pilotSteve
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V12to12V and other signature owners including me went thru own own version of this delay-no-info story back in 2012! Time heals the wounds.
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First P85D adopters stuck in black hole
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V12to12V and other signature owners including me went thru own own version of this delay-no-info story back in 2012! Time heals the wounds.
Got the exact same email a few minutes ago. Still didn't really answer the questions I asked but I do appreciate him responding.'
Only difference in my email is he said my car is being assembled. HA! I've known that for 3 weeks.
Finally some news!
Got a response from Jerome who said my car was ready and indeed, my DS called me to schedule a delivery appointment for 12/17.
Let's see if it holds this time (it's only the third date.
Hope they kept their quality bar high in spite of all the rework needed and the extra manpower required.
-- Greg
Got a response from Jerome who said my car was ready and indeed, my DS called me to schedule a delivery appointment for 12/17.
Let's see if it holds this time (it's only the third date
.Hope they kept their quality bar high in spite of all the rework needed and the extra manpower required.
-- Greg
Finally some news!
Got a response from Jerome who said my car was ready and indeed, my DS called me to schedule a delivery appointment for 12/17.
Let's see if it holds this time (it's only the third date
Hope they kept their quality bar high in spite of all the rework needed and the extra manpower required.
-- Greg
Aw, your response was way better than mine! *jealous*
Finally some news!
Got a response from Jerome who said my car was ready and indeed, my DS called me to schedule a delivery appointment for 12/17.
Let's see if it holds this time (it's only the third date
Hope they kept their quality bar high in spite of all the rework needed and the extra manpower required.
-- Greg
NextGen seats or temporary regular seats?
Same as before: "Your Model S is being prepared for pickup or delivery."
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I forgot to ask. DS didn't say anything about parts swapped or differences vs order, but maybe she doesn't know. I'd be surprised if it was the NG.
Hmm, OK... hopefully in the next day or so I see a change.
Pretty much if the car isn't on a truck sometime early this week 2014 delivery is impossible. I'm hoping AIMc is right and our cars end up on the same truck headed for Devon for delivery the last week of December.
Very true. We survived and we got the grin. There was an even greater information void back then.
This doesn't fill me with warm fuzzy feelings. Mine's been in build for 3 weeks, so I imagine mine is one of the ones getting major rework. This is the first thing that I've heard that inclines me toward cancel & re-order. I don`t care about the delay. I care about receiving a quality machine.
I also received a response from Jerome, which is very similar to wk057's response.
The only real difference is that in his, it is stated that he is undergoing "end of line inspections, whereas for mine:
Your P85D is undergoing the final production steps: it underwent “burn in” throughout the night and it is going through final inspections right now.
I am not sure if there is any difference. I feel for Tesla in their challenges with all of this, but some of their circumstances are clearly of their own making (eg: timing such a major delivery for December rather than January, not testing seats before mass production, lack of communication leading to frustrations, etc). I do think it's pretty clear that not everyone will be getting a delivery before 12/31, however.
I suspect I will be one of the "lucky" ones based on "final inspection" (which implies the replacement seats were installed), and hope that the outside contractors can meet the normal assembly line quality.
The only real difference is that in his, it is stated that he is undergoing "end of line inspections, whereas for mine:
Your P85D is undergoing the final production steps: it underwent “burn in” throughout the night and it is going through final inspections right now.
I am not sure if there is any difference. I feel for Tesla in their challenges with all of this, but some of their circumstances are clearly of their own making (eg: timing such a major delivery for December rather than January, not testing seats before mass production, lack of communication leading to frustrations, etc). I do think it's pretty clear that not everyone will be getting a delivery before 12/31, however.
I suspect I will be one of the "lucky" ones based on "final inspection" (which implies the replacement seats were installed), and hope that the outside contractors can meet the normal assembly line quality.
I know about model year. But pretty sure a 2015 VIN has better resale value.
As for unknown build history, this email from Jerome sums it up... "it takes ten times more labor and time to remove and replace parts from that car than to make it on the production line".
Difficult to believe we're only talking about the seats.
I've been lurking on this thread (and the others related to P85D delivery) for the last few weeks. I have just learned from my DS that my P85D was loaded at Fremont today and will be at the Seattle DC on Tuesday (and ready for delivery on Wednesday, which I intend to do after work). Interestingly, he pointed out that mine DOES have Next Gen front seats but that (for now) the rears are older generation and will be swapped out (no timeline given). My interior is black, FWIW. He also can't confirm the heated steering wheel until the car gets to the Seattle DC, so I'll just have to wait and see (very much in the nice to have category for me).
So, progress for sure and I'm getting excited for Wednesday evening!
So, progress for sure and I'm getting excited for Wednesday evening!
3s-a-charm
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You might have the first next-gen seats on delivery in this forum if that's the case! Please update in the other "delivery" thread so we can track progress as you clearly are not stuck in the black hole
.You might have the first next-gen seats on delivery in this forum if that's the case! Please update in the other "delivery" thread so we can track progress as you clearly are not stuck in the black hole
I've updated the main delivery thread and the spreadsheet.
I would have accepted 2 though I'm not clear how this would work. Would they have had to build a brand new car from scratch? Essentially I have done this myself by re-ordering; however, it would be nice not to be put to the back of the line having previously been at the front of the line.
I suspect your car had some other defect that they need to manually re-work. Same process. Maybe you can convince Tesla to deliver you an 05 La Tache to compensate you for all your patience? :biggrin:
Andyw2100
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Your comment makes it sound like you KNOW otherwise? If you do, how about sharing?
There has been a lot of conjecture and inferences made, most recently inference based on the private email messages that Jerome has been sending to people in the black hole situation, but I don't believe any of us really know anything. So if you do, I'm sure we'd all like to hear about it.
Try out those next gen Performance rear seats before you commit to the swap. The rear seats are what I didn't like about the new performance seats. I thought there was too much bolstering for a rear seat.
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