Model S Delivery / Strategy Change / Connecting to WiFi

[smoothoperator]

Rent a room with your significant other at the nearest ritzy hotel and have the car delivered there! Make it a big deal.....

If one is going to do the ostentatious route, my vote is for delivery in front of the White House.

[Iz]

VERY unlikely that there will be an Ethernet port on the car. You should be able to buy and install a low power "B" wi-fi on the far side of the garage and link it via Ethernet to the main connection. Then you should have the same exposure as if your neighbor had wi-fi.

Thanks. I do not have a garage but hope to move within the next 1-2 years. May build a carport in the interim.

[strider]

Me too. I've never driven an electric vehicle so may need time to get used to things like regenerative breaking. Anyone has an experience to share? Does it take getting used to? Would you hand the keys to any of your friends who wants to drive your Model S or would you first give instructions?

I was VERY selective about whom I would let drive my (manual) Corvette. Lots of chances to break stuff even without crashing into something. But w/ the Roadster (and Model S) there is simply no way to break the car short of actually crashing into something. Car completely cold? Feel free to floor it (never do this in an ICE). Can't drive a manual transmission? No problem, there are no gears. It's dead simple. I let people I barely know (coworkers) drive my Roadster and never had a problem. Riding is one thing but people don't really "get it" until they drive and feel the instant power response of electric. Some people are afraid of driving "such an expensive car" (my father in law was like this) but that's the beauty, it's not like a Ferrari or something where you can harm the car by operating it wrong.

As Doug said, the regen is extremely intuitive. And worst case they'll just stop short of the light. The car will light the brake lights during heavy regen so other drives will be aware that you are slowing.

[djwang2000]

If one is going to do the ostentatious route, my vote is for delivery in front of the White House.

I like that -- but you risk secret service commandeering it, then taking it for a ride in the red-light district (not that DC really has one)...

[Robert.Boston]

If one is going to do the ostentatious route, my vote is for delivery in front of the White House.

Fun idea, but that block of Pennsylvania Ave NW is blocked off for traffic. And the Secret Service probably wouldn't let the Tesla rep fiddle around with the White House's wifi system....

[DisneylandIsHome]

What I heard yesterday is that there is a change in delivery strategy. Tesla is going to attempt to deliver as close to 100% of the cars to the owner's home as possible.

Are you saying delivery in the Antarctic is out? There go my plans!

[Norbert]

What if the garage is too far from the unit to receive Wifi?

[Mycroft]

What if the garage is too far from the unit to receive Wifi?

You can run an Ethernet line to a location close enough and place a wi-fi router there or you could use a wi-fi repeater.

[gg_got_a_tesla]

And, if running an Ethernet line is a hassle, you can opt for powerline adapters and then a wifi router.

[joefee]

Will this work in a Condo? My living unit is far from my under ground parking spot. Not sure how the S will get on my home network….help!!