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At first I was impressed: towards the early end of the delivery window we got a call suggesting our car was ready and could be picked up next week. Then a few days later they called and said actually the car wouldn't arrive on the east coast in time so we would have to push the delivery back a...

I don't think we have any reason to doubt the OP. Seems similar to what happened with the S. Founders delivered early summer (June if I recall correctly). Sig #385 didn't arrive until the second week in November in NY some 5 months later. Not that I have a say on these matters but I support a...

New nosecone in Australian 60 minutes segment? It looks like there might be a new nosecone for model S visible in the background of the 60 minutes interview? An experiment or a forthcoming style refresh?

November 2012 delivery here: I've had the following issues: 1 door handle performing inconsistently (rear passenger side, so only minority inconvenient) - replaced for free Bluetooth microphone burnout - replaced for free When I had those issues fixed they were out of loaners so I did have to...

I prefer this jacket to the thick-lapelled monstrosities he's worn in public before. It's a bold pattern for sure, but probably exacerbated by the metallic fabric's reaction to the camera flash.

2012 Signature Performance delivered November 2012 - original owner. Thank you Thumper! I'll schedule the update. Any idea how involved a process it is?

Got this email this week and I'm not sure what this refers to. Thought I'd come here and get informed before following up. If anyone has any idea I'd appreciate the insight.

Model S Signatures were given a choice of 4 colors if I recall correctly: Signature Red, Black, White, Pearl White. There was some ability to choose options as well such as interior trim, 3rd row seats, and pano roof.

I found the Tesla P85D hate funny. Haters gonna hate. However, the sexist stuff was less amusing (and I'm a guy!). The comment about how a girlfriend will definitely crash if you let her drive with over 500 hp was especially cringeworthy, but maybe my view of female racers is more positive than...

Haha, I can see my old dorm room in that video. I'm surprised they let it drive through the small courtyard. The house masters are usually pretty defensive of the lawn!

Spotted a very orange roadster on the highway while catching a cab from O'Hare airport to downtown Chicago on Sunday afternoon.

That can't be electric propulsion. It doesn't take and engineer to know you wouldn't put a heavy aquarium of tropical fish and water into a vehicle that would look to minimize weight to increase range. Even if you were powering your car with a nuclear reactor I'm not quite sure why one would...

Does your car have access to wifi? I got the map update OTA, but during the night when it was getting a wifi signal in the garage as well as the regular 3G signal, so maybe it's a large packet that requires the wifi?

Are you sure you didn't get a maps update at any point? I got one in mid-december, unrelated to any other software update, and my car (a 2012 Signature, vin #553) is way older than yours.

The shareholder letter used more confident and strident language when talking about power train development for the X than the rest of the model. Using my ******** translator, honed after years of being an equity analyst, I get the distinct impression they are re-engineering some of the non...