Tesla in Tampa

[Larry Chanin]

Your point about deliveries is a good one but there won't be a ramp up in deliveries until production is in full swing.

Agreed, perhaps my remark alluding to deliveries this month was premature. However, if Elon is to be believed then we are going to see a very significant ramp up in October-November and Tesla should do whatever it can to bring the Tampa service center on-line in that timeframe.

Larry

[J_L]

Will the Tampa location be only a service center or will it be a location where one can take a test drive? Or is this not yet known?

[ClearwaterBchSteve]

A Tampa service center at International Plaza is fantasitic in my opinion. I could literally get the S serviced during a football game

Orlando is probably the best place for the actual dealership as well - it will promote the brand to more national and international travellers. Does anybody know if the Orlando facility will also be able to provide service or is it just a showroom?

[NigelM]

For Tampa Service think I-75/I-4/SR301 triangle, it's service only so far.

For Orlando think Millennia Mall so very unlikely there will be service there.

[ClearwaterBchSteve]

For Tampa Service think I-75/I-4/SR301 triangle, it's service only so far.

For Orlando think Millennia Mall so very unlikely there will be service there.

Nigel, somebody posted pictures of a bunch of Model S's at the proposed Tampa Service Center but did not provide the address. (secret?) So it sounds like it didn't end up @ International Plaza. Where you mention would probably be best overall as it is a bit closer for the Orlando folks, but a few miles farther for me (and you). i suppose you would come straight up 75 and skip 275.

[ElSupreme]

For Tampa Service think I-75/I-4/SR301 triangle, it's service only so far.

For Orlando think Millennia Mall so very unlikely there will be service there.

I-75/I-4/US301.

Sorry I lived there (about 1 miles straight line) for 16 years. I couldn't help myself.

[NigelM]

I-75/I-4/US301.

Sorry I lived there (about 1 miles straight line) for 16 years. I couldn't help myself.

Ha, dinosaurs not allowed in FL unless they're grey-haired and driving cadillacs!

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i suppose you would come straight up 75 and skip 275.

Exactly. It's an easy trip from Sarasota.

[ElSupreme]

Ha, dinosaurs not allowed in FL unless they're grey-haired and driving cadillacs!

And driving 45-50 in the left lane of I-75!

Exactly. It's an easy trip from Sarasota.

Which is exactly the same drive (actually Brandon to Sarasota) I was doing when I came the closest I have ever come to hitting something (going faster than 5mph). I was cruising at about 80-85 (my Dodge Neon maximum practical speed, well above the maximum safe speed) and there was a grey-haired dinosaur going about 30 in the left lane (the other two lanes were empty). I didn't realize it fast enough, missed them by inches and almost lost control of my car.

[Rob Fairman]

And where is the future Tampa service center exactly? I might need to swing by some time to have a look-see.

[ClearwaterBchSteve]

And where is the future Tampa service center exactly? I might need to swing by some time to have a look-see.

I don't know exactly where it is, but I think NigelM does. Apparently it's near the Hard Rock / Amphitheater (in the triangle formed by I75/I4/US301) East of Tampa. When I inquired to Tesla on whether or not my car was actually there, they said "not yet, but on its way"