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Old 02-16-2018, 12:38 PM   #31
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Wow Congrats, that sounds like a great move. I'm curious to see how well you do on the M3 too. I wonder if you can turn a profit on it.

Having seen a number of model 3s in the flesh this week in LA, I can also say your gen Model S is far and away the best looking thing Tesla has made. In person the 3 is worse than in the pics (where it is horrendous)
I think the only exterior aesthetic irritant I see in the S is that the wheels/tires are narrower than the front and rear wheel haunches demand they be. Other than that, these days it symbolically reminds me of the original Taurus. It's just not evocative.

I can't see a 3, even from the rear, without seeing Keanu Reeves with no mouth.

I'm sure I'd have tons of fun with one and I'm sure TD will, too.
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Old 02-16-2018, 12:50 PM   #32
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Must be a 2015 with the 9/14 date of manufacture that I can read off the sticker.

Is it RWD or AWD?
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Old 02-16-2018, 12:59 PM   #33
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Must be a 2015 with the 9/14 date of manufacture that I can read off the sticker.

Is it RWD or AWD?
The Ds were introduced around then, but I don't think the model year changeover happened until Jan. 1, did it? I'm hazy on the details.

In any event, this one is just an 85, which they still made for a while after the Ds were introduced (in fact, IIRC the non-P AWD cars didn't hit the road until early 2015). Which is the very long way of saying it's RWD. Produced about 14,000 cars after mine.
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The Ds were introduced around then, but I don't think the model year changeover happened until Jan. 1, did it? I'm hazy on the details.
I think we had the model year vs running change discussion in *the* Tesla thread.
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Old 02-16-2018, 03:28 PM   #35
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D = AWD? I haven't read through the lengthy S thread.

I'm stoked for TD. A worthy follower to the e39. There are not that many interesting daily driver (we're not talking bonkers v8's and v10's here) sedans in the 15-years that separate them.
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Old 02-16-2018, 04:06 PM   #36
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Congrats. I know you've been wanting a tesla for several years now.
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Old 02-16-2018, 04:19 PM   #37
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Must be a 2015 with the 9/14 date of manufacture that I can read off the sticker.

Is it RWD or AWD?
Tesla uses calendar year, not the traditional sept model year change...
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Old 02-16-2018, 04:42 PM   #38
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D = AWD? I haven't read through the lengthy S thread.

I'm stoked for TD. A worthy follower to the e39. There are not that many interesting daily driver (we're not talking bonkers v8's and v10's here) sedans in the 15-years that separate them.
Yeah, sorry. D = AWD. D for "dual motor."

The timeline went roughly like this:

60, 85, and P85 were the first cars launched. All were RWD with a single drive motor in between the rear wheels. The 60s had 300ish hp, the 85s had 360, and the P85s had 416.

In autumn of 2014, Tesla introduced the first autopilot gear. Shortly thereafter, it also announced the dual motor cars. The P85D was the first to launch, with a smaller motor up front and the larger P85 drive unit in the back.* The "normal" D cars followed quickly thereafter, and those all had two of the smaller drive units, one in front and one in back.

There then ensued a bunch of fuckery with pack sizes that I can't keep straight, with the "big" pack going to 90 and the small pack to 70 and then to 75 when the Model X launched, IIRC.

But I believe TD's is one of the last OG Teslas without any autopilot features.




*There are a few autopilot equipped RWD P85s out there, but there aren't many of them.
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Old 02-16-2018, 07:26 PM   #39
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I'm no fan of either the old or new Model S nose either. But it wasn't a deal-breaker.

And, yeah, the tires could be wider and less efficiency-oriented. Maybe once I burn through them...
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JST- Do you have the center console? I'm considering it.
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