Model 3 - LR AWD Waiting Room

[Mwhusa]

Talked to my SA today and he confirmed I have ‘premium’ lights on my car which is not matrix lights. My VIN is 266 with a build date of 5/19 so the headlights are still an issue. I thought it had gone away . If you have a VIN and check with the SA and are told “You have Premium lights”, your out of luck.

 

[kevz]

OD 3/6
260 vin assigned this morning with 5/26-29 pick up in Fremont. I’m in central California.

Very nice! I'll be picking up in Sunnyvale when the time comes. My OD is a month after yours.

 

[JB47394]

My main concern is how much does that safety rating really swing, and do you have to drive like an angel to keep it at or above the 90 it quotes at? I’d say I’m a safe driver more often than not, not I plan to get AB and like to get on it sometimes when there’s space.

It's an algorithm, not a measure of how safely you drive.

Mostly you want to avoid tail gating, hard stops and hard turns. So just don't drive like the cliche BMW driver - and don't allow traffic around you to make it look like you do.

There's a really weird thing to be aware of. The safety score has an unsafe following score. It is a measurement of the ratio of time spent safely following versus the time spend not safely following. A safe following distance is between 1 and 3 seconds back. No more, no less. Unsafe following distance is less than 1 second, which qualifies as tailgating. The weird part is that if you always follow at 4 seconds back, you don't accumulate safe following time. Well, when somebody pulls in front of you in traffic and is less than 1 second ahead of you, you accumulate unsafe following time. If that's the only information Tesla has, they will say that you always follow at unsafe distances. So, spend some time following cars 2 seconds back to convince the car that you know how to follow.

It's an algorithm, not a measure of how safely you drive.

I wasn't aware of how the algorithm worked, and I was able to get a 94. By being aware of the algorithm's behavior I should be able to approach 100 - with the caveat that traffic will always introduce unsafe following time, and I'd take a hit for any aggressive moves required by defensive driving. Being below 90 really is a sign that you need to reconsider how you drive and/or you drive in a pretty dangerous environment. I can't imagine anyone driving on the DC beltway and keeping a high score.

 

[JB47394]

Was never assigned an SA.

When you ordered your car, you should have received a text message on your phone that welcomed you to "the Tesla family". You can reply to that message to reach your service advisor. You can also call their customer support line at 888-518-3752 to speak with a "generic" SA about any questions you might have. I always relied on texting because it gave my SA as much time as they needed to answer my question or address my concern without me sitting on the phone with them.

 

[Mohammadm]

I have just checked with my SA and he confirmed that my car has the matrix headlights

 

[Teleezen]

Tonight got an amazing and yet depressing text.
After receiving my Vin 2 weeks ago I finally got the:
"Your model 3 is ready to schedule delivery"

Go on to schedule delivery and it's not for almost 2 weeks, June 4th. Got so excited and then so let down.

Almost 4 weeks from VIN to delivery, still excited regardless!

hey, at least you have a date locked in lol

 

[Teleezen]

117 days and still no delivery

right behind you-115 days and no car as far as the eye can see

 

[HelloTak]

Went from 6/1 - 6/29 to OCTOBER 2022 - JANUARY 2023 WHAT THE ****

 

[Not That M3]

Went from 6/1 - 6/29 to OCTOBER 2022 - JANUARY 2023 WHAT THE ****

I've seen that then it corrects itself. Hopefully the case here.

 

[toady911]

Went from 6/1 - 6/29 to OCTOBER 2022 - JANUARY 2023 WHAT THE ****

Yikes!! What's your build details?

 

[Mohammadm]

Went from 6/1 - 6/29 to OCTOBER 2022 - JANUARY 2023 WHAT THE ****

WHAT?!

 

[HelloTak]

Yikes!! What's your build details?

M3LR White/Black 18" no FSD

Very basic...

 

[windjammer99]

Talked to my SA today and he confirmed I have ‘premium’ lights on my car which is not matrix lights. My VIN is 266 with a build date of 5/19 so the headlights are still an issue. I thought it had gone away . If you have a VIN and check with the SA and are told “You have Premium lights”, your out of luck.

Shouldn't be called premium without the projectors everyone wants on their headlights. If you get what I mean. Joke.

 

[Lukeb5301]

hey, at least you have a date locked in lol

Yah I suppose shouldn't complain

 

[SkunkApe]

I have just checked with my SA and he confirmed that my car has the matrix headlights

For the hell of it, I confirmed with another SA.... (I thought I didn't care what headlights were on there, but now I do lol), and he checked and re-confirmed that my car does have the "new updated headlights" as he put it. So looks like any VIN with 257xxx might the matrix lights?

 

[E90alex]

For the hell of it, I confirmed with another SA.... (I thought I didn't care what headlights were on there, but now I do lol), and he checked and re-confirmed that my car does have the "new updated headlights" as he put it. So looks like any VIN with 257xxx might have them?

It seems from reports I’ve seen the changeover happened around 259xxx up to 266xxx so far.

 

[OreoLR3]

I have just checked with my SA and he confirmed that my car has the matrix headlights

Which VIN range ?

 

[JustJenn]

M3LR White/Black 18" no FSD

Very basic...

Is it because of the color? I thought white is the most ordered.

 

[OreoLR3]

It seems from reports I’ve seen the changeover happened around 259xxx up to 266xxx so far.

Even then it seems like it’s almost 50/50 between there. Lots of cares in that range with the new lights too.

 

[tapau]

Another day, another EDD (+1) here in FL. I think I'm going to join twitter just to tweet Elon and find out what up w/the charge port ECU.