Moving to Tesla . . . .

It does me as well.

 

I didn't know about the tire size diffs on the X.

I posted in a different thread that OKC is getting a SC and now so is Tulsa. In 6 months or so, I'll have an SC only 15 minutes away.

I went to a local club meeting yesterday so I could see colors up close and personal. I talked to one of the owners for a good hour. Towards the end, he opened the trunk and gave me an exact Hot Wheels replica of his gorgeous red M3, same color. He had about 15 of them back there. Is this a secret Tesla owners thing? I thought it was a pretty darn cool thing to do.

 

It may be wrong, but I'd always heard it was best not to run them in two directions even if they were not designated as directional. Something about risk of belt separation over time or something like that. Might be a wives tale, just what the tire folks had said in the past.

 

Funny. We had all versions represented Saturday and also had an X and a Y next to each other. Lots of colors.

People don't believe how many Prii we have in OK. It's even more impressive how many Teslas we have in OK.

There were 55 Teslas at the club meeting Saturday. It was a low turnout. It was a great way to compare and contrast and see colors in person rather than a web page. Enthusiastic is something of an understatement. This group also travels to show off and give test drives in other states. Any excuse to drive. It was all COVID safe with masks and wipes. I was impressed.

I understand all Teslas have to be named. I've not taken mine out of the package yet since I'd have to name it. I think I'll wait and name the one I'm going to put in my garage.



These aren't cheap. He was very generous.

 

Good question. He had about 15 of them in his trunk. I didn't want to jinx the secret handshake by asking why.

 

Yup, symptoms have been documented.

 

During my last Model S Performance test drive back in June my wife was not with me. Yesterday, we dropped by the Southlake, TX showroom (closest one to us) to do some test drives. It was devoid of people so we spent several hours there and drove 3 vehicles. I've been jabbering about all things Tesla for a while now so my wife was pretty well versed about a lot of the specifics except she's not been in one that was moving.

The first one we were able to drive was a new M3 Performance. Having driven a MS P in Ludicrous+ mode, I knew what to expect and knew she didn't. We were in town so I kept it safely to the speed limits, but we took a ramp onto a highway and I was able to safely punch it at about 10 mph up to 50mph with no traffic.

For those of you that don't know, punching a M3 Performance is like being back in the 70's in a 454 cubic inch 4 barrel holly carb monster with headers, slicks on the back and skinnys on the front. For the younger crowd, it's similar to the takeoff of the Rock 'n' Roller coaster at Disney World except it's more. It throws your body and head back into the bucket hard and is truly and oh sh** moment. It definitely passes the dollar bill test. When I backed off the pedal at 50mph the look on my wife's face was priceless with a huge smile. All she said was "I WANT ONE, do they come in blue?"

Of course neither one of us want the performance model, but it was fun to try. We're both about the efficiency, no gas, no maintenance, and the tech. Looks like we're going to be a two Tesla M3LR family with hers in blue and mine in red.

 

Just learned I'm going to be slightly delayed in my M3LR plans. I'm getting a total hip replacement on my right hip the first week of October. No driving allowed for many weeks after so it looks like a 2021 M3LR will be the way to go. Who knows, it may have a heat pump by then. Not holding my breath but it looks like I'll have time.

 

Thank you. I had my left one done 2 years ago (just osteoarthritis) so I know what to expect which is good "and" bad because I know what to expect.