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Model 3 Highland (US) Waiting room
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sydneylax
M3SR - Solid Black on Black
For me it came after the 1 month long range. I went from Feb 23rd - March 29th to March 1 - 7th (this is when I got the vin) and now I’m at Feb 26 - March 6th
sydneylax
M3SR - Solid Black on Black
Can’t wait for us to each enjoy our own personal model 3 asmr soon lol
mcorf
Member
I wonder why, purely demand? Or supply issues they are trying to make up for? Here come the tin foil hats!
Casablanca
*canceled* 24 M3LR, ultra red/black/18
Glass half full - makes me feel good about getting “good value” for my choices.
Love the optimism, would also love to have the car too though
It seems to be demand-driven given the price increase for white interior?
But it's strange that there has been no change for the SR version - I'm sure the demand for that is equally strong..
Maybe they find out the current white seats quality was not good, creating delays and Tesla found a more expense supplier.
In addition, lot of people is ditching their white seats for black due to the delays. Increasing the price will be an incentive for people keeping their configuration and keeping smoothly production plans.
I do not think it is demand.
Casablanca
*canceled* 24 M3LR, ultra red/black/18
I don’t think it’s demand-driven. From every source I can find (spreadsheet here, reddit, internet videos), 75-80% of orders are black interior. I doubt they’d make a big move like that for a short-term problem either.
The more I think about it, here’s my best guess: Tesla has said for years they charge more for white interior due to the protection they put on it to prevent stains. My guess is the perforations for the ventilated seats make this more costly. Delays could be while they were trying to get that right. But who knows really. Most logical thing I could think of.
to me its just a tactic to reduce number of people who want LR white. Most likely they are having manufacturing issues with that. Its evident by the fact that almost no white LRs have been delivered. They need to sell. So dont feel good. As soon as the manufacturing issue is resolved, they will reduce the price. So our white LR wont be any different in long run. I ordered LR white but to me the price increase is not a good news
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darkrai
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Nah they are just slotting it in after the initial RWD orders. Maybe an issue w white interior but we’ve had a bunch of AWD cars come out of Fremont a month ago. They are just pivoting back and forth between batches.
Yeah many LR folks who ordered early on have March dates (various date ranges in March). I think March is going to be the comeback of the AWDs 
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