Recent content by astrothad

Most people who could configure (and who took delivery of) their 3 before March 2018 already owned a Tesla. February/March 2018 configurations would have been when first time owners (like me) started getting invitations. I configured at the end of March 2018 and took delivery during the 2nd week...

There is an event data recorder (EDR, or black box) in the Model 3. If the airbags didn't deploy, I'm not sure it would have triggered. You would think that it should. Tesla would know for sure. If it did, it would store the state of the car for the last 10 seconds (maybe a bit longer) before...

If you can manage the insurance costs, driving to DF from the U.S. just became a lot quicker with the opening of the Matehuala Supercharger. I'd love to hear stories from the first Tesla owners to make the trip.

I was checking my Tesla account too often while waiting to configure and waiting for my VIN. I saw the VIN assigned after midnight - technically it would have been April 3. I got the call from Tesla on Wednesday afternoon - a bit over a day and a half after getting my VIN. And thank you! Yes...

When you login to your account, it replaces your reservation number. When you click on the link to info on your Model 3, it appears below your reservation number.

Congratulations! And thank you for all your work on the spreadsheet keeping track of all this. I hope people understand why you will have less time for that soon when you have your 3 to drive. :D

VIN VIN VIN VIN VIN VIN VIN!!! (Will I be having wine to celebrate? If so, what VINtage?) Checked for what probably would have been the last time before going to sleep, and now it's going to be that much harder to sleep. 1316X See signature for specs. Let me go re-read everyone else's...

Someone gave me a Model 3 license plate frame as a gift. Maybe that one will go on the front. Or I can mount a clock in it and wear it as an oversize necklace, thus appropriating Flavor Flav's look.

I can't imagine taking any current Tesla model out to the Racetrack. Even the X, with its higher clearance, is going to get beat up by that washboard road. I want to see what range they have with the pickup, as that would seem to be the appropriate vehicle.

INVITE INVITE INVITE INVITE INVITE!!!!!! Line-waiter in Buena Park, CA, 2016-03-31 - reservation about 12:10pm; had March-May delivery estimate. Yes, I'll go update the spreadsheet. And I thought I had been checking the site frequently up to now.... Now looking forward to when I can post...

Despite the estimator getting me to within 6 weeks of my Model 3 several times, now it is showing less than a month for the first time. No invite to configure yet - hoping for that this week. (oh please oh please oh please oh please) I want to believe. (or, if you prefer the angsty, whiny NIИ...

There might be a solution for that. (Skip to 12:45)

Yikes! Sorry you had to deal with this. I wish there was better monitoring/higher fines for having items like this come loose from vehicles. Do we know whether the Model 3 has the titanium plate across the front like the S and the X for protecting the battery? That damage looks like it's some...

Thanks for the comment and suggestion. The CPO options are still a stretch, and if I'm going to stretch for it, it has to be a 100% car - that is, I have to be able to use it for 100% of the cases I can think of regularly using it. This includes trips to somewhat remote locations (like Death...

At this point, I have burned through all the lease extensions that Mercedes Benz has allowed for my smart EV. I will be returning it tomorrow. This means I'll be back to an ICE and burning gasoline to get to and from work. The smart was charged from either my SolarCity installation or the...