Hi,
I was wondering how you got on with the energy Saving Trust loan, if they transferred the funds quickly?
Hey, sorry for the late reply. All a bit stressful really!
Tesla issued the invoice on 12-Dec for delivery 20-Dec, but EST need around 2 weeks. The simple reason for this is that they have weekly payment runs. I was supposed to get my invoice on the 12-Dec from my Tesla account, but this did not happen as it did not upload.
Waited patiently, ended up phoning them on the 13th, after sending them an email first thing in the morning with no reply. It was there in mid afternoon. Sent this to EST straightaway via email, and they were quite quick to process their end of it. They "verified" the invoice with the Dealer, then "reviewed the order" again, and one other stage if I recall.
As I feared though, this wasn't enough time to get the money. I managed to get funds to cover the EST loan from other sources (spoke to EST to confirm this was OK beforehand) and then paid Tesla this money, last payment being Friday morning - and picking up the Car Friday Afternoon.
NOTE! - Banks have different/maximum limits for payments - so prepare for this especially if you don't have a lot of time. I paid over several accounts.
On Friday afternoon, the Tesla centre could see all the payments.
Ironically, I received by "you have been paid" email from EST about 30 mins before my pickup. My payment by EST WAS processed on the Friday hat week - but it didn't arrive until the 24th of December. The next payment run would have been 7th of Jan due to holidays!
What frustrated me is that Tesla did not seem to realise that finding another 35k you were not expecting is not the easiest thing to do (2 days notice really) and to the extent that the people I spoke to in The Netherlands said if I didn't get the car on Friday, or worst case Monday (it was open for a few hours), then I'd lose the car as they could only keep for seven days - as other people on the forum have said.
Made even more frustrating when it wasn't my fault, and THEY had phoned me a few months before to say they would get the invoice over to me in plenty of time to get the EST paid.
But...the car is amazing....and worth the pain!