Keep in mind though the people saying, "I've been waiting 2 1/2 yrs" have been waiting for factories to be built, money to be raised, production lines to get ready, supply chains to be created, etc. First there was the pre-production models, set configuration, $49,000. I don't even recall when actual M3 production start. All the RWD orders were filled before AWD was even started, and that was 6 weeks ago, was it not, 7/1? So, in one sense, yes, it feels like it's been forever, but that is what ordering a product having not even been announced means. The people who ordered last month are thinking, hey, I got a 2-3 month wait, I'll take the $7500 fed credit, my $3,000 state credit, and chill until Oct or November. Compare that to someone waiting 2 1/2 yrs. There's a manufacturer of commercial and amateur radio equipment that, routinely, takes orders on future radios, not even being produced yet. It also routinely turns out there are engineering changes they discover due to real world issues not discovered until the first production run is sold, some 12-18 months later. All those "early adopters" were the guini pigs, the canaries in the coal mine. But they have bragging rights as they ordered a product before they even saw it. I get it, I ordered about a year ago exactly. However, I am not at the point of declaring nobody at Tesla has a clue. I spent a career in software development, commercial and government software. I know how it works and it is not a random number generator. I trust Tesla marketing when they say we give a 1-3 month window and we are hitting month 2 deliveries (which mean month 1 production).
My take, people should relax and back off the harsh rhetoric. For those that slide into Jan, you car will arrive in January. Look at it this way. When you come out the other end, you'll have a really nice car and, at least, a $3500 tax credit.
