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[WannabeOwner]

By the by ...

I've always been a bit surprised by lack of formality. I rocked up and drove away in a car. I was never asked to show any ID ... I did chat with staff about the car and some of my personal details would have been implicit ... but ... I didn't show any insurance details either. That's been the same the last two times I've been there ... they made up a plate last time without seeing any Retention paperwork, and offered to do that this time although before we got to actually doing that I decided a stick-on would look better and didn't proceed.

 

[Boggle]

I agree and have been careful on a Tesla FB group not to say when I was picking up my car for exactly this reason (account in my real name...which isn't Boggle lol)

 

[WannabeOwner]

Further shambles today ... but nothing unexpected. Disappointing though ...

I picked up two cars. It has been impossible to get the Invoice Address on the second one correctly entered, and different to My Tesla account (been trying that for days ...). They did get the right name so I gave up at that point ... I am sure Accountant will be happy with Company Name being correct. No idea whether V5 will be right, but if it is my address that will have to do for starters.

But at Spares today the address they offered to use was straight off My Tesla and that was the "other one" (that I was trying to get them to put on the 2nd invoice). They also had to change the email address on my account, because the one on my "one off" invoice couldn't be the same ... and then remember to change it back again afterwards. You can't make this stuff up ...

Reminds me: Off to check what Email Address and Snail Mail one has wound up on my account.

 

[MaximusE]

By the by ...

I've always been a bit surprised by lack of formality. I rocked up and drove away in a car. I was never asked to show any ID ... I did chat with staff about the car and some of my personal details would have been implicit ... but ... I didn't show any insurance details either. That's been the same the last two times I've been there ... they made up a plate last time without seeing any Retention paperwork, and offered to do that this time although before we got to actually doing that I decided a stick-on would look better and didn't proceed.

Excuse the ignorance, but what do you mean by they made you a plate up?

 

[kevuwk]

Excuse the ignorance, but what do you mean by they made you a plate up?

Will be a private reg plate. They register the car and put a normal reg on and then when you get the V5 you can change it over so they make the plates up beforehand so you don’t have to go back to get them made

 

[WannabeOwner]

what do you mean by they made you a plate up?

Tesla have been persuaded, on occasion (i.e. I can't guarantee it ...) to make up a plate, for your own cherished number, for free (in part because they won't register the car using your cherished plate from the get go, which other Brands will do)

 

[WannabeOwner]

Yup, address was changed on My Tesla ... I've changed it back <sigh>

 

[Akikiki]

Tesla have been persuaded, on occasion (i.e. I can't guarantee it ...) to make up a plate, for your own cherished number, for free (in part because they won't register the car using your cherished plate from the get go, which other Brands will do)

Whaaaaaattt ??? Cherished plate?

 

[WannabeOwner]

Whaaaaaattt ??? Cherished plate?

TE55xxx or somesuch

 

[Vapormat]

TE5 3 XXX a perfect plate

 

[Akikiki]

Is cherished being used as a substitute for Vanity plate? Because I don't get it if that's not what you are trying to express.

 

[EV_Hopeful]

By the by ...

I've always been a bit surprised by lack of formality. I rocked up and drove away in a car. I was never asked to show any ID ... I did chat with staff about the car and some of my personal details would have been implicit ... but ... I didn't show any insurance details either. That's been the same the last two times I've been there ... they made up a plate last time without seeing any Retention paperwork, and offered to do that this time although before we got to actually doing that I decided a stick-on would look better and didn't proceed.

Lived in the US years ago and it was shockingly informal. Bought a used car from a main dealer. We hadn't moved all our money to our US account, so told the guy that if we bought it (on the day that we had a test drive) tent any cheque that we wrote would bounce. He said, fine. Just put a post-it note on it to say not to cash the cheque for a couple of weeks. Drove off with the car there and then.

 

[DaddyCool]

Is cherished being used as a substitute for Vanity plate? Because I don't get it if that's not what you are trying to express.

Vanity Plate (US) = Cherish or Private Plate (UK)

 

[Akikiki]

ahhhhhhhhhhh, now makes sense. Thanks.

 

[WannabeOwner]

Is cherished being used as a substitute for Vanity plate?

Cherished is what the DVLA used to call it ... but I'm old as the hills and that was before you could buy a plate of choice.

First time they did that was "H" ... Wifee bought a CRX and a while later Honda brought out the VTEC, and I liked the Boy Racer approach of keeping it above 6,000 RPM so the cam stayed in big-valve-lift mode. Anyway ... I bought H15 XXX for it, and she wasn't very impressed next time she came home and saw it ...

Some years later the lettering was favourable so I bought a "Hers" plate ...

 

[Realaustin]

Picked up from Edinburgh today

 

[OOvOO]

Take the delivery today. 7-8 peoples are in groupe. For the level of services and information provided, en....... I would say gaps between doors and body is big.

For me, after using iOS for 10 years, and done 40+ videos for M3 from the day I placed my order. I don’t mind. Having few people in the groupe at aged around 65, I have the feeling that they will spend another 2 hours before driving away.

I can understand they are busy as 20+ deliveries today. But being owner of Honda/VW/Porsche/BMW/Mercedes, it’s not bad. Let’s see.

 

[Mr H]

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Picked up from Edinburgh today

 

[Adopado]

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Picked up from Edinburgh today

I was at the Edinburgh Service Centre on Wednesday and it was jam packed with newly delivered white M3s ... I probably saw yours before you did! Enjoy it!

 

[Auchen81]

I was at the Edinburgh Service Centre on Wednesday and it was jam packed with newly delivered white M3s ... I probably saw yours before you did! Enjoy it!

mine will be there too (white sr+) but have delayed pickup from 24th until 1st March to get 20 plate.

thanks to everyone for taking great pics of white standard with Aeros on and off - I couldn’t find any that were as clear as these so thanks! these have def justified me going with the white - the glass roof looks fantastic against the contrasting white body and the grey wheels when the aeros are off