Mar 21, 2012
Trnsl8r When I get too lost in the center console this or interior finish that, I find that looking at this picture helps me remember why I'm in it for the Model S. Maybe it will do the same for you.
(My kid but not my pic. Thank you Photographer for taking the time to send it to me.)�
Mar 21, 2012
spatterso911 Thank you. This really does put it into perspective.�
Mar 21, 2012
132 He will be driving it in no time!�
Mar 21, 2012
Todd Burch Thanks Trnsl8r. It sure does! (I was going to refer to you as "tranny" but thought better of it :wink.
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Mar 21, 2012
ibcs Outstanding picture. Indeed, this young man will get to enjoy the fruits of Tesla's genius as he gets older. We will get to say we were first!�
Mar 23, 2012
rabar10 Someone needs to lower the adjustable steering wheel -- he can't see the speedo! (or the road, but that's a separate issue :tongue
Great pic.�
Mar 23, 2012
mwu 
It was pretty hard to get him to sit still long enough to get this shot... didn't bother trying to get him from the front after that.
...Boo, it rotated...�
Mar 23, 2012
gg_got_a_tesla This is great stuff! Hopefully, EVs will be common place for these kids 10 or 15 years from now!
Here are shots of my 5-year-old who has already sworn to drive nothing but electric and that too a Tesla when he grows up!
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Mar 23, 2012
bonnie I love this thread.�
Mar 23, 2012
Arnold Panz My kids LOVE Tesla. They were totally hooked after we test drove a Roadster. The swag Tesla sent the past couple of years while we were on the waiting list helped, and they totally get the need for something other than carbon burning fossil fuels to power our transportation in the future. These were their happy faces when we saw the Beta in December:
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Mar 23, 2012
Robert.Boston Tesla should so totally do a blog about this thread.�
Mar 23, 2012
PV4EV
For some reason I saw your photo and instantly thought of this :-
(ETA - do you have a face forward pic with the wording at the front also ..?)
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Mar 23, 2012
bonnie Low emissions.�
Mar 23, 2012
ddenboer 2 of my 4 who have sat in many Beta Model S cars so far... and definitely getting rear seats.
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Mar 23, 2012
mikevbf That's hilarious Bonnie�
Mar 23, 2012
gg_got_a_tesla Tesla's thought about that already. Check out image 2 here: Baby Onesie "0 Emissions.. Almost", Heather Gray Tesla Motors�
Mar 24, 2012
AnOutsider Yes! feeding the crap outta my little guy so he can fit his.�
Mar 29, 2012
Bucket22 But I'm not sure the pictures of my kids help explain why I'm upgrading to the Performance model...
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Mar 30, 2012
vfx Here's a 10 year old who's parents need a Tesla.
http://61211167.nhd.weebly.com/the-story-of-the-electric-car-process-paper.html�
Mar 30, 2012
Trnsl8r Wow... If that didn't earn her an A+, I don't know what would...�
Mar 30, 2012
gg_got_a_tesla Good work. Our planet is going to be in better hands than ours.�
Mar 30, 2012
GeorgeB Sometimes I just have to jump in... Here's one of the reasons I work at Tesla. This is my granddaughter at the Santana Row event. My hope is that the world will be a better place for her and all the children in this thread!
Thanks for starting this thread Trnsl8r. (I recognize your photo
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Mar 30, 2012
Trnsl8r Right back at you. Couldn't have done it without your photo. :wink:�
Mar 31, 2012
ManuVince My son, 8 month old, already a fan, climbing the A of Tesla in Geneva Motor Show ;-)
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Mar 31, 2012
Joel My daughter: One Month Old - She's dreaming of riding in daddy's Model S.
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Mar 31, 2012
grisnjam Here is my 8 year old confirming no rear seats for me. Funny thing is she says she is going to miss the racket my 3.2L Audi A3 makes when doing a 5.9 second 0-60 run, which is often. I tell her to just wait ...
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Apr 4, 2012
Charged_Up :biggrin:This was on facebook about ten seconds after the photo was downloaded - from a Roadster Test Drive -
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Apr 8, 2012
Discoducky Here's my son performing a quick structural check of the "Skateboard". I took this right before he started jumping up and down. I've taken him to the Bellevue store so many times I've lost count; nearly every weekend.
His current favorite thing is going for a ride in the MINI Cooper S. Can't wait to put the car seat into Model S!
It always makes me smile to think he's going to grow up with this car. Thanks to Elon and everyone at TM for making this car!!!
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Apr 29, 2012
NigelM Today in Sarasota:
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Apr 29, 2012
Trnsl8r "Why yes sir, it comes with a twin turbo..."�
Apr 29, 2012
brianman Just add halloween candy if you want Ranged mode...�
Apr 29, 2012
NigelM Believe it or not, my daughter doesn't like candy!�
Apr 29, 2012
vfx Who's going to tell them they're in the wrong end?�
Apr 29, 2012
brianman They're not.
