Random Roadster Sightings

[Grin]

Roadster in the driveway!! :biggrin:

 

[Brent]

Saw a red one yesterday doing an illegal u-turn on Century Park East in Century City (Los Angeles). I happened to be walking, and I was able to hear the motor acceleration noise for the first time. Pretty cool.

 

[Crashem]

Very Orange with hardtop in Sausalito, CA

Jeez. Someone snapped me with my car.

 

[TEG]

Sightings are getting more and more common around the bay area.
On Friday afternoon I saw an orange one pulling into a movie theater in Mountain View as I was going to see Star Trek, then on Saturday night I saw a green one leaving a fireworks show up in SF. I wasn't even looking for them... Literally seeing them in front of me all over the place now.

 

[TEG]

Jeez. Someone snapped me with my car.

Now please tell us that your 'Crashem' moniker doesn't indicate your driving habits!

 

[flabby]

Sightings are getting more and more common around the bay area.
On Friday afternoon I saw an orange one pulling into a movie theaters in Mountain View as I was going to see Star Trek, then on Saturday night I saw a green one leaving a fireworks show up in SF. I wasn't even looking for them... Literally seeing them in front of me all over the place now.

I'm seeing them everywhere as well. My friend snapped a photo of one yesterday on the freeway in the eastbay and showed it to me (knowing that I'm a tesla fanatic :smile.

 

[vfx]

I'm seeing them everywhere as well.

When a friend or relative buys a new car you start seeing them too.

 

[doug]

Here's somebody we know:

 

[DaveD]

Here's somebody we know:

Curses! Spotted in public without my cloaking device active! :biggrin:

With the good weather around here in Seattle these past few days, I'm getting lots of people noticing me and doing obvious maneuvering in my vicinity in order to snap pics of my car.

 

[Palpatine]

The Brilliant Yellow certainly does stand out in traffic. I am dying here with another 6 weeks to go.

 

[Kevin Harney]

Looks like maybe your blinker was not working

 

[doug]

Spotted again:

 

[DaveD]

Looks like maybe your blinker was not working

Yeah, it does look like that doesn't it? I'm not in the habit of wandering out of my lane, but I do sometimes use the blinker only briefly when changing lanes. I'll test the blinkers tonight and make sure they're all working. For now, I'll assume that it was operator error.

Spotted again:

Yeah, that was taken in the underground parking garage where I work. It wasn't too long after that pic was taken before I had an email show up in my inbox with a link to it. It was 3 degrees to get to me: picture taker, co-worker, another Roadster owner (who works here and knows me). The non-owners said they weren't jealous. Not even a little. So, I replied that since they weren't jealous, I guess I didn't need to offer them a ride in it. :wink:

 

[vfx]

I'll test the blinkers tonight

Not to worry, it's clear that the image was taken during the blinker's dark cycle. :smile:

 

[graham]

Yeah, that was taken in the underground parking garage where I work. It wasn't too long after that pic was taken before I had an email show up in my inbox with a link to it. It was 3 degrees to get to me: picture taker, co-worker, another Roadster owner (who works here and knows me).

A similar story happened to me the first day I drove my Roadster to work. A former co-worker who left my company 2 years ago IM'd me out of the blue a link to Twitter of a picture someone else had posted of my car sitting in front of my building with a "Whose car is this?" caption. My former co-worker asked "Did you happen to ever get a Tesla?"

Eek! My car is being stalked!

 

[DaveD]

Not to worry, it's clear that the image was taken during the blinker's dark cycle. :smile:

I checked my blinker lights, and all are working. The duty cycle is 50% (~.5s on, ~.5s off), so your explanation is plausible.

 

[doug]

Three Roadsters in Texas:

 

[bobw]

I bet it's near Austin. There's up-and-down to the landscape. It's Joshua Baer's photostream. The license tag on the yellow car is "EMAIL".

Still keeping my eyes open in DFW.

 

[SteveF]

Saw Martin's car in the shop at Menlo Park today. Word is he is having some upgrades done, but I didn't press for details. Sorry about the poor picture quality, but I only had my cell phone witih me.

 

[vfx]

That car is there so much it should pay rent!