Cool. We might cross paths as I'll be there picking up at 7:30.
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California, The Land That Time Forgot
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Elon said he's gonna be helping with Fremont deliveries today and probably be at the party.
Get there at 7am 
Get your car!
Get your car!Giantshark18, you are our eyes and ears keep posting!
Just got text from Tesla:
TESLA DELIVERY UPDATE - A few general reminders for the day. To expedite the pickup of your Model 3, please download the Tesla app prior to your arrival, which will be used to locate and unlock your vehicle. If you are trading in a vehicle, please ensure that you have cleaned out it out for quicker processing. Parking is limited on-site, so ridesharing is encouraged!
Still no time....just gotta sit around all day and wait for them to text me then rush from the city to Fremont to get my car...
TESLA DELIVERY UPDATE - A few general reminders for the day. To expedite the pickup of your Model 3, please download the Tesla app prior to your arrival, which will be used to locate and unlock your vehicle. If you are trading in a vehicle, please ensure that you have cleaned out it out for quicker processing. Parking is limited on-site, so ridesharing is encouraged!
Still no time....just gotta sit around all day and wait for them to text me then rush from the city to Fremont to get my car...
We're getting the same texts around the same time. I ordered mine on 11/30 SR+, RWD, White, Black Interior, 18" wheels. When did you order yours?
The process was super easy. 3 minutes to sign paperwork and get a referral code added. Been spent about 10 or 15 minutes inspecting the car. Everybody was extremely nice. We'll post pictures when I get home.Get there at 7am
Giantshark18, you are our eyes and ears keep posting!
The car had one mile on it.
Were people just showing up or did you all have appointments after the text?
It may be a smart move, could also be a terrible one, depending on the individual financial situation. You said it yourself, $1875 can be significant for some. The jump from SR+ to LR is nearly $10K after taxes. That's not a minor jump.
Time value of money is not the same. You get nothing from the government paying an additional $1875 in taxes. You get that $1875 quickly into the new year - the extra $10K can be financed over years using OPM with very low interest rates.
Almost everyone here is probably a new EV owner (and welcome to the club). There are a lot of things that they won't know until experience or happen to be very well studied on the topic.
You always buy the biggest battery you can afford. Time is not your friend. Batteries degrade. New features add to battery drain, they don't reduce it.
On the margin, every dollar into LR gives you LESS cost per kilowatt. I'm not even talking about performance, raw capacity is cheaper.
Battery health is best when you can stay between 20%-80%. 10%-90% works but 20%-80% is even better. Far easier to control when you have more capacity to work with.
It's easy to think one will just make an extra charging stop when going with SR. Sounds excellent in theory but when everyone thinks the same, you run into a *150 car LINE FOR CHARGING* like San Luis Obispo did a few days ago.
The LR pack would have gotten you past that hump. It doesn't take very many of those scenarios to pay off the pack for mental sanity.
Cold weather reduces the range, spirited driving reduces range.
All the features is a bonus because the cost per additional KW is cheaper on the LR.
If you want FSD (and you DO) its far better to put that into an LR car than an SR. When you put it into an SR, you are paying a much higher percentage of the car into software. While tangible, it's not as tangible as raw battery capacity.
dandrewk
Active Member
But, imho, it’s a HUGE jump in features and specs. Significantly longer range and faster with dual motors, and the best OEM sound system I’ve ever heard. $9k is a lot, but you get great value for that money.
lkstaack
Member
Everything you explained made a lot of sense to me except your declaration that you DO want FSD. Please provide your argument in support of paying $7k for the very limited features of FSD.
MX owner here, at first saying i will be picking up the car on 29 at 11am, then change to 30 at 5pm, then told me the car is expect to ship out on 30 and wont make my appointment time, so move me again to 31 at 1pm, then last night call me again saying the car has not been shipped, and move me again to 31 at 9pm, so they are expecting me to spend my new year eva at the Buena Park delivery canter
fishyducky
Member
After seven delays my car is now about 50 miles from Carlsbad DC. Looks like I’ll get it today. Barely made it.
SR+ ordered 11/2
SR+ ordered 11/2
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