I felt similarly to you with range anxiety as this is also my first Tesla, so I switched the battery %age to miles to empty instead. That way I can visually see how many miles to an empty battery (of course not entirely accurate).
Honestly, I've personally not had super great experiences with my purchase process on either car, though different issues each time. It has some aspects better and some worse than dealerships in my experience but I also have a few great local dealerships I have used in the past.So Tesla kept asking for me to submit paperwork for my trade-in for the car that doesn't even exist yet. I bring it today after work, they tell me they can't transfer the title this way even though I showed them an email from their corporate trade in person telling me to do exactly this. (My father died recently and the title is half in his name)They immediately delete the trade in from the app without telling me and immediately tell me they can't do anything for the problem they created by directing me to do it LOL
Then I said why are you even scheduling deliveries with no car or VIN? You barely have any cars ready to go out here as well, blank stare, doesn't care. Tells me a ton are coming in Sat for Sun, great
I tell him you do realize I have an official email from your company directing me to do this, I could literally sue. Offers me a mobile charger for my troubles and delays.
I don't see how you Tesla guys do this BS, this is by far the messiest, worst purchasing experience I have ever seen in my life.
This will be maybe my first, definitely last Tesla ever. Good luck everyone, you might need it.View attachment 1060168
I seriously considered flying out to ca and driving 3000 miles back with my car given the level of aggravation I was having with the East Coast delays. If it wouldn't have cost me thousands of dollars extra on the car itself I probably would have done it.
Lol, you make my feel better about effectively spending $4k on 1 month of full self drive with the MYP we got for my wife in November, only to have the price drop by $4000 1 month after our 3 month free would have been over. (Not that I was actually feeling bad about it at all, but I can understand your feelings.)Hi guys, how’s everybody doing?
So they pushed me out till the end of Augustthe other day … So I figured I had to do something. I searched and searched for any demo vehicle that I Could possibly score a vin# on And like I’ve posted recently found one, but they would not sell it to me only lease it….
So I look in my area one last time before bed And still nothing…. Woke up in the middle of the night all sporadic like out of a nightmare yet wasn’t dreaming
And of course, like most days and nights grab my phone instantly and check inventory to find if one was available well guess what another blue one showed up that wasn’t there literally hours ago…. what do you know it’s a blue performance with white interior 40 minutes away from me and the best part said available for immediate pick up…. Are you kidding me I couldn’t go back to sleep…
But I requested a callback which by the way, I’ve had three cars with a callback request and nothing….
But not this time I got a call a few hours later in the morning
From Tesla telling me they can switch my order to this car. I asked well. When would I get my van said check your app now and behold a Vin number was showing with my new Blue performance now The best part is I was told the car isn’t a demo it’s brand new and because of my January 10 order she told me she was giving me $1000 off the blue paint
And I got an appointment tomorrow to pick it up… I am crazy excited…
We all been waiting so long to receive our car and I just want to thank everybody lately that has gotten me through this process It’s been a long bumpy road so now it’s time to put on auto pilot and take a nap..lol
,,you guys know who you are all my (thumbs up) peeps
I truly appreciate it
Thank you
CANT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!
I’ve never been so excited and happy to lose $7500 but at this point I don’t even care
I hope it’s going to be so worth it
Hey, may I suggest you switch to the miles estimate by tapping on the percentage for a while until you are used to the car.
Update: VIN is in the app. Did not get a text yet
That batch is going to 4/23 orders. I have a vin from that batch already.
In November it took over 4 hours at Tesla to get my wife's MYP. Really hoping it's smoother this time.
Awesome! There really is no clear pattern with this stuff. I ordered sg/white on 5/22 and have no VIN, but a July 2-30 EDD.
For me, every task was done in the app, no trade-in, and I paid the down with the Plaid app, so there were no hiccups.
Once you drive for a while, you'll realize that you really don't need to worry about your range. Road trips might take a little extra consideration, but the car handles most of the planning for you and you can modify the plan by manually adding chargers to the trip if you want to break up your stops. Keep in mind that the car's battery carries about the energy of 3-4 gallons of gas, so anything that lowers your efficiency will more drastically change your range. This also means you can change certain factors. For example, if I'm going to my parents about 2.25 hours away, I can take the highway the full stretch going 70-75 and get there with 38% or I can add 15 minutes, take a more scenic route off the highway for the back half of the trip going 50-65, and get there with 48%.
Yes, we all got it. It was stance they took a while a go, so nothing new or anything of concern.
Yeah, in hoping I had an exception last time. I had a simple trade in but the big issue was I picked up just outside of NYC and Tesla's had just been approved for livery the week prior so as near as I could figure, every cabby in NYC was there to get a Tesla.
