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I don’t think volume production of CT is required to move the stock to 300. The market already gave us a preview of what the stock movement could be when start of production is imminent, as it climbed to the 290s leading into Q2 earnings, stayed flat when earnings were released, then tanked...

Maybe, but those of us who believed Tesla's aspirational "500K deliveries in 2020" guidance that they provided in 2014 did very well.

I can confirm that I have lost no sleep over the current value of my IPO shares.

It was political theater and a slight to Elon. The administration miscalculated - they would not have lost the union vote if Tesla had been acknowledged. They certainly did not have to go so cartoonishly overboard in their union favoritism to the point where they had to tell public lies ("you...

Hey now, some of us have much worse ratios than that.

Wow, I had this car for 11 years and this happens barely over a year after I sold it. Absolute tragedy.

I have a key fob, but it stopped working this morning forcing me to rely on the app to get through the day. Perfect storm.

Same. Can’t get into my car.

I'm not the person you asked, but after doing the research I personally decided against an SBLOC because the loan can be called in at any time, for any reason, and my pledged shares can be sold off to meet the obligation. Regardless of how low I think the risk of such an event may be, I am not...

You actually may feel better after doing the math, because $10,000 at IPO would get you nowhere near $200 million.

I know you're joking but I was curious so I checked. TSLA is up 98% since Biden was declared the winner of the election.

Original Roadster owners were invited to the IPO. I still have my shares. The numbers are beyond all human comprehension at this point.

I'm still holding IPO shares and continuing to play dead investor.

To be fair, after the first year of charging I'd look at my range of ~300,000 miles and just unplug the car.

Tesla will reason from first principles. Either they conclude that raising money will accelerate the mission or they won't. I trust that whichever decision they make will be what's best for Tesla, regardless of what Wall Street wants.

Tesla should reprioritize the Roadster program since literally all of its shareholders will be able to afford one now.

I’ve been here the whole time, but almost never post. It’s been interesting watching people come and go. I’m especially fascinated by the bulls who took their 50-200% gains, sold everything and vanished forever. I wonder how they’re doing now. My IPO shares are doing okay.

Medium is an open blogging platform that anyone can post to. The author here cites no scientific study, just conjecture. I can post a hundred SeekingAlpha articles with charts and graphs proving Tesla is doomed - did you read this article with the same skepticism that you would them? If not...

Suggesting the CDC is purposely giving out bad advice that will help spread the virus is an extreme conspiracy theory with no evidence to support it.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) – Prevention & Treatment

The CDC advises wearing a face mask only if sick yourself or caring for someone who is sick. Consider donating the ones you’re using to a hospital instead of using them unnecessarily as you’re doing now.

I keep thinking about this. I absolutely would have told anyone in 2014 "buy this stock and hold for at least 5 years - you won't regret it". 5 years later this investor would look at essentially flat returns vs. the market and would be completely rational in saying "time to move on". At a 5...

In my mind I replace the word "charts" with "horoscopes" every time they are mentioned.

I remember a scene from "Revenge of the Electric Car" in which Ghosn learned of a planned $50,000 electric vehicle from one of the other major OEMs - don't remember which one. It wasn't Tesla. In any case, when he heard the price, he laughed. "$50,000?? That has nothing to do with the electric...

To be entirely fair, "No, it's the market that's wrong" has been the rallying cry on this forum for much of the last 5 years.

Yes. My IPO shares are doing okay, in case anyone is wondering.

This is exactly what I ended up doing - was able to drive to Torrance and they had the full set of keys there and made the swap to un-keyed lug nuts for just the cost of parts ($22 iirc). Thank you everyone for all the help! That image overlay is awesome Roadster!

I can confirm it isn’t P (thanks to Hsujonn). Agree it looks like Q but there are so many similar ones it’s hard to be sure.

I checked the toolkit and don’t see a number. The owner’s manual references part no TR0055.

Wow, didn't realize that - I don't but I could take a photo tonight.

Hi all, My Roadster needs new tires and my security lug nut key has gone missing. Is there anyone in the South OC region who could help me out? I can drive to you and remove the lug nuts at your location so you'll get the key back immediately. Thanks, Jason

Tesla says I need a new battery due to two failing sheets. I asked about the 3.0 battery and was told by Anthony in Pomona that Tesla was working on addressing the range degradation issues with the original packs and is planning to reintroduce it in October. Meanwhile my only options are to...

He very clearly made an exception for one-time large debt obligation payments and used Q1 as an example of a quarter that may be break-even or slight loss as a result.

That's basically what these annual threads used to be, and it was glorious.

Do you think Tesla has some kind of religious aversion to TV commercials? Of course they don't. They'll run commercials just like every other auto manufacturer if and when they need them to drive ongoing demand. The fact that there is no indication they are planning to run commercials is an...

I had this exact behavior. It felt like a slight bump (as if another car nudged me from behind) with an accompanying "thump" sound from the rear of the vehicle. Always while stopped with my foot on the brake. It was wildly inconsistent so I never bothered to report it to Tesla - there would be...

Um, can anyone come up with any plausible explanation for why pedo guy HASN'T sued Elon? He's virtually guaranteed a settlement unless he's actually a pedophile. I know there's a powerful "Elon needs his phone taken away" narrative going but this is actually the second time he's doubled down on...

That's exactly what happened and I'm not sure why so many people are struggling with this. Elon has said multiple times, emphatically, that they will be profitable in Q3/Q4 and that 5000/wk Model 3 production was the key benchmark they needed to achieve this. The market did not believe that they...

Ask yourself: Why did you purchase calls in TSLA instead of shares? If you're honest with yourself, the answer is "for higher gains" - well the opportunity for higher gains comes with higher risks. NOBODY here is going to reliably predict short-term results, because the short-term market is...

Maybe it's not a great idea to build retirement savings and kids' college tuition by betting on companies to fail.

You could have run the heat. I think the maximum range penalty in the Roadster for running the heat at full blast is about 10%. Turning off headlights is pointless - they have no noticeable effect on range.

I charged exclusively on 110V the first year I had my Roadster. I can confirm that the fans do in fact kick on and the car does do active cooling at 110V - it just isn't nearly as frequent and doesn't happen immediately upon plug-in as it does with 220.

Yes you can. I do this all the time.

This is one of the best things I've ever read on this forum.

Just heard this infuriating segment on the latest episode of the Adam & Dr. Drew Podcast in which Dr. Drew parrots back the long tailpipe myth. One of the staff (Adam wasn't present) jumped in and said he had heard that too. Together they wonder why this information hasn't been fully absorbed by...

I've lost up to 5 miles during the workday when outdoor temps get into the 90s. If you're talking about a 24 hour period in Arizona? Yeah, I think you might be able to attribute your losses entirely to the heat.

I was curious about this, so I looked back through my e-mail history to find the list of VP cars when they went up for sale. According to the e-mail, they were offering VP23 through 33 - and the list included cars that had already been sold, so I believe this represents all VP cars ever sold to...

I'm not sure what you think Tesla held back for Q3. The only reason they didn't beat street expectations is because there were a thousand cars "in the pipeline" for European deliveries. They still delivered more cars than they guided for. Besides, most of the price drop was due to the fires...

I think Monsoon was pointing out that Tesla owns the charging infrastructure for its cars. Imagine, for example, that GM owned a network of gas stations that only worked with GM vehicles and were far superior to the gas stations that everyone else has to use. Huge competitive advantage, right...

Does anyone else think it's really easy to read between the lines here? Pricing this aggressively in China when they are currently supply-constrained suggests to me that they are going to guide for higher production in 2014 than analysts are expecting.