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compg318
Member
I had my date range the day I ordered, Oct 25th. However it changed throughout the waiting till till I got a delivery day Nov 29th.
if you really want to time things right with order and delivery.....just always order end of the quarter
march, june, sept, dec
you wont have to wait long at all....probably match the same day you order online
the only reason i ordered in oct was because of the presumed "refresh".....i was immediately assigned a VIN but it was for a leftover from the september delivery
mrg0114
Member
So I picked up my LR-AWD tonight at the Tesla location on Grand in Chicago. It was truly 'touchless' and overall a pretty good experience.
I had spoken with someone from that location earlier in the day who gave me generalized directions. With our trade-in, we were told to park the old car in the lot. We then called the office (we could actually see the lady, Frankie, on the phone across the street in the window) and provided our final odometer reading on the trade-in. She then remotely flashed the lights so we could find our new car in the lot. She also changed our Tesla account on the website so we had an 'accept delivery' option, which we had to select.
When we found the car in the lot (semi-challenging in the dark despite the flashing lights), she remotely opened it and activated the car in my Tesla app. A manilla folder in the car contained all the paperwork for the trade in. We signed the old title and several other forms, and left them with the keys to the old car in a drop box.
The card keys for the new car were in the vehicle, and the temporary plate (back only) was installed with the temporary registration card in the glove box.
Overall it went quite smoothly. We walked around the car to check for obvious defects, of course, but there were none. I am not sure how it would have played out had we had an issue - I'm guessing one of the Tesla employees would have walked across the street and looked at the car with us, but that's a guess.
I will say that we did have to wind up calling Frankie back a few times, and the phone tree was a bit cryptic, so I'd recommend anyone else doing similar touchless deliver to get either a direct number or at least an extension for the person you are dealing with at the delivery. With that caveat, though, it was quite a simple process and we drove off 15 minutes after we arrived.
I'm assuming this doesn't apply to anyone on this board, but I would say that if you weren't familiar with how the Tesla operates, the hands-off nature might be a bit problematic unless you watched the videos they send you pre-delivery quite thoroughly. Like I said, though, anyone here wouldn't need that level of handholding. I just wonder what happens when someone shows up to pick up a car who isn't an aficionado or who hasn't test driven the car.
Let me know if you have questions.
I had spoken with someone from that location earlier in the day who gave me generalized directions. With our trade-in, we were told to park the old car in the lot. We then called the office (we could actually see the lady, Frankie, on the phone across the street in the window) and provided our final odometer reading on the trade-in. She then remotely flashed the lights so we could find our new car in the lot. She also changed our Tesla account on the website so we had an 'accept delivery' option, which we had to select.
When we found the car in the lot (semi-challenging in the dark despite the flashing lights), she remotely opened it and activated the car in my Tesla app. A manilla folder in the car contained all the paperwork for the trade in. We signed the old title and several other forms, and left them with the keys to the old car in a drop box.
The card keys for the new car were in the vehicle, and the temporary plate (back only) was installed with the temporary registration card in the glove box.
Overall it went quite smoothly. We walked around the car to check for obvious defects, of course, but there were none. I am not sure how it would have played out had we had an issue - I'm guessing one of the Tesla employees would have walked across the street and looked at the car with us, but that's a guess.
I will say that we did have to wind up calling Frankie back a few times, and the phone tree was a bit cryptic, so I'd recommend anyone else doing similar touchless deliver to get either a direct number or at least an extension for the person you are dealing with at the delivery. With that caveat, though, it was quite a simple process and we drove off 15 minutes after we arrived.
I'm assuming this doesn't apply to anyone on this board, but I would say that if you weren't familiar with how the Tesla operates, the hands-off nature might be a bit problematic unless you watched the videos they send you pre-delivery quite thoroughly. Like I said, though, anyone here wouldn't need that level of handholding. I just wonder what happens when someone shows up to pick up a car who isn't an aficionado or who hasn't test driven the car.
