me go by him as my cruise control maintained my speed. I could see the passenger gawking out of the corner of my eye, but I pretended not to notice. He eventually settled in behind me, this time at a safe distance and stayed there for about 50 km before taking another road.
Which made me wonder - what is the correct etiquette for acknowledging someone obviously gawking... without causing them to become distracted and sideswipe you? LOL�
Aug 25, 2015
Armadillos As I am another Colorado resident with the Tesla, I still get people noticing the car and asking questions about it. Not so much in the Tech Center area, but in other areas, people still look in awe...�
Aug 25, 2015
kushari I've had the same guy see me three times and always said the same thing. "You're awesome for owning a Tesla and saving the environment". The last time I said hey man, I remember you, you've seen me a few times. He's like oh yeah, I remember, You're awesome, your car is awesome! (not exact words, but something along those lines). I might give him a ride next time he tells me I'm awesome and my car is awesome.
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I always do the same, and do it so casually, oh there's no engine and I have two trunks. That's what makes the gawk. That it's so normal for me, seriously though after owning the Model S, you get so used to it, that ICE cars annoy you with their sounds, and their lack of two trunks etc. Haha.�
Aug 26, 2015
cmu5p At a VA water park this weekend, three young parking attendants in their golf cart stopped to watch my boys climb into the trunk. Lots of questions: does it have the big screen? (showed him) Ludicrous mode? ("no, this a working mom's Tesla, but plenty fast for us") How's it drive? ("awesome and quiet- except for the kids"), how far can you go ("drove 160miles here on a single charge and free juice whenever I need it") etc. etc.
He walked away saying, "That's it, I'm going back to premed."
So there, we're saving the environment and just converted one to fill the doctor shortage.�
Aug 27, 2015
Chipper I had a wonderful Tesla moment yesterday. I was on my way down to the Georgia Power CHAdeMo. I only had 32 miles of rated range left so I was definitely NOT at full power potential. I had a Corvette pull alongside of me on Riverwatch Parkway. He had his convertible top down and I had the sunroof open and windows down. He launched pretty good so I thought, What the heck, and just maintained pace with him to the next light. He hollered over, Hey that's pretty quick. What do you have under the hood? My response, A trunk! When the light turned green this time I put the pedal down and, try as he might, he was three car lengths back when I let up. I had to make sure I had enough to get to the charger! He passed me with grins and thumbs up.�
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