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Hello, please forgive the range of questions on my first post.
I’ve read all the forums here but still have a few gaps in my understanding. I’m excitedly about to make a purchase ;
Background: several colleagues and friends have model S and X, all enthuse over the car ...and are very critical of the service/company elements. One collected a brand new car from Digbeth that was utterly filthy, it took him 2 days of effort to clean the marks from it) Quality control is still poor apparently.
I came close to buying a new S a few months ago, (I cant get excited about the three, and like hatchbacks for Costco runs!) but when I realised that my referral code wouldn’t provide free supercharging I was disappointed and postponed. (Besides my faithful BMW 520D is a lovely drive and approaches 50 mpg !)
Now I see, we have the Raven models with improved ride and free supercharging.
I’d be very grateful if any of you could “straighten me out here “ !
(i) Does the free supercharging apply overseas? ( I’m in my late 50’s will be retiring soon, my GF and I would love the idea of touring Italy and other long distance trips !)
(ii) Forgive me for being “tight”, but after spending 78K on a car I’m not excited about extras such as “home charging points” and leads extending all over the drive! .... so my question is , if supercharging is fast, and there is one en-route to work, why would I every need a home charger?
(iii) Colours and trims ... the choice is dreadful isn’t it ? ( I like the cream seats , but see that they come with a light colour carpet ( whereas the white seats have a more-sensible black carpet) Can anyone report on the cream/white seat “longevity” ? Will they look shocking in 5 years ? Is black the only real choice ? ( I won’t be able to afford a new car when I’m retired ! )
(iv) My drive in Portugal has a 22 degree angle. (Maybe more at the bottom !) The ability to raise the car and avoid scraping the spoilers (chin?) on the ground is important to me. May I ask whether any “Raven” owners can confirm that the “lift “ ability is identical to last years model?
(v) The wait for a new one is clearly unpredictable and Tesla seem to lie about dates. i noticed a few “already configured “ new cars ( with mileages listed from 10 to 30 miles) on the website. These are typically about a thousand pounds less than the “new configuration”. Are they “customer rejects” ? Demonstrators ? Showroom models ?
Can I be assured that they are current ( Raven ) models ? Does anyone have any experience of buying a pre-configured car>?
Thanks in anticipation
I’ve read all the forums here but still have a few gaps in my understanding. I’m excitedly about to make a purchase ;
Background: several colleagues and friends have model S and X, all enthuse over the car ...and are very critical of the service/company elements. One collected a brand new car from Digbeth that was utterly filthy, it took him 2 days of effort to clean the marks from it) Quality control is still poor apparently.
I came close to buying a new S a few months ago, (I cant get excited about the three, and like hatchbacks for Costco runs!) but when I realised that my referral code wouldn’t provide free supercharging I was disappointed and postponed. (Besides my faithful BMW 520D is a lovely drive and approaches 50 mpg !)
Now I see, we have the Raven models with improved ride and free supercharging.
I’d be very grateful if any of you could “straighten me out here “ !
(i) Does the free supercharging apply overseas? ( I’m in my late 50’s will be retiring soon, my GF and I would love the idea of touring Italy and other long distance trips !)
(ii) Forgive me for being “tight”, but after spending 78K on a car I’m not excited about extras such as “home charging points” and leads extending all over the drive! .... so my question is , if supercharging is fast, and there is one en-route to work, why would I every need a home charger?
(iii) Colours and trims ... the choice is dreadful isn’t it ? ( I like the cream seats , but see that they come with a light colour carpet ( whereas the white seats have a more-sensible black carpet) Can anyone report on the cream/white seat “longevity” ? Will they look shocking in 5 years ? Is black the only real choice ? ( I won’t be able to afford a new car when I’m retired ! )
(iv) My drive in Portugal has a 22 degree angle. (Maybe more at the bottom !) The ability to raise the car and avoid scraping the spoilers (chin?) on the ground is important to me. May I ask whether any “Raven” owners can confirm that the “lift “ ability is identical to last years model?
(v) The wait for a new one is clearly unpredictable and Tesla seem to lie about dates. i noticed a few “already configured “ new cars ( with mileages listed from 10 to 30 miles) on the website. These are typically about a thousand pounds less than the “new configuration”. Are they “customer rejects” ? Demonstrators ? Showroom models ?
Can I be assured that they are current ( Raven ) models ? Does anyone have any experience of buying a pre-configured car>?
Thanks in anticipation