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Last night Leicester had 2 car parks full of them and 2 full transporters dropping more off! Many people getting themselves early Christmas presents!

I can be found going up and down the A606, A1 and A47 back-and-forth between Oakham and Peterborough most days! Autopilot calibrated as I joined the A1 this morning. Very impressive. I’ll have to get used to the auto steer as it drifts a bit too close to the edge for me and I kept overriding...

Collected my car from the Leicester Space Centre. Trade-in only required a signature and handover of keys and documents. Wireless charger present and working correctly on both sides. USC-C ports all there too. No panel gaps or paint defects that I could see. The phone app was up-and-running...

Just had a phone call from Tesla trying to push my collection day back a day. Had to lay down the law with them. The only 2 days I can collect are 7th or the 11th and that I'd just arranged insurance such that coverage on my old car expires at the end of day on the 7th. Also, impossible for me...

I collect my car in a mere 5 days, 21 hours and 30 minutes. Downpayment, sent and received. Insurance, sorted. All that remains is to clear out the car and fill it up with enough diesel to tide me over until I hand it over in exchange for my lovely new Model 3. It's going to be a long 5 and a...

Tesla don't complete the registration process with DVLA until the day of collection so it won't appear on the database until they do. You can still insure it but you have to talk with the insurance company to manually enter the details.

Mine came through at 15:13 too.

That is annoying. Strange they couldn't simply bring forward the start date. I imagine these insurance companies must enjoy forcing their customers to go through the whole process again from scratch! Fortunately, I haven't gotten around to arranging insurance as I've been waiting on my number plate.

Quick question for the hive mind. Roughly when can I expect a text with my number plate? Looking at previous posts it seems to be anywhere between 7 and 14 days out from delivery. Others have pestered CS for it so it's hard to know if theirs would have been forthcoming without calling them...

Eek! Just got a text from Tesla. My car's available early so Tesla Day is now 4 days sooner! Beyond excited!

@khew1988 has a checklist web app for your smartphone: Tesla Inspect UK

LRW is the code for Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory. 5YJ is the code for Tesla's US Gigafactories. See: Vehicle identification number - Wikipedia

These Made in China cars are supposed to be less susceptible to the issues reported about the Made in America cars so hopefully the PDF output will be unnecessary. Thought of crowdfunding? I can think of a number of people (everyone here) that would find it useful in the very near future. If we...

@khew1988 Nice effort on your fork of the Tesla Prep web app. Will def come in handy for me in 3 weeks! A mate of mine plans to order a Y in the new year and asks if you'll have the Model Y checklist up and running by the time UK deliveries start?

Turns out I’ve had a missed-call from Tesla. Tried ringing back but the was on hold for long enough for their robot switchboard to give-up and hang up on me. At work so didn’t get the chance to try again. Checked online, nothing’s changed as far as I can see. I assume they’ll try me again if...

@ChorleyTesl4 Anything yet?...

I did and all is well. Balance now £0.00. Thanks!

Yesterday's came through at precisely 20:24. There's still time.

And so it has. Thanks!

Thanks. I knew of the issue with Citibank verification not working before I started. I was very careful when transcribing the account details. Just being paranoid!

Anyone have any clue how long Tesla takes to acknowledge payment of the balance? Now I've done it, I'm terrified I've done it wrong!

That sucks. According to your signature, your spec is similar to mine, ordered a day earlieer but your VIN appeared a day later. You surely must be in the next batch of texts at the very latest!

Tiny county surrounded Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire.

Delivery text just came in!

I ordered a Model 3 LR, MSM/white/19" on 24/10. VIN in source 2/11. App requested Bluetooth access on 2/11 too. If my order follows the pattern, I expect to be asked for my outstanding balance on 4/5th Nov.

NABUCCO is on the move to Suez! ETA 16th November. I've not geeked-out this much over shipping since I tracked my PowerBook G4 from Shanghai to Eindhoven in 2005! Not even certain my car is aboard NABUCCO but it passes the time until I get a progress update from Tesla!

Lease orders seem to have an extra layer of mystery about them. Mr Miserable over on the shipping thread is tracking a number of ships heading to Europe from Shanghai (2021 Shipping Movements). Hopefully 'early December' is true for us both!

Looking over at the shipping thread, it looks like cars destined for ROI arrive via Zeebruge rather than Southampton. Probably for EU customs reasons I expect. What I've not been able to work out is whether this has an impact for cars going to NI. You've gotta love international politics!

Historically, it seems that once you have your VIN allocated you're contacted within 48-72 hours to pay any outstanding balance. Average time from VIN allocation to delivery seems to be 34 days. I (like many others) found my VIN yesterday. Expecting an email from Tesla tomorrow or Friday asking...