Right, Mac's title is Product Specialist, not Delivery Specialist. Turns out I just got contacted by someone else who is scheduling my delivery appointment between 6/1 and 6/5. Looks like it was on this weeks boat after all!
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Right, Mac's title is Product Specialist, not Delivery Specialist. Turns out I just got contacted by someone else who is scheduling my delivery appointment between 6/1 and 6/5. Looks like it was on this weeks boat after all!
Akikiki
A'-Lo-HA ! y'all
RodF, This looks like another car that has sort of snuck in on an early boat. Makes me wonder if Hawaii Owner are hearing the worse case of how long its going to take to get here and they magically appear sooner. That's good, TM is looking at it as worse case and doing better. This thrills the owner to hear the car is here and ready sooner. I like it.
RodF, Glad for you that its getting so close. I hope your pickup day occurs on a Sat. I'd enjoy seeing the T-grin on your face at the SC. Hope you let me know.
RodF, Glad for you that its getting so close. I hope your pickup day occurs on a Sat. I'd enjoy seeing the T-grin on your face at the SC. Hope you let me know.
Papafox, nanimac, your cars will be here very soon. Since they will not provide information as to whether it made it on the boat or not, I just figured out a way to find out yourself. The app has 4 different messages when you try to access it. Of course, the fourth message is actually accessing the car. But before that...
Your Vehicle may not be ready -
This message means your car is not completed yet. Still in production.
Turn on your remote access from the screen -
I don't remember the exact verbage, but this means that your car is completed and out from production, but they haven't enabled remote access.
And finally...
Contacting car...
A connection to the Vehicle Could Not Be Made -
This means your car is on the boat and out of cell range!
Now you have a way to know whether you made it on the ship! When you get this message, you are about a week away from delivery!
RodF, thanks for breaking the code. I suspect Tesla has a methodology for tracking the cars en route but our access is turned off so that we don't go hog wild and run down the battery or scare the ship's crew by playing Grateful Dead songs at 3am.
Congrats on getting on a quick shipment. I would be curious to see how many Teslas are delivered the same day as yours. Tesla might wait a week or so if the car carrier isn't full, hoping to load another in and thereby defraying costs. Nanimac need not worry: my car is standing by to finish the order if Tesla doesn't have enough cars on hand to fill the transport container. Apparently my car has 50 miles on it already, according to the Tesla paperwork, so it should be ready to go.
Congrats on getting on a quick shipment. I would be curious to see how many Teslas are delivered the same day as yours. Tesla might wait a week or so if the car carrier isn't full, hoping to load another in and thereby defraying costs. Nanimac need not worry: my car is standing by to finish the order if Tesla doesn't have enough cars on hand to fill the transport container. Apparently my car has 50 miles on it already, according to the Tesla paperwork, so it should be ready to go.
They put down 50 miles on the docs for everybody. They're not road testing all the cars any more so unless your car got selected to be checked more intensely, the car will show up with less miles on the odometer.
Akikiki
A'-Lo-HA ! y'all
RodF, Woohoo, clever, very clever. Nice job there. Very valuable.
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Papafox, My car was an orphan. I think it had been on island for two maybe three months when nanimac mentioned on 29 March that there was two orphans at the SC for sale. Even having been on the island for two or three months, it had only 35 miles on it when I bought it. My Bill of Sale from TM the next day said 50 miles. I wasn't going to fuss about the difference, didn't matter. I put 50 more miles on it driving it towards home that first day. My point is, I think its standard practice for TM to put 50 on the paperwork. I won't be surprised if yours has less than 25 maybe 15.
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Papafox and nanimac, If you take delivery on a Saturday, I'd really enjoy coming out to the SC to see your Tesla grin too, just like I hope to with RodF. Leave me a note here if you can and decide its alright with you.
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Papafox, My car was an orphan. I think it had been on island for two maybe three months when nanimac mentioned on 29 March that there was two orphans at the SC for sale. Even having been on the island for two or three months, it had only 35 miles on it when I bought it. My Bill of Sale from TM the next day said 50 miles. I wasn't going to fuss about the difference, didn't matter. I put 50 more miles on it driving it towards home that first day. My point is, I think its standard practice for TM to put 50 on the paperwork. I won't be surprised if yours has less than 25 maybe 15.
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Papafox and nanimac, If you take delivery on a Saturday, I'd really enjoy coming out to the SC to see your Tesla grin too, just like I hope to with RodF. Leave me a note here if you can and decide its alright with you.
