Sep 7, 2011
dsm363 Meet up is at City Beach (not BJ's Brewhouse as the poll above says)
Reply to this poll if you're planning on attending and how many people you're bringing (including you). If you want, also post a message saying you're attending so we get an idea of who's showing up. Or you can just vote anonymously. This is just to get a rough idea of how many people will be attending to see if it's worth getting a back room at a restaurant near the factory.
mwg found this place and it is probably a better option than BJ's Brewhouse which was discussed previously. It will still be on October 1st. Time 1-4PM. Thanks again to mwg for booking this. We have reservation now for 45 people but can always add more later. We have 10 parking spots reserved so we can line the Roadsters up for a photo-op.
Here's the website with the address:
Fremont :: City Beach
4020 Technology Place
Fremont, California 94538
Phone (510) 651-2500
menu:
Restaurant :: City Beach
It looks like we have the place finalized but please check this first post as it will be updated with the latest information.
update:note the new location for meet-up with City Beach replacing BJ's Brewhouse. This is confirmed with City Beach so we're good to go.�
Sep 7, 2011
dsm363 I'm attending with a guest. Look forward to meeting everyone.
How do I make this poll public (to see who voted that they are attending) or do people prefer it this way?�
Sep 7, 2011
Eberhard i will come from germany together with two other tesla roadster owners�
Sep 7, 2011
TEG I hope to attend.�
Sep 7, 2011
NigelM 2-4pm is my preference.�
Sep 7, 2011
dsm363 I should proofread before posting of course but could a moderator fix the poll title View Poll Results: to change 'meet-uo' to 'meet-up'? I don't think I can change it once it's up. Thanks.�
Sep 7, 2011
Trnsl8r I'm guessing this is for Saturday, not Sunday?�
Sep 7, 2011
dsm363 Correct. This is for Saturday (thanks. I added that information to the first post)�
Sep 7, 2011
Doug_G I'm coming, and the exact time doesn't matter to me.�
Sep 7, 2011
smorgasbord What's parking like at BJ's? Decent spots for Roadsters to not get door-dinged?�
Sep 7, 2011
Doug_G You could always park between two roadsters...�
Sep 7, 2011
kvietor Wife and I will be there.�
Sep 7, 2011
Jaff Thanks for setting this up David...really looking forward to it...kudos!
I'll be there with my wife...either time is fine.�
Sep 7, 2011
smorgasbord I'm assuming that this being the "out of towners" day, there won't be too many Roadsters there.�
Sep 7, 2011
Doug_G I was kinda hoping the locals would still come out.�
Sep 7, 2011
Tempus would like to come along, even though i'm "only" a model S res holder and not a roadster owner
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Sep 7, 2011
bonnie This local will come out.�
Sep 7, 2011
ryanjm I'm in the Sunday group and, living in SF with a 10-week-old at home, I'm not going to be able to escape to the East Bay two days in a row.�
Sep 7, 2011
gg_got_a_tesla Am a local and am in. Promised Petefish a ride to the meetup and back. Any 2-hour slot that afternoon is fine by me.
Hmm... there's oodles of parking near BJ's in front of what's now a boarded-up bankrupt retail store (Mervyn's Calif.). There's lots more parking on the opposite side of Mowry Ave. in the Newpark Mall lot. I sure hope though that all those roadsters in one spot don't attract any attention of the bad kind; the area's generally quite safe.�
Sep 7, 2011
W.Petefish Just as long as I get back in time for the ride. Earlier works better.�
Sep 7, 2011
slcasner My wife and I will join. We're local. Either time would work, but we prefer 2-4.�
Sep 8, 2011
Zextraterrestrial I plan on heading over to the E Bay BJ's w/ my wife too. (2 total)�
Sep 8, 2011
howabout2 My wife and I plan to be there. Either time works for us.�
Sep 8, 2011
ibcs +2 - Two Tesla enthusiasts to join the group. Looking forward to meeting other depositors. I think 2 PM - 4 PM would be the best time, but will make it work either way.