This is the new AWD model. Electric powered rear, kid powered front.�
May 3, 2012
BYT_P1837 I forgot I took pictures just for this forum page!
My BIG little man in the Model S Beta in Menlo Park, Black VIN# 23�
May 3, 2012
dadaleus The day the Roadster arrived. This is my son sitting in the Roadster in the garage, looking at pictures of fast cars on the ipad. He didn't want to leave.
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May 12, 2012
AnOutsider We discovered today that our lil guy is finally big (fat) enough to fit his tesla onesie
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May 12, 2012
Trnsl8r Am I too hooked on Facebook or does this forum need a "like" button?�
May 12, 2012
ddenboer Hard to tell from the pic, but I have my 3 year old at the wheel, my 1 year old in the center open area, and wife in the passenger seat. The other two kids are sitting in the back looking at the 17" screen
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May 26, 2012
AnOutsider Here's the little guy in his Tesla Onesie ignoring GeorgeB
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May 26, 2012
gg_got_a_tesla Nice! The little guy must have been wondering what the fuss was all about�
May 26, 2012
Avic Randomly found this one on Youtube the other day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFus6SC237k�
May 26, 2012
tdelta1000 What a great thread!!!!�
Jun 8, 2012
vfx No kids to share but this struck me.
A brilliant quote from George B:
George is beyond selling cars here. Beyond aspirational.
He's putting a visit with the the car on par with all special moments. Birthday parties, Amusement parks, A Tesla.
We do it here on TMC but he's framing it for others to see the car as something that special.�
Aug 24, 2012
Trnsl8r My wife told our son that I got the email. Without a word, he ran to his room, got his piggy bank...
His brother didn't say anything either, but seemed... skeptical.
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Aug 24, 2012
mcornwell That should help pay for 1/17th of the parcel shelf!�
Aug 24, 2012
Trnsl8r :biggrin: ... well it's the thought that counts.�
Aug 24, 2012
brianman Was he trying to convince mom to let you get the Perf (or some other feature)?�
Aug 24, 2012
Grendal You've got that right. How absolutely cute. Our youngest Tesla fan.�
Aug 25, 2012
Robert.Boston I'm All In!�
Aug 25, 2012
Trnsl8r You kid, but seriously... you should hear the two of us on the website configurator arguing about the merits of 21 inch wheels, black interior and what-not...�
Aug 25, 2012
brianman @Trnsl8r - Actually, I wasn't kidding. At that age, I did a lot of helping dad convince mom to buy the cooler, more expensive thing.�
Aug 25, 2012
Trnsl8r Ah good, so you know what I'm up against.�
Aug 25, 2012
brianman Start with something like "if we get ___ option, then we can't have pizza for a whole year, only oatmeal."�
Aug 25, 2012
bonnie The 'you can only spend it once' approach is always good (just be prepared if he opts for oatmeal).�
Aug 25, 2012
Trnsl8r Good point. I have a hunch that he'd be game to eat gravel for some of the stuff he's arguing for...�
Aug 25, 2012
bonnie My son always chose the 'oatmeal' (or equivalent). It worked out. The cars I purchased when he was around were all fully optioned or darn close. And he always convinced me to go black paint|black interior.
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What exactly is he trying to convince you to get? ... maybe I can help.
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Aug 26, 2012
Trnsl8r OK, that's weird... my kid is all about black too, especially the interior. He finally got off it after riding in a tan interior car yesterday. Still on my case about performance rims and piano black dashboard... neither of which are in the stars (well, maybe piano black, we'll see).�
Aug 28, 2012
AustinPowers You could also use this pic to argue that BEV's are still in their infancy ;-)
Oh and come to think of it, when I was a kid, ALL the cars I drove were electric. Of course you needed a remote control to drive them ... :tongue:�
Sep 3, 2012
VolkerP Not true:
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Sep 3, 2012
Lyon I just told my 4 year old that I ordered blue and he started crying because he wanted green. He was mollified at learning that he was allowed to get a green car when he grows up.�
Sep 3, 2012
Arnold Panz That's an awesome story! Kids at that age are so funny with what gets them riled up, and what calms them down. I would only caution that no one should have their kids' taste affect their choices, because the kids change their minds in a few months but you'll be stuck with their wish at this particular point in time for years to come.�
Sep 3, 2012
vfx Maybe he thought you were not going "green".�
Sep 3, 2012
Robert.Boston It's not easy being green.�
Sep 3, 2012
brianman Color Selection Videos - Please Add....
