doug

Link to that here: Experiences with my Sig 100 v1.5

doug

Sig#55 gets its drivetrain installed: Drivetrain Install Photos



The Electric Blue car on the left is Sig#54 which I photographed 8 days prior shown above. Perhaps one of the red cars in the background is j-g's Roadster.

SuperCarnitas

First post here -- Hi Folks -- and thanks for taking these pictures. That car #54 would be mine; glad to see it queued up for powertrain installation!

#54 will be living in Oakland, CA. One of the few garage additions that won't leak prolific amounts of oil on its first night at home.

--Rich

doug

Welcome. That blue with beige interior is a nice combination. Has Tesla given you a delivery date yet? Did you call them up and ask, "Car 54, where are you?"

graham

Ha!!! Perhaps we need to stick a police light on top of SuperCarnitas' Roadster...

Bradleybang

SuperCarnitas,

What part of Oakland?

I live in upper Rockridge and my roadster should bet here next summer.

SuperCarnitas

Thanks! It's a saddle-colored interior, solid through the seats & headrest. No firm delivery date, but I guess they'll be ringing up any day now.
Same here! Just above Broadway in (lower) Upper Rockridge. An old buddy (with whom I documented an earlier test drive; his Twilight Blue car is a few production numbers ahead of me) also lives in the area, so it sounds like we'll have plenty of these cars whirring about.

Maybe we can represent our fair city by putting on spinners and ghostriding at a sideshow. You know, since there's no place for a muffler whistle.

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doug

Heh... I restrained myself earlier from making a whistle tip reference wrt Oakland. Maybe the Barbus "warp" sounds can be the Roadster equivalent.

vfx

Rich, I hope you will give us more play by play as you drive your own roadster. I like the idea of getting perspective from an EV newbie with a lot of cars and car experience.

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Bradleybang

Rich,

We are neighbors. I am on Acacia half way up the hill.

Also, I went to the Stanford / USC game today and stopped by MP store and was offered a test drive of the electric blue with 1.5 tranny.

It is defiantly faster than old transmission. Off the line is good but the 20-60 burst is just plain silly-scary.

The problem with Menlo Park store is you can’t go anywhere fast as the place is a giant traffic light mecca. I did get up to 280 for a on off experience and then wandered through Sharon Heights. The engine regen takes a minute to get used to but then feels perfect for stop and go city driving and will save brakes.

It’s a smoother ride than previous old silver P10 (1.0) I tested before and I can feel using car as everyday driver will be fun and comfortable.

The radio/gps is not user friendly but I am tech smart so I caught on. I hope the iphone bugs get worked out.

I didn't find a muffler whistle option. That’s the last straw.. I am cancelling my roadster order

Can’t wait to hear the sounds of Teslas running through the Oakland hills.