---Kent�
Sep 8, 2011
dsm363 Sounds like 2-4PM will be best. I think the campus is only 4.5 miles away so shouldn't be long drive. The event starts at 5PM but what time are they recommending people get there?
I'll call BJ's brewhouse early next week and see if that time is available.�
Sep 8, 2011
johnnyS My wife and I will stop by. We are driving up from Southern California. We may try to see friends for lunch in S.F. then we will stop by-2-4 p.m.�
Sep 9, 2011
SteveHand Count us in. Steve (& Mary) Hand�
Sep 13, 2011
richkae I hope to attend and since my wife cannot attend, I'm dragging along a friend who I'm hoping will buy a Model S. I've already convinced him to put solar on his house, and he just added a ground source heat pump - so I'm hopeful I can close a Model S sale as well - and then his conversion to the electromotive force will be complete!�
Sep 14, 2011
Doug_G Wow we've hit 40 people...�
Sep 14, 2011
dsm363 I just called to book it. For more than 25 people, they only do it under an event contract so a buffet style menu (can pick it out on their website) with unlimited food and soft drinks/water. Manager said it ranges from $15-25 per person. What do people want to do? Sounds like self pay is not an option. Someone would have to collect the $600-1000 from everyone and put it on one bill. I think everyone taking care of their own tab (especially when people start ordering drinks) would be easier.
We can just reserve multiple tables of large parties of 10 or so but people wouldn't necessarily site together. I don't know the area but are there other options if people don't want to do this?�
Sep 14, 2011
ibcs Manager is missing a big opportunity using an event style contract. I don't see how it will work with someone having to collect the money to put it on one bill. That's my thoughts anyway.
---Kent�
Sep 14, 2011
smorgasbord BJ's large party menu is here (PDF).
For $20/person we could do the "Endless portion" Pizzas and the "Endless Appetizers", and soft drinks (including tax and tip it comes to $19.80).
The way these things usually work is that anyone who wants alcohol can order and pay for that independently. The biggest problem is they probably won't let you have people there who aren't eating (or at least paying like they're eating).�
Sep 14, 2011
dsm363 I agree. It would be nice for people to come and go as they please and not have to worry about finding one person to figure out how to pay their bill instead of their own tab. If any locals have a better place in mind, post it here. Or we could just reserve tables of ten under names like Mr. Blonde, Mr. Blue, Mr. Orange, Mr. Pink, and Mr. White.�
Sep 14, 2011
bonnie And Ms. White with cf accents.�
Sep 14, 2011
dsm363 Of course! Ms. C.F. White will have a table too.�
Sep 14, 2011
Doug_G You mean Mr. Fusion Red, Mr. Radiant Red, Ms. Arctic White, Ms. Very Orange, Mr. Lightning Green...�
Sep 14, 2011
mwg There is a local bar & grill inside a sports complex called City Beach. It's about a mile from the factory. I checked with the restaurant this afternoon and they can accommodate 60 people with additional overflow in their patio area. Separate checks and no contract. Let me know if you want to go this route. Fremont :: City Beach
Restaurant details: http://www.citybeach.com/food-fun/restaurant-2/�
Sep 14, 2011
Tommy Mr. White? Shades of 007; Bond that is. James Bond.�
Sep 14, 2011
doug No, it's these guys:
You're missing Mr. Brown. (Photo is missing Mr. Blue.)�
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Sep 14, 2011
dsm363 This place looks good. I say we go with this unless people don't want to. If you're able to book it without putting any money down, go ahead and do it. Thanks. If they need you to put a deposit down, wait until people chime in I guess to make sure people are ok with the place. I think it looks like a good option. Send me a PM if you're able to book it. I can call them too if you want later in the week. Thanks.�
Sep 14, 2011
dsm363 Yes. Left him out. We need more people to come I guess:smile:
I like this. We'll have to go with that. I guess if we change locations we won't need these but good idea if there ever is another event like this.�
Sep 14, 2011
dsm363 note change of location for meetup
