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The only folks lucky enough to get up close and personal with the slick, powerful electric SUV are those who’ve plunked down deposits of up to $40,000 to order the car.
A fortunate thousand or so have already taken delivery, and probably a few hundred more have gotten behind the wheel at Tesla’s Meet-The-Model-X road show, open by invitation only to paying customers farther down the waiting list.
As of this writing, I’m not aware that Tesla has made a Model X available to more than one or two members of the press.
And the rest of us civilians? Fuggedaboudit.
No Model Xes seem to have appeared in any Tesla store showroom for inspection by the general public. Cars that arrive for delivery to customers are typically sequestered away, mostly out of sight.
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| Ron, Tesla |
Hanging around Tesla’s Santa Barbara service center waiting for my Model S to get a new door handle and a set of tires, I ran into a fellow named Ron Merkord, of Filmore, California.
He was there to pick up his brand new Signature Model X. Having waited more than two years, he and his family were giddy with excitement.
We struck up a conversation. As a three-year/60,000-mile veteran of the Model S, I was eager to see the differences in the two cars, which are built on the same platform and use the same batteries and motors.
Taking a wild shot, I asked if he might consider letting me take a test drive in his Model X at some point.
Like a true Tesla brother, he quickly agreed, and we set up my drive for the following day.
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