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Red stripe on the P85 badge?

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Aug 20, 2006
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Red stripe on the S85 badge?

Not sure if this has been discussed already, but I saw a Model S with a red stripe on the P85 badge.
Have they made a lot this way? Does it indicate something special about that car?

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Maybe it has nothing to do with "insecurity" and they just really like it.

Thanks, yes. I may be insecure, but I put an "S" in front of my "85" because I LIKE it. All these "P" badges, and "+", and "D", which to most people mean nothing, and my car came with just a plain old "85".

Since it had Special custom paint, and Standard motor, and is a Signature (VIN 00064), and S is my last name initial, I decided to make it look like something it IS, pretty darned Slick. And it's removable for when I go to sell it, if anyone doesn't like it.

Not trying to fool anybody. I just like it. Also, you can order letters and numbers on line, so you don't have to swipe them off another car.

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roblab, I don't think you're trying to fool anyone. It's only those people who put the performance badges on standard-model cars (not just Tesla - the "Type-R" guys, even the people who bought GTO badges and put them on plain Pontiac LeMans sedans in the mid-60's). Long history of that.