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Franz von Holzhausen personally delivered my Model 3

Discussion in 'Model 3: Ordering, Production, Delivery' started by Andre Mercier, Mar 31, 2018.

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  1. MorrisonHiker

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    The only reason I mentioned it was because I saw an old Signature S listed for sale recently and the visor had been signed by Elon. The owner removed the signed visor and framed it and replaced the visor in the car with a new one.

    If you do end up leaving it in the car, you might want to protect it somehow.
     
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    So had a celebrity shock moment, I was at Design Center in Hawthorne charging this past week and about 9:30pm saw Franz looked like he was leaving for the day. Ofcourse did not want to bother the man but kind of wish I did for a photo-op.

    Model 3 in white is beautiful!
     
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    Congratulations! Best story on Tesla deliveries so far. Glad to read a positive story after the barrage of short/bear articles on Tesla! These are people in truly love and believe in the car and products they have created.
     
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    Who knew there was a Penthouse Forum thread here on TMC!
     
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    WOW, congratulations! Really cool for you, and I'm sure great for Franz too -- to see the excitement and appreciation in person. Great photos... I've got the same car as you, so I'll just have to Photoshop myself into one of those pictures! ;) No signature on my sun visor, though! o_O I'm really happy for you and appreciate that Franz did this.
     
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    YAY! If only you had videoed that touchscreen tutorial!

    I'd love to have a video that extensive of the touchscreen options for my 2018 Model X. All that's available is the "walkthroughs" on Tesla's website, each devoid of almost any information, but at least we don't have to watch somebodies annoying introduction and referral pitch on each.
     
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    Wow, that's incredible! So jealous!!! I picked up my mine a week too soon.....
     
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    First Signature Edition Model 3 delivered!
     
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    LMAO.
    I never believed the stories in here were real....
     
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    Wish my experience was half as awesome as yours! Botched delivery or delivery from the gods aside, end of the day it's still an amazing car!
     
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    Thanks for reporting your experience. Great to hear.
     
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    Love it!
     
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    Great experience and thank you for sharing it!

    It is just too easy to find faults in emerging technologies everyone’s a critic.

    Wonderful to hear the opposite.
     
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    Great Story!!! So happy to see Tesla Leadership have a servant leadership mentality.
     
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    I’m pretty sure Franz said he was on his way home and decided to swing by the SC. I think this shows dedication to the brand. I’m sure you can cynically believe that they pulled the head of the design team to deliver this car
     
  16. Andre Mercier

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    I think you missed his sarcasm..
     
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    Andre can you post a link to the 4-page delivery checklist? I don't think I found that one on here.
     
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    Model 3 Delivery Checklist
     
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    For some reason it appears that PDF file in that page is missing. Getting a "Error document not found"
     
  20. Andre Mercier

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    That's odd, when I click it, it downloads the file. I'll upload it here for you.
     

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