padgettsj
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Not trying to be agitator, but has anyone here ever ordered a car new from another domestic brand? I'd say Tesla does an okay job compared to a lot of others. A coworker ordered a Challenger hellcat and once the order was in, they couldn't even nail down a month it would come, much less a week. They basically told him to go away until they called him telling him the car was built and shipped.
Yes, Tesla operates with almost entirely a made to order business, but still, I think they do okay. I knew there was uncertainty in timeframes when I gave them my money, so I made arrangements to be without a car for a couple months if they pushed out delivery dates. If I get the car before the end of the year, I'll count my self lucky and move on.
Would I appreciate a bit more info when ordering a $50k car, you bet. Am I going to hammer them for pushing a few weeks, nah. I'm more concerned about getting a quality vehicle when it arrives. Cheers.
In 2002, I ordered a 2003 Jeep Wrangler with a delivery date of 7/2003 with down payment of $2k. I was over seas at the time and wanted a vehicle waiting for me at the dealership when I landed in the US almost a year later. My intentions were to catch a cab to the dealership, pay for it in full, and head out. daimler-chrysler, only told me it wasn't at the dealership and kept me in the dark up to landing in the US. Dealership didn't know when it was coming in and they had no projected date for delivery, other than "soon." Delivery happened a month and a half later.
My experience with Tesla is different because I could have went to any dealership and picked up a TJ with nearly the same configuration the day I landed, but I would have lost a portion of my deposit. I decided to wait for the Jeep only after I got the discount of $1.5k. I was exceptionally pissed off with the Jeep experience at the time. I ordered the Tesla 10/9 and I am aware I can't get one anywhere else. Communication is perhaps a bit better with Tesla, probably just because of emailing directly with the a rep. They don't seem to know any more or less than my Jeep rep did.
I still have my Jeep