From what I'm told, you should be able to upload your current insurance info even if it's non-specific to this car as a general proof that you're insured. Don't necessarily take my word on it, just repeating what I've read elsewhere.
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GOT MY VIN
- Thread starter g-force
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That's exactly right. They just want to know that you can provide insurance. Just upload your current insurance.
Ditto for the loan. Add any quote that you've had approved, not necessarily the one you will use.
True, but in this case I believe there was no previous car, thus no current insurance. And... insurance companies need a VIN for initial coverage.
A call to Tesla may help.
Yup. And on reddit someone who USED to own a Tesla but doesn’t any more recently reserved a 3 and is ahead of first day reservations.
Aaaaand someone who had an S and sold it after he made his reservation got to configure and order.
seems a little absurd. id get a couple months within preorders beginning. but a year and a half after?
they should have grouped the orders quarterly or something and then segmented out owners and non owners that way.
emchen
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Looks like @gldfld will goto the front of the line.
I am also a current owner who reserved 08/02/17. Delivery estimator has me in the "first production group" for Dec 2017 - Feb 2018.
Major caveat of uncertain significance...we have two Teslas. I made my first reservation on 03/31/17 and just configured the first reservation this weekend. On the second reservation, the estimator had me initially for "late 2018", but now it has changed me into the "first production" group (Dec 2017 - Feb 2018). I read somewhere that each additional Tesla provides for that line-skipping advantage. Note to someone who can't wait, just buy the least expensive used Tesla S/X out there and boom, you jump the line to "first production" for the Model 3!
neptune2000
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Got my VIN: 1698, on Nov. 21. delivery expected in 2 weeks. Updated model3tracker.info.
!vinbot Model 3 #1698
!vinbot Model 3 #1698
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Simple as that, eh? Unfortunately the losses from doing that are more than I'm willing to stomach. If I could just transfer $2500 or some other reasonable sum to Tesla and get the same treatment, fine, but buying a car I don't want (if I wanted a Model S this whole thing would have been solved months ago, I'd have ordered one), eating the sales tax, and then likely taking a loss on the immediate resale isn't really a palatable solution. But I'm sure there are people richer or more desperate than I who might do just that.
The wording in the initial 3/31 ordering system indicated that they do not have to hold true to any sort of order processing requirement. In some ways, it's all in your heads as if you will be ahead of others. The people who leased Model S in 2016 to jump the line who will not get serviced in that order fell for the ploy to get more deposits, I guess.
Dogwhistle
Member
Getting a VIN on a Model 3 is like getting a gate number when you check in for your flight 24 hours prior. Subject to change.
GasDoc
Member
Are all the other people who received a VIN in the same boat as me? Answering every unrecognized number hoping it will be the DS only to be disappointed that it's a spam call?
GasDoc
Member
Not at all. It makes a lot of sense priortizing the current owners who are driving a Tesla, even if they just bought a few months ago. Because Tesla is trying to get this in the hands of folks who already have had an EV (specifically Tesla) owning and driving experience. This will make sure the first set of 50k+ M3 users are well versed already in charging and how to take care of long trips etc..
They don't want newbies be the early buyers of M3 and start posting YouTube videos on getting stranded on the highways and AP malfunction (read: user error or stupidity), less range in cold winter days etc.. Those videos will definitely hit the interblog, but that can wait until they stabilize the quality, production ramp and service centers.
repoanything
Member
I have purchased 2 S's prior. Ordered M 3 Nov 22nd 2017. At first it said I was Late Dec 2018, talked to Tesla and they said they were going to do a batch update to the delivery dates and sure enough, last Friday my new EST is First Production Dec 2017 to Feb 2018. Sweet!
OK....
Saw my car on the video of the parking lot at the Fremont delivery center. The narrator mentioned the VIN as he walked past it. So I can verify it's there. Just waiting, for my DS to contact, with money in hand ready to make Tesla a pinch richer.
Saw my car on the video of the parking lot at the Fremont delivery center. The narrator mentioned the VIN as he walked past it. So I can verify it's there. Just waiting, for my DS to contact, with money in hand ready to make Tesla a pinch richer.
Haven't had anything yet. Ugh. Just Rn10775XXX
Called and they said they will have my vin when done with production. Will have to call again today.
Called and they said they will have my vin when done with production. Will have to call again today.
JenniferQ
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I hear the same thing. Isn't it strange that people are told differing things? Ah, maybe not. This is Tesla.
Nah... that was number 26 on the list of fixits (the relatively minor fixits)
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