Papafox and nanimac, If you take delivery on a Saturday, I'd really enjoy coming out to the SC to see your Tesla grin too, just like I hope to with RodF. Leave me a note here if you can and decide its alright with you.[/QUOTE]
No problem coming out to see me finally get my car...I'm sure I'll have a perma-grin on my face
Just got an email from Mac saying my car is ready to be shipped and just waiting for the next boat to the island Papafox, maybe yours will make it on the ship too
No problem coming out to see me finally get my car...I'm sure I'll have a perma-grin on my face
Just got an email from Mac saying my car is ready to be shipped and just waiting for the next boat to the island
Papafox, maybe yours will make it on the ship too
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Does anyone have the PHONE number for Barry et al at the Tesla service center in Waipahu?
Typical - Tesla sent me a "pick 3 days and times" that you want your car delivered from 25 May - 29 May all from the "Hawaii Delivery Experience Specialist.
OK, I'll bite - 10:00 AM, 25, 26, or 27 May.....replied to EMail - of course that was the 23rd...now late in the day 24th...NO WORD FROM TESLA...and when you call....you get routed to "GENERAL MAILBOX". Even for a General -- it has produced no results - no calls no letters.....I guess everyone is on a long weekend.
Typical - Tesla sent me a "pick 3 days and times" that you want your car delivered from 25 May - 29 May all from the "Hawaii Delivery Experience Specialist.
OK, I'll bite - 10:00 AM, 25, 26, or 27 May.....replied to EMail - of course that was the 23rd...now late in the day 24th...NO WORD FROM TESLA...and when you call....you get routed to "GENERAL MAILBOX". Even for a General -- it has produced no results - no calls no letters.....I guess everyone is on a long weekend.
Akikiki
A'-Lo-HA ! y'all
HodgesHawaii,
On page 30 of this Hawaii Tesla owner's page someone wrote:
This is Barry's mobile number: 1-415-310-5330.
Whether that number is still active I can't tell you. To my knowledge, nobody gets cars delivered here in Hawaii, we go to the SC to pick them up. Good luck! I know you want to be driving your Model S this weekend. If you don't live too far from Waipahu, plan B might be to drive by the SC tomorrow on the odd chance that Barry or one of the helpers might be there working on the weekend.
On page 30 of this Hawaii Tesla owner's page someone wrote:
This is Barry's mobile number: 1-415-310-5330.
Whether that number is still active I can't tell you. To my knowledge, nobody gets cars delivered here in Hawaii, we go to the SC to pick them up. Good luck! I know you want to be driving your Model S this weekend. If you don't live too far from Waipahu, plan B might be to drive by the SC tomorrow on the odd chance that Barry or one of the helpers might be there working on the weekend.
Akikiki
A'-Lo-HA ! y'all
Hodgeshawaii, Need a ride to the SC? I'd be happy to take you out there tomorrow. Let me know here, and when...
Been doing a lot of driving and checking the forums very regularly but haven't had much worthwhile to contribute lately. Very excited for everyone nearing delivery! Since you asked for a report Akikiki, however, here are some details and impressions for what they are worth:
My favorite thing about the car is its quietness. Astounding! I actually prefer driving with no music now.
I've driven a Leaf since Sep 2011 so am familiar with the smoothness of an EV, the instant torque and driving powered purely by the sun--PVs cover my roof. But the power of the Model S is beyond astonishing! And I have "only" a 60. Way plenty.
Seat memory function is also a favorite. I have never had this on a car before and find it extremely useful. Since this is now bundled with the Tech package and no longer with the leather seats it adds value to Tech for new buyers on the fence about buying it as I was. Still having some second thoughts about spending nearly $4K on the Tech package but it is growing on me.
I prefer low regen and creep. Since I always have charge to spare on the island I use them both. Gives the car a much smoother ride IMO. If I were watching my kWh, however, I'd turn them off.
Have had a dickens of a time finding a comfortable setting for the seat/steering wheel position. The seat comfort is my least favorite thing about the car. To be very honest, Model S driver's seat comfort, despite the gigantic number of settings to choose from, is not in the same league as the rest of the car IMO. I hate to say that but it is the truth at least for my body. Rear seat comfort is AOK though with the pano roof. I would most definitely go with textile if I had to do it over again since I'm fine with piano black decor.
Windshield wipers don't go fast enough at max IMO and the auto settings are easily fooled. The wipers are the only other thing I've found that I consider not in the league with the rest of the car.