mwg found City Beach (info in first post of thread) and looks like our best option unless people have strong objections. It's only a mile from the factory, they'll let people pay their own checks, and they have a parking lot. mwg is looking into parking to see if they can reserve 10 spots in a row for possible photo-op. Will there be more than 10 Roadsters at the meet-up? If you're driving your Roadster to this, post a message here too. Thanks.�
Sep 14, 2011
bonnie I'm driving my Roadster.�
Sep 14, 2011
dsm363 Great. Actually, we can try and get as many spots as possible for parking. We'll try and find out if reserving spots is even possible tomorrow and then how many people are driving. Look forward to meeting everyone and going to the event.�
Sep 14, 2011
Doug_G Sounds like the best solution, and seeing as i've never heard of any of these places I certainly don't mind changing restaurants.�
Sep 14, 2011
gg_got_a_tesla +1 for City Beach. Very roomy indeed.�
Sep 14, 2011
slcasner I agree with the change of location and will arrive in a Roadster. If the catering at the factory is like what Tesla has arranged at previous events in this area, there will be plenty of food there, so I'm not interested in a lot of food, hence this looks like the better venue. Is the plan still roughly 2-4 pm?�
Sep 15, 2011
dsm363 I don't think we're restricted to a 2 hour block so I think the plan now is 1-4PM. Some people wanted 1-3PM and some wanted 2-4PM too so this should work out for everyone.�
Sep 15, 2011
ibcs +2 for City Beach. Thanks for the extra research.�
Sep 15, 2011
AnOutsider My wife and I will likely be there. We still need to book a place to stay! Is there a common hotel folks are staying at?�
Sep 15, 2011
dsm363 Not sure if there is a common hotel but someone at Tesla recommended the Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley Hotel so a few people are staying there.�
Sep 15, 2011
dsm363 mwg was able to arrange 10 reserved spots for the meet up. Since we only have 10 spots, I guess we can reserve them for Roadsters if people don't mind. Would look more impressive with them all lined up and make for a good photo-op. It sounds like they are very flexible with parking so if we need more, we can probably get it.
Does anyone know how to edit the poll title? "View Poll Results: How many people (including yourself) will be attending the meet-uo at BJ's Brewhouse?"
I want it to say "View Poll Results: How many people (including yourself) will be attending the meet-up at City Beach?" Maybe a moderator could fix this? Thanks. Didn't want people to see that and get confused about the location.�
Sep 18, 2011
aminorjourney I'm going to be flying into SFO on the Thursday and back on the Monday to England inorder to cover the events for GreenCarReports and TransportEvolved.
I'd love to come along. -- but may need some more help finding it etc.
I'm also going to be hiring a Prius for the week, so might be able to offer lifts...
Nikki.
EDIT: Not able to now, I'm afraid.�
Sep 18, 2011
dsm363 Awesome. See if the Prius you rent comes with or can come with a navigation system. That might help. City Beach is about a mile from the factory and the address is
4020 Technology Place
Fremont, California 94538
Also, if you're coming from your hotel, someone there might be able to print out a map for you.�
Sep 18, 2011
DisneylandIsHome Please count my wife and me in. Marilyn and Darrell H.�
Sep 19, 2011
TEG More jet fuel burned. Don't they have someone more local to cover it?
(GreenCarReports / HighGearMedia is based in Palo Alto, right?)�
Sep 21, 2011
DavidM Count me in for the meet and greet at City Beach. It's a long trip from Florida, and school is in (daughter), so my wife opted to stay at home. Arriving to the Bay area on Friday. Staying at the Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley hotel.�
Sep 21, 2011
NigelM David, where are you in FL? Larry C and I are starting to collect contact details of local Tesla owners in SW FL with a view to organizing some future get-togethers.�
Sep 21, 2011
DisneylandIsHome Count our Roadster in too. Marilyn and Darrell H.�
Sep 21, 2011
DavidM NigelM, I'm in Sarasota as well. I believe I've seen your Roadster driving around town a couple of times. email contact: [email�protected]�
Sep 21, 2011
TEG By the way, I have been to City Beach before for rock climbing events.
