2021+ Model S LR Delivery Tracking

[Pdubs]

Yikes. I was 2 ! I soloed in 98. Current ride is a 72 Commander 112

You need to check the carbon monoxide detector in your cockpit. You’re looking a bit peckish.

 

[Air Wind]

We are sitting at Oct 20- Nov 9
Same build

That is encouraging as it makes some sense that MSM build batch is early Q4 and you get early Nov and Chicago area is mid-late Nov. Some method to the madness.... Looking for any sliver of hope I suppose and no more of the chip delays etc...

 

[noname007]

Hi all, long time lurker here. Ordered 04/01 lr white/black 19s no fsd. This is my first tesla and wanted to post my experience. First off, the Edd, it has been mostly non existent until end of july then it started showing August, then a sep date range popped just as everyone saw ranges. So didn’t experience what others did with ever changing and disappearing dates and ranges. Vin was assigned last week of August, had enough time to get the loan process sorted out and finally setup the pickup today. Picked up the vehicle from the delivery lot. Couple of minor issues, but otherwise all good with the car. Interiror, except for that worm on steering wheel , rest is fine. Exterior could have used a thorough cleaning but in the grand scheme of things not a big deal.I got the S as i test drove the prior refresh model and liked it. I was so looking forward to this car and was very excited and now its a mixed feeling. Car dynamics are good but the yoke made it a hellish experience to drive this car. All my complaints are withe yoke. Otherwise the car is good. As others said, i was expecting a learnings curve and was mentally prepared to use the yoke,even occasionally practicing driving my current car with just the bottom part. IMO, i agree with the articles that said ‘yoke is a big joke’. When those articles came out, I thought they were overreacting and it would be fine. Zero practicality what so ever and even an onroad safety risk. It just took away the experience of owning a 90k car. The rectangle steering bottom doesnt fit right in my hands, this is mostly subjective i guess. But everytime i try to use turn signals, i end up manually turning them off when changing lanes. I couldn’t get light tap to work and ended up with hard tap so the signals just stayed on until turned off. Also note that i had to take my eyes away from the road to locate these stupid things. I accidentally hit wrong direction a few times looking like an idiot to other drivers on the road. On the other side , turned on wipers multiple times unintentionally and honked too while taking turns . Turned high beams on without even my knowledge. My hand must have grazed the touch sensitive button as i took a u turn. Rectangular bottom part when doing >90 turns is just awkward.

bottom line, hopefully someone release a round steering wheel for the model s. Else i have to think about keeping this car. Which is hard to think as i was looking forward to this for few months.

if you know of a round steering options from 3p sellers, please let me know. Cant post a picture yet as i m new to this group.

thank you all for reading through this rant. I should have waited to test drive this but didn’t and encourage folks who are on the fence about yoke to test drive and then make a decision.
Thank you all.

 

[drdonger]

Hi all, long time lurker here. Ordered 04/01 lr white/black 19s no fsd. This is my first tesla and wanted to post my experience. First off, the Edd, it has been mostly non existent until end of july then it started showing August, then a sep date range popped just as everyone saw ranges. So didn’t experience what others did with ever changing and disappearing dates and ranges. Vin was assigned last week of August, had enough time to get the loan process sorted out and finally setup the pickup today. Picked up the vehicle from the delivery lot. Couple of minor issues, but otherwise all good with the car. Interiror, except for that worm on steering wheel , rest is fine. Exterior could have used a thorough cleaning but in the grand scheme of things not a big deal.I got the S as i test drove the prior refresh model and liked it. I was so looking forward to this car and was very excited and now its a mixed feeling. Car dynamics are good but the yoke made it a hellish experience to drive this car. All my complaints are withe yoke. Otherwise the car is good. As others said, i was expecting a learnings curve and was mentally prepared to use the yoke,even occasionally practicing driving my current car with just the bottom part. IMO, i agree with the articles that said ‘yoke is a big joke’. When those articles came out, I thought they were overreacting and it would be fine. Zero practicality what so ever and even an onroad safety risk. It just took away the experience of owning a 90k car. The rectangle steering bottom doesnt fit right in my hands, this is mostly subjective i guess. But everytime i try to use turn signals, i end up manually turning them off when changing lanes. I couldn’t get light tap to work and ended up with hard tap so the signals just stayed on until turned off. Also note that i had to take my eyes away from the road to locate these stupid things. I accidentally hit wrong direction a few times looking like an idiot to other drivers on the road. On the other side , turned on wipers multiple times unintentionally and honked too while taking turns . Turned high beams on without even my knowledge. My hand must have grazed the touch sensitive button as i took a u turn. Rectangular bottom part when doing >90 turns is just awkward.

