I have doubts they will go 3 full quarters delivering just RWD varieties unless there is a problem sourcing front-motors. Or that front-motor engineering for the car isn't done yet... Could be delaying long enough to hope people switch to the lower price of the MS 75D - not that much more expensive than a long range DWD Model 3.
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I have doubts they will go 3 full quarters delivering just RWD varieties unless there is a problem sourcing front-motors. Or that front-motor engineering for the car isn't done yet... Could be delaying long enough to hope people switch to the lower price of the MS 75D - not that much more expensive than a long range DWD Model 3.
I am East Coast (Florida) and current owner and have Nov 2017 - Jan 2018 on the delivery estimator. Placed order in person late morning 3/31/16 at the store.
The Nov-Jan timeframe isn't looking too realistic anymore, I haven't even configured yet.
…and if they're already missing targets, I can't imagine they're going to get far enough ahead to catch up to later windows. What's the over-under on another window realignment where we all go back another month (or more)?
Actually it appears they are catching up. They recently moved most east coast reservations up a month sooner.
I feel like that’s just more evidence they’re going to ignore regions within the US for non-owners, if anything. I’m increasingly certain they can’t handle the logistics of delivery efficiently enough to handle any sort of decent production rate without overflowing to other regions.
RenMan68
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I'm in Atlanta, non-employee, non-owner. I reserved 3/31/16 online the first minute the website would let me. My initial window was Dec-Feb then in October (I think) it bumped back to Jan-Mar for first production and Oct-Dec for AWD.
ckwong
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I reserved on 4/1/16, first production shows Nov 2017-Jan 2018 which I don't think it will happen, standard battery early 2018 and dual motor Aug-Oct 2018. Non-employee
MKandyman
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Non-owner, reserved at Short Hills on 3/31/16 (about 40th in line). My estimate still says Nov 17 to Jan 18 which surprises me. Will keep everyone posted.
Surfertom
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Yeah, surprises me too. First because Nov 2017 has come and gone. Second because your date range is earlier than most of the current owners.
Iamscoobydoo
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I’m in N.J. and I reserved online early morning 4/2. My estimate is Mar - May. I hope the white interior is an option by then. Not really that far away.
Current Model S Owner and reserved model 3 in store in Dania, Fl at about 12 pm. Estimated delivery of November '17 -January '18. Nothing about configuration yet. Starting to lose hope on January delivery. For some reasons I think on Christmas Day they are going to open configurations for January delivery, just a strange hunch.
I am East Coast (Florida) and current owner and have Nov 2017 - Jan 2018 on the delivery estimator. Placed order in person late morning 3/31/16 at the store.
The Nov-Jan timeframe isn't looking too realistic anymore, I haven't even configured yet.
Same timeframe for me in Tampa here. I think Jan 31st is still very realistic given that deliveries in California seem be 4 weeks on the dot. Jan 3rd would be the theoretical cutoff date for ordering for a January delivery. We got 10 days to go!
The optimism is strong with this one
Stopped in at the Mount Kisco Sales Office this morning just to see if they knew of any customers who were invited to configure. Not only did they know of some, they have actually delivered 5 vehicles to non-employees! They didn't have very much additional information. When i told them I am a current owner and a first-day reservation holder they felt confident that I would get an email to configure in the next few weeks. This led me to ask about time to delivery from configuration. They did not have definitive information but based upon the lead times on the S and the X they expected 6 - 8 weeks. I mentioned that this does not jive with what has been posted here, but of course they knew nothing else. Upon reflection, I wonder if Tesla is simply making M3's as quickly as they can. Currently, there are very few variants that can be ordered. In order to speed production, there is really no need to truly produce a built to order vehicle. They can batch colors and wheels and then match cars to orders.
preilly44
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I'm a current owner, line waiter on 3/31 and I live in MD. I got the invite to configure on 12/7 with a 4 week delivery estimate which would put me around 1/4/18 not including holidays. I haven't heard from anyone yet and still don't have VIN. Anxiously waiting!!!
ckwong
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As a CT owner and first day order placer I configured several weeks ago and
received a '4 week delivery' note. No VIN or actual delivery date yet. I saw
elsewhere here that Mt Kisco has delivered some non employee M3 orders so
that is encouraging.
received a '4 week delivery' note. No VIN or actual delivery date yet. I saw
elsewhere here that Mt Kisco has delivered some non employee M3 orders so
that is encouraging.
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