I have a feeling that they are building cars in batches for European/US markets respectively, and then it is a question if my car would be delivered at the agreed time if they don't make it in this batch. This batch should be for delivery in January/February. I am guessing that my car will be produced at the end of this EU batch and shipped over late.
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I have a feeling that they are building cars in batches for European/US markets respectively, and then it is a question if my car would be delivered at the agreed time if they don't make it in this batch. This batch should be for delivery in January/February. I am guessing that my car will be produced at the end of this EU batch and shipped over late.
I am almost sure of that, in France we are some customer with different order date and our car entered simultaneously in production 2 days ago
Well I got through to Tesla today to the regular guy who has been keeping tabs on my order. The In Production change is for real, it means that my cars components have now all been sourced and reserved and it's waiting in the production sequencing queue to enter actual production. What this seems to mean is that some supplier issue was resolved and a lot of cars got their parts sourced and assigned and now it's just the batching and queueing on the factory floor that determines when the car is finished. He still gave me a January 2014 delivery estimate, but considering the car is waiting to enter assembly and that takes 3-5 days add to it shipping for 45 days (that's what he said) and a week at Tilburg we're looking at two months and in two months it's JanuarySo any EU order that changed to production now is likely to be delivered in January.
So if mine dont Tesla is not delivering as promised... Will be interesting to see... as said before missing the delivery month is not ok...
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My site has no new info so not sure i trust that site at all. This experince sucks big time. Give me a date so I dont have to follow forums or refresh my website...
Mario Kadastik
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Call them
Skype calling costs close to nothing and you'll get details where exactly your car is in the grand scheme of things. As I mentioned. Getting into production only means they've labeled all parts for my car with "Mario's car". I'm probably still months worth of other EU cars who also have their parts and were before me in the queue.
fischca
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If you would like to have more tention: Here you can see live the container ship "APL Indonesia" with potential lots of EU-Model S on it. It will arrive tomorow in Rotterdam.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?zoom=9&oldmmsi=305386000&olddate=11/5/2013 2:09:00 AM
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?zoom=9&oldmmsi=305386000&olddate=11/5/2013 2:09:00 AM
had confirmation by tesla guys that the production is batched between europe and USA...
in fact, for europe, the tesla don't arrive in one piece, but comes without the battery for VAT reasons...
Mario Kadastik
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Two items:
1. two days ago my In Production (originally went to that state on 1st of Nov) changed back to sourcing parts.
2. EU design page has been dramatically redesigned overnight. It now is identical to the US one with now having Tech package include the power folding mirrors and options split up. Also, the P85 now has priority 3-month delivery highlighted!
1. two days ago my In Production (originally went to that state on 1st of Nov) changed back to sourcing parts.
2. EU design page has been dramatically redesigned overnight. It now is identical to the US one with now having Tech package include the power folding mirrors and options split up. Also, the P85 now has priority 3-month delivery highlighted!
Mario Kadastik
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Ah, maxed out might indeed get more expensive as new options were added that weren't there before. Like extended leather (€2000) etc. So pressing the max my Model S button will probably get you a higher price
Would be curious too about the red calipers as I'd not mind having them I sent on Friday an e-mail to my Tesla contact about the new pricing and how that affects everyone. Also I discovered that the 3-month priority for P85 has dropped to 4-5 month priority in just a couple of hours. It's still 1 month faster, but they sure changed it fast
chrisdl
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Good catch, Mario. I hadn't noticed the updated page yet. Thank you!
It seems that my configuration is approximately 4000 to 6000 Euro more expensive with the new pricing. So I would love to keep my old pricing, but pay extra for the Power Folding Mirrors and the Fog Lights. I've sent an email to Tesla about this, also asking a more accurate delivery date. I'll let you all know what the reply is. (They still haven't replied to a previous email which I sent 5 days ago, btw.)
And I'm also curious about the red brake calipers
Good to see that the S60 can finally be ordered in Europe!
It seems that my configuration is approximately 4000 to 6000 Euro more expensive with the new pricing. So I would love to keep my old pricing, but pay extra for the Power Folding Mirrors and the Fog Lights. I've sent an email to Tesla about this, also asking a more accurate delivery date. I'll let you all know what the reply is. (They still haven't replied to a previous email which I sent 5 days ago, btw.)
And I'm also curious about the red brake calipers
Good to see that the S60 can finally be ordered in Europe!
Mario Kadastik
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Good catch, Mario. I hadn't noticed the updated page yet. Thank you!
It seems that my configuration is approximately 4000 to 6000 Euro more expensive with the new pricing. So I would love to keep my old pricing, but pay extra for the Power Folding Mirrors and the Fog Lights. I've sent an email to Tesla about this, also asking a more accurate delivery date. I'll let you all know what the reply is. (They still haven't replied to a previous email which I sent 5 days ago, btw.)
And I'm also curious about the red brake calipers
Good to see that the S60 can finally be ordered in Europe!
Hmm, the S60 has always been possible to order in EU
previously Tesla split the Standard and Performance to separate design pages, now they are the same and hence the P85 and S60 can be seen on thes ame page
chrisdl
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Yes, you're totally right!
I somehow got it stuck in my head that the S60 wasn't available yet in Europe. Don't know where I got that crazy idea
I somehow got it stuck in my head that the S60 wasn't available yet in Europe. Don't know where I got that crazy idea
Mario Kadastik
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Well with the new pricing my car is cheaper because it seems I didn't have the components that got significant price increases. No premium sound, lighting or pano
So I can either get additional better Tech package and fog lights and red calipers or take a price reduction. I'll have to talk on Monday with Tesla. If the timing doesn't change, then I'm going for the new tech package for sure and might offset some costs by not taking performance seats (as far as I understood difference is in alcantara inlays and the red line, but no better grip or support) and instead take a metallic or MC red color. Will have to check now what precisely changes with it and what not...
Mario Kadastik
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So I got a call today from one Tesla rep who had seen my e-mail about something I wanted to change. He was a bit vague and we had trouble understanding each other a bit, but his e-mail finally confirmed, that a reconfig of my old car config yields a new and lower price and they could do that. However he said this may cause a few months delay so I told him that I only agree to it IF the new config means no considerable delay. We'll see what he comes back to, but he did mention he'll be on vacation starting from tomorrow so I'll try to get in touch with my usual contact.
Note that airsuspension, performance leatherseats and carboninterior are not standard anymore... In addition to more expensive options. I did talk to Tesla and they could not add any of the new options to my config. I would then need a total new car config and that would probably delay delivery. So more expensive and delay. No go!
for 7000 USD i would get powerfolding mirrors, red paint on the calipers and alacantra for the little area that the panorama dont use... ;-) oh and i can spend another 7000 USD to get more leather and foglights etc... Dont think so! ;-)
for 7000 USD i would get powerfolding mirrors, red paint on the calipers and alacantra for the little area that the panorama dont use... ;-) oh and i can spend another 7000 USD to get more leather and foglights etc... Dont think so! ;-)
Mario Kadastik
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For me it was also a full new config, but it ended up cheaper by 450 eur (and I did add all the non-standard like CF interior). Coukd add fog lights and red calipers plus new tech package for free and still be 50 eur cheaper. Only unknown now is delay or not...
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