At 45, I should be better than this!

[Neuromancer]

Does this mean you did the front windshield too? Looks great, may I ask what the cost was? Looking to get mine tinted when she arrives in August. The tint placed I've used before said "tinting starts at 179, Because that is an all electronic vehicle 3M Crystalline would be the recommended film for that car", which of course starts at 599 + tax. Yeah, the tint on my current car works just fine and was a third the cost.

The whole "you have a tesla you must be rich" thing has already started.

No, sorry for the confusion, I did not tint the windshield... Just everything else. Got the Llumar 35 installed for $250; the guy did a phenomenal job.

I think rather than installing the HD feed into the garage, I'm just going to move my daughter to the garage and convert her room to keep the Tesa closer and safer at night.

 

[Xenius]

Thanks for the response @Neuromancer, 250 sounds much more reasonable than freakin' 599 +tax. Like you said, it's tint, give me a break.

I'll trade to arrange for tint the day I take delivery.

 

[Chopr147]

Also white on order and plan on tint the first week or two. (depends if I can give up the car for an hour No need for immediate tint. Not like its an Xpel wrap

 

[Master One]

Hehe, notoriously refreshing MY TESLA several times a day already paid off! Just now a new button "Confirm Now" appeared at my Model S order, which I have placed just 2 days ago in the local Tesla Store.

Is that cool or what? Order already confirmed 2 days after ordering, our Model S is now in pre-production phase.

These are the small things that make you smile, still, being in Europe it's the long wait when our Tesla will be on the ship. Estimated delivery: End of September - October.

I think I'll post a new thread about my experience with Tesla so far, once I have some more time.

 

[Cnasty]

Hehe, notoriously refreshing MY TESLA several times a day already paid off! Just now a new button "Confirm Now" appeared at my Model S order, which I have placed just 2 days ago in the local Tesla Store.

Where is this magical button!?!?

I ordered 2 days ago and I see nada.
Must be a European thing.

 

[Master One]

This:

Led to that:

DONE!

 

[Master One]

OMG, two days after ordering and I already have my VIN! That's insane! How will I be able to sleep tonight, knowing that my Model S almost ready to be shipped??? Looks like I have to attend to some nice refreshing beer to celebrate the day now!

To recap:

• Ordered 2 days ago in our local Tesla Store - CHECKED
• Confirmed order today - CHECKED
• Estimated delivery window shown - CHECKED
• DS assigned - CHECKED
• VIN assigned - CHECKED

What's up next?

Oh well, I'm going to collect my free Tesla Hat from the local Tesla Store next week, which my Product Specialist was able to negotiate with her Store Manager.

YES, LIFE IS GOOD!

 

[Cnasty]

Definitely a European thing as they may be trying to expedite your orders and cut time where they can as that is definitely not on any US orders I have heard and its not on mine. Rats!!!!

Lucky you and I hope you get it soon!!

 

[Neuromancer]

Congrats! I had the same thing here in the states. I was able to confirm after just two or three days. Made me smile too. And then just fed further maniacal refreshing of the page.

 

[MrLunch]

Wake up, check phone... nope, try desktop... nope, hey, wife has an ipad someplace, be right back...

 

[STbreaker]

Ahh the ups and downs of fatherh... I mean ownership

Ups:
- I went in to Detroit to visit my grandmother and was getting a lot of waves, thumbs up, and compliments from neighbors. Kinda higher profile than I like, but I suppose people don't see Teslas every day.
- Was parked at work the other day and a massive thunderstorm rolled through just prior to my shift ending. Of course I had parked in the back of the lot (away from other cars), which now had about 3 inches of standing water. Instead of wading through, I summoned the car out of the flooded area to a place where I could easily hop in.

Downer:
- The driver-side door handle is already intermittently not working from the outside. Since I'm in a Tesla desert, I have to wait until Wednesday for a ranger to come out to change it.

 

[javawolfpack]

Wake up, check phone... nope, try desktop... nope, hey, wife has an ipad someplace, be right back...

I made a comment in another thread that I'm considering loading a plugin on the MyTesla page to refresh the page every 5 minutes for me or write a web scraping script that will email me when something changes. Don't really have time to write the script now as suddenly landed extra work, but upside is will be easier to afford the Tesla now

 

[Jlwine]

Wake up, check phone... nope, try desktop... nope, hey, wife has an ipad someplace, be right back...

I am doing the exact same thing--and every time I think of Neuromancer's quote "I am conducting what is effectively a manual DDOS attack on the MyTesla page" and a week after I first read it still makes me laugh. Perfect description of my actions.

 

[kritlop]

I am doing the exact same thing--and every time I think of Neuromancer's quote "I am conducting what is effectively a manual DDOS attack on the MyTesla page" and a week after I first read it still makes me laugh. Perfect description of my actions.

Love the obsession! I am guilty as well as I wait for my end of July delivery on a black S60D. With a car this cool it's hard not to be obsessed. I really wish they would provide more "status" on the MyTesla page. I would love to see more detail about what is happening during the production process and I'm sure many other people would as well.

 

[javawolfpack]

Love the obsession! I am guilty as well as I wait for my end of July delivery on a black S60D. With a car this cool it's hard not to be obsessed. I really wish they would provide more "status" on the MyTesla page. I would love to see more detail about what is happening during the production process and I'm sure many other people would as well.

You'd think they could install video cameras along the production line and you could see the realtime video of your vehicle as it progresses through production Mind you they don't let you take photos during the tour I've heard (or at least didn't from a 2 year old forum post I read)... so unlikely this is going to happen. But Dominoes can tell me the stage my pizza is at in real time on their app/web page if memory serves (don't eat/order it myself... just recall it from an article a while back).

 

[MrLunch]

Woohoo! 17 days from confirmed to in production!

 

[javawolfpack]

Woohoo! 17 days from confirmed to in production!

Awesome!! Seems about average based on the numbers in the spreadsheet, still awesome to have something change on your MyTesla page I'm sure Seems some folks are only in production for 2 days too... Be curious to see how soon you get your vehicle after production (as a fellow Fremont delivery site future Tesla owner).

 

[MrLunch]

I'll keep you posted

 

[javawolfpack]

@MrLunch seems most Freemont, CA pickup folks can pick up almost immediately after it's finished. And I'd expect it might be finished before the end of the week based on the numbers in the spreadsheet. But still exciting... likely need to factor in the ~17 day to production into my timeline & make sure I have all the money for mine in place by that potential timeline

 

[MrLunch]

I'm going to wild guess pickup next Monday or Tuesday. Want to see the factory running... any sooner I'll prolly overheat...