Ordered MR, Blue, White Interior, 19" Wheels, No AP - on Black Friday (11/23) at the Tesla Store in San Jose.
Not Previous Res Holder or owner. They let me test drive a LR RWD same day - very impressed. Got traction control kicking in , in the wet on the 280 on-ramp, hopefully the 19" conti's are a little better than the Michelins in that regard !
I was a little concerned about getting delivery before end of the year, even though I'm close to the factory, but the tax credit issue pushed me to order sooner versus later. The system in the store would not accept my order the first two times they tried , third time lucky - but now I have 3 orders in the system with no way to cancel, and three credit card deposits ! So I called the sales associate and he was trying to get the other 2 cancelled ! Still show up in my account however.
Got a text from Tesla today (12/3), followed by phone call from Las Vegas call center - to arrange home delivery 12/8. (so ~ 2weeks from order). What happened to the order backlog / reservations ? Did that many people cancel or are still waiting for base model ? (I wanted to pick up at Factory - but apparently that is not possible - I cannot believe that home delivery is more efficient ! Anyway, will schedule factory tour later this month if I can).
No VIN assigned yet - they told me 12-24 hrs before delivery (maybe) !
So far impressed with the sales associates, test drive, speed of delivery, call center person. (not so impressed with the web interface and inability of me (or Tesla) so far to cancel the error orders), looking forward to the delivery process. Looking forward to driving my first American Made car in a long time.
I can't imagine what the performance model would be like....
