Recent content by Dave_Marsh

Good concerns, because Tesla doesn’t have a PR department or a phone line to actually talk to a live person. Their call tree appears to only connect you to FAQs or voicemail boxes. That said, their auto insurance has been getting sterling reviews, my encounters at our local Service Center have...

After assignment of my VIN, I received a text the next day stating my car would be delivered in 3-5 days to MY HOME ADDRESS. Apparently, if you live within 30 miles of a Service Center, this is their new preferred delivery method. I had to drive to the SC to get it changed to their dealership...

Here’s a quick look of my new MSM/White LR AWD:

Picked up my MSM/White LR AWD w/19” Sport Wheels today. Car appears perfect, so far. Only issue we had was they misspelled our address on our auto registration form and had to reprint it. Also, the lug nut cover key wasn’t in the glove box, so I ordered one from Amazon. You can’t remove the...

Correct. It seems the Tesla call tree only connects you to FAQs and voicemail boxes.

I was confused. My latest sales contract has the reduced price posted in February, however, the original order price from Jan still shows the $1,000 higher price. I thought they were going to change the final sale price back to the original order price, they didn’t. All is well.

It appears they started heated steering wheels with VIN 902xxx series.

I was offered delivery to my house and turned it down because I plan to drive car over directly to a detailer to apply PPF/Ceramic coating after delivery. The detailer is 2 miles from Service Center, but 30 miles from our house.

Tesla builds car in batches by configuration. That's pretty clear by watching what cars are delivered when and where. That suggests that they queue up batches in their lot after production to load on trucks/trains for shipment to destination. I ordered on Jan 2. Delivery is scheduled for...

Well folks, my lurking here is coming to an end. I thought I’d wrap up with a brief history of my wait these past three months to give a head’s up to future buyers. I ordered our new 2021 Model 3 MSM/White LR AWD back on January 2 here in northern CA. After ordering I immediately applied for a...

Just a head’s up folks. After receiving our VIN this evening I noted our quoted sale price for the LR AWD option went up $1,000 to $11,990, which is $500 more than even the current website configurator. I’ve asked our Tesla loan rep about this, but expect we’ll be paying the new price for this...

Just received VIN 926XXX for MSM/White LR AWD w/19” Sport Wheels for delivery March 19-22. Web site says they will contact me to arrange pickup at Rocklin, CA Service Center. Ordered on January 2. Calling insurance carrier to add vehicle to our auto policy in the morning.

We are also planning to drop our car off at PPF/Ceramic detailing shop immediately after delivery, assuming quality is ok. I asked our detailing guy this very question, and he said he does this pretty regularly with no issues. Our car is probably just sitting in the Fremont lot right now...

I’d expect your delivery to be the end of June. Tesla delivers east to west, starting in Europe, and builds in batches. I’ve been waiting since January 2 here in Sacramento, CA, with an expected delivery of the end of March. The only exceptions appear to be people picking up local stock.

I get tint for two reasons, heat rejection and some privacy behind the rear seats for packages I don’t want people seeing. That means probably a 30% rear side window ceramic tint. I’m ambivalent on putting a 70% tint on front side windows, but I am concerned about UV/IR transmission, so...