Getting out of this for a week fishing the Northern Territory. Ah, 32 degree heat!! Impressive demo, but i could not see myself using it. With 450km range, supercharging and the break you get while doing it is almost mandatory for safety.
Hi JMac, (and others),
Was just wondering, as a Signature Reservation Holder, I'm actually flying to USA in late July/early August, and then late September/early October.
Is there any way I can get a rental Model S, or at least one for a whole day test drive or similar? If we go to a Factory store with proof of reservation, can we do any more than a casual bystander?
Also, in the September/October trip, I will actually be in San Francisco, I'd love to get a factory tour, considering that I wouldn't be able to do this on pickup?
Let us know
Was just wondering, as a Signature Reservation Holder, I'm actually flying to USA in late July/early August, and then late September/early October.
Is there any way I can get a rental Model S, or at least one for a whole day test drive or similar? If we go to a Factory store with proof of reservation, can we do any more than a casual bystander?
Also, in the September/October trip, I will actually be in San Francisco, I'd love to get a factory tour, considering that I wouldn't be able to do this on pickup?
Let us know
They won't give you a factory tour but if you ask Naomi nicely, as a reservation holder, if they have a 'test drive' slot available somewhere (e.g. Santana Row) yes you can probably have a 15-20 minute test drive.
Suggest you email her ASAP because when I did this there was quite a leadtime / backlog of people wanting test drives and (at least at that point) very few cars available for test drive.
This was September last year.
Around Santana Row is good, you get a few runs on different types of roads, a few sweeping freeway entrance ways, a couple of straights onto the freeway and then opportunity to 'test' the epic instantaneous acceleration of 65mph-85mph testing how you may want to do overtaking maneuvers on the freeway.
You won't want to give the car back.
Make sure you're comfortable driving there, you do sign quite a disclaimer to have a test drive.
All Roadsters have a 55Kwh battery and a range of between 300 & 350 Kms per charge when driven "normally". However with care you can get somewhat more range.
Woo hoo! Hope she is correct!! Wish there was something more positive from up above, such as appointment of a local agent and some display cars.
Public charging in Australia is nearly non-existent and comprises mainly of Australian 240V 15Amp sockets plus a few Chademo stations. IMievs cost extra for the Chademo support and only Leaves support it standard. Chevrolet \Holden Volts have a J1772 inlet and I assume an Australian 240V 15Amp supply side plug.
I have 3 phase at home in Sydney, mainly because i have a large air conditioning ducted system. It so happens that I also have an elevator which also requires it. Overall, though, i would think only high-end houses would be so supplied. A standard 3 phase outlet supplies 400 volts at 32 amps. The plug and socket alone can set you back nearly $300 WITHOUT installation, which, of course, in this country, DEMANDS that a licensed person installs it. Probably another 5-600 in labour, maybe more. So, 12.8 kWh is possible - no need for the wall charger in the majority of cases with 3 phase. I do recall seeing the roadster plugged in with with a 3phase plug, but, of course, there is no reason why only a single phase could have been hooked up in there (I do that on my boat, since i draw around 18amps and our standard plugs only tolerate 15 amps - the 3phase plug has much heavier pins and tolerates the higher current draw easily).
Interested - where did you get that figure? that would represent 330 plus reservations! More or less what Tesla announced for Hong Kong. Incidentally, since HK is a right hand drive country, how is it that they have test drive cars (albeit LHD'S) and we have not seen the whiff of one?
