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Air Suspension now a requirement for 6/7 seats? What about 75D orders?
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wang5150
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Hmm, just like the email asking 75D to pay to upgrade to 90D to get an earlier delivery and they still haven't gotten theirs either.
Diavel
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Will they waive the change fee? Was June your original date or are they offering to get the X done sooner?
$1200's not a bad deal. Add the $750 for towing, and you've just made your X tow-capable for under $2k! 
All: For those that don't remember I was the one that called and upgraded to the Smart Air Suspension for $2500 when it was rumored that there wasn't actually any change necessary. They originally said there's nothing they could do price-wise, but I called them again and they lowered it to the $1250, but I was certainly anxious during the call. I guess it's what I deserved for abandoning our (former) group of 6/7 with no SAS early. Won't happen again guys!
All: For those that don't remember I was the one that called and upgraded to the Smart Air Suspension for $2500 when it was rumored that there wasn't actually any change necessary. They originally said there's nothing they could do price-wise, but I called them again and they lowered it to the $1250, but I was certainly anxious during the call. I guess it's what I deserved for abandoning our (former) group of 6/7 with no SAS early. Won't happen again guys!
Heh - did they give you any expectation around delivery date?
wang5150
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So, if a new customer orders a 75D with 5 seats and no Air Suspension today, they can get delivery in July... but if you've pre-ordered a 75D with a 6/7 seat, you'd have to pay the upgrade to get this in July or get to the back of the line in Sept/Oct?
Pray they don't change the deal any further.
Pray they don't change the deal any further.
@Oloron Yes I forgot to add! They said "Late June/July" whuch is the same as what they've been saying. I'm from Massachusetts so I'm assuming for me it may be July due to the transit time but I can hope for June
Thanks! Who did you call? (Dedham, Headquarters, etc.) Thinking I may just call them and get it taken care of now that they have a plan.
@Oloron I called the Fremont sales number and the guy transferred me to Tesla Headquarters after he helped me a bit. It's definitely worth a call to see. However, when we get our VIN number my DS said they should have a much clearer time frame, so hopefully we get the VIN soon! By my math, we need the VIN by Wednesday to have a reasonable shot at June delivery. May 11 VIN plus 1 month to production = June 11 Production. 1 week of production and QA = June 18. Then an optimistic 12 days of transport gets us to late June. I'm just hoping we Massachusetts people get it in June because I have a long trip planned the weekend of July 2-4! Let us know if you hear anything interesting!
wang5150
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I don't think it's an engineering issue nor parts availability issue. There are plenty of Model S with coil suspension and some prefer the coil suspension ride characteristics vs the air suspension. No DS seems to know that it was even required or why it's now required.
I believe there's benefit to getting SAS with the tow package and maybe some drag efficiency when cruising on the highway without towing. I'm not planning on using my 75D to tow and I think this is just another "upgrade" campaign to get more out of Model X sales.
I seem to recall one of the signature P90D towing video showing how reduced his range became when he towed his boat just to try out the feature. Most agreed that it's not the weight, but the drag coefficient now reducing range by 10% or more when towing.
I believe there's benefit to getting SAS with the tow package and maybe some drag efficiency when cruising on the highway without towing. I'm not planning on using my 75D to tow and I think this is just another "upgrade" campaign to get more out of Model X sales.
I seem to recall one of the signature P90D towing video showing how reduced his range became when he towed his boat just to try out the feature. Most agreed that it's not the weight, but the drag coefficient now reducing range by 10% or more when towing.
For what it's worth, I took the upgrade for $1,250. They confirmed June/July delivery with air and Sept delivery if staying with coil. I'm thinking July is more likely for east coast given transit times, but we can always dream. For what it's worth, I asked when I'd likely get any follow-up info/confirmation and they estimated 10-14 days.
Air was never remotely worth $2,500 to me. However, ~3 months of gas for the current car is a couple hundred dollars and adding a $2,500 option is probably adds a couple hundred of today's dollars in eventual resale value.
In the end, ~$700-$800 for some of the Air benefits along with earlier, more definite delivery date seemed worth it.
Air was never remotely worth $2,500 to me. However, ~3 months of gas for the current car is a couple hundred dollars and adding a $2,500 option is probably adds a couple hundred of today's dollars in eventual resale value.
In the end, ~$700-$800 for some of the Air benefits along with earlier, more definite delivery date seemed worth it.
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