Weird. I picked mine up this week and didn’t add to my insurance until day after delivery. I just uploaded my other cars policy in the app and they didn’t say anything.
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Deliveries of $80k X?
- Thread starter Smitty79
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Picking my demo (13 mile) MXLR Ultra 
next Saturday, applied for FedChoice but have to wait till Monday for them to open and approve the loan application. Was pleasantly surprised the tesla insurance quoted lower than my Travelers (about $60/mo lower), so just got it to start 3 days before delivery.
Now hoping the delivery goes smooth without issues, watching some of the videos on what to look far is quite nerve wracking, sometimes I feel ignorance is bliss!
next Saturday, applied for FedChoice but have to wait till Monday for them to open and approve the loan application. Was pleasantly surprised the tesla insurance quoted lower than my Travelers (about $60/mo lower), so just got it to start 3 days before delivery.Now hoping the delivery goes smooth without issues, watching some of the videos on what to look far is quite nerve wracking, sometimes I feel ignorance is bliss!
Tesla insurance is usually lower to start with, but unless you drive like a grandma, the monthly premium is going to increase when your safety score and annual estimated mileage get calculated in real-time after the first two months.Picking my demo (13 mile) MXLR Ultra
Now hoping the delivery goes smooth without issues, watching some of the videos on what to look far is quite nerve wracking, sometimes I feel ignorance is bliss!
Good to know, it at least gives me some time to shop around if/ when that happens. I used to floor it when I got my Model S, but do not do that much now and I do not go more than 5 miles over the limit (oh no! I may be driving like a grandma now!)
Yeah must be. I didn’t wanna insure the car when I didn’t even have it in my possession yet (could have asked them to start the policy at a later date though).
AustroTom
Member
So it's gonna be a christmas present for us... Yayyyyyy Od 10-20
Actually the safety score is weird, I don’t think it cares how fast you go. If you drive in bumper to bumper traffic you’re far more likely to have a lower score than racing on an open freeway.
If you have version 2 of the Safety Score, it will penalize you for excessive speeding, which is above 85 mph. The factors that really kills your safety score are forward collision warning, driving after 10 pm and hard braking. Try to use autopilot as much as possible to avoid the collision warning and hard braking. It’s actually not that hard to keep safety score of 96+. You don’t really have to drive like a grandma
Yeah it knocks me for aggressive turning a lot, whatever that means. And the collision warning is impossible to avoid in SF traffic, people cutting off all the time. And the after 10pm one is just dumb.
This is very helpful, I am almost always on TACC even on local roads, I live in a college town and do not have to drive in crazy traffic. What I like to do is sometimes floor it when I am at the lights just for fun.
You just have to slow down enough before turning to avoid aggressive turning. It’s hard to do when you are in a hurry. I agree that after 10 pm driving deduction is stupid. And it deducts like 20% from your score for that driving session. In bumper to bumper situation, I usually let the autopilot drives. You won’t get deducted if you get the warning while on autopilot
SabrToothSqrl
Active Member
I thought that as well - the APP actually says "new VIN number" in the "must have" list.
I didn't screen shot it, but that makes it confusing, no?
BUT, the local tesla person, said 'any insurance card' - so I did that and it's good now.
One more stupid thing about the safety score. If you brake hard trying to stop when the light turns yellow, it counts as hard braking. I meant don’t you want me to stop for safety reason? Because of this, some people (not me of course 
), accelerate to beat the red light instead of braking
), accelerate to beat the red light instead of brakingYou may get a vin but I doubt you will get it before year end. I ordered 9/22 and it’s anticipated to be at the store around 12/10. Still no VIN yet but I anticipate I’ll get one in 10 more days
AustroTom
Member
What's your config? ours is SG under 80k
yousexy
Member
Just the current active insurance policy will do. This is the 3rd Tesla I bought from Tesla. It's like that every time.
P-Lo801
Member
Congrats! My EDD still says Nov 4- Nov 26, it’s clearly past Nov 4…
That's odd. We had the same EDD, but once it passed Nov. 4th, it just changed it to the current date-Nov 26. For example, today is Nov 11, so it says Nov 11-Nov 26. Tomorrow, it'll change to Nov 12 - Nov 26.
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