FutureBoy
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OK. I've been busy so I didn't post this yet. But back a few days before the reveal, I took the family to the local (Bellevue WA) Tesla showroom to see the CT in person. For a bit of background, my daughter is 3 years old and the morning of the trip she had seen a picture of the CT on YT. Upon seeing the picture, she told me that the CT was not real.
So, I take the family to the showroom. Walking through the mall, my 3 year old didn't want to walk and asked to be carried so I had her up in my arms. As we walk around the corner into the showroom, she just sees all the people and not the CT. I have to tell her about 4 times that daddies truck is right over there. Immediately her reaction is to say, "That's not real, daddy!" I say, "It is!" And her response is, "Noooo... That's not real."
Anyway, once she realized that a real truck was being looked at, she got bored and wanted to walk around so the rest of the family went to see the other wares on display.
Now once I got past the initial fan-boy gawking, the first thing I noticed were all the cyber foot prints. They looked like this:
There were a huge number of these prints all over the floor so I can only assume the team spent a lot of time trying to stage the truck in various positions to get it "just right".
The truck was in a taped off area so I could not get too close but with a leg under the tape, I notice that the little "foot step" area in front of the rear tires is smaller than I would be comfortable using to step up on reaching into the bed. There was a question somewhere a little while back if that would work as a foot step. My take is not very well.
Another little thing I noticed was the "gap" at the peak between the SS and the glass. Here is a picture:
The pic was taken while standing behind the barrier tape at the front of the CT looking at the front glass. The beautiful sunset is just the image on the back wall of the store. Just to the left of the CT you can see the back of someone's head.
Now, since this is the very peak of the truck, I doubt any normal day-to-day activity is going to be affected by this. But my first thought was that the pointy part would be a bit dangerous for anyone lifting or removing items from a roof rack. Also, I wonder if there might end up being some water penetration somewhere in that gap at some point. Or perhaps the gap could be used as placement for a hook contraption to hang things from while camping. Haven't seen this bit hi-lighted previously so thought I'd comment on it.
I do notice that this same gap can be seen running all the way down the sides of the front glass. But the most prominent place I see it is at the peak. Here is the gap all the way down the windshield next to the BAW.
When I blow up that image at the peak of the roof I see this:
Beyond that, at the base of the glass you can get a size comparison between the panel gap of the front door and the gap at the base of the front glass.
That is a blow up of from this:
Another possibly sharp point that you could catch is at the base of the SS in the back corners.
I had never really noticed the small bend at the bottom of the tailgate either. Interesting little detail.
Beyond all that, I took general pictures of all the panel gaps on the truck related to the SS. Not too much to see there unless panel gaps are a real sticking point for you. I didn't find any that were horrible in my eye. But there was a bit of variance in different areas.
So as for the rest of the experience:
1. Walking in (once my daughter was released) there was an employee there collecting names for possible test drives. Signed myself up for that!!! Plus we talked a bit.
2. It was fun talking in person to various people there that were also enamored/curious by the CT.
3. The BAW was a huge (see what I did there?) talking point among the throngs of people in attendance.
4. There was also a Teslabot on a stand. Just hanging out watching for which individuals would need to be taken out during the AI uprising. It had the standard belt-buckle attire plus a Santa hat. There were very few people looking at the bot compared to the CT. Little do they know how much more influence the bot will have over their lives in the future.
Anyway, that's about all I have to tell for now.
So, I take the family to the showroom. Walking through the mall, my 3 year old didn't want to walk and asked to be carried so I had her up in my arms. As we walk around the corner into the showroom, she just sees all the people and not the CT. I have to tell her about 4 times that daddies truck is right over there. Immediately her reaction is to say, "That's not real, daddy!" I say, "It is!" And her response is, "Noooo... That's not real."
Anyway, once she realized that a real truck was being looked at, she got bored and wanted to walk around so the rest of the family went to see the other wares on display.
Now once I got past the initial fan-boy gawking, the first thing I noticed were all the cyber foot prints. They looked like this:
There were a huge number of these prints all over the floor so I can only assume the team spent a lot of time trying to stage the truck in various positions to get it "just right".
The truck was in a taped off area so I could not get too close but with a leg under the tape, I notice that the little "foot step" area in front of the rear tires is smaller than I would be comfortable using to step up on reaching into the bed. There was a question somewhere a little while back if that would work as a foot step. My take is not very well.
Another little thing I noticed was the "gap" at the peak between the SS and the glass. Here is a picture:
The pic was taken while standing behind the barrier tape at the front of the CT looking at the front glass. The beautiful sunset is just the image on the back wall of the store. Just to the left of the CT you can see the back of someone's head.
Now, since this is the very peak of the truck, I doubt any normal day-to-day activity is going to be affected by this. But my first thought was that the pointy part would be a bit dangerous for anyone lifting or removing items from a roof rack. Also, I wonder if there might end up being some water penetration somewhere in that gap at some point. Or perhaps the gap could be used as placement for a hook contraption to hang things from while camping. Haven't seen this bit hi-lighted previously so thought I'd comment on it.
I do notice that this same gap can be seen running all the way down the sides of the front glass. But the most prominent place I see it is at the peak. Here is the gap all the way down the windshield next to the BAW.
When I blow up that image at the peak of the roof I see this:
Beyond that, at the base of the glass you can get a size comparison between the panel gap of the front door and the gap at the base of the front glass.
That is a blow up of from this:
Another possibly sharp point that you could catch is at the base of the SS in the back corners.
I had never really noticed the small bend at the bottom of the tailgate either. Interesting little detail.
Beyond all that, I took general pictures of all the panel gaps on the truck related to the SS. Not too much to see there unless panel gaps are a real sticking point for you. I didn't find any that were horrible in my eye. But there was a bit of variance in different areas.
So as for the rest of the experience:
1. Walking in (once my daughter was released) there was an employee there collecting names for possible test drives. Signed myself up for that!!! Plus we talked a bit.
2. It was fun talking in person to various people there that were also enamored/curious by the CT.
3. The BAW was a huge (see what I did there?) talking point among the throngs of people in attendance.
4. There was also a Teslabot on a stand. Just hanging out watching for which individuals would need to be taken out during the AI uprising. It had the standard belt-buckle attire plus a Santa hat. There were very few people looking at the bot compared to the CT. Little do they know how much more influence the bot will have over their lives in the future.
Anyway, that's about all I have to tell for now.
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