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My family wanted to scale up from my Model 3 Performance sedan to an SUV. I'm not thrilled with the proportions of the Model Y. The limited-time FSD Beta transfer was the deciding factor that convinced us to act now, and we went with a Model X Plaid. A nearby store had an inventory vehicle that...

Agreed. Before the Model S Plaid was announced, I had wishful thinking that "Plaid" would be used as the name of their "M Division" counterpart. Imagine a racing-stylized plaid tartan badge that could be affixed next to the model name. Like the tilting color bands alongside "M" or the tilting...

I'm up about 120x today at $622. Purchased the bulk of my shares at ~5 post-split. Originally was going to buy two Model S sedans. After touring the Fremont factory prior to the release of the S, we decided to cancel the reservations and put the reservation money plus more (but in total, less...

Hi guys. It's been a long time. My wife and I ended up cancelling our Model S reservations because we had a change of heart about the financial sanity of buying two premium cars. We're not wealthy folks so it seemed a little insane after a bit of reality set in. We decided to invest in TSLA...

Craigslist ad, Tesla Model S Reservation #424: Is this anyone here? This is the first such ad I've seen on Craigslist, but I've not been checking all that often.

Pguerra, while I've not yet seen the interior (I was out of town for the Los Angeles Get Amped weeked, how sad), I would personally opt for carbon fiber. First, it's a unique Performance option so there's a tiny bit of exclusivity. But additionally, in other cars, I've generally preferred...

Hi guys. I'd love to get your thoughts and input on a local activism site that I launched a few months ago. The concept is to convince local powers-that-be to attend to "tasks" of interest to citizens by donating to charity on the tasks' behalf. It's an experiment. I don't know if it's...

Presumably the USB ports are out of the way in a fashion that would allow you to essentially permanently plug in a 128 or 256GB USB stick? If so, that's how I plan to compensate for the relatively paltry in-car storage. (Frankly I hate it when capacity is measured in the "songs" unit since I...

Like I said, I have no idea what they've been through. I do hope you're right and the leather proves high quality. Well, that's a worthwhile point about the Roadsters seeing available upgrades over their lifespan. That's essentially what I described above as a suitable work-around. That...

I agree: I am hopeful that the fit and finish will rival its direct competition. Admittedly, I was too absorbed in taking in other aspects of the brief drive at the Beta event in San Jose, so I didn't really pay sufficient attention to the quality of the materials first-hand when I had a...

I forgot to mention the flip-side. Having driven an electric car for two years and having since missed it every day, I am absolutely not concerned about any of the hackneyed concerns that are made so threadbare by the media. I don't care about range; I live and work in Los Angeles so I'll...

I think I echo many here when I say that my biggest concern is the interior. There are several elements to that concern: Fit and finish. I only have brief seat time in a Roadster, so my exposure to Tesla's fit and finish is extremely limited. The Roadster seems fine but did have the...

mpt, it's funny you should mention that. I didn't do that specific thing, but I remember absolutely loving the unbelievable precision control that the no-creep MINI E provided. I remember telling people, "I'll bet you I can make the car move one millimeter forward. One millimeter!" (One ping...

No creep, please. I wonder if any of the former MINI E drivers or current ActiveE drivers would prefer creep. I'm guessing no. You become acclimated to no-creep in just a few minutes because it's so natural as a human-being. Do you keep moving when you elect to stop walking? Do you have...

No creep. Neutral when no input is provided. Hill assist for two seconds after brake is applied ala MINI E. Done.

Given the hypothetical situation posed by the original poster, I'd opt for performance over range without a second thought. Being a Los Angeles resident, range is simply not important to me over the 160 mile baseline. I hardly ever drive out of LA. When I travel, I head to our awful...

_______________________________________________________________ What is this business about? Has this blog entry/article already been discussed in another thread?

I have NoScript blocking Twitter and Facebook (among other things I don't care for) and therefore don't even see the links. I temporarily allowed scripts from all domains and was shocked by the difference. If you're using Firefox, don't want to muck with your hosts file or a local caching...

Great pics. Thanks! On the driver's display, I find the Watt-hours over miles chart a little awkward. I'm guessing this has already been discussed elsewhere, but putting the ratio that way means lower is "better," which feels odd. I understand miles per kWh may seem "unimpressive"...

In light of the thread, "Second-hand price higher than new price?" I am curious which Model S we believe will have the highest initial resale demand. As you may know, I have two reservations and have briefly entertained the idea of selling the second. At least, I entertained the idea until...

Photos from The Model X reveal make me now more concerned about the use of glossy glass on the monitor. It seems that in the months since October of last year, nothing has changed, at least if we are to believe that the Model X prototype interior is at all representative of some of the current...

Not much to add, but I appreciated the ST reference. 'Course the discs were formatted with that one tiny difference that made them unreadable on PCs (but not vice-versa).

Ha! Awesome movie. My wife found a copy on DVD last year; we had not seen it for at least a decade. A great theme song, too. The tracks I will be playing first: Porcupine Tree / Chloroform (from the In Absentia DTS DVD, assuming the Model S will play DVDs). Have to test the bass...