Let me know if you have questions.
mrg0114
Member
I didn't have an EL plate to transfer. I should have removed them but frankly forgot. I'll call over tomorrow to the delivery center and ask them to dispose of them. I don't believe you need to return them to the state if the registration is cancelled (e.g. the plate number is cancelled).
Temporary plate and registration in Illinois is different than the last time I bought a car ~3 years ago. There's a computer-printed yellow cardboard 'plate' which was already installed, and a little computer 'receipt' in the glove box that serves as your temporary registration certificate if pulled over outside Illinois (Illinois doesn't require you to carry proof of registration in the car).
I expect a bit of an adventure tomorrow when I go to the Chicago City Clerk's office to try to transfer my City Parking Sticker over to the new vehicle (the old one had 12 months of validity left so it will be worth the hassle). The paperless nature of the transaction means I don't have a bill of sale or anything like that, but the Tesla delivery people said to just call them if we ran into trouble and they'd send whatever the City needed. We'll see...
compg318
Member
Thank you so much for the detail. Reliving some of my anxiety on this whole process! Also was planning on transferring my chicago sticker but haven’t looked too far into the process (park in a private garage so not a huge time concern anyway).
Thanks again! Enjoy your new car!
mrg0114
Member
Thanks!
City sticker transfer info here - Chicago City Vehicle Sticker FAQs
Let us know how your delivery goes!
Thanks for the comprehensive update! If you wouldn’t mind, could you explain how final payment went? Seems a little foreign to me to submit the payment before I see the vehicle. The forums are filled with horror stories about quality control items and Tesla doesn’t want you showing up with a cashiers check (too old school I guess). Just having a hard time wrapping my head around it. Seems like a big leap of faith.
Another update from the DMV....I too have been waiting to be assigned a VIN. I ordered a LR Black on Black with Aeros on 10/16 and have not been assigned a VIN yet. The estimated delivery date has been teetering back and forth between early December and late December, most recently getting push back again to end of December...
Today I drove to the top level of my work garage (see previous comments) and now there are 10+ 2021 M3s and yet I still do not have a VIN match. I am assuming once the vehicles are ready for delivery I will get a VIN match followed by a schedule for pick up relatively quickly...maybe wishful thinking
but def a step in the right direction.
Today I drove to the top level of my work garage (see previous comments) and now there are 10+ 2021 M3s and yet I still do not have a VIN match. I am assuming once the vehicles are ready for delivery I will get a VIN match followed by a schedule for pick up relatively quickly...maybe wishful thinking
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mrg0114
Member
Well perhaps I'm a bit too trusting, but I did final payment earlier in the day yesterday via ACH (that said, I'm a lawyer so it's easy for me to make a PITA of myself if something had gone wrong, so I wasn't too worried). I believe you can actually make the ACH payment right there if you want after having seen the car (the lady I spoke with at the delivery center seemed to suggest this). Definitely worth a phone call to the delivery center to be sure, though!
I GOT MY VIN THIS MORNING!
Delivery sometime Dec. 18-24.
This &*% is getting real........
Delivery sometime Dec. 18-24.
This &*% is getting real........
Tholland
Plaid/Black&ebony/21in wheels/OD- 5/31/21
I still haven't got a vin either for my M3P im in the DMV area. there seems to be A lot of inventory 2021 Model 3 LR. you can also call you DC/SA and get matched to one of the inventory cars right away.
I know I saw a Black on White with 19in sport wheels and black on black with aero. just so you know
Tholland
Plaid/Black&ebony/21in wheels/OD- 5/31/21
click on used inventory then click new and select model 3. and then scroll thru list.
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Tholland
Plaid/Black&ebony/21in wheels/OD- 5/31/21
even the ones in Philly and NY those are close enough where you can go get it or have them ship it down. Philly is about 2 1/2 hours away and NYC is about 4 depending on traffic
Congrats to the MN crew!! Happy to see this come together for you!
Still waiting for my VIN - M3P MSM/White. I picked up TPMS sensors at the Maplewood location yesterday and based on how open and spacious it is, I moved my delivery to that location. EP is always sooo busy.
Keep us posted!
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