-
Want to remove ads? Register an account and login to see fewer ads, and become a Supporting Member to remove almost all ads.
Did any of you order your Tesla sight unseen?
- Thread starter KettleOfHawks
- Start date
I am currently deployed in Afghanistan and I am ordering my car sight unseen in a day or two. I have however been watching, reading, and drooling over this car for more than a year. I want to get it before the end of the year for tax reasons and since I won't be home until December, this works out well for me. My wait will be filled with "other" distractions of the military kind. Although a friend of mine drove the car last year, he told me "you gotta drive one!" His only description of the car was "OMG!!"
Mike_Schlechter
Model S - P457
Many of us reserved the car almost four years before we got it, myself included.
No regrets on my part. I've had the car since Thanksgiving 2012 and haven't looked back even once (ok, once, but it was to look at a ICE in my rearview mirror).
No regrets on my part. I've had the car since Thanksgiving 2012 and haven't looked back even once (ok, once, but it was to look at a ICE in my rearview mirror).
777dgt
Member
Ditto. Because I dragged my feet a bit the VIN went from a reservation in the 400's to a production # in the 800's (or perhaps mine was one of those early builds that got scrapped). White leather option also delayed some of us early Sigs, but I still got mine before the production models shipped.
Bound466
Member
My wife and I test drove a Roadster before we put in for a Model S rez. But that was before the alpha's or beta's were even out yet. We thought that if Tesla did such an awesome job with the Roadster, we were "all in". Never looked back
Pilot_51
Member
I only saw Model S up close at the last couple Detroit auto shows, sitting in the driver seat in 2013 and the back seat this year. At the last one, I signed up for the test drive event in Southfield a week later, but the auto dealers forced it to cancel without notice within an hour or two of my arrival. In the wild, I just had five very brief sightings prior to delivery. So, I never got as much as a ride before driving mine.
My dream car has been a Tesla since I learned about the Roadster around 2007, so I knew I wanted Model S and saved up as fast as possible once I got a job in 2012. My only dilemma was whether to go into debt for it (which I left out of the question until a few weeks before placing the order), buy a cheaper EV in full and trade it in a few years later for Model S or Model 3, or continue carpooling until I could afford it. After researching everything about the cheaper EV's, I wasn't comfortable with their range, safety, reliability, or the fact that I'd need to haggle with a dealer, so that idea went out the window. The stress of carpooling on a tight schedule was getting to me, so once I calculated that it would take about a year longer than anticipated, I decided the debt would be the lesser of two (or three) negatives, especially for my health.
With everything I knew about Model S by the time I got mine, it was almost exactly as I imagined, to the point that I wasn't particularly impressed with anything, just happy to finally have a car that should be considered "normal". I got the hang of driving it almost instantly, quicker than any other car I drove for the first time.
I'd take michiganmodels's offer. If that doesn't work out for whatever reason, feel free to PM me. I live within a few miles of Oakland Twp.
My dream car has been a Tesla since I learned about the Roadster around 2007, so I knew I wanted Model S and saved up as fast as possible once I got a job in 2012. My only dilemma was whether to go into debt for it (which I left out of the question until a few weeks before placing the order), buy a cheaper EV in full and trade it in a few years later for Model S or Model 3, or continue carpooling until I could afford it. After researching everything about the cheaper EV's, I wasn't comfortable with their range, safety, reliability, or the fact that I'd need to haggle with a dealer, so that idea went out the window. The stress of carpooling on a tight schedule was getting to me, so once I calculated that it would take about a year longer than anticipated, I decided the debt would be the lesser of two (or three) negatives, especially for my health.
With everything I knew about Model S by the time I got mine, it was almost exactly as I imagined, to the point that I wasn't particularly impressed with anything, just happy to finally have a car that should be considered "normal". I got the hang of driving it almost instantly, quicker than any other car I drove for the first time.
I'd take michiganmodels's offer. If that doesn't work out for whatever reason, feel free to PM me. I live within a few miles of Oakland Twp.
Last edited:
Mark Munne
Member
Pilot_51
Member
If you didn't notice, mine is blue. Though, yeah, going to the store will certainly be more help. They'll have the painted samples, but if you want to see blue and red cars, you'll want to call ahead to make sure they have them since blue seems to be a somewhat rare inventory color.
Edit: Actually, michiganmodels indicated on the Michigan TMC group forum (which you're welcome to join) that his is red. However, since it's a signature car, it's probably signature red (I forget if both reds were offered for sigs). If not, and if color is your only reason for driving all the way down to the store, this may be an opportunity.
Last edited:
1. Thanks for your service!
2. Make sure you check out the 74A J1772 charger at Perfection Tire (in Kennewick). Those guys are very nice and have been quite accomodating.
Honestly, I wasn't really serious about getting a Tesla until I went on a test drive. Luckily, there was a test drive event in Dallas about two weeks after I started looking for a new car. After spending 10 minutes driving and 45 minutes talking to the service techs and looking at the car, I was hooked.
Similar threads
- Article
