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Called it!!!

Glad delivery went well. Also... that's the cleanest garage I've ever seen :)

I honestly wonder about this :)... I think the sum total of me identifying who I was amounted to me saying "Hi, I'm ... [first name only], and I'm here to pick up my car". I half suspect, that if your wife went in and had the app signed in already, they may well have let her drive off with it.

I ended up going with NRMA $1500/year ($1K excess) for an $83K agreed value and it included the unlimited hire car option as well as no excess on glass.

They only told me to bring my license, and to be honest, they didn't even check that. Tesla won't care if you're insured or not, so no need to bring that documentation (though to be clear, you should definitely be insured). Telsa also want you to have the Tesla app installed - though I suspect...

Feels like the next logical step for Tesla, is to arrange a pickup in the local Maccas carpark :). I guess a local shopping centre is more convenient to driving to an industrial area somewhere and visiting a warehouse.

It's weird, right!?! This morning, I suddenly remembered a whole bunch of errands that I need to run, which will involve me driving around town for half the day! I'd been putting them off for ages, but they're suddenly not that big a deal today for some reason :)

That sucks. Similar to how they hadn't registered the car yet when I arrived (no idea why that can't be done day(s) earlier)... it just feels often like they have no idea how this whole 'actually deliver a car to a buyer' process works. Tesla has spent a lot of energy and money on nailing the...

Not really... they said they didn't have time to charge it much; It was only at 48%.

Pickup Report: Just as I arrived at the warehouse, I received a call from Tesla saying that "there was a problem with Qld Transport" and they hadn't been able to complete the registration yet and that there would be "a delay". I wasn't too impressed, having just driven for an hour to get there...

I'm headed in there shortly for an 11am pickup. I'll take some extra food, water, and one of those portable defibrilliation machines, in case the worst has happened.

Just got my sms to arrange pickup in Brisbane next Wednesday!

The secret code phrase to establish communications is: "have you seen my forklift?", to which the other person should respond "last I heard, they'd just left Shanghai"

I would think that the additional production has already been accounted for. Upgrading the line would likely require additional equipment for the factory which would need to be ordered, built and delivered. On top of this, if they're increasing output they'd need to ensure all their suppliers...

I think you should go with this:

I'm in Brisbane and I got my sms to warn me to prepare to receive a subsequent sms

Me three... or four... or whatever we're up to!

Can you quickly get up to Port Kembla and watch for any car carriers leaving the docks with a red/black LR on its back and headed towards Queensland? Once you see it, can you just send me an update. That should keep you busy for a while :)

I was wondering what was wrong with your link, having it end in 'My ASP.NET Application'... I checked and that's what's actually in the website title. Maybe they had some uni students build it as part of their course. Real professional stuff!!

So, you gave me another website to obssesively start checking. Nothing was showing up earlier today (as late as 5pm), but I've just checked it again and the car is now on there. So something happened today! I therefore assume that my earlier assumption about it being on the Viking Passama was...

I think you only get 5 or 10 minutes after you post it to make changes. Maybe one of the mods can delete it for you. Either that or you'll just have to cancel your order and ask for a new VIN 😄

FYI - You didn't obscure your VIN where it's printed just under the search bar.

If we're only allowed to post 100% factual information, we may as well rename this thread to the "accessories I've bought, and current finance interest rate thread" and be done with it :)

Same! The last 2 ships I've watched have had to anchor off the Sunshine Coast for 3-4 days before heading into port to unload a few cars (in both cases the draught only decreased by a very minor fraction) and then head down to Sydney. Someone is unloading vehicles in Brisbane direct from...

Shipping News: Passama arrives in Port Kembla Morning Crystal ready to leave port of Brisbane tonight at 10pm

Is this through Skid Control? I'm obviously completely clueless, but how does it work in an all wheel drive car without a handbrake? Do you just disable traction control, turn the wheel and then plant it, to break traction?

They could just unload a few Teslas while they wait for the tugboats. I'm happy to go down and help them :)

NSW Port Authority still has it arriving at midday on the 8th though:

You have to fill it out and email it back to them. I had to contact my SA to find out the email address to send it to. I believe it's different for every state.

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I think it's just a convenience thing - you don't have to set up a wifi hotspot on your phone each time (I'm aware there are mechanisms to automate this) as well as things like data caps which may be an issue for some people.

Just realised that we don't even need a boat... we can just drive our cars straight off the side of the ship:

Shall we go halves? https://www.gcbarges.com.au/barge-hire/brisbane

In shipping news - the Viking Passama is now anchored off the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, burning fuel and waiting to dock on Friday morning.

Good response, Yeah, there seems to be a lot of 'fear of the unknown' currently. Comments like "it's unfair for force EVs on people" just seem weird to me... I'm not aware of any mandatory requirements for everyone to move to an EV immediately. I'm also curious to understand things like...

Nah, I think they should pay in 5c pieces. Bit of revenge for making us wait so long for cars. Did some dodgy maths, and if I managed to get it right its only like 4.5 tonnes worth of 5c coins to make $80k. On the plus side, they'd have plenty of time to check the car over, while the SAs...

Yeah I saw that. ETA to Brisbane is tomorrow afternoon at 3pm... however not booked into port until Friday morning at 5am. I guess we're going to see it loiter around off the coast again, for the week. The departure from Brisbane, late on the 5th, seems to track with the 8/8 arrival at Port...

Personal choice I guess. I've put rubber mats in pretty much every car I've owned. I find that whilst vacuuming gets most of the dirt / grass etc out, it takes ages and is annoying (especially when grass works its way into the carpet fibers. I've also got 2 young kids... that doesn't help with...

They do. You pick who you want for CTP when you complete the rego form (in QLD) and send it back to Tesla

Just looked at that thread more closely and there is a metal bracket hidden under the glass that the hook thing is supposed to fit into. The thought of tightening something down onto glass still fills me with dread though.

I just watched the install video on the Tessories site... I would 100% not be putting roof racks on the car. The design is essentially putting a small metal hook under the glass and then holding it in place by pulling upwards. Surely that just puts a massive upward strain on that particular...

Clara on the move again. Draught decreased by 10 whole centimetres, so they can't have offloaded much at Brisbane. They spent what... 4 days hanging off the coast and burning fuel, only to offload a few forklifts in Brisbane, before heading back out to sea again. I don't understand logistics!!

I was hoping there would be a group willing to storm the ship to unload their cars personally!

Clara pulling in:

Not necessarily - the Viking Passama left Shanghai on about the 22nd of July so there should be a bunch on that one too.

Morning Clara docking in Brisbane moved up. Now due in tomorrow night at 10pm (was previously Thursday). Departing for Port Kembla Thursday at 8am.

My bad, did some more reading and yes, the problem is only disconnecting from the charger.

I'm confused... can't you just open the charge port by pushing on it?

It's not scheduled to dock in Brisbane until Thursday.