I jogged slowly along Kalakaua Street and the Ala Wai Canal before breakfast. My speed might not be called jogging, but I believe it was faster than walking, maybe. Anyway, I appreciated my friends who gave me the joy of running. After breakfast, we visited the Tesla dealer shop. To tell the truth, I had already booked the test-driving of model 3 on 8th. I got along well with a salesperson last year and I just wanted to say hello and "I came back to Hawaii again" to him at that time. However, as soon as I saw a Tesla Model 3 displayed in the shop, I was fascinated and came to test-drive it today. I drove a model x last year and its function concerning the automated driving was beyond my imagination. I knew that the sales of model 3 had started in this June IN JAPAN. The test-driving was only for 40 minutes, but it was enough for me to learn its additional evolution of automated driving.
The pictures of tesla cars below were shot on the next day during shopping for souvenirs. I wanted to look and see the real colour and its atmosphere. Why....? Yes, I decided to buy one on this night of test-driving. My present car, a Mercedes-Benz SLK200, is considerably flashy and I would have the next one a little quiet and chose a black one. One thing, my wife didn't know that at that time. She must have been wondering why I came to this parking lot. I get scared with her stern look, so I have to figure out lots of excuses from now.
We made an easy non-walking sightseeing from a trolley in the afternoon. The pictures taken from inside the trolley were really good as the weather was clear and the trolley has no windows. No one would assume that these pictures were shot from the car. After getting off, I found surfboard lockers for the first time and I'll show you them below.
The last event of today was the Magic of Polynesia. This magic show was apparently very famous in Hawaii. One of my friends invited us and we knew about the show. The dinner was great and the show deprived us of mutual conversation. Coming back to my condominium, still basking in the comfortable and mysterious afterglow of Polynesian magic and dance, I found myself clicking the order button on the Tesla's website over a glass of wine. My simple visiting the dealer resulted in a costly souvenir. Was that ok? Don't care! Just invent excuses! (As for the magic show, picture taking was not permitted.)
Busy Kalakaua Street https://theta360.com/s/hurxgRvxHAJFHKTg1vdatE5RY
朝は軽くジョギング。歩くよりは速いけど、走っているとは言えないほどのゆっくりスピードでカラカウア通り～運河沿いを観光。走ることを教えてくれた仲間に感謝。そして朝食後、テスラのディーラーへ。実は８日の午後、散歩の途中でテスラ試乗の予約していたのだ。８日はセールス担当のスタッフとどこか気が合うので、一年ぶりにまた来たよと挨拶程度に寄ったのだが、モデル３が展示してあり、なんとなく試乗することに。去年はモデルＸに乗り、１時間半ほどのドライブ。その機能に仰天し、今回は今月(６月)から日本向けの販売が始まったモデル３に乗ってみた。約４０分の試乗だったが、更に進化している自動運転機能と維持費の安さに驚愕した。
下に載せている写真は翌日のショッピングの途中、色見に寄ったときに撮ったもの。色見？そう、買うことにしたのですよ。試乗した夜にオンラインで独断で勢いで申し込んでしまった。１週間以内なら自由に変更できるので色を確認したが、地味に黒で行こうと思う。ただ、この時点でカミさんには内緒。恐ろしくてどう話して良いものか分からない。車が届くまでに言い訳を考えればいいかな。(^_^;)
午後はレアレアトロリーで楽ちんな市内見物。撮った写真は全てトロリーから撮ったもの。天気は快晴で窓がないから車内から撮ったとは思えないほどクリアな写真になった。ワイキキを歩いていてサーフボードロッカーを見つけたので一枚撮影。こんなの初めて見た。
そして夜、今回の旅の目玉の一つ。マジック・オブ・ポリネシアというマジックショー。とても有名なマジシャンによるショー。名前からして日系人かな。豪華なディナーの後、言葉を忘れるほどの不思議さに圧倒された。観客を巻き込んだショーはやはりプロ中のプロのマジシャンだった。この余韻に浸りつつ、部屋でワインを飲んでいて、エイヤーっとクリックしてしまった結果がテスラ、、、あ～～こんなんで良いのか？高価なハワイ土産になってしまった。（マジックに関しては撮影禁止でした。素晴らしいショーは頭の中に記憶しました。）
Congratulations on buying a Tesla-how long will it take for delivery?
Posted by: Peter | Aug 04, 2019 at 12:58 PM