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guest Yeah, sometimes it seems like people too immersed in "Tesla space" lose all perspective and forget how awesome even the most
"humble" Tesla is in an absolute sense.�
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guest Tesla never made slow cars. Or ugly, either.�
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guest I drove down south from LAX on the 405 through Orange County the other day, and at one point there were no less than three Model S on the freeway right in front of me.
A few days earlier in San Marcos, there was a Model X and two Model S in one intersection at the same time going in different directions.�
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guest Way to go!!!!
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guest Five test rides at the South Paris ME NDEW event, and I lost count at South Portland this past weekend. Talked about and showed how autopilot is not autonomous and proved that an EV does not have to drive like a golf cart with a little launch demo. Scared one car-full (in a fun way) with Summon, once they were all strapped in I got out and the car started moving out of the parking space. Several Tesla�s were at the South Portland event were the stars of the show, including the one other (that I know of) Maine Model X, but the other smaller used/new EV�s on display and available for rides/drives/questions really brought home the idea that EV's are great daily driver cars with no gas bills and minimal repair costs. These events are great ways for people to explore how an EV can fit into their lives; I recommend all enthusiast owners bring their cars to one and be prepared to enjoy a few hours of Tesla Moments.�
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guest Thanks for being there and for all the rides you guys gave! I was there helping at the dealer Ride and Drive, and having to run and get copies of licenses for one of the dealers that was doing test drives. The lady at the community center who did most of the copying commented that "Maine needs a Tesla dealer", and I mentioned to her that Tesla owners were doing ride-alongs, so maybe when she was on break she could go ask for a ride. At one point I thought she'd gone home, but sure enough, when I came back later for another copy, she was back and told me she'd had a ride in a Tesla and loved it.�
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guest https://www.facebook.com/groups/748440881913046/�
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guest We do First Friday lunch at the Tesla Supercharger and First Saturday Cars and Coffee at the Windstream office in the Matthews neighborhood. We are trying to set up regular meetups for our South Carolina neighbor's too so they don't drive 50ish miles to meet with us. @muleferg drives 150ish miles from North Wilkesboro sometimes to meet with our group. He always has the best stories (was/is a paratrooper). A great group. @Btrflyl8e has been to one of our meetups. We are a welcoming group.�
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guest I had two Owner Advisors from Tesla at the event chatting over the X they brought (last year they offered test drives in an S), so I'm not surprised that with my Tesla hat, Tesla shirt, and Tesla grin that I kept getting asked what it's like working for Tesla.
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guest Bruce, I did the same thing in Maumee, Ohio (near Toledo) on Saturday. I plan on doing the event in Columbus, Ohio next Sunday.
The Maumee event was about 6 miles from the local Supercharger location. The event in Columbus is across town from the local Supercharger in Grove City, but it is only about 15 miles from home so no big deal.
I love these NDEW events. I first drove a Model S two years ago. I got my car about 2 weeks before last year's event in Columbus.
I get most of your questions when ever I am showing off the car.�
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guest Kind of a Tesla and a dad moment. I was having a Clark Griswold/Christie Brinkley moment in my freshly tinted black Model S this past week. A fairy attractive woman was in her Mustang convertible and she was eyeballing the hell out of the S and here I was keeping up with her on the highway speeding a long.
Well she points and mouths something which I think comes out to "cute". And I am all smiling and enjoying this little interaction but then she points and I see my son in the rear view mirror waving at her from his booster seat.
She speeds off, I go back to discussions about Woody and Buzz and my wife calls me to don't forget to pick up the dry cleaning on the way home.
Reality.�
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guest Tinkerbell?�
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guest There are a decent amount of Tesla's in the area, that I usually just go around my business oblivious to the outside world and don't have any "Tesla moments".
My wife is traveling, and I get to pick up my daughter from school. As I'm waiting my turn in the Kiss&Ride line, the school staff person who opens the door and lets the kid in, looks at my car and yells "WOW, IT'S A TESLA! NICE TESLA!". In the 10 seconds that it takes my daughter to get in the car, she tells me about how much she loves Tesla and how her boyfriend really wants one, I smile, thank her, wish her a nice day, and drive off.�
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guest You get points for saying "I get to pick up my daughter..." Instead of "I have to pick up my daughter"�
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guest Small Tesla moments over the weekend:
Drove the Tesla to Gainesville for the Gator game. Showed up on campus about 2 hours prior to kickoff (late by SEC tailgating standards) and was able to squeeze the car in to a tiny spot that was the last one left where we normally park. As I get out I see a small grey box on the wall. No way that's a plug, I think to myself. Sure enough it was, and you better believe I plugged in just for fun to charge at 3mi/hr. Got several looks, points, and questions of passerbys.
After the game we pull up to a red light and I look left to see a girl who couldn't be older than 9 giving me enthusiastic thumbs up with her dad smiling in the background. I gave the thumbs up back, we Gator chomped back and forth, and I demonstrated the 0-60 on the green for smiles all around. I never knew a car could bring this much joy.
PS: This is the ultimate tailgate car, being able to have it chilled as we leave the stadium and diving in the icebox after sitting in the sun all day was incredible.�
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guest Let's try this again -- the audio in the first video was bad.
This happened today -- watch for the "running man" on the left at the very start of the video:
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guest Was that actually a "stop" at 1:41? You'd better hope the local constabulary doesn't subpoena your dashcam video!
