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colinb
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Jgdixon
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I'm not surprised or upset. I think this was only for the U.S. anyhow.
Plus it has been transport Canada that caused the hold up. Did we really think that they would stop delivering 100s of regular production until our cars could be shipped? There are a few Sigs in the states that haven't been delivered but I think that is because of specific production issues or distance challenges. Again do you we expect Tesla to sit on Ps that are completed while they transport Sigs to Florida or New York etc?
Plus it has been transport Canada that caused the hold up. Did we really think that they would stop delivering 100s of regular production until our cars could be shipped? There are a few Sigs in the states that haven't been delivered but I think that is because of specific production issues or distance challenges. Again do you we expect Tesla to sit on Ps that are completed while they transport Sigs to Florida or New York etc?
Zapped
Model S - PURE EV
Are the VIN's coming through automatic email notification or queries ? Haven't got mine yet (Sig 135 taking delivery in Vancouver)
Jgdixon
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Vger
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I queried through ownership experience.
Concerning the supposed "promise", I never expected this for Canada. The homologation is just too much out of their hands. They started the process with Transport Canada months and months ago. We are actually WAY ahead of where things were with the Roadster. The Roadster took almost a YEAR to get through Transport Canada. Consider the European and Asian Signatures, they are still months and months away. The priority is only within the given market. Even so, GeorgeB has stated that the complex logistics and high production rate require a little overlap between the series.
Concerning the supposed "promise", I never expected this for Canada. The homologation is just too much out of their hands. They started the process with Transport Canada months and months ago. We are actually WAY ahead of where things were with the Roadster. The Roadster took almost a YEAR to get through Transport Canada. Consider the European and Asian Signatures, they are still months and months away. The priority is only within the given market. Even so, GeorgeB has stated that the complex logistics and high production rate require a little overlap between the series.
I'm not clear where you get "supposed" from.
http://www.teslamotors.com/models/facts
Notice the word that I bolded.
znino
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I have not received a VIN yet (at least not when I log in to my Tesla account). Who are you all emailing to get this?
Also, is anyone taking their supposed financing option through Scotiabank? Have you heard anything about starting to fill out paperwork or get the approval process going? I have nightmare visions of some paperwork processing time holding up a delivery and I have not heard back from Hans or Martin about this even though I asked a couple of times already.
Also, is anyone taking their supposed financing option through Scotiabank? Have you heard anything about starting to fill out paperwork or get the approval process going? I have nightmare visions of some paperwork processing time holding up a delivery and I have not heard back from Hans or Martin about this even though I asked a couple of times already.
Try a generic address like [email protected] or [email protected]. Those are monitored by multiple people and so someone will pick it up sooner than if you contact a specific employee (usually). I didn't ask for my VIN. An ownership experience specialist (or whatever they're called) answered my question about ordering winter tires and then threw in the info since he had noticed it was available.
Best of luck!
Ownership replied to me eventually saying that although an autogenerated VIN was in the system, they weren't going to give it to me and that they are still held up in homologation. No answer at all of financing. In fact, they seemed completely unaware of the Scotia financing that has been mentioned by the Toronto employees several times. Has anyone gotten a contact with Scotia that knows about this plan and can begin paperwork? In the past, it has always taken nearly a week for a big bank to approve a loan, so I'm concerned about delivery being delayed by the bank paperwork.
Vger
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So that means there are 2 missing numbers in the single digits. Otherwise I would have expected 2008 instead of 2006. Assuming they're not scrambled.
znino
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Managed to get an email from someone at Tesla who confirmed my Vin as 2004. My reservation was S7. Seems to jive with Doug's 2006 when he had S9. Is it possible 2 people in front of us deferred delivery?
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Couldnt agree with you more. I am desperately trying to get Toronto to get the process rolling in advance of estimated delivery dates. There is no reason i can think of that they couldnt get the loan ready and trigger it when the car is delivered. All car companies and banks do this.
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Couldnt agree with you more. I am desperately trying to get Toronto to get the process rolling in advance of estimated delivery dates. There is no reason i can think of that they couldnt get the loan ready and trigger it when the car is delivered. All car companies and banks do this.
Very likely. I think that a fairly large percentage of Canadian Signature reservation holders went back to Production. The Signature premium is even higher for Canadians, and the advantage is much smaller since we're getting our cars late.
If indeed VIN's are not mixed up, then it looks like a LOT of Sigs deferred to P. That duty REALLY hurt Tesla. So much for NAFTA. This is one product that deserves to be covered. I think that we would have come close to 200 Sigs if that extra premium (on top of the Sig premium) wasn't in place.
I was hoping for a trade-in with my old vehicle, but it's looking a bit uncertain if that will come together in time (at least for me; provincial regs complicate things). The Ontario guys were apparently special cases at this point (yes, I mentioned Jaff). Forums must make life difficult for companies these days, it adds to the whining (but, but, JAFF got to trade in HIS!)
I was hoping for a trade-in with my old vehicle, but it's looking a bit uncertain if that will come together in time (at least for me; provincial regs complicate things). The Ontario guys were apparently special cases at this point (yes, I mentioned Jaff). Forums must make life difficult for companies these days, it adds to the whining (but, but, JAFF got to trade in HIS!)
Well the Signature was already dubious value-wise. We get Sig Red, white interior (which isn't practical so we didn't take it), maybe 1-2 months earlier delivery (we already had an early R reservation), some badging, 2012 instead of 2013 model year (something perhaps a bit negative), and a year free 3G. I'm sure the extra cost was the last straw for many people.
I was hoping for a trade-in with my old vehicle, but it's looking a bit uncertain if that will come together in time (at least for me; provincial regs complicate things). The Ontario guys were apparently special cases at this point (yes, I mentioned Jaff). Forums must make life difficult for companies these days, it adds to the whining (but, but, JAFF got to trade in HIS!)
I'm also trading in my Infiniti.
Jaff
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Cuz i iz speshull...:wink::biggrin::biggrin:
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I don't know my VIN yet...figured it best not to bug them for it as they have other things to do...
If indeed VIN's are not mixed up, then it looks like a LOT of Sigs deferred to P. That duty REALLY hurt Tesla. So much for NAFTA. This is one product that deserves to be covered. I think that we would have come close to 200 Sigs if that extra premium (on top of the Sig premium) wasn't in place.
I was hoping for a trade-in with my old vehicle, but it's looking a bit uncertain if that will come together in time (at least for me; provincial regs complicate things). The Ontario guys were apparently special cases at this point (yes, I mentioned Jaff). Forums must make life difficult for companies these days, it adds to the whining (but, but, JAFF got to trade in HIS!)
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I don't know my VIN yet...figured it best not to bug them for it as they have other things to do...
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