Very true. It is definitely a one way street when ordering a Tesla; but it's a street we don't have to take. And yet here we are, waiting and rearranging our lives to maneuver around Tesla. Hoop after hoop. Tesla does this because they can (but, also, not because they want to; they're still young/inexperienced and stupid(?), after all).
But they’re not young and inexperienced. Far from it. The CS staff may be, but the people making the decisions are seasoned adults. They know a lot more about what Tesla is doing and going to do than anyone. We just get inconsistent gibberish from low end advisors.
It’s very hard to take (what may be) 3 months of your life and dance around Tesla and it’s time frames.
I ordered a car on 10/1. Tesla had it available, and I was told on 10/4 to pick it up on 10/8 or 10/9. I couldn’t make those dates. I will give Tesla the credit for offering a delivery to my home the night of 10/9. But, given potential issues with panels not fitting and possible bad paint, I didn’t want to take delivery at night that way. I don’t even have streetlights where I live. Was I to crawl around the car with a flashlight?
I asked Tesla about the 12th. They said it was the 9th or never.
I had to “forfeit” the car. I figured it was 2 or 2-3 weeks to get another (thats what reps were saying - the website too) - so I reordered on 10/11. Now I have been told the last 3 weeks in December. In California, that means probably x-mas time in a total zoo of pick ups. I cant pick anything up much beyond the 26th or 27th of December, so I could wait until March - who knows? Backlog keeps growing, lots of us have lives to live - and can’t jump around a dime for Tesla.
People wonder why I act frustrated in my posts. Well, that’s why. I unloaded my car a while back because I
really thought I would get a car relatively soon. Now I have no idea of when or even if it will come by the end of year. Tesla is as tight lipped with reality as the CIA.
We don’t know anything but to sit, wait, and hope we can rearrange everything to pick up our cars in a two day window. We are, at best looking at freakish delivery conditions - 10 minute appointments has been quoted somewhere. We are NOT early adopters and Tesla should know that. What - dress up in costumes and get delivery based on who looks weirdest on delivery day? C’mon Tesla! Get real.