bottom line, hopefully someone release a round steering wheel for the model s. Else i have to think about keeping this car. Which is hard to think as i was looking forward to this for few months.

if you know of a round steering options from 3p sellers, please let me know. Cant post a picture yet as i m new to this group.

thank you all for reading through this rant. I should have waited to test drive this but didn’t and encourage folks who are on the fence about yoke to test drive and then make a decision.
Thank you all.

How old are you out of curiosity?

 

[Danlbrau]

Hi all, long time lurker here. Ordered 04/01 lr white/black 19s no fsd. This is my first tesla and wanted to post my experience. First off, the Edd, it has been mostly non existent until end of july then it started showing August, then a sep date range popped just as everyone saw ranges. So didn’t experience what others did with ever changing and disappearing dates and ranges. Vin was assigned last week of August, had enough time to get the loan process sorted out and finally setup the pickup today. Picked up the vehicle from the delivery lot. Couple of minor issues, but otherwise all good with the car. Interiror, except for that worm on steering wheel , rest is fine. Exterior could have used a thorough cleaning but in the grand scheme of things not a big deal.I got the S as i test drove the prior refresh model and liked it. I was so looking forward to this car and was very excited and now its a mixed feeling. Car dynamics are good but the yoke made it a hellish experience to drive this car. All my complaints are withe yoke. Otherwise the car is good. As others said, i was expecting a learnings curve and was mentally prepared to use the yoke,even occasionally practicing driving my current car with just the bottom part. IMO, i agree with the articles that said ‘yoke is a big joke’. When those articles came out, I thought they were overreacting and it would be fine. Zero practicality what so ever and even an onroad safety risk. It just took away the experience of owning a 90k car. The rectangle steering bottom doesnt fit right in my hands, this is mostly subjective i guess. But everytime i try to use turn signals, i end up manually turning them off when changing lanes. I couldn’t get light tap to work and ended up with hard tap so the signals just stayed on until turned off. Also note that i had to take my eyes away from the road to locate these stupid things. I accidentally hit wrong direction a few times looking like an idiot to other drivers on the road. On the other side , turned on wipers multiple times unintentionally and honked too while taking turns . Turned high beams on without even my knowledge. My hand must have grazed the touch sensitive button as i took a u turn. Rectangular bottom part when doing >90 turns is just awkward.

bottom line, hopefully someone release a round steering wheel for the model s. Else i have to think about keeping this car. Which is hard to think as i was looking forward to this for few months.

if you know of a round steering options from 3p sellers, please let me know. Cant post a picture yet as i m new to this group.

thank you all for reading through this rant. I should have waited to test drive this but didn’t and encourage folks who are on the fence about yoke to test drive and then make a decision.
Thank you all.

Seems most of the issues with the car you found are related to the yoke? And no comments about the instantaneous acceleration and freedom from dropping $20s at Exxon like it’s a strip club? Or oil changes, brake repairs, engine/transmission repairs of any kind?

Maybe this car isn’t for you.

 

[DG Tiger]

I have seen the prototypes driving around here in the Bay Area. They looked pretty nice.

I have seen a few on 280 no doubt it looks slick

 

[noname007]

How old are you out of curiosity?

In early 30s

 

[FrenchB4]

My EDD just slipped from 11/13-12/3 to “February” :sad panda:

 

[Greeney]

There are many Plaids in inventory in South Florida this morning… No LR.

