Get Amped Tour: Denver, CO, 7/20 - 7/21

[MikeK]

Andy is correct. The car on the right in both photos is black. The car on the left is blue in one, black in the other.

[Velo1]

I have made my decision and am going with the blue paint instead of black. Thanks for all the feedback guys. Now I need to decide on grey or tan leather. Both will look great, IMO. One concern with grey is the headliner will be that very light tan or off white, whatever Tesla calls it. I'd need to see a car with grey leather just to confirm grey will look fine with the headliner.

[MikeK]

Great! I do think the blue is a knockout.

Somebody posted some photos of the grey interior somewhere on TMC -- I think in one of the Get Amped threads -- and I thought it looked nice. If I end up going with the blue, I will get the tan interior. I just think that's a nice combination. A little warmth in the interior colors to balance the cool blue.

[Robert.Boston]

Remember that the gray interior isn't available immediately. This may not matter to you, @Velo1, depending on your reservation number. Personally, I'm going for blue & tan (at least this week!):

• To avoid any risk of delay (P1635)
• The warmer tone to contrast with the icy blue
• Better match to the headliner, and
• Better match to the lacewood (which has some brown tones)

[wycolo]

Someone (may) have asked for feedback from Denver Test Drive participants. As one, I'll offer my takeaway.

5pm Sat timeslot: for all I know these wonderful Tesla folk had been at it all day long. They were great!!

The Tech-area was very sparsely trafficked, so perfect for our needs. The course left the Campus onto an I-225 entry ramp- a sweeper that could handle NASCAR speeds easily. The Coach indeed mentioned this as a good place to homp on it, but I was too little too late. Slowing down into the exit I did manage a rapid LRLR at 55mph (involuntary gasps from Road Nanny) which the S-Model executed perfectly. Tight & responsive!! Now, if we could've run the course twice . . . oh, well.

At the stoplights & turns I focussed on slow>stop>slow power flow, since this has become a issue wrt the Roadster. I could not detect any discontinuities at all. It was as if I was in my '01 Chevy Malibu. Certainly not like my '10 Roadster 2.0, but, hey, thats a hot rod. Tesla has indeed perfected these stop & go traffic perplexities for the genteel family sedan. Ditto smoothness over rough patches.

Regen set @'standard', but subdued effect compared to Roadster. Maybe the S regens the same KWHs but we just don't feel it as much as in the (lighter) Roadster. Certainly you will be applying the Brake pedal routinely in the S, whereas in the Roadster you can pretty much avoid using the Brake pedal altogether.

Conclusion: When the Model S arrives, keep the Roadster!! They be way different brothers of the same mother.
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[Brian H]

Judging from comments on-screen and in reports by others, it's dubious that the brakes will be used "routinely". I think that the MS just requires getting off the goose pedal sooner, and giving the regen a touch more time to work. So it's a mental adjustment.

P.S.
RU suggesting the Roadster and MS had different fathers? Do tell!

[brianman]

Conclusion: When the Model S arrives, keep the Roadster!! They be way different brothers of the same mother.

I would argue they have the same father (Elon) and different mothers (Lotus factory vs. Fremont).