2:10 mark�
Sep 5, 2012
AustinPowers Crikey, Norbert, how could I have forgotten. :wink:
You're absolutely right of course.�
Sep 5, 2012
mcornwell Is that signature red?�
Sep 5, 2012
AustinPowers Yes. But, definitely too much chrome... :wink:�
Jan 19, 2013
Zextraterrestrial my friend's girl. She didn't wan't to get out of it!
'Now where is that Google self driving app so I don't need to touch the pedals'
If she drive's anything like her daddy or Grandpa(who I let drive my S�
Apr 28, 2013
Raffy.Roma The same�
Apr 28, 2013
highfalutintodd Me, too. ;-)�
Apr 29, 2013
DavidM Awesome thread. Enjoying all of the kid photos.
As a kid, one thing I learned from the Boy Scouts was this:
Wherever you go, make sure you leave the place cleaner or better than it was when you arrived. This was part of my decision point in supporting Tesla and driving a Model S. Let's leave this world a better place for the next few generations . .
Not a bad legacy to aspire to.�
Apr 29, 2013
Raffy.Roma Agree 100%�
Apr 29, 2013
ElSupreme So how did you end up with a white roadster? :tongue:�
May 7, 2013
Alpha Took delivery today. The kids loved it. Just realized how easily he could have put it in Drive and the car could have rolled off cause the key was nearby... Oh well, maybe he doesn't weigh enough for the seat to think a person of driving age is there?
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May 7, 2013
Banahogg Looks like you're charging, so you should be safe.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2�
May 8, 2013
FlasherZ Plus you need to have a foot on the brake to deselect Park. Looks like he might have to stretch & strain to coordinate that.�
May 8, 2013
Alpha Of course! You guys are right. Both those things would have prevented him driving off. Later on when I went to drive it, the windshield wipers came on full blast, cause of course the kids were playing with every control they could reach! Arggh, took me at least 10 seconds to figure out how to turn those off... I'll get used to that Mercedes stalk soon enough�
May 8, 2013
Arnold Panz I learned quickly never to let my kids in the front seat, even if the car is parked, because they will screw stuff up (like the wipers), and cause a mess on the touchscreen. It's safer for them anyway, and now they love the rear-facing seats the most. It was worth the upgrade just to get them back there!�
May 8, 2013
Alpha Yeah we went for a ride shortly after I took delivery, with my two boys (age 3 and 4) in the rear facing seats. They loved it! A lot of giggling whenever I accelerated decently. It does strain my back though to put them in and take them out-- you sort of have to bend over at a weird angle. I find it a lot easier to just get inside the trunk and sit on the rear of the car while buckling them in and taking them out.�
May 8, 2013
bonnie He's an adult now and no longer living at home. I did call him, however, and said, "I just spent some of your inheritance." It was too late for him to influence the color.�
May 8, 2013
TheAustin My 9 year old son Colin was the first one in my Model S on the day it was delivered...He was in it before I even got out of the house! And I'm perfectly OK with that
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May 8, 2013
Alpha This is what it's all about!
Took delivery yesterday, and the car is exceeding every expectation!
Here's to a better brighter future for our kids and their kids!�
May 8, 2013
JPP Love the photo, Alpha--your kids might just have bigger Tesla grins than you do....�
May 8, 2013
Trnsl8r Alpha, love the color coordination.�
May 8, 2013
gg_got_a_tesla Posted this before but, it's appropriate on this thread.
My son (on the right) showing off to his best friend (who's practically our god son) on delivery day back in January:
Sporting the Tesla apparel (that Elon joked about being a good source of revenue on the Q1 earnings call):
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May 9, 2013
electrified89 I'd definitely be weary about kids in the front seats, you never know what they'll do! quick funny story: A friend of mine has a Sig S, and he had a very annoying rattle noise when taking turns. The Boston service guys took the car and spent about 8 hours trying to figure out what the heck was causing the noise. after taking out the entire dash assembly, they finally found a tic-tac sitting in the AC vent! it was about 2am when they returned the car to him, and presented him with an orange tic-tac.
Fortunately, they decided not to charge him labor this time, but i'm sure it won't be cheap if it happens again!