 

[Pdubs]

In early 30s

Alrighty then

 

[cwanja]

There are many Plaids in inventory in South Florida this morning… No LR.

Been the case all along. Overwhelming number has always been Plaids with anywhere from none to three or four LR. And the LR always disappear quickly.

 

[Pdubs]

My EDD just slipped from 11/13-12/3 to “February” :sad panda:

No mate. I think that’s a really good sign.

 

[cwanja]

My EDD just slipped from 11/13-12/3 to “February” :sad panda:

You join a long running list of Florida orders who all went blank yesterday.

 

[noname007]

Seems most of the issues with the car you found are related to the yoke? And no comments about the instantaneous acceleration and freedom from dropping $20s at Exxon like it’s a strip club? Or oil changes, brake repairs, engine/transmission repairs of any kind?

Maybe this car isn’t for you.

Yep, as i noted, its only the yoke that made rest of my experience sour., rest is fine. Imo, all these other benefits are great to have but to drive is the main purpose of a car and when that isn’t fulfilled don’t know how much useful it is. Again this is subjective as people bias towards different things. For me it is driving experience, so rest of the factors were secondary.

yeah, should have made the decision after test driving the yoke. I m sure there might be people who are on the fence about yoke, so I wanted to ask them to test drive before making the decision so they don’t get the surprise i did.

 

[FrenchB4]

No mate. I think that’s a really good sign.

My 8 yo son (who’s excited as I am) asked “you mean February next year?”

My response was “hopefully not 2023 or 2024”

 

[Blue Stuff]

In early 30s

This proves that yoke haters are old curmudgeons that can't adapt to newfangled technology. Anyone over 20 shouldn't buy a new MS.

 

[GrnSqrl]

Yep, as i noted, its only the yoke that made rest of my experience sour., rest is fine. Imo, all these other benefits are great to have but to drive is the main purpose of a car and when that isn’t fulfilled don’t know how much useful it is. Again this is subjective as people bias towards different things. For me it is driving experience, so rest of the factors were secondary.

yeah, should have made the decision after test driving the yoke. I m sure there might be people who are on the fence about yoke, so I wanted to ask them to test drive before making the decision so they don’t get the surprise i did.

Sorry to hear about your experience. For me, the yoke is not a big deal. Do I love it? Not yet. Do I hate it? Not at all. Do I think it’s cool as sugar? Yep. And I’ve gotten used to the turn signals as well. As most have written, the yoke is probably not necessary, but for me it in no way takes away from the thrill of the driving experience or the environmental benefits. It’s certainly a personal assessment for everyone, and wanted to add my assessment. I’m a first time EV owner in mid 50s.

For anyone on the fence in SE PA, please feel free to DM me. I’d be happy to let you test drive so you see if you can live with the yoke before you purchase.

 

[Pdubs]

Yep, as i noted, its only the yoke that made rest of my experience sour., rest is fine. Imo, all these other benefits are great to have but to drive is the main purpose of a car and when that isn’t fulfilled don’t know how much useful it is. Again this is subjective as people bias towards different things. For me it is driving experience, so rest of the factors were secondary.

yeah, should have made the decision after test driving the yoke. I m sure there might be people who are on the fence about yoke, so I wanted to ask them to test drive before making the decision so they don’t get the surprise i did.

I’m fascinated by the fact you ordered in a white/black no FSD LR in April and took delivery in august. With 19s

 

[noname007]

This proves that yoke haters are old curmudgeons that can't adapt to newfangled technology. Anyone over 20 shouldn't buy a new MS.

Haha yeah, lets stick to this until a 20 something posts a bad experience with yoke and you can pick a different age group.

 

[noname007]

I’m fascinated by the fact you ordered in a white/black no FSD LR in April and took delivery in august. With 19s

Yep, been following this group for a while, so I made up my mind that I wouldn’t see the car until q1 2022. Contrary to other’s experience, mine was very smooth until I got the car yesterday.