It is mostly a gymnasium / indoor rock climbing center with plenty of parking.
The restaurant is fairly low key.
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Sep 24, 2011
aminorjourney Ack!
We've finally got our itteneray -- and Tesla has something planned for the International press that afternoon, so I won't be coming, sadly.
Although it would be nice perhaps to do breakfast on the Sunday morning if anyone's interested -- ping me Nikki at littlecollie dot com if you're interested.
Sorry
Seriously? So I'm only expected to write about things I can drive to in my Nissan Leaf?�
Sep 25, 2011
AnOutsider We have a thread to moan over the carbon footprint related to attending the event.�
Sep 26, 2011
doug Sorry, had a full weekend and hadn't been watching this thread since I thought it was unlikely to need attention. I have moved the last several posts to said thread.�
Sep 26, 2011
TEG Thanks for moving those.�
Sep 27, 2011
jaanton I'm looking forward to meeting up with people. Road(ster) trip!�
Oct 1, 2011
jchanger Great meeting all the bigtime Tesla fans at this event! At City Beach, I gave a shout out to TEG, but also want to very much thank dsm363 for organizing the meet up. I hope you enjoy the weekend!�
Oct 1, 2011
jchanger 
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Oct 1, 2011
jchanger 
The Tesla T!�
Oct 1, 2011
AndrewBissell ^^^ when the dust settles it would be great to have annotation for this picture so we know who is who!�
Oct 1, 2011
Todd Burch I second that! Was just about to ask before you beat me to it!�
Oct 1, 2011
TEG Some Roadsters in the parking lot:
(Some of them drove from far away to get there...)
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Oct 1, 2011
smorgasbord What we looked like to my Roadster:
Photo of the photographers and the attendees:
Photo of Photographers photographing the attendees, some of whom are photographing the photographers:
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Oct 1, 2011
Doug_G It was great meeting all of you. We Canucks all had a blast. Thanks!�
Oct 2, 2011
W.Petefish My facebook is still uploading photos. Videos to follow. Pre-Pre Party to follow that.
By the way thanks, gg_wants_a_tesla and cinergi for the rides.�
Oct 2, 2011
dsm363 Was awesome event and had a great time at the pre-pre-party. Glad everyone could make it out.�
Oct 2, 2011
W.Petefish Photos of the Pre-Pre Party up on Flickr. Having to upgrade my Flickr account. Then tonight I'll upload the Ride Event Photos. (If you can't wait friend me on facebook.)�
Oct 2, 2011
shark2k Holy crap, TEG's Leaf looks like a mini-van compared to the Roadsters. Of course the fact that the Roadster is so small is what gives that illusion.
You know there is an option in Facebook to link to your photos for people that are not on Facebook. It will only link to the album you take it from.
-Shark2k�
Oct 2, 2011
cinergi Great to meet everyone. Awesome turnout. Thanks Dave for setting that up! And whoever brought the name tags and pens -- nicely done :smile:�
Oct 2, 2011
dsm363 No problem. It was a fun event. That was Mike who brought the name tags and found the place. Thanks again Mike!�
Oct 2, 2011
doug I just kinda swooped in at the last minute, but it was good to be able to put names to faces before heading over to the factory.�
Oct 2, 2011
Doug_G It was good to meet my namesake! I must say you look nothing like the picture on your avatar. :tongue:�
Oct 3, 2011
Jaff Just back at my desk this morning...a big thanks to dsm, gg, Mike et al for setting this up...great time indeed (but wish it could have been longer...time just seemed to fly by!)�
Oct 3, 2011
howabout2 My wife and I caught the last few minutes of the gathering, but it was great to meet some of you folks. Thanks for all who organized the event!�
Oct 6, 2011
vfx My thanks to the local organizers. When I walked in I smelt sweat but in the restaurant built in the middle of a gym you could not really taste it in the food.
