Just wanted to say that that is not (always) true. I changed my order to an inventory vehicle in early January, and my car only just landed in Port Melbourne this week. According to the EDD it can still take up to three weeks to take delivery. So for Tesla, "inventory vehicle" could mean that the car is ready to go, or it could be sitting on the tarmac in Shanghai waiting to be picked up by some shipping vessel.
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Australian Model 3 Waiting Room
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Picked up yesterday from Chatswood, after waiting for an eternity to get my hands on this peice of beauty!
No hassle pickup, car was charged to 100%, didn't notice anything discernible apart from water bubbles/residue from the cleaning. The red is stunning, and it goes faster too
SA grasped at the amount of time I had to wait, and said I could have booked last week to collect the same spec today (they have stuff in the inventory).
Autopilot was calibrated within 20 mins. One hiccup with the autopilot was that it didn't recognise the drop in speed limit inside Northconnex, and the car did around 100-200 metres above the speed limit (it was 75 KMPH against the speed limit of 70 KMPH). Don't wanna kop a fine, but hey, there's stuff to learn (you should always have control).
Amazing sound system, baby seemed to love it too (didn't cry for most of the 80 KMs we drove yesterday). Hope that stays true
Is it worth the wait? The hell it is
Sending my love to all those in the waiting room, the queue, and those that have achieved driving nirvana after having taken delivery of this car
No hassle pickup, car was charged to 100%, didn't notice anything discernible apart from water bubbles/residue from the cleaning. The red is stunning, and it goes faster too
SA grasped at the amount of time I had to wait, and said I could have booked last week to collect the same spec today (they have stuff in the inventory).
Autopilot was calibrated within 20 mins. One hiccup with the autopilot was that it didn't recognise the drop in speed limit inside Northconnex, and the car did around 100-200 metres above the speed limit (it was 75 KMPH against the speed limit of 70 KMPH). Don't wanna kop a fine, but hey, there's stuff to learn (you should always have control).
Amazing sound system, baby seemed to love it too (didn't cry for most of the 80 KMs we drove yesterday). Hope that stays true
Is it worth the wait? The hell it is
Sending my love to all those in the waiting room, the queue, and those that have achieved driving nirvana after having taken delivery of this car
I have had that too at both ends of that tunnel - even with the speed for TACC set to “set to my current speed” rather than “set to detected speed” the car still changes speed automatically at both ends of that tunnel when driving on TACC, and also (worse, and as you discovered) automatically changes to the _wrong_ speed. There are a couple of places where my car auto-slows (exit from M2 motorway eastbound to Mona Vale Rd) but from memory that NorthConnex tunnel is the only place it auto-speeds-up.
The car it doesn’t read those dynamic/digital signs in the tunnels, so be super careful when driving in them and they have changed the dynamic limit to 40km/h or whatever, or it could end up an expensive trip.
Seems like Chatswood are charging to 100% but Alexandria is not
Mine was, RWD picked up Friday.
The LR beside me was only 50% though...
WaitingMan
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Interestingly there's a bit about interstate purchases in their used car FAQ Ordering a Used Tesla Vehicle | Tesla Support Australia
I selected a date 3 weeks from when I received the text. I had the option of 18/01 to 20/01. I guess the next available date varies each time.
My novated lease didn’t pay them until the 24th. I called tesla twice to reschedule and picked up on the 27th.
Tesla did tell me that they would only hold it till the 25th but I had shown them proof of payment. It has to clear 2 days before delivery
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[Zombie]
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The quarterly targets are for cars that are delivered. Cars in transit don't count which is why historically Tesla has tried to deliver cars in the same quarter they are built.
That's slowly changing though, as they're competing for space on limited car carrying ships with every other manufacturer, and I imagine it creates staffing issues too - end of quarter frenzies followed by months of boredom.
That's slowly changing though, as they're competing for space on limited car carrying ships with every other manufacturer, and I imagine it creates staffing issues too - end of quarter frenzies followed by months of boredom.
It's a little sad signing off here, I pray I'll be back one day to wait for mine 
Today my wife picked up her Model 3 LR from the delivery centre in Perth.
I'm sure this has been covered before but I'll repeat it anyway. 75m up the road from the delivery centre there is an absolutely wonderful (and very upmarket) coffee shop called Casa Nostra Caffe - very much in-line with picking up a luxury vehicle. Grab a coffee!
The delivery centre on the other hand is a dilapidated old shed next to the covid clinic (I am not complaining at all! Just setting expectations). We got in line with about 20 other people which they shuffle through reasonably quickly. We accepted the car on my wife's phone, they pointed to where it was and told us to take our time and grab a Tesla employee if we had any questions. Some people they walked to their cars, it really depends on if they're busy or not. All the staff were great they all were happy to join in the joy of receiving a new vehicle.
We took our time setting up phone keys, accounts, preferences, really the whole experience is just wonderful. No upselling, no rush, and plenty of help around if we needed. This way of buying a car is just wonderful! When we were ready we left, my wife was nervous and pulled over twice getting out of the car-park. By the time she got home she had the same stupid grin on her face that I've had since we placed the order.
Today my wife picked up her Model 3 LR from the delivery centre in Perth.I'm sure this has been covered before but I'll repeat it anyway. 75m up the road from the delivery centre there is an absolutely wonderful (and very upmarket) coffee shop called Casa Nostra Caffe - very much in-line with picking up a luxury vehicle. Grab a coffee!
The delivery centre on the other hand is a dilapidated old shed next to the covid clinic (I am not complaining at all! Just setting expectations). We got in line with about 20 other people which they shuffle through reasonably quickly. We accepted the car on my wife's phone, they pointed to where it was and told us to take our time and grab a Tesla employee if we had any questions. Some people they walked to their cars, it really depends on if they're busy or not. All the staff were great they all were happy to join in the joy of receiving a new vehicle.
We took our time setting up phone keys, accounts, preferences, really the whole experience is just wonderful. No upselling, no rush, and plenty of help around if we needed. This way of buying a car is just wonderful! When we were ready we left, my wife was nervous and pulled over twice getting out of the car-park. By the time she got home she had the same stupid grin on her face that I've had since we placed the order.
noddy@teamterm
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We’ll day 340 has now come and gone, but I am finally in my delivery window. OOPs the delivery window has changed back to TBD. Better be sending me a text to pick a delivery time.
Testesslim3
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We are still waiting to pick up 2022 manufactured models. We have endured Shanghai lockdown in mid 2022 and now enduring Australian port lockdown (sort of). We will be picking up 2022 manufactured model in March (earliest) 2023. Let's not rub salt by reminding us.....
[Zombie]
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No Model 3s yet, but the first 2023 Model Ys are starting to get delivered.
No difference from 2022 vehicles.
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