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good deal! so you're really doing this! that's cool. i'm psyched for you, man.
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04-26-2013, 03:27 PM | #2 |
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Tesla made a big service announcement today.
Basically they are making a loaner fleet avail (P85 Model S or a Roadster). They also re-did the battery warranty -- it now basically covers everything except intentional damage or an accident that damages the battery. I'll look through the new PDF tonight. More info here: http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/crea...anty-program-0 Also, Tesla is doing test drives at the Scottsdale store this weekend. My wife is signed up for this afternoon...
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04-26-2013, 05:29 PM | #4 |
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I just saw an article about the service and warranty changes. I think it makes your decision a lot easier or more comfortable since you have already made it.
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04-26-2013, 09:34 PM | #5 |
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She liked it... More later.
---- Edit: Its later -- we were still out when I first posted. Since Tesla doesn't have a dealers license in AZ, they normally can't give test drives. But as a manufacturer, they can offer some drives periodically, so they brought a few cars to AZ this weekend and let those that had requested test drives to sign up. Since I've already driven 3 separate Model S (one of each config too -- 85, P85 and 60), I asked my wife if she'd like to do a test when I received the email invite. She said yes, so we signed up for this afternoon -- originally set for 3pm, but my wife had something come up, so I called the store and they were able to push our drive out to 4:30. We had our 6 year old daughter with us, and Tesla's test drives don't allow children under 8 to ride along (odd considering the test cars had the optional 3rd row booster seats installed...). So the test was just my wife and the Tesla person. Overall, she liked it -- and she understands why I decided to get it. The car she drove only had a 101 miles on it at the end of her drive -- so they were using brand new cars (and possibly those going into the new loaner fleet -- I'm wondering if they are staying in AZ). A couple other thoughts:
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Looks like some people are starting to post dyno runs with their Teslas...
Here's a report on the regular 85kWh version... The 60 that I'm getting won't peak quite so high though...
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does the instantaneous torque of electric motors confuse the dyno?
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But then again, that might explain why Tesla abandoned the idea of putting a transmission in their cars -- the early Roadsters (first ~25 or so) had a 2-speed transmission that kept failing due to the torque. The early Roadsters were retrofitted with a fixed gear instead, which continued for the rest of the Roadsters and to the Model S.
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