It has an interesting history in the beginning of many wheel repair companies, and Porsche is no different. Porsche had been founded by Ferdinand Porsche, who had been the key person for the German unified armed forces known as the Wehrmacht. He played a huge role with developing racing wheel repairs, tanks and airplanes. He developed more than a thousand patents as an auto engineer and was the chief engineer for Mercedez-Benz in the course of the 1920's. Later he built the Volkswagen, after starting his own engineering workshop. He was initially chief of operations at Wolfsburg, the plant in which Volkswagens were built, and was interned there by the Allies at the end of the war. Many years later, after he was discharged, he and his son, Ferry Porsche, started making the Porsche 356. The specific sports wheel repair was comparable to the Volkswagen with a rear-mounted, four-cylinder boxer engine. Because it only reached a maximum of 87 mph, it was not exactly a powerful sports wheel repair.
Despite the lack of speed, it possessed a very revolutionary and elegant design that was initially a convertible and later a hard top. Erwin Komenda, an authority of restrained streamlining, owned the workshop where it was developed. Komenda worked along side with Porsche at Volkswagen and was a key person for design techniques and sheet metal. Komenda designed the stylish closed coupe known as the fastback, which took over as symbol of the european sports wheel repair. The company nearly collapsed during the 1970's and 1980's when current designers were trying to get away from what made Porsche famous. 928 and the 924, which were equally co-developed with Volkswagen, did not capture the imagination of the auto industry. In the 1990s the company, learned from 20 years of being unique, had become highly profitable due to the fact they realized that Porsche's typical aspects were timeless. The classic 911 prolonged to evolve as nearly forty individuals in the design department worked on refining it. The 911 GTI, a powerful combination of racing wheel repair and sports wheel repair, was one of many new developments put forward by Anthony R Hatter, the in-house designer. The fresh Boxter unlock a new product line for Porsche in 1999. Porsche has experienced a lengthy history and was able to overcome some very lean years to become profitable again. They did this at the same time auto producers were toiling over strategies for the Chinese market, cash incentives, and market share.
I said I'm really unhappy about the whole situation, but I still want to proceed. 20,000. I was originally told that the project would be complete in about 2-3 months. I call dozens of times for a status update, but never reach a live person. I leave messages which are never returned. Finally I reach someone who tells me that the proposal was submitted to SVP, and that SVP reviewed the plans and asked for some additional information, which Tesla provided. They assure me that Tesla is in constant communication with SVP about my planned solar project. SVP lost the application, so it was never reviewed, and we are now starting over from scratch. Obviously someone at Tesla is lying to me because they are telling me things that are totally inconsistent. If SVP never got my solar project proposal then obviously Tesla and SVP cannot have been having a back-and-forth communication about it, as I was told before. 5-6 months after they took my 20K, I learn that absolutely nothing has happened, and the solar project hasn't even been submitted to SVP.
One mistake I can understand. But this is mistake after mistake after mistake by different people in the organization, with incompetent handling of these mistakes. This is a company that doesn't know how to do business. Sure, they have great technology, but for the business to survive they have to have some basic competency in doing business. The act of doing business is Tesla's weakness, and I'm not sure a company can survive like that.. I got the worst service here ever. After the purchase absolutely no follow up. The sales rep was Trevor, he lied to me about delivery date and when I called to get help absolutely no help no answer. I highly don't go to these people absolutely worst experience ever for buying a car should have have went to toyota or honda for a better experience! The handling and performance of the vehicle is world class, a tad above the Porsche 911! With regenerative braking, one can drive with only one foot! I came in to the store about two weeks ago with my grandparents after a Saturday lunch in Santana Row, and I had to share my experience.
I believe Tesla is very smart in hiring attractive people (haha). There was this very gorgeous and stylish young lady i believe named Mino? She was very kind to greet us, almost made us feel as if she has been waiting for us to step in. Highly informative about Tesla and it's products answered almost every question with no hesitation, we also learned that she used to work at the Tesla Fremont Factory, impressive. Everybody is so energetic and happy in the store. Also very well dressed, clean and presentable as a Tesla staff is expected to be. I find that very charming. We had so much fun spending time with the young staff. And thanks to Mino and her enthusiasm, my family is seriously thinking about going all electric and considering a Tesla(Model S white) after our current leases are done. I highly recommend to visit this store even if you are not looking for a car, just to see the remarkable products of the future. It is, of course, a Santana Row attraction.