Tried to say hi to everyone and it was great to meet each one of you.
And how cool is TEG's kid?!!�
Oct 6, 2011
doug I met vfx (again?), but remember it this time and have photographic evidence.�
Oct 6, 2011
vfx At the first Model S event you were quite busy. And you are not nearly as yellow as your avatar portrays you.�
Oct 6, 2011
TEG Thanks. I agree. But I am biased. You didn't get to meet his other half... His twin sister.
I was impressed when he was asked what Bonnie's plate (NOCO24U) meant, and he just spouted out the answer right away. Well at least the environmental angle... I did need to let him known the Seinfeld soup reference though... He hasn't really seen that show.�
Oct 6, 2011
TEG Just a reminder in case anyone didn't recognize my outfit at City Beach...�
Oct 7, 2011
AnOutsider TEG, didn't know you were there. Unless we talked and I didn't know it. Thought you were home glaring at our co2 calculations�
Oct 7, 2011
bonnie TEG's kid is very cool. I suspect he's outTEGged TEG a few times already.�
Oct 7, 2011
TEG Hey it was in range for my Leaf, so why not?�
Oct 7, 2011
doug The key element is the skinny tie.�
Oct 7, 2011
vfx I missed that totally.�
Oct 7, 2011
Tempus yeah - i completely missed the reference too. In hindsight though... brilliant!�
Oct 7, 2011
AnOutsider Ha! I'd asked a few people whose Leaf it was and no one seemed to know�
Oct 7, 2011
gg_got_a_tesla The "Reservoir Dog" with the sunnies and the skinny tie, waving, three folks to your right here!
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2800&d=1317519078�
Oct 7, 2011
AnOutsider Aha! Thanks!
Did anyone ever do a markup on the pic to show who is who?�
Oct 7, 2011
doug He didn't actually wear a skinny black tie, did he?? So I missed it also.�
Oct 7, 2011
Doug_G The license plate said, as I recall, TEG LEAF.�
Oct 7, 2011
vfx He walked in with full suit and skinny tie, I missed the RD reference. Though I had not been really following this thread since I was not going to go until a week before.
I asked if he was dressing up for the car he wants. (like Peter did for a exec job in Family Guy)�
Oct 7, 2011
AnOutsider I'd make a horrible cop, because license plates and people are some of the things I routinely ignore.�
Oct 10, 2011
doug Oh?? Didn't strike me as a particularly skinny tie. He wore a suit at the last Tesla party I saw him at, so I figured that was his normal style.�
Oct 10, 2011
vfx So maybe he's a big RD fan? ...�
Oct 10, 2011
TEG It was the skinniest tie I own. My father in law gave it to me a long time ago, and I think it is 50s vintage.
Actually in RD, I think their ties are more dark shiny gray, like the one I have, not black.
I rarely wear a tie and sport coat. Just goofing around for fun.
I guess I am a Tarantino fan, but not in a big way. I only saw that movie once...�
Oct 10, 2011
dsm363 I think I brought up the Reservoir Dogs reference earlier in this thread but maybe someone else did. I believe that's how this all started. I'm impressed TEG came through with the outfit though. I didn't even think of doing that. I've only seen the movie once too.�
Oct 10, 2011
TEG Now forget I was ever there...
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Nov 1, 2011
NigelM Where's TEG?
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Nov 1, 2011
TEG :biggrin: WTF LOL !!! :biggrin:�
Nov 2, 2011
W.Petefish I had the same reaction. (ROTFL)�
Nov 2, 2011
WhiteKnight Is it safe to assume these were the engineers' Halloween costumes?�
Nov 2, 2011
TEG Yes, the caption on the Facebook page was:
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Nov 2, 2011
TEG Apollo 13 for reference:
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Nov 2, 2011
NigelM No, I think they all dressed up as TEG..... :wink:�
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