siucity
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I was told by the service center (Fremont). I didn't ask for the exact number, but I knew I was one of the early ones (they offered me an appointment date before Thanksgiving).
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Ludicrous Upgrade Scheduling?
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I was told by the service center (Fremont). I didn't ask for the exact number, but I knew I was one of the early ones (they offered me an appointment date before Thanksgiving).
That's pretty cool. Where are the other two slackers?
I was called by my "local" SC, which is Tysons. I'm pretty sure that they didn't know there was a team coming from California coming to do these upgrades until a day or two ago, based on some of what I was told. They don't have loaners or even much capacity to send someone to get my car.
Wow, I'm not sure how you guys got ahead of me. I was first on the list in Rockville, and put down the deposit via the site a few days before it was announced? Odd. Anyway, I'm one of the five, although I'm shocked there aren't more in the area. Rockville isn't doing it.
Based on the caller ID, the Tesla person who called me to schedule the upgrade was from my local service center (i.e., Tysons Corner, VA). The call was a total surprise; I haven't had any communications with Tesla about the Ludicrous upgrade since I signed up for it and paid my $500 deposit many months ago.
Interestingly, I wasn't given any instructions to run down the battery charge before bringing in the car -- unlike some CA P85D owners upgraded in Fremont.
Good to hear that it's spreading. I guess I'll ping the Nashville SC after the holiday dust settles.
whitex
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I wonder if it really is cheaper to send techs (and equipment from what I hear), spend time training them, rent cars for customers, etc. rather than just swap in a new 90KW battery with the necessary upgrades already in place? How many folks doing the upgrade there, 5?
Maybe it's on purpose in order to train the new techs what to do if the battery is not drained.
It was one of the regular service folks who called me. I've spoken to her several times before.
She did tell me to make sure my battery was at 30% charge. It was almost an afterthought at the end of the conversation, so my bet would be that not telling you was an oversight/
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i thought I was first on the list at Tysons and also deposited before the announcement. It may just be blind luck that they picked Tysons as a first east coast spot.
sillydriver
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I love this forum! I'm up in New Hampshire with the folks for Christmas, looked at this thread this evening, saw all the posts about Tyson's, immediately checked my home voicemail, and sure enough there is a message from the lady at Tyson's trying to schedule me in. I'm the 4th guy. I'll return the call tomorrow.
Actually you may be the 5th.
We seem to have responses in this thread from ALL FIVE P85D owners who have been contacted by Tesla to get the Ludicrous upgrade installed at the Tysons Corner, VA service center next week:
uberanalyst
LetsGoFast
AaronDCA
andrewket
sillydriver
And this all happened in little more than 12 hours! Amazing...
(sure hope nobody notifies the Virginia State Police to be on the lookout for high-speed Teslas next week :wink: )
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Mmmmm .... got a nose bash ... had it picked up today on flatbed to be fixed .... don't have an estimate yet ... Put my deposit down on day one as well ..... guess I will need to call tomorrow and see how to handle this .....
MarcG
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i have one that is 99% spam calls and 1% my wife's grandmother who we don't think can handle a new number.
sillydriver
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1. I'm a grouchy 57 year old - the natural demographic for a land line. 2. (More to the point) my farm is 7 miles from the nearest village. The cell reception ranges from fair to terrible. I do have an iPhone 6 I use away from home. 3. Using a landline gives you a good excuse to miss calls.
sillydriver
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you are absolutely right. I'm the 5th. I was left the Fifth slot, which is Saturday the 9th. They are doing one per day on their road trip from California to Virginia. At least having 4 cars ahead means they should be practiced by the time they get to mine. Looking back on my call with them, Nikki (if I caught her name right) said nothing about coming in with a low SOC.
For accuracy, I have not yet been contacted, which I found odd. Since my post, I have learned I was in fact 3rd on the Rockville list, not 1st as I had previously thought (which is amazing because I emailed the SC during the press call!) It looks like one possibility is that rather than a sort based on time between Tyco and Rockville, that the Rockville list was appended to the end of the Tyco list. This is just my guess based on observation.
BobV
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I just got off the phone with Tysons SC since my car is already in to correct some suspension noises and to have its original battery reinstalled after being reworked at Fremont. If I understood the upgrade situation correctly, it sounds like Fremont is sending ludicrous kits on a car-by-car basis.
That they are flying a team around and doing upgrades on site, from limited wait lists, supports the idea January will end the 6 month P85D offer. We can still speculate that training will leave the offer alive, perhaps in some other form. Not likely, in my eyes. The timing jives too well with this becoming a one-time tour of duty.
gg_got_a_tesla
Model S: VIN 65513, Model 3: VIN 1913
After a year filled with hard work and well-earned monetary gains, convinced myself and wife that this upgrade is "worth it" 
Just signed up for the upgrade! Let's see when my turn comes up at Fremont.
Happy Ludicrous New Year, everyone!
Just signed up for the upgrade! Let's see when my turn comes up at Fremont.
Happy Ludicrous New Year, everyone!
MarcG
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After a year filled with hard work and well-earned monetary gains, convinced myself and wife that this upgrade is "worth it"
Just signed up for the upgrade! Let's see when my turn comes up at Fremont.
Happy Ludicrous New Year, everyone!
Welcome to the L-waitlist club! I also decided to splurge on the upgrade and gave Flash a nice Christmas present (ok, gave myself one :biggrin
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