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Model S Delivery Update

Discussion in 'Model S: Ordering, Production, Delivery' started by joefee, Jul 27, 2012.

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  1. jaguar36

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    That'd be true if we were talking about the 3/Y. The S has no competitors, those cars aren't in the same league as the S. The only one that comes close is the Taycan/Audi GT and as I mentioned they aren't in the same class either. I test drove the Taycan last year and its far more of a sports car than the family sedan of the S. The back seat and trunk are tiny compared to the S and you need to pay close to double to get the same kind of straight line performance. The handling of the Taycan though is in a whole different league compared to the S.
     
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  2. Cleo-n-Company

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    My 8 year old is reading Aesop's fables during some Zoom sessions. If he better understood Tesla - I could use the boy who cried wolf analogy to great effect.

