I’ve seen some EDDs for late April, but very few for early April.
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So I texted Tesla today asking if the vehicle has arrived and any possibility of bringing in the delivery appointment, they replied asking if tomorrow the same time is ok, which I confirmed.
So expecting to graduate from this thread tomorrow. Will carry the delivery checklist.
Summary so far -
M3LR / MSM / Black / Aero / No FSD
OD - 1/29
EDD1 - March 2022
EDD2 - 3/6 - 3/31
EDD3 - 3/5 - 3/19
EDD4 - 3/8 - 3/14 with VIN (192xxx - AMD Ryzen, new Li-on battery confirmed)
EDD5 - Scheduled delivery for 3/14 at Austin TX
EDD6 - Scheduled delivery for 3/12 at Austin TX
Graduation day was Saturday, been busy so could not post earlier.
When I reached the delivery center, it was parked ready to go. Inspected the car and everything was flawless except a very slight misalignment of the rear left tail light glass which I did not find worthy of requesting a service appointment for.
Had 3 mi on the odo and 97% charged.
A few observations on the Aero wheels, for anyone who's on the edge with it, I think is a good free choice -
- They look better in person than in photos / videos
- The overnight TD car I got was a brand new 2022 Model 3 with 19" wheels and I felt the road noise at TX highway speeds a little worse than my old BMW 3 series. My car with Aero wheels however has comparable road noise to the BMW which I think would be due to the Aero wheels (or the low resistance tires that come with it)
- The car is incredibly fun and the minimalist interior grows on you.
- The headlights light up the road amazingly.
- Autopilot has been great so far, did not yet experience phantom braking that I did with my TD car.
- The AC temperature may need to be set a little lower than regular cars probably due to the vents being placed back into the dash.
- After 140 miles of driving, the app shows a safety score of 97. The estimated Tesla insurance premium (when you first sign up, it assumes a safety score of 90) drop 2 months later if the score is maintained is a nice touch and is coming out to be way cheaper than my BMW.
- I've set the charge limit to 80%, drove 89 miles and came back with 47% (with several sessions of cabin preconditioning in the hot sun before getting to the parked car at various destinations)
- I'm using the mobile charger with the regular 110v outlet for now, it charges 1.5% per hour.
- I was back to 80% charge from 47% in about 22 hours.
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We're already seeing 210 numbers, so something beyond that. It could be 211 or 230. Just wait and see. It's just a number. In truth, your SA might spot a vehicle that the buyer refused or simply couldn't buy and instead offer it to you, resulting in a lower VIN number.
The reason I pay attention to them is to get a sense of order of delivery. Somebody is scheduled to receive a 210 VIN on the west coast at the same time that I'm supposed to receive a 205 on the east coast. It's interesting to watch things play out.
The Austin factory opens on April 7 which may be related.
I think that is what my SA was talking about deliveries for East Coast to being coming from Texas, he must have meant when the Austin factory opens, those would be producing cars for the East Coast and Fremont would be focused on west coast.
We have some demo models here in Portland that are available, selling for 1-2k more than my ordered model. I am guessing they are expecting people to pay little extra for a car that is able to be picked up essentially same day. I know I would be tempted if they called me.
Ajlepore
Member
How does that sales tax credit work? Do they automatically take it off your new car’s sales tax amount? What state are you in?
PinSeeker
Member
That's awesome, congrats! I'm still waiting to see if anyone who ordered Feb 9th or later received a VIN. It seems that everyone who ordered post Feb 8th has EDDs of late April or beyond. And as far as I can tell, no VINs yet.
Same here. My SA texted me about trading in while my EDD was 3/25-3/31. I should have declined on the spot. Ugh. I made the wrong assumption that they knew what they were talking about (they said it won’t push out my EDD and a VIN was imminent). SA was so wrong. It only took 36 hours later for the Tesla gods to push out EDD and say “you trusting fool!”
FWIW my M2 and my 335i has the same thing. See attached for the picture of my M2, i cant take a picture of the other car as my wife drove it to work.
My Model 3 also is like that.
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Tesla does very few things the conventional way and considering their size they need to squeeze every penny to turn a profit. One thing people don’t realize is that teslas are not necessarily “luxury” cars. They are on the level of a standard car with a premium electric powertrain. And really on top of that they are a battery and software company first. It’s just that their version of the iPhone has 4 wheels and doors.
Here is my hood for the rest of my point. Notice the unpainted sections.
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They're beyond the days of scrimping in order to turn a profit. They have 30% profit margins now.
I just hope they don't end up selling cars by shipping the software to the customer and then having the service centers backfill the physical car parts bit by bit.
Jenkins8
Member
There are 1700 pages of information in this thread about those very topics. Happy reading!
JRP3
Hyperactive Member
Got a present delivered today. Fully painted door jambs too.
That is what I am hoping for, that quarterly push to deliver.
seems like April is reserved for FSD
Almost same EDD as me, but ordered on 3/12... What area are you from?
Got the same build as you, except white interior
Thanks. I'm Texas. So maybe they are looking at me like an east coast delivery? Spoke to someone at Tesla who said that it was on transport for delivery.
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