There are what look like four little doors around the pano roof assembly. I guess they probably pop open to let the mechanism that holds the roof rise through them...?
Looks like roof rack mounts
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There are what look like four little doors around the pano roof assembly. I guess they probably pop open to let the mechanism that holds the roof rise through them...?
Great pics - Thanks Doug.
Those 4 little "doors" on the roof look like anchor points for a roof-rack.
P.S. Why are the people wearing winter coats? It was 24C yesterday. :wink:
I doubt they are roof rack attachment points, because as I recall Tesla has been saying the Pano roof is not compatible with roof racks.
...I visited the Santana Row store in Santa Clara, CA this weekend. They have an S Beta car on display (with the panoramic roof), and there were some funny hinged panels running the length of the roof near the edges where door glass meets the top of the car. I asked one of the reps, and he indicated that these flip up to reveal attachment points for a roof rack.
Tesla had originally said that the standard roof should accommodate a roof rack. We all took this to mean that the pano-roof wouldn't. An update from the Tesla forum:
Curious... running the length of the roof? If the little doors I saw are the attachment points, then they're a lot smaller.
A luggage compartment capacity of 15.7 cubic feet (up to 44.6 cubic feet with rear seat folded)is plenty, you would have thought. You want more? No problem. An integrated roof rail system enables you to fit the optional Roof Transport System. It is then ready to hold any of the popular roof attachments available from Porsche Tequipment, e.g., ski holders or roof boxes. All load-carrying components are made of aluminum. Maximum roof load: 165 pounds.
Rear hatch opening may be partially reduced when carrying longer roof loads.
Hans told me that the roof rack would only be compatible with the Pano roof and not the standard roof.
How strange is that? We originally get word from Tesla that roof racks will only work if you don't get the pano roof and now they're saying they work only if you *get* the pano roof. Seems to me it would be just as easy to engineer the rails so they were the same regardless of the roof type preferred.
Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
How strange is that? We originally get word from Tesla that roof racks will only work if you don't get the pano roof and now they're saying they work only if you *get* the pano roof. Seems to me it would be just as easy to engineer the rails so they were the same regardless of the roof type preferred.
Guess we'll just have to wait and see.