Pittsburgh Location Soon?

Well... look what I found...  A possible store coming to Ross Park Mall?

 I think I have something worth clicking through for....

Let's Make a DEAL!

After a soft launch and rumored great prices... the OFFICIAL Tesla CPO sales website has gone LIVE.  If you've pondered getting a Tesla but found the price steep...  THIS is the moment you've been waiting for:

http://www.teslamotors.com/models/preowned

Now GET out there and get yourself a DEAL!

Hat Tip to a Job Well Done

UPDATE:  It appears the video discussed here has been taken off YouTube.  HOWEVER, it has been reposted on VIMEO.  Link after the click...

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My day job is as a video editor and I'm always happy to find and applaud the work of my colleagues.  This video (by Cinesaurus) is just one of many on their YouTube channel that is super-creative and well executed.  Not only that, but the underlying message is part of the revolution I've long hoped for-- which I'll explain.  

While at first the Tesla connection might not seem obvious... WATCH and you'll find yourself smiling soon enough.  Click through for the video: It. Is.  EPIC.

All A-Twitter: Winter of Discontent Part 2

UPDATED 4/22/15:

As I write this, there remains a small patch of snow clinging to Winter in my front yard.  It's April tomorrow, but this doily sized clump is being stubborn.  It has not been an easy Winter for us.  Changes and (admittedly) some first-world problems have tried to consume our good cheer.  TRIED.

Ah, but you're here because you're curious about the car.  I know, I know... I will be getting to that in a lot more detail soon.  For now, let's flash through the last month or so since the last post to get you all caught up and preview what's to come.

The Ice Queen

We'd ventured out after a morning snow storm to attend a Super Bowl party-- sorry, to watch "The Big Game"-- figuring the worst road conditions of the day were past us.  Even if they weren't, my expectation was for the possibility freezing rain and black ice-- so the question was:  Take the AWD Subaru on all season tires...  or take the RWD Tesla on its winter Nokians?

Reasoning that traction would be better for turning and stopping with the winter rubber compound tires than with the AWD alone, we took the Tesla.  And we almost didn't come home with it.  

Check out the video after the jump.

Elon Musk on The Simpsons

You can catch the episode here (at some point):  http://www.fox.com/the-simpsons/full-episodes

https://twitter.com/TeslaPittsburgh/status/559354038178033665

Get Your Juice Loose

The gas crowd has a leg up on us.  There, I said it.  Every time they go to fuel up their cars they find each dispenser to be road-accessible, surrounded by ample room to park and the hose on the dispenser can reach either side of their car.  But wait-- don't go trading in your Tesla just yet!  You can still run over the river and through the woods to Grandma's house... just remember to pack this:

Whether you're digging behind bushes to access your parents' dryer outlet or carefully inching your Model S close to rusted farm equipment in hopes of reaching an ancient welder's plug at your crazy uncle's place, remember that the juice you use is cheaper than gas and the car is a lot more fun!  What you need then is a way to bring the power more conveniently to your car... and this is the solution.

July Trip 2014: PART 5 - A Backward Glimpse

I love traveling.  Going places, seeing things, meeting people...  It really stimulates the grey matter "more betterer" (as we say in the TV biz) than just about anything else.  And yet, waking up on the morning I get to go home is always a special feeling.

A mixture of melancholy for the adventure drawing to a close, anxiety for the potential travel tribulations, excitement for the last vestiges of discovery the trip might reveal and the hope of my next night's sleep to be.. in.. my... OWN BED.  Oh yes, truly: Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home.

Waiting down by the warehouse, in the dark, was our ride home.  Fully charged, ready, and finally...it was time to go.  We were going home.  HOME.

July Trip 2014: PART 4 - We've Come a Long Way, Baby

I met my lovely wife as a freshman at Ithaca College.  We just celebrated 19 years of marriage (2 children, 4 addresses and 6 cars ago) and since her parents still live near Ithaca we've made the trek back up South Hill several times since graduation.  Our school song (LAME though it is-- aren't they all??) starts with "high above Cayuga's waters" and the view lives up to the lyrics.

Plus, as every IC grad knows, it is WE who get to look down on Cornell University.  Literally.  (My wife is the "black sheep" in her family-- her siblings went to the cult across town.)

19 years after graduation, it was time for a victory lap.

July Trip 2014: PART 3 - My Gorges Car

Another peaceful upstate New York morning tickled the grass and swaying treetops outside the bedroom window.  We wanted to take the kids hiking in one of Ithaca's "gorgeous gorges" parks-- something we'd done many times while dating in college-- so they could get a taste of the natural beauty the glaciers left behind.

The trip to Ithaca would be less than 20 miles (so not a challenge to the Tesla).  It would also be a quiet side trip mostly out of the public eye, but especially at this-- the Tesla excels.  The car is arguably most impressive when there is no one else to impress.