OK, back on topic. i cannot wait for my kids to see the car when it's delivered! I think my 3 year old might be more excited about it than i am, which is impressive.�
May 9, 2013
Alpha Wow! That's one expensive tic-tac. Good nugget of info there. Keep kids away from the AC vents with little objects!�
May 9, 2013
AnOutsider Looking just like you!�
May 9, 2013
gg_got_a_tesla Thanks�
May 9, 2013
brianman Wow. Well played, Tesla. Great way to build brand loyalty.�
May 9, 2013
Plug Me In Well since folks are breaking out the kid pics:
This is my youngest when he gets the first look coming out of the truck on delivery day. We had it delivered to a Lowes parking lot near our house. I couldn't keep it a secret from our 13 year old but managed to surprise the little guy.�
Sep 3, 2013
VolkerP Just a quick hello, back again from vacation in Italy:
Yes it is a LHD Tesla Roadster with very unique exterior and interior materials. :smile:�
Sep 3, 2013
Raffy.Roma @Volker
Congratulations for your nice family. I hope that you enjoyed your vacation in Italy. :smile:�
Sep 3, 2013
ByICE This thing is fast, it will go 0 to 100 in about...
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Sep 5, 2013
EarlyAdopter Not sure if he's the first Tesla newborn, but I'm definitely glad to know he won't be the last.
One day old Zachary coming home from the hospital in dad's Model S.
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Sep 5, 2013
FlasherZ What a great pic. I received my Model S on November 26 and my youngest came into the world on November 30. My first 21" wheel rash came from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital parking garage in St. Louis.�
Sep 23, 2013
Eumox I always wanted to contribute to this thread. So finally: my 16 month old daughter driving on Austrian roads
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Sep 24, 2013
brianman I find it appalling that she drives without her seatbelt on.�
Sep 24, 2013
Bitech All I see are little kids in this thread. No teens (like Plug Me In above) or 20-somethings in love with this car?�
Sep 24, 2013
Lloyd Well when my teens got in this car they were not waiting around for pictures! They were gone!!
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Sep 24, 2013
SwedishAdvocate @ Eumox
The youngest Tesla Grin� in Austria? :smile:�
Sep 24, 2013
digitaltim No pics to prove it, but my 11yo drove the Tesla off our private drive in between a couple of trees - good aim given she meant to hit the brake versus the prissy pedal.
I also let our house-sitter use it when we were away on holiday this summer. The car had been in for a windshield replacement and was getting delivered back to the house the day before we arrived home. I offered it up to this 20-something self-proclaimed car nut.
He lived it up for 24-hours (with me monitoring remotely) to make his day, week, month and year.
Felt great...�
Sep 25, 2013
Macro101 
A picture is worth a thousand words.�
Sep 25, 2013
Eumox Might well be. Deliveries have just begun:smile:�
Sep 26, 2013
zdre I am a twenty-something and I love my car�
Sep 26, 2013
SwedishAdvocate @ Macro101
Those third row seats seem to be really popular! :smile:�
Sep 26, 2013
shark My 10 year-old set up his own driver profile. I was surprised to see that just 61 lbs in the driver's seat with a foot on the brake turns the car on.�
Sep 27, 2013
ggr There are adults who only weigh 61 lbs. I know at least one.�
Jan 12, 2014
Discoducky She sleeps so well in the car now, even when it is parked in the garage since it is about as quiet as driving
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Jun 24, 2014
AnOutsider My little one charging up his own vehicles (after reminding dad he forgot to plug in his own and doing it for him)
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Jun 24, 2014
gg_got_a_tesla Very cute�
Jul 2, 2014
huntjo 
Added our own future Teslanaut to the community in January�
Jul 2, 2014
AbeFromin Tesla's great for the kids...�
Jul 10, 2014
tomanik 
This is from my daughters grade 1 school journal.
Translation for those who don't read 1st grader English
"Tuesday May 13 2014. My dream car is electric because all cars don't need gas and because my dad has one"
Amazing to think that this generation maybe the one to grow up wondering how we live with ICE vehicles.�
Jul 10, 2014
brianman Adorable. I'd love to see an honest attempt to make that color scheme look awesome on a Model S.
Also, curious: I get the impression she's drawing the original 19" wheels. Has she seen and drawn the turbine wheels before?�
Aug 21, 2014
Newscutter 
This is one of my favorite long-running threads so I'm happy to bump it back up.
You might have seen that picture making the rounds on Twitter and then reposted BY TESLA on their Facebook page this morning.
My 10 year old daughter made that signage on the driveway and I saw it--backward-- in the rearview camera while backing into the garage (because no fumes, right!). When I walked around and saw what it said I knew it deserved a picture... which I then tweeted about midnight last night.
Anyway-- so when I checked back on the computer midday today the picture had was making the rounds. My daughter was quite excited "I'm famous!" and quite curious and concerned whether or not Elon had seen it. I have no idea.... so I tweeted him too. We'll see.
Here's the same view from this morning-- but now you can see her "thumbs up" smiley face (the Tesla's name is Serena) which was harder to make out at night. She was very proud of her thumbs up... I'm somewhat less so of her spelling (Allowd) but it does add a lot of cuteness.
And yes, I have since weeded the drain grain <sigh>.
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