Glad to hear that a Tesla will soon be heading to Canberra... after an 8 month wait. With my own order date of Feb 12th, I'm thinking it will be some time in October when I get to meet my Tesla...guess I'll just have to wait and see...
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Australian Model 3 Waiting Room
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For all this waiting I've decided, every month or two, I'm hiring out a Tesla M3 for a day to get my "fix" while I wait for my own car. Booked one this weekend. Turns out the closest distance M3 available matches my order spec (except it was during the SR+ designation, not the RWD designation).
Which got me thinking, aside from buying accessories, getting wall connectors installed, learning about shipping schedules and Tesla manufacturing processes, watching every YouTube video (preferences to local) on aforementioned topics, and listening to EV and Tesla podcasts, what else is there to do to remain sane?
Which got me thinking, aside from buying accessories, getting wall connectors installed, learning about shipping schedules and Tesla manufacturing processes, watching every YouTube video (preferences to local) on aforementioned topics, and listening to EV and Tesla podcasts, what else is there to do to remain sane?
Seriously good communication when it comes to wanting your money.
I hired a M3 RWD through Evee for a day and it was great! Rained for much of the day and was cold, but on the plus....plenty of time to get used to the wipers and enjoy the heated seats and steering wheel. Defintely worth it , although probably made me want my own car here sooner!
Can you quickly get up to Port Kembla and watch for any car carriers leaving the docks with a red/black LR on its back and headed towards Queensland?
Once you see it, can you just send me an update.
That should keep you busy for a while
If the rental price (~$250 per day on Evee) were covered by crowd funding from this thread, I’d give it some serious thoughtCan you quickly get up to Port Kembla and watch for any car carriers leaving the docks with a red/black LR on its back and headed towards Queensland?
Once you see it, can you just send me an update.
That should keep you busy for a while
Way too much money to spend on one day using a car for me. I'm happily waiting for mine. Time is going pretty quickly for me at least.If the rental price (~$250 per day on Evee) were covered by crowd funding from this thread, I’d give it some serious thought
I'm used to waiting for things as a fan of movies and video games. I've been waiting over five years now for Breath of the Wild 2 and I know the car will come long before I'm playing that.
I do have hopes of things like auto highbeams and auto wipers being improved, as they're software based.
Apologies if my post seemed like bagging, it felt like people were being dismissed/made fun of just for pointing out the car's flaws. I just hoped we can like and be excited about the car but still discuss its shortcomingsAfter all we're only here because we liked Tesla enough to buy one, and the video demonstrating auto highbeam issues was also made by one of the biggest supporters of Tesla/EVs in general.
If you want a benchmark, watch Bjorns latest one on the BYD TANG hi beams.. I don't think I've heard him A) swear so much or b) bag chinese cars so much.
Watch that and then complain about Tesla Headlights.. I dare you.. SPOILER ... it's not really a hi-beam, more a mounted flashlight.
To help those with delivery anxiety... my VIN is showing up in RAV site now, it was registered yesterday. I have OD 18/12/2021 and EDD Aug 10-22 for an M3LR midnight silver / black. Gold Coast.
Yeah it’s not cheap. I justify the price by thinking of it being spread over a number of weeks.
I don’t drive every day, so the intention of owning my own Tesla is pretty expensive eg. $65k / 10 years (life of car) / 12 (months) = $541.67 per month (if $65k was paid in cash). I figure, while I wait, if every so often I spend half the amount the car will cost, it’s not so bad
My order date was March 20, so the EDD is still saying "6-9 months". I'm excited to watch the progress on all the cars currently shipping because Tesla need to catch up on a backlog if I'm going to get a Q4 delivery as anticipated.
Having the long EDD right from the start completely alters the psychology of the wait. I feel for those of you who ordered 8 months ago and expected an 8-week wait! In my situation I can somewhat understand Tesla being less communicative and responsive than we'd all like. When a company is so dramatically supply constrained rather than demand constrained, it makes business sense to focus all efforts on actually building and delivering product. It's not so good for us on the waiting list, but Tesla doesn't really need to "keep all of us happy" when there is such a keen waiting list.
Having said that, for a company that doesn't use conventional advertising I think Tesla would be smart to do something to help restore a bit of customer positivity for all of you who have endured a massive blow out in delivery time. I'd be on board with them offering some months of premium connectivity or free supercharging!
Having the long EDD right from the start completely alters the psychology of the wait. I feel for those of you who ordered 8 months ago and expected an 8-week wait! In my situation I can somewhat understand Tesla being less communicative and responsive than we'd all like. When a company is so dramatically supply constrained rather than demand constrained, it makes business sense to focus all efforts on actually building and delivering product. It's not so good for us on the waiting list, but Tesla doesn't really need to "keep all of us happy" when there is such a keen waiting list.
Having said that, for a company that doesn't use conventional advertising I think Tesla would be smart to do something to help restore a bit of customer positivity for all of you who have endured a massive blow out in delivery time. I'd be on board with them offering some months of premium connectivity or free supercharging!
I didn't even know you could do this, so I got a little bit excited. My delivery is booked for Tuesday, but the Vicroads site says "Nothing Found" for me too.Because we can't obsess over things more.. I am waiting for the pickup sms thing.. really hoping it happens today.. but for those who have received the sms and are in Vic, have you checked the Vicroads rego check site to see what registration plates you have? Uses your VIN.. I have checked a few times but always comes up with nothing found
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