LA to NY Kick-off Rally

Alexander · Jan 27, 2014

Did anyone else just get this in their mailbox? I just RSVP'd

FredTMC · Jan 27, 2014

Yep. I'll be there

Lump · Jan 27, 2014

RSVP'd as well, I was there on Sunday for John & Jills arrival so sending off the Tesla team might be historic also.

studiojon · Jan 27, 2014

I'll be there. Very excited. History is indeed in the making.

johnnyS · Jan 27, 2014

Yes I got it and I RSVP'ed. We were just there Saturday for John and Jill on Saturday. I wonder why 9:00 p.m.-midnight--seems late to me, but I am an earlybird.

DrComputer · Jan 27, 2014

johnnyS said:
Yes I got it and I RSVP'ed. We were just there Saturday for John and Jill on Saturday. I wonder why 9:00 p.m.-midnight--seems late to me, but I am an earlybird.

Probably so they can leave at 12:01am to make the trip in as few "days" as possible.

aaron.s · Jan 28, 2014

Hope they have a similar event for their arrival in NYC!!! If so, I'll be there!

Aaron

digitaltim · Jan 28, 2014

aaron.s said:
Hope they have a similar event for their arrival in NYC!!! If so, I'll be there!

Aaron

Ditto - though I fear I will not be here when they arrive - I am traveling the bulk of February.

--Tim

FredTMC · Jan 28, 2014

DrComputer said:
Probably so they can leave at 12:01am to make the trip in as few "days" as possible.

i thought same. Weird that Elon tweet said leaving Fri. I guess thry bumped departure up a day....

Tesla 940 · Jan 28, 2014

FredTMC said:
i thought same. Weird that Elon tweet said leaving Fri. I guess thry bumped departure up a day....

My WAG is that the trip should take about 72 hours - this gets them into the East Coast on a weekend with lighter traffic than a weekday.

johnnyS · Jan 28, 2014

If they leave Los Angeles at 12:01 a.m., they will not have to sit in traffic. They can be in Flagstaff at sunrise. Will they be driving at the speed limit? A slow trip with a press conference at each supercharger would also be effective marketing--maybe that will be Elon's spring break trip.

Alexander · Jan 28, 2014

Lump said:
RSVP'd as well, I was there on Sunday for John & Jills arrival so sending off the Tesla team might be historic also.

I got there as they were leaving for the airport, so I must of ran into you. I was in the green shirt with blue jeans, and had my three year old with me too. Were you the one in the black Tesla polo?

johnnyS said:
If they leave Los Angeles at 12:01 a.m., they will not have to sit in traffic. They can be in Flagstaff at sunrise. Will they be driving at the speed limit? A slow trip with a press conference at each supercharger would also be effective marketing--maybe that will be Elon's spring break trip.

I think that's why they're leaving Thursday morning. The world record for driving across country was done by driving well over 100Mph the whole way. The guy had a special gas tank so he wouldn't have to fill up, and a support helicopter that scouted for cops. I don't think Tesla wants to (nor should they) take it that far. So they'll probably be driving the speed limit the whole way, hence the bump to Thursday morning.

ItsNotAboutTheMoney · Jan 28, 2014

Well this should dispel any doubts that they've timed it to coincide with the Superbowl. Very obvious pirate marketing.

Lump · Jan 28, 2014

Alexander said:
I got there as they were leaving for the airport, so I must of ran into you. I was in the green shirt with blue jeans, and had my three year old with me too. Were you the one in the black Tesla polo?

Nope, I didn't have time to go to dinner with them so I was long gone.

TonyWilliams · Jan 28, 2014

Like the west coast run that Tesla made earlier, almost no advance warning.

Owner · Jan 28, 2014

They are like that with almost all of their events. Little to no advance warning.

TonyWilliams said:
Like the west coast run that Tesla made earlier, almost no advance warning.

digitaltim · Jan 28, 2014

ItsNotAboutTheMoney said:
Well this should dispel any doubts that they've timed it to coincide with the Superbowl. Very obvious pirate marketing.

Maybe driving to the Super Bowl...

jcadman22 · Jan 28, 2014

digitaltim said:
Maybe driving to the Super Bowl...

This was my exact thought shortly after it was announced. Throw some Broncos stickers on one car and Seahawks stickers on the other one and see who makes it to the Meadowlands first. Tesla could keep riding the free press train right through the Puppy Bowl or Bud Bowl or whatever big ad campaigns Detroit is paying for this year.

Lanny · Jan 28, 2014

jcadman22 said:
Throw some Broncos stickers on one car and Seahawks stickers on the other one and see who makes it to the Meadowlands first.

Ha ha, that would certainly be fun and add interest for the general public. I figure they will be coming through Hagerstown Saturday late afternoon, evening. Are you going to meet them, Jeff?

Lanny

elecblue · Jan 28, 2014

So is there a tracker for their progress? I would like to know when they come through Chicago. Of course we had a high of about 3F today. Typical polar vortex BS!

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