The Sound Studio was a gift from my family and is very fun. Wouldn't have bought it myself. I have a decent ear and this is a good system. I do not agree with the naysayers. But IMO it is quite sensitive to the settings and the source material. I do not like Dolby for lossy media such as Slacker or anything streamed via Bluetooth. I do strongly prefer Dolby for lossless media such as FLAC via USB thumb drive, however. The Dolby creates a subtle spaciousness and brings out buried fundamental bass frequencies with lossless media but with lossy media it degrades the sound. I postulate that the Dolby cannot properly do its job with a truncated, compressed source that is already designed to trick the human ear but works beautifully with pristine source material. My preferred settings are fade -7, balance 0, bass + 10, mid 0, treble +2. When switching to Dolby for FLAC I turn the volume up a couple notches to compensate.
Had my car 5-year Glared at 20/20 Auto Detailing last week. Awesome job. Hoping this protects against UV degradation for a number of years.
Debated extensively what to do with my front license plate. Concluded that it sets a very bad example for EVs and Tesla drivers in particular to try to skate without a front plate and pay the ticket if caught. Had my plate mounted low with zip ties for the first couple weeks to try it out. But my personal aesthetic preference is mounted as Tesla recommends attached to the nosecone. However, I feel a black frame helps tie together a plate mounted there with the nosecone. So that's what I did. This is clearly a personal preference decision and don't see how anyone can go wrong wherever they mount their front plate. Too bad Hawaii is a state where the law requires a front plate.
Got the Lloyd's Ultimate black carpets for front and rear and believe it was money well spent. They are clearly a notch above the new Tesla carpet. Very elegant in appearance. Classes up an already classy interior for a modest cost.
I thought I would greatly dislike the cup holders in the arm rests but to my happy surprise they work just fine for me. I have no trouble reaching my water bottle which fits perfectly. The arm rest is too high for my arm anyway so I don't miss it a bit when the cup holder is in use.
I mounted an inexpensive, dual cup holder to the rear seat carpet in such a way that neither the middle seat nor its legroom are lost. Haven't seen this exact solution posted anywhere before. It's a bit out of the box thinking but very practical and decent looking IMO. Glad to post details if anyone is interested.
I wish the car came with closed storage under the arm rests because I would prefer more closed storage but like the open space console as is. If the cost of the forthcoming center console is too high I'll likely to pass on it, however, whereas prior to receiving the car I felt it would be a must have.
I built a very nice looking, practical parcel shelf from materials from Home Depot and Walmart for under $60 with tax based on suggestions and measurements earlier in this thread by dsmith (mahalo!). With the hatch closed it looks completely OEM.
Have washed my car with the two bucket method and microfiber mitt and cloths several times. Much easier than anticipated. I bought some RainX at Walmart and did my windows. Works great.
Glad I went with Silver even though I like white a little better. It really does hide the Hawaiian dirt awesomely well which was my rationale for it.
Been flashed a couple times at night so will have my headlight height checked when I go in to the SC sometime. Could be they are just right but oncoming traffic is not used to xenons.
Summary: I love this car! I have no regrets buying it whatsoever despite it costing almost twice what I ever paid before for a car. I do have buyer's remorse over the air suspension which I only got because they said my car would be delivered about two months sooner with it in time for an important family function. Turns out that standard suspension would have arrived just as soon in my case since I made some other late changes. All in all I am super happy with this car and very proud to be part of something that will change the world.
There you have it Akikiki. Hopefully this was what you were looking for. Happy driving everyone!
@ddruz - Thanks for the write up!
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Questions for the Hawaii owners here as I get ready to place my order:
Who has PV systems on their homes and which provider/installer did you go with? Anyone consider or use SolarCity, which is Tesla's preferred partner? Any issues or complaints? I'm also considering installing PV on my roof for when my MS comes, and researching options.
Has anyone here gotten the Tesla financing option? I've read that it's only available if you purchase the car in certain states (and HI wasn't one of them).
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Questions for the Hawaii owners here as I get ready to place my order:
Who has PV systems on their homes and which provider/installer did you go with? Anyone consider or use SolarCity, which is Tesla's preferred partner? Any issues or complaints? I'm also considering installing PV on my roof for when my MS comes, and researching options.
Has anyone here gotten the Tesla financing option? I've read that it's only available if you purchase the car in certain states (and HI wasn't one of them).
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