Photo was taken early at Columbus before the ribbon cutting ceremony got under way. Maybe late 2013. I had arrived early for the event and was getting a little charging done before the crowd arrived. I noticed a professional looking photographer roaming around but was unaware the photo had been taken. The photo has long been used on the Tesla site. I believe Columbus was the 2nd Texas SuperCharger after San Marcos. Opening of Texas SuperChargers was a big deal. At the time I bought the car, ordered December 2012 and delivered about April 2013, I did not expect the SuperCharger network to ever reach Texas. At the time, they were going in on both east and west coasts. For a long while, Texas was isolated with only five SuperChargers: San Marcos, Belmead, Corsicana, Huntsville, and Columbus. To get to other SuperChargers, one had to do some slow charging along the way. During that period, I made a trip to Wisconsin and had to do about 4 RV park charges between Corisicana and Normal IL. A real adventure! I pulled a teardrop trailer back from Wisconsin and learned that the trailer reduced range by about 1/4-1/3.
The custodian of 13S85 claims it looks much the same with 145k miles.
Being uncertain of Tesla's future in that 2013 era, I decided that the TSLA stock I bought for about $40 should be sold for about $80. After a 5 for 1 split, those shares are worth around $5M in 2022. I had to buy my stock back in the $120-$180 range around 2014.
Maybe I dig out a video of the arrival of the car at my place and post here.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/qQHHdwPHgSnGcAoc6
A note on naming. "13S85" was my first. A 2013 Model S85. A 2017 S100D became my 2nd, "17S100D". My current 3 is "18M3PD". Except for my first Model 3, which has been sold, all have free SuperCharging.
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