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Looking Forward to the Model 3 Debut

Discussion in 'Model 3' started by bigbear, Oct 22, 2015.

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How excited are you about the debut?

  1. I'm so excited and I just can't hide it

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  2. Excited, but I can hide it

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  1. palmer_md

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    We're already at 89 weeks.
     
  2. Mad Hungarian

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    #1122 Mad Hungarian, Apr 13, 2016
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    Hmmm, interesting, in my business the 80/20 rule means that 20% of the skus represent 80% of our sales ;)
    But please allow me to challenge your theory. 3542 days ago there was zero guarantee Tesla would live to make a Model 3. Talk about stress. I gotta think these last 600+ days will be easier because I'm pretty sure now that - failing an epoch-ending meteor impact - we ARE getting this car. Maybe not exactly on time. But close enough when looked at on 4100+ day time scale. There's also the happy fact that we now know what it looks like, cool screen savers to worship, test ride videos, and pages (and pages, and pages...) of new threads to keep us busy debating in far more detail. I think the worst is over.
     
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  3. Twiglett

    Twiglett Single pedal driver

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    I meant 100 days !
    But see - 89 weeks sounds so much better :)
     
  4. bigbear

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    I'm at 627 days until 12/31/17. [​IMG]
     
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  5. Model 3

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    It is now 3,543 days/506 weeks/116 months since the blog "The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (just between you and me)".
    It is still 443 days/63 weeks/14 months to last half - or 535 days/76 weeks/17 months to last quarter - of 2017.

    In at least 626 days/89 weeks/20 months (the end of 2017) the Model 3 should be in production!

    ... and I hope to get mine in at least 991 days/141 weeks/32 months.
     
  6. MassModel3

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    Are you sure it's not "hippo" meaning horse and "potamos" meaning looks like a potato, hence "horse potato"?
     
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  7. MassModel3

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    Actually, in at most 626 days, the Model 3 should be in production. :D
     
  8. model3fan

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    I added a countdown on my site a week or 2 ago. I picked Dec 1, 2017... hoping by then if nothing else we'll have a date for the final reveal :/
     
  9. eisbock

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    I sure hope I'm wrong! I also don't think the "Model 3" project has been in active development since 2006. Obviously they were working toward being able to make the Model 3, but I wouldn't classify all this wait as part of that project. After all, they could very well have made the 3 by 2010 if they had foregone both the Roadster and the S, but it likely would have resulted in Tesla going under. ;)

    One could argue that since we already have working prototypes for the Model 3 that the project is already 80% complete! Perhaps these next two years are the final 20% of a project that has been ongoing for only a few years by now.

    Or, the counter starts now on the "Make the Model 3 Production Ready" project and we shall see how Tesla handles the final 20% which will occur right around middle/end of 2017.

    No matter how you look at it, it's gonna be a wild ride!
     
  10. graphix25

    graphix25 -=electronboy=-

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    It's not like you are counting or anything... Almost 10 years since the "reveal" of the master plan. Sure took a long time to come to reality.

    Revenge of the electric car sure is awesome. Where will Tesla and transport be in the next 10 years?

     
  11. Model 3

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    On Mars? ;)

    Btw:
    It is now 3,544 days/506 weeks/116 months since the blog "The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (just between you and me)".
    It is still 442 days/63 weeks/14 months to last half - or 534 days/76 weeks/17 months to last quarter - of 2017.

    In at most 625 days/89 weeks/20 months (the end of 2017) the Model 3 should be in production!

    ... and I hope to get mine in at least 990 days/141 weeks/32 months (the end of 2018).
     
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  12. pmich80

    pmich80 Between U and me I'm giddy waitin' for the Model ≡

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    Obviously Mars.. Combining SpaceX and Tesla into the ultimate transport vehicle
     
  13. pmich80

    pmich80 Between U and me I'm giddy waitin' for the Model ≡

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    I like 89 weeks... 625 days sounds like way too much... I know instantly that it's 2 years whereas 89 weeks doesn't give off that same 2 year feel. YES i know what i just wrote. Just let me be.
     
  14. EVie'sDad

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    This will be our second...I juggled to make the justification for the Model S work, but after 2 years of trying every competing vehicle in its class, I finally realized my experiences in the Model S have ruined me for all ICE vehicles, and for the past six months I have not had a single regret that I made that decision. It was my first new car after 17 years, since GM kept killing all the models I might have considered and now when compared to a Tesla, their inventory seems woefully inadequate on so many levels.

    You are going to love the model 3, as will my wife I am certain. Welcome!
     
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  15. Twiglett

    Twiglett Single pedal driver

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    you need a sig like mine :)
     
  16. pikachu

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    Enjoy your well deserved new car. Definitely worth the wait I'm sure. I haven't taken the S for a test drive specifically for that reason! I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for the model 3 and will somehow make the justification for the S! haha. So I'm going to refrain as long as possible and hold out for the 3. :)
     
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  17. Garlan Garner

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    Its been 141 days since M≡ reveal #1.
     
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  18. Model 3

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  19. MiamiNole

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    This topic LIVES!!!!

    So.... how have you guys been?
     
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  20. Model 3

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    Still waiting ;)

    Btw:
    It is now 3,673 days/524 weeks/120 months since the blog "The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan part 1 (just between you and me)".
    It is now 144 days/20 weeks/4 months since the unveiling #1
    It is still 313 days/44 weeks/10 months to production start at Saturday July 1th 2017.

    But now we need a date for the unveiling #2! :p

    ... and I hope to get mine in at least 861 days/123 weeks/28 months (the end of 2018).
     

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