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Friday July 28, 2017
I have a P100D Model S Tesla. There
are problems again..........
On Tuesday July 25 I got a call from a driver who
told me he would deliver my Model S at about 4 Pm.
He called back and said be was heading to Los Altos
first to drop off a car which is over 3 hours from
me with no traffic. He called again at 2 pm and said
he was leaving Los Altos So I offered to meet him in
Corte Madera in Marin County. He looked up his
navigation and it said he was one hour away from
there So I hopped in my Model X loaner and headed to
Marin County. I arrived at 3:15 and the truck was
not there yet.
I finally took possession of the P100D at 4:45 and
arrived home at 6:40 after a lot of traffic. I soon
had a large glass of Tequila in my hand.
A little later Pat and I took a look in the trunk to
see where the charging cable was and we noticed
there was no automatic button to close the trunk. We
looked hard all over the trunk area and could not
find a button anywhere. I got in the front seat and
there was a warning the trunk was open even though I
thought I had closed it. I went back and slammed it
shut. The next day the trunk was hard to close
again. I also noticed the interior was not as nice
as my past Tesla cars and the Air Conditioning did
not have the premium filter system. Also I did not
think the seats were as nice.
I then looked online and there is no way anyone can
order a Tesla without an automatic trunk tailgate.
The P100D is the most expensive car Tesla makes so I
was very upset. How could they even find a manual
tailgate?
Since then I have been very depressed and of course
I contacted my sales Rep. Today I received a message
that they are willing to take the P100D back. I have
not heard a price yet but I assume it will be worth
more than a new 100D. I was told to order the new
100D and I did this morning. Time will tell but I
may finally receive the car I wanted from the
beginning!!!!
I must admit the P100D is very nice but it did not
seem any quicker than the few Tesla cars I have
driven. I did not put it in Ludicrous mode and
probably would never do it. BUT Josh is ready to try
it out tomorrow
8:00: Pm: My daughter, Kate first born does
not like animal fat. She does eat fish which helps
when she is around........pizza is the easiest for
me to produce and I have said before with my dough.
Then of course Kate can put on what ever she wants
on her own pizza. I have said before: If I had been
brought up and my Mother never exposed me to animal
fat, I would have been fine. The problem is if I
would have been exposed at this time in my life and
had experienced only vegetables and fish, I think
most people would have thought meat has more flavor.
So maybe animal fat is not good because it makes us
want more and puts weight on us? I would love to
lose another 20 pounds but I love meat. Tomorrow
night we will have lamb and roast potatoes........I
can't Wait..........
Saturday July 29,
2017
Yesterday Tesla announced they are
not using Leather anymore so now the only option is
synthetically engineered seats. There is no tan,
just black, cream and white. I chose white for my
new 100D Model S. Kate will be happy to know no
animals were killed to make my seats......
8:00 Pm: Last night Tesla gave off the first
Model 3 to 30 Customers!! I am ready for my daughter
Kate to have one since I am one of the first in the
loop. Take a look, it has no dashboard, smooth panel
all a cross...........with your speed showing just
to the right of the steering wheel..............
On my P100D..........I tried to engage this
Ludicrous mode today on a short 8 mile drive to see
if my XM radio was working. I pushed the button to
warm up the batteries, it may be required to have
full 0 to 60 in 2.18 seconds. My XM radio worked
about the same as the other ones. But I saw on my 15
minute drive over Canyon Road. I needed 40 minutes
to warm up the batteries so if I wanted to impress
someone I would have to warm up the Tesla P100D for
40 minutes............ Seriously is that worth
$43,000 as an option. I got a big discount as I have
said so it will be fun to drive this P for a time.
The last time:..........as I have said was in 1964
when the first Mustang was sold. That 12 months
later, Mustang had sold 418,812. Model 3
Tesla has reservations for over 500,000 but it
will be hard to deliver all in 12 months, BUT it
will be the most exciting car since the
Mustang................
Josh wants to make his own wine?.........more
tomorrow
Dave
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