mcghee33
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Is it possibly Tesla has learned their lesson on providing dates and has moved to under promising, in order to over deliver? I saw this because they have been burned so many times in the past and seem like they are being more realistic with the M3 and even are a tiny bit ahead of where they planned to be getting that approval 2 weeks early. With that being said, are they being more pessimistic about AWD delivery times to buffer any issues that come up while spinning up the RWD line?
I say that because after touring the factory and seeing the MS and MX on the same production line with all the variations outside of a possible different inverter (unlikely) the only change with the dual motor is the motor and software. Outside of the obvious ease of producing a car with 1 motor versus 2 the only reason to wait to ship the dual motor variant is because they aren't ready to build that second motor yet. We can assume form the MS and MX that the second motor in the M3 will be a smaller motor like it's big brother and they may not be ready to produce that motor, on top of the fact it is easier to just not have to worry about having to produce it.
I am in the same boat as a lot of people appear to be. We really want AWD but don't have the patience to wait for it or can't afford to miss that tax incentive. As a current owner in St. Louis my M3 AWD would be July-Sept where RWD would be Oct-Dec. I too am thinking of ordering a RWD just because my car is old and I don't know that I can wait until a year from now to get my car.
Based on what everyone else is seeing in their estimates, since some other current owners on the west coast who waited in line like me, have the same dates as me, I have to assume that my geography pushes me towards the end of those estimates.
I hope someone at Tesla is reading this forum to see that they may be leaving a TON of money on the table by delaying the AWD version to late next year because many of us may just take the RWD and be less satisfied with our purchase because we need the tax credit/don't have patience (I'm the latter).
I say that because after touring the factory and seeing the MS and MX on the same production line with all the variations outside of a possible different inverter (unlikely) the only change with the dual motor is the motor and software. Outside of the obvious ease of producing a car with 1 motor versus 2 the only reason to wait to ship the dual motor variant is because they aren't ready to build that second motor yet. We can assume form the MS and MX that the second motor in the M3 will be a smaller motor like it's big brother and they may not be ready to produce that motor, on top of the fact it is easier to just not have to worry about having to produce it.
I am in the same boat as a lot of people appear to be. We really want AWD but don't have the patience to wait for it or can't afford to miss that tax incentive. As a current owner in St. Louis my M3 AWD would be July-Sept where RWD would be Oct-Dec. I too am thinking of ordering a RWD just because my car is old and I don't know that I can wait until a year from now to get my car.
Based on what everyone else is seeing in their estimates, since some other current owners on the west coast who waited in line like me, have the same dates as me, I have to assume that my geography pushes me towards the end of those estimates.
I hope someone at Tesla is reading this forum to see that they may be leaving a TON of money on the table by delaying the AWD version to late next year because many of us may just take the RWD and be less satisfied with our purchase because we need the tax credit/don't have patience (I'm the latter).