Just stopped into this thread for the first time and SByer has it precisely right. When designing a touch UI, responsiveness is the utmost concern. Very small delays add up to great user frustration. This is why I consider my Android phone "slow" compared to its iPhone contemporaries...

Former two-year MINI E driver here. Never have and probably never will own a hybrid, though, because I consider hybrid a placeholder technology--a stop-gap until full EV options are more readily available. I am so disinterested in hybrid vehicles, in fact, that I do not even own a car right...

Agreed. Perforated is my preference as well. I absolutely loved the air-conditioned seats in my M45 back in the day. I keep holding out hope that the Model S seats we've seen to date are just placeholders. Most importantly, the uni-body construction that does away with an adjustable...

Thanks for the correction, shark2k. I had not realized the distinction. Tesla could probably do with a few more details on the Features and Options/Pricing pages to clarify what exactly the various trim levels have in terms of commonplace functions. Quickly reviewing those two pages right...

I can agree with you there. Yes, point taken. Let's start getting vehicles out the door and see what's in store next.

That's interesting. Not that I don't trust you, but that begs the question: why were you interested in the 300-mile pack to begin with? You would quickly dismiss it had the tables been turned and the 40KWh pack were the high-performance pack. So it seems that, as with my driving needs, range...

I think that analysis essentially puts the subject to rest. Thanks to everyone for your thoughts! It's a shame that the tax credit presents a problem for any immediate resale. With this, for the time being, I will take the safe option of keeping my plans unchanged until I am required to...

I have not yet had an opportunity to fully process the recently-released pricing and option details for the Model S. I am disappointed with the revised specifications that show decreased performance for any battery pack smaller than 85KWh. To that point, I find it amusing that the materials...

He might need to use a PCL5 driver then. According to the 'pedia, PCL6 was introduced in 1995: Printer Command Language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Speaking of the video, it reminds me of something that happened to me just the other day. My workstation's primary monitor, a 30"...

VFX, with an HP printer, just install any old PCL6 driver. All of their modern and semi-modern printers support PCL6.

Two general production reservations here.

The design looked unfinished to me. Would anyone agree? The leather was loose fitting on the seat cushion, not something you'd expect until after a year or more of wear and tear. As Tomanik pointed out, the headrest wasn't adjustable, which doesn't seem a worthwhile cost-savings measure...

The MINI E illuminated the brake lights when you lifted off the accelerator (and two "bars" of regeneration kicked in, if I recall correctly). The quote that irked me was this one: :confused:

Stuart, I am absolutely, without-a-doubt in agreement with you. The automatic creep must be either user-selectable via a preference or in any other fashion possible to override. Having driven a MINI E for two years, I am addicted to the smooth stop possible without creep and privately anguish...

No joke! Every photo I've seen at an angle draws attention to this matter. I hope Tesla realizes this and will use a matte surface for both the entertainment screen and the driver's gauges. A couple years back, I picked up a cheap netbook for $300 without thinking too carefully about the...

Interesting article. I think she did a good job. One thing to consider about the parking lot: many of the cars were likely rentals as we had a lot of out-of-towners (myself included) at the event. Of course, I don't actually own a car, so that doesn't change the parking lot either way...

Autoblog has released a fairly good video of the car's UI, which ends with a brief demo of the mobile app.

The light-pipe read lights looked fantastic on the Betas. Plus, I found myself really enjoying the white LED running lights around the headlights. I already posted on another thread that the CHSML looked a little uneven--the lights weren't precisely aligned in a straight line--but I figure...

Going black here. I wanted to see an exotic color like orange offered. But I wasn't sure it would look right and black would have been the "failsafe" for me anyway. Take away the exotic color option and I default to black.

Speaking of the CHMSL, did anyone else notice that the individual LEDs weren't meticulously aligned? There appeared to be a little too much jitter in the row of LEDs for my taste. It's probably just an artifact of being assembled by hand, but I've seen other vehicles with a single row of LEDs...

My wife and I caught the last few minutes of the gathering, but it was great to meet some of you folks. Thanks for all who organized the event!

My wife and I plan to be there. Either time works for us.

Although half-confirmed by Franz von Holzhausen, I remain cautiously optimistic that we'll see the light-pipe rear lighting effects demonstrated on early prototypes. Jaguar's C-X16 concept uses the same sort of lighting to great effect: I think this is necessary to differentiate the...

This shot at full-resolution is fantastic (I can't stress enough how much it helps to view it at full resolution). I would like the production vehicles to have that red accent line (and possible LED indicators) on the rear-view mirrors.

I'm not seeing that much similarity, unless of course you mean that they are both red. That said, the Ford concept is a nice looking coupe. Ford certainly has been on the up and up, design-wise.

Agreed! Obviously even if the Model S were an ICE, you wouldn't be able to hear it from the vantage point of the following car, but it's still interesting to think that it was accelerating with very little sound and commotion. Compare that to the ICE roar of the camera car. Good driving by...

I'm down here in Los Angeles so the flight shouldn't be that bad. My wife is tentatively on a business trip in early October, so if I go, I may have a spare guest slot. And if Tesla is fair about it, with our two reservations, I should have at least two guest slots.