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Sounds like the engine starting up. Clearly, there's way an electric car could be so great without an internal combustion engine. ;-)

I've had all four windows open on numerous occasions. Sometimes as I walk away and once as I sat down in the seat. Absolutely certain that I'm not pressing the top of the fob. A little unnerving to return to a parked car and seeing all your windows open. I'd love to see that feature...

Installed .61 from 4.4 - finally! The map is much snappier. This sluggishness was my biggest pet peeve. The map on the main screen also seems to cache more tiles - went to Canada out of cell range and map to scroll without blanking out. No negative so far. Happy customer!

I've noticed that too. Power is definitely limited if you floor-it while turning sharp at a corner. I suspect that this is the traction control keeping me safe, but I haven't tried with it off to confirm. I also notice that flooring from a stop ramps up the acceleration with a noticeable...

Couple other minor things I've noticed that were deal breakers for some: Lack of headroom in the back seat (I'm 5'8.5" and my head goes into the sunroof slot and almost touches the glass - I have a long upper body and short legs. I have to kink my head to sit in the side back seats but the...

I own a 2012 Prius and a P85. I recently had my Prius serviced where my daughter drove the Prius and I drove the Tesla (we went for lunch during servicing). I was swarmed at the dealership by sales people wanting to see the Tesla. One sales person said that this was their dream car and that...

Picked my car up from the Seattle Center today. Excited about the color. Really comes alive in the sunlight with sparkles for the fine flakes in the paint! Beautiful in person! My camera doesn't do it justice, but here're a few pictures:

I dropped by the Seattle service center today. They have a parking garage 2 blocks east of the center where they prepare their cars for delivery. I counted 15 cars being prepared, of which four were red. They were really paranoid about me taking close-up pictures and tipping people off on...

Great service improvement. This brought two obvious questions to mind: 1. Are software updates to the Model S tied to having a service agreements? 2. Replacing batteries is awesome. The range of batteries decrease over time. How will you prevent people from "intentionally" bricking their car...

@digitaltim, I completely agree with you. Tesla is continually improving the car and people need to lighten up a bit. We've seen mats added for free, numerous software updates, and big improvements in body panel alignment and driving performance, addition of super charging hardware to 60s, auto...

I'm sure what you saw was accurate. I was poking fun at the endless debates on this thread and how people choose to prove their points. Not debating what you saw. Sorry if you took it that way. I'd love to see both cars in a single photo in identical settings! We're interested.

Displaying as silver is smart. Otherwise there would be endless debate as to whether its the old red, new red, whether they're the same. They'd try to prove their point by comparing photos taken in different settings with different cameras displayed on different monitors. I say stick with...

I absolutely love the changes to the RED. The original sunset red was a little too bright and flat for my tastes. I love that it now has multiple personalities depending on the light. All the photos look beautiful. Keep them coming!

My phone just connected to the car, VIN 9457. It's alive!! Delivery next week. So excited!

Just got my VIN today - another Seattle destination. My car will start and end production the week of the 22nd. This is going to be a long week or two.

Just my guess Citizen. No need to get snarky. Backlog is reportedly down to a month now and the timing of the recent lease option lends weight to Tesla being concerned.

My guess is your mouth is "under your nose", and that Tesla is going to give incentives for word-of-mouth sales. The backlog of orders has shortened and I think Tesla is concerned.

Great news! Thanks for sharing!

They look sweet! Just like real life when I take off my glasses! I see a spoiler on one of those reds. Maybe mine.....

Delivery button April 4th. Delivery window 4/26 - 5/10. Just installed my NEMA 14-50 today. Excited!

When I was on the phone, I was told that the car they've been shipping to the recent auto shows is the same color as we'll get. They now have that car sitting around the parking lot and everyone is drooling over the color. It'll be great!

I just contacted my delivery specialist. He told me that my car would be completed by mid April!! I'll be shipped to Seattle once they have enough cars batched up for the Pacific Northwest area. So the car will be built and sitting in their parking lot for up to three weeks, which gives me an...

Tesla is using a third party to handle trade ins and is probably just the middleman here. Trading in is almost always a bad idea if you want to maximize your return, but it is convenient if you don't care. Companies that take used cars are in for the profit and will lowball you on price and...

There have been multiple reports that the red was tweaked a bit since the US Amped events to give more depth to the color (by adding small mica particles to the paint?). The color tone is reported to be the same, but the final production paint is subtly different. This is what's driving us all...

I bet some EU folks are annoyed at the North Americans that are bumping them to summer. Some of them have waited awhile too! Tesla was very transparent about the April-May window and we just need to be patient for a little longer.

So, save your money and buy a lot of chicken? :biggrin:

Definitely an early alpha prototype. Would love it if the new red was close to that, but doubt it has that much depth to the color.

You forgot to snip the amazing response to the snip, about not being able to spell. Snip that!!

I've been eyeing Tesla for years, but as much as I would love a roadster it just wasn't practical for me. Then my crappy Jeep Grand Cherokee broke down, yet again, so I took a look at the leaf. I loved the heated steering wheel and peppy in city driving, but the car is gutless at highway...

+1 me too on wanting wp8 support!

Someone else must have added the audio/tech columns later (I didn't). Interesting information to include.

Added my info too. Noticed that a number of people (everyone) missed the audio/tech package columns. Someone put in finalize date of Dec, 2013 - I took the liberty of changing the year of that entry.

According to other threads, the color is supposed to be very close in tint as Sunset Red, but they added a fine mica layer (thus multi-coat) to give it more depth. Looking at the samples in the stores, it looked similar to the pearl effect in the multi-coat white, but much more subtle with...

The car picture is from the Detroit auto show. The paint sample is multicoat red from the tesla store in Bellevue. It has very fine glitter in the paint but definitely not metallic. Good color match between the pictures. This should be close to the production color I think.

The Color in this recent photo matches the picture I took of the sample in the store: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/91935699@N05/8393872310/" title="RedModelS by Steve Proteau, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8080/8393872310_bf06b3a1df.jpg" width="500" height="324"...

Now that's great Tesla service! This is what makes us all advocates for Tesla! Well done.

P13,704 Finalized Excited! 85 kWh performance, multi-coat Red, black leather, Sunroof, Tech package, air suspension, audio upgrade, 21 inch silver wheels, piano black accents (wife didn't like carbon fiber look), carbon fiber spoiler.