Rare electric roadster gets test drive at Snoqualmie Falls’ Salish Lodge

Snoqualmie Falls drew its usual share of visitors over the weekend, but there was an added attraction next door that brought even more people, and their cameras, to Snoqualmie. A bright orange Tesla Roadster drew every eye in the valet parking lot of the Salish Lodge. This was a sports-car lover’s sports car—low-slung, carbon-fiber exterior, aluminum chassis, racy styling, all torque and rare besides, with only 100 of them in the state, only 2,500 in the world.

Snoqualmie Falls drew its usual share of visitors over the weekend, but there was an added attraction next door that brought even more people, and their cameras, to Snoqualmie.

A bright orange Tesla Roadster drew every eye in the valet parking lot of the Salish Lodge. This was a sports-car lover’s sports car—low-slung, carbon-fiber exterior, aluminum chassis, racy styling, all torque and rare besides, with only 100 of them in the state, only 2,500 in the world.

The really cool part? It doesn’t make a sound, unless you count the wind in your ears when the top is down. This all-electric car is powerful and fast, which everyone who came for a test drive in Tesla’s Drive Change tour knew, and surprisingly comfortable to drive, they discovered.

“I want one!”  Becky Fischer of North Bend declared. She and her husband, Phil, both test drove the Roadster Saturday, and were pleasantly surprised by its comfort.

They’d never owned an electric car before, but were considering this car for the company they are planning to start, in the area of solar power and electric cars.

“This will be our first,” Phil said.

They’ve already put their deposit toward the $150,000 price down on one of the last hundred to be manufactured this year—a green one, of course. Next year, Tesla will launch its prototype sedan, a four-door electric car priced at around $49,900, after a $7,500 federal tax credit.