I like the idea of one form of responsible transportation (Tesla) assisting someone in using another form (train).
I notice you're as bad as I am at forgetting to put it in Park before people get in/out, thus the beep-beep-
beeps�
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guest Yeah, there are a few stop signs in town where *nobody* even attempts to "stop"... and this is one of them. I would have stopped fully if I wasn't trying to get to the station quickly.�
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guest You know, people who run red lights and cause horrible accidents say pretty much the same thing. I think you were better off stopping
at "everyone runs this stop sign, and so do I" as your justification. Just sayin'...�
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It wasn't really a justification... it was a rolling stop... against the law? Probably. But at least I made an effort to stop(ish) and look. Most people don't even do that. There's one stop sign at the end of our street which is a "traffic from the right does not stop" stop sign... but you wouldn't believe how blatantly people don't even make an attempt to stop there, and several times have almost caused an accident with "traffic from the right" (including me). I have a few videos of that somewhere too. I actually do stop at this and all other stop signs... but like I said, it was a rolling stop, not a "I don't care and I'm not even going to try to stop" stop like most people do do here.�
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guest Here's the kind of people I'm talking about in this town... and this woman ran a clear red light!!! And nearly hit me.
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guest Wow�
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guest Extra Karma points for you today good sir. Well done!�
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guest We won't have any Tesla moments for a couple years, but I wanted to thank the driver of the blue Model S who smiled and waved back at my 8 year old daughter yesterday afternoon at the intersection of Oak Bay & Richmond (in Victoria, BC). She's been giddy ever since�
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guest This is not really an impromptu Tesla moment but:
Today I participated at one of the EV events for the National Drive Electric week. Mostly Prius plug-ins, a couple of BYD's (didn't know they were in USA)Volt's, Ford Fusion couple of others......and a fuel cell hydrogen Toyota Mirai (interesting)
The biggest hit of course were the 2 Tesla Model S's. Mine and another P85D
Answered a ton of questions, showed off the car ,was asked for test drives but declined.
( I have the car 3 weeks, i'm not giving test drives ) sorry
The Tesla had me talking for 6 hours straight. I am NOT that sociable
I was asked by a few people if I work for Tesla (Toyota,Ford and BYD had rep.'s there.)
I would say no this is my car and some would give me a look like "really? You seem to be selling
Sorry, no. Just here to show off�
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guest This reminds me of the time I was exiting my S. A fellow club member smilingly said, "Wow, I really like MY Tesla". Noting the puzzled look on my face, he then said, "Well, some of my money paid for that with government subsidies, etc.. I had to bite my tongue to avoid discussing subsidies in farming, banking bailouts and ICE company bailouts.�
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guest Actually, this is not funny. The last time we drove from FL to Chicago using the ICE minivan, we were so tired (non-stop, 18-19 hours) that after unloading and eating, we hurriedly started getting ready for bed. That's when we realized the cosmetics bag was still in the van. So I went to get it and the heat and smell in the garage with the car running for the previous 2 hours was sickening. I think we were just a few hours short of being CO victims.�
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guest Another reason why everyone should have a CO detector.�
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guest Showed the car to my mom today. She loves fun cars and always have. Grandfather was a car mechanic and always had interesting cars. Mom was blown away. After she had driven it for a minute she said: "What is the next one going to cost?" I told her the Model 3 estimates. "I want one!" she burst out. Then she proceeded driving the car around the countryside with a spririted attitude. Fun times.�
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guest I like your mom!�
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guest My parents love my S, and whenever I drive up to visit them (they're 4 hours away) they always like to sit in it and take it for a test drive.
When they heard about the 3, they put down a deposit on opening day.�
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guest I've come to the conclusion white Ss are nearly invisible. My car is pearl white and I've only had one person talk to me in a parking lot about it and a couple of people stare. All the stares were from people with sports cars or under 25. It took three weeks for any of the neighbors to notice.
My car was in the service center to have the A/C vents checked and they gave me a red 70D as a loaner. First person I encountered in a parking lot, a 70 year old woman, wanted to talk my ear off about the car.
I'm not complaining, I like flying below the radar, but I did think it was kind of funny.�
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guest Perhaps it is your location, our white 90D turns heads wherever we go. We can hardly get out of the car without the occasional Q/A session, some very brief, some quite lengthy.�
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guest I'd think twice before doing that - unless you have specific permission I'm pretty sure that would count as theft is someone had a bad day and reported you.�
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guest And it's no joke, it's happened before: Electric car owner arrested for �stealing� 5 cents of electricity
Man detained for 15 hours for plugging in for 20 minutes.�
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guest Let's not start that old conversation again. There was much more to the story than initially reported. The Leaf owner had previously been warned about trespassing there.�
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guest Sure. Fair enough.�
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guest 3 days after picking up my car, I had to take my wife's car for an oil change...30mn waiting in a filthy area with empty quarts of oil everywhere. I guess you could call it a very un-Tesla moment.�
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guest My latest Tesla moments are the number of cars that are waiting to pull out of side streets and get into your traffic lane. They see you way off, especially at a stopped light, so they pull out. Before they even get into the lane you are on top of them and having to brake. And I just have a 90D and am pretty conservative on the accelerator.
Most of the time they seem to move over which I am grateful for. I just don't think the average driver has any clue how fast these cars accelerate, even when not in ludi mode.�
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