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California, The Land That Time Forgot

adregia

Member
Nov 30, 2019
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201
Irvine, CA
Ordered 12/7/2019. Still no VIN or any communications from Tesla. I'm supposed to pick up in Buena Park. I *did* go to the Buena Park mall yesterday and saw several truckloads of Tesla model 3's being emptied into a fenced off area by the old Sears Auto Center that's closed. Now every time I get a text I get all excited it might be from Tesla, and then I get sorely disappointed when it isn't lol.....
Considering there are some people from October with nothing yet and pretty much everyone from November, I would say brace yourself for the long haul.
 

jmcmill

Member
Jul 1, 2018
201
150
Glendora
California delivery timings are back to 5-8 weeks on Tesla site. So if we haven't made it to the assembly line then no hope for this year .
Thank goodness they revised this delivery timeframe to stop making year-end promises. My guess is, most of us waiting in California have a vehicle parked in some parking lot near the DC and are working through the backlog to catch up between now and end of the year. I’ve been quite tempted to just drive by Burbank and see if they can provide a more realistic delivery expectation, but figured I will be patient and wait.
 

Kristina

Member
Dec 13, 2019
131
278
Bay Area, CA
Real life video of me at this point:

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Duckster

Member
Dec 4, 2019
71
106
Irvine, CA

jboy210

Supporting Member
Dec 2, 2016
4,640
2,887
Northern California
GAAAAAHHHH!! I think Elon dislikes my posts and deemed me the last person in to get their car in Costa Mesa. BOOHOO

So starting tomorrow, it will be the 8th week of waiting, even though it says estimated date is 5-7 weeks. I'm waiting for it to reduce down to 2-4 weeks from order date.
HO HUM

We waited 14 weeks on our Model X in 2018.

At the delivery event last week the guy explained that the factory is like a fire house. It generally can only point at one market at a time. Early in the quarter it point outside the US. Later in the quarter it starts pointing into the US, with California being last because they can get the cars quickly to much of the state from Fremont.
 

Duckster

Member
Dec 4, 2019
71
106
Irvine, CA
We waited 14 weeks on our Model X in 2018.

At the delivery event last week the guy explained that the factory is like a fire house. It generally can only point at one market at a time. Early in the quarter it point outside the US. Later in the quarter it starts pointing into the US, with California being last because they can get the cars quickly to much of the state from Fremont.

Thanks for the info! I hope with the China factory up and running and covering for APAC and/or EMEA, the future Tesla lead-times will be shortened for all.. until the CyberTruck rolls into production.
 

CrazyCaliLib

Member
Nov 6, 2019
105
97
San Diego
My SA finally stopped ghosting me after 2 weeks and gave me a timeframe of Dec 24-27. I ordered on Oct 31st. This is so inconvenient for me not to mention more than a week past the estimated date.
 

Duckster

Member
Dec 4, 2019
71
106
Irvine, CA
Just got call, car is ready, picking up tomorrow. Ordered 10/13, this was my first contact with them since ordering other than email for new owner thing.

Performance in blue

great news for you! Hope it's a smooth process in getting your car..

I think when they call me, i'm going to ignore them, just like they ignored me the last 8 weeks... Fight fire with fire. HAHAHA!
 
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Wmswmswmswms

Member
Dec 14, 2019
9
18
San Jose, CA
In San Jose, ordered a Model 3 AWD in white on Oct 12, still no VIN in source. My SA actually replies to my emails though, so it could be worse. Not that he has any information for me, but its better than being ghosted.
 

CrazyCaliLib

Member
Nov 6, 2019
105
97
San Diego
The distribution of cars makes no sense. Supposedly its further orders have priority regardless of date ordered but I'm seeing norcal orders made after mine getting it before me in socal. This is upsetting.
 
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fasthands

Member
Jan 5, 2017
19
18
So Cal
Just got off the phone with the Buena Park Delivery Center. They said if you don't get a Vin M,T,or W this week that you will get your car next week. He said they are getting hundreds of cars a day and guarantee we will take delivery before the end of the year.
 

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