Saw a Tesla last Thursday

San_Carlos_Jeff · 10-23-2006, 07:36 PM

My route home from work every evening happens to take me past the Tesla Motors office. I've been keeping an eye out for the last few months hoping to see one in person. Last Thursday it happened. One was going the other way being driven by a geeky engineer looking guy (like me). I flipped a U to get behind him. He seemed to be doing either some brake, or acceleration testing. Lots of quick starts and then slowing down rapidly.

The car looks awesome in person. The pictures on their website are all too dark and don't do it any justice. If I had Porsche money this car would get a serious look. As it stands I've just been daydreaming about it all weekend :-)

Jeff

hb06 · 10-23-2006, 07:58 PM

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My route home from work every evening happens to take me past the Tesla Motors office. I've been keeping an eye out for the last few months hoping to see one in person. Last Thursday it happened. One was going the other way being driven by a geeky engineer looking guy (like me). I flipped a U to get behind him. He seemed to be doing either some brake, or acceleration testing. Lots of quick starts and then slowing down rapidly.

The car looks awesome in person. The pictures on their website are all too dark and don't do it any justice. If I had Porsche money this car would get a serious look. As it stands I've just been daydreaming about it all weekend :-)

Jeff
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"...the body looks pretty hot for an electric car. The Prius is starting to look like the friend with the "great personality".

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/tes...onds-188565.php

daniel · 10-23-2006, 08:15 PM

I want one. Not sure I want it $108,000 worth, though. (They're charging the extra 8 grand if you live outside one of their service areas!)

And according to their web site, they have not yet passed all the safety tests.

fphinney · 10-24-2006, 01:37 AM

One picture = one thousand words!?

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10-23-2006, 07:36 PM	#1
San_Carlos_Jeff Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 603 My Car: 2005 Prius Model: Package: #3 Thanks: 25 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts Friends: 0	My route home from work every evening happens to take me past the Tesla Motors office. I've been keeping an eye out for the last few months hoping to see one in person. Last Thursday it happened. One was going the other way being driven by a geeky engineer looking guy (like me). I flipped a U to get behind him. He seemed to be doing either some brake, or acceleration testing. Lots of quick starts and then slowing down rapidly. The car looks awesome in person. The pictures on their website are all too dark and don't do it any justice. If I had Porsche money this car would get a serious look. As it stands I've just been daydreaming about it all weekend :-) Jeff

10-23-2006, 08:15 PM	#3
daniel Cat Lovers Against the Bomb Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 11,278 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #6 Thanks: 59 Thanked 201 Times in 127 Posts Friends: 0	I want one. Not sure I want it $108,000 worth, though. (They're charging the extra 8 grand if you live outside one of their service areas!) And according to their web site, they have not yet passed all the safety tests.

10-24-2006, 01:37 AM	#4
fphinney Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Walnut Creek CA Posts: 232 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	One picture = one thousand words!?