gregincal
Active Member
I think in Tesla's mind anyone who came into the store BEFORE the reveal and put down $1k on a car that they haven't seen might get 'something special'. The print that was sent out was sent to people who reserved a few days after the reveal so it isn't the same thing. I don't think we'll get something special after all BUT if they did do it I think anyone who put down the 1k in store before the reveal would get the gift just for the reason they put down hard cash on something that hadn't even been seen yet.
I just want to point out that in store is different that before the reveal. A ton of people reserved online before the reveal on a car they hadn't seen. It depends on what you think is the special thing, making the effort to go to a store or putting up your money on a car you haven't seen. As far as delivery order it's not like they need to really have cutoffs. For California owner orders we just saw them roughly do it by time of day. First we had a wave of morning reservations invited, then late morning, then afternoon and then evening online reservations.
I'll point out that for the current list, California first day online got invited before rest of the country in-store. I'm not convinced they will do the west coast thing for non-owners, though. It might be more efficient for them to send cars all over the country at the same time. We'll see (although come to think of it I suppose they might start California non-owners while they are finishing up rest of the country owners, since they will have already completed California owners).