Just thought I'd add another data point...
M3P, Midnight Silver Metallic, Black Interior, No FSD
Location: Memphis, TN
OD: 3-5-22 (Original estimate of April)
EDD 1: 5-9-22 to 6-6-22 (Immediately after ordering)
EDD 2: 5-29-22 to 7-3-22 (Updated today, 4-20-22)
I can understand the eagerness and frustration of everyone on this thread, especially lately with the recent pushbacks, because I'm in the same boat. I'm not saying that Tesla couldn't do a better job of handling delivery date estimates and communicating with customers, but things could definitely be worse...
Back in 2016 when I purchased the car that this M3P will be replacing, a Ford Focus RS, I had to wait
7 months from the date when I placed my order and put down a (much larger than $250) non-refundable deposit until the date when I actually received my car. For a good portion of that time, there were
absolutely no updates at all from anyone on when (or if) I'd actually get my car. The car was ordered in February and wasn't delivered until September. I was starting to wonder whether I'd be getting a new 2016 model car in the year 2017. At one point about a month before I actually ended up getting that car, I did finally manage to get my VIN and was able to access to a shipping manifest system that allowed me to identify the cargo ship that would be transporting it from the factory (in Germany) to the US. I tracked that ship obsessively for weeks. Once it docked at its first US port though, it was back to radio silence until the random fateful day a month later that I got a phone call that my car had arrived. It did eventually show up though, as I'm sure my M3P will one day...
Hang in there everyone...