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    Jump-Starting 12V Battery Charger PSA

    If you have to flag down someone with jumper cables, that means your car died on the road while out driving it... so either your main battery is too dead to keep that 12v charged, or doing this will won't work. Wouldn't the car just die again soon once the other car is disconnected? After all...
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    I am giddy with excitement

    UPDATE. Just got delivery yesterday of the Blue, AWD Model 3 with EAP. Wow. Amazing. Very long wait, but happy! The dealership (I know that's technically wrong) in Highland Park (northern 'burb of Chicago) was packed with people picking up cars, and a big semi full of new ones was pulling in as...
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    I am giddy with excitement

    Fork. I reserved on 2/9/2017 and not a prior owner. The estimator shows "July through September" but my wife says "You are never going to see that car." I hope she's wrong! Are the reservation numbers sequential? My number is 108638140. I wonder if there's a way to do some math with that...
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    Received Model 3 Today - SO many problems

    When people misuse the word "literally" it drives me figuratively insane... o_O Aaa!! I've been Rick Rolled! Heard that expression before, now I can say it has happened to me. BRAVO! Great post. Hope you enjoy the car, I have no idea when I'll ever see mine. Got on this list in Feb of 2017...
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    Predictions of non-owner base model 3 (SR) deliveries

    I got on the waiting list in Feb of last year-- so a year ago and counting. Originally listed as the longer range four-wheel drive model. Then the estimate was pushed back. I changed my order to the "first run" long range rear-wheel drive, the ones they are making now, after reading about snow...
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    Any non-employee get to configure their Model 3 yet?

    Jerry, are you a non-employee? When did you reserve?