Roadster Design Studio

[3lectronica]

There is an awesome Roadster "Design Studio" available on their website... surprised nobody posted this

Roadster Design Studio | Tesla Motors

[markwj]

Looks to be the same "touch" interface that Blankenship was showing in the San Jose store:

Exclusive Tour Of Teslas Retail Guru [Video] | Fast Company

I'm still waiting for my roadster, so just used this to validate my choice. Feeling good now.

[Dragon]

Nice. Would have needed it before.
Strange that the microfiber interior looks darker than the black leather. I've seen pictures where microfiber looks light gray.

[HermanR]

I've noticed the Washington DC store is starting to take on that wall with the touch interface as well.

[dwegmull]

Nice. Would have needed it before.
Strange that the microfiber interior looks darker than the black leather. I've seen pictures where microfiber looks light gray.

I have micro fiber seats. They are very dark grey. I personally have completely given up on judging colors using a computer monitor.

[Slackjaw]

That's a really nice web tool - it would be even nicer if they gave you a one-click jump from MyTesla (where those of us waiting for our cars try to wear out our F5 key) to the actual spec of car you have ordered, or even already bought.

Not to mention a library of unallocated cars they have half-built so that buyers could pick one close to their desired build, if it exists. We're at the point where we wish we had taken the half-built one offered to us instead of customising the build. I know it pales against the wait time for early Roadster orders but having to wait an extra 6-8 weeks for the exact colour of seats we wanted is taking its toll! At this point we'd probably take it with no seats at all and just sit on some cushions.

Anyway, I digress... thanks for the link. Expectant [pre-]owners can use it to make a nice desktop wallpaper of the car they're waiting for, by hiding the menus and so on!

[dsm363]

At this point we'd probably take it with no seats at all and just sit on some cushions.

Anyway, I digress... thanks for the link. Expectant [pre-]owners can use it to make a nice desktop wallpaper of the car they're waiting for, by hiding the menus and so on!

Very slick build website. Wish they had that when I ordered as well. The wait is worth it. You're getting exactly what you wanted instead of modifying something someone else had already started. It'll all be worth it when it arrives.

[Jaff]

Agreed David...it's a lot of money and you'll have to live with your decisions for a while...order what you want as it's worth the wait!

Very slick build website. Wish they had that when I ordered as well. The wait is worth it. You're getting exactly what you wanted instead of modifying something someone else had already started. It'll all be worth it when it arrives.

[markwj]

They've now added it to the My Tesla page as well. I'm getting a section at the bottom showing:

Your Saved Car Configurations

Name: Evie
Model: Roadster 2.5
Color: Thunder Gray

CONFIGURE DELETE

[Slackjaw]

They've now added it to the My Tesla page as well. ...

Definitiely in a state of flux - I have saved a configuration but don't get it on the MyTesla page, and what's more the "design" option is currently missing from the top and bottom menus on the web site. The only way I could get to it at all was to go back to the OP here and click the link.

I suppose this is to be expected with a new feature, not to mention how easy it might be for Tesla haters to launch a Denail-of-Service type attack and bring the web server to its knees with lots of rendering requests (call me paranoid, but I would be willing to bet folding money that Big Oil and/or Big Auto employ people to discredit their competitors and make tem look bad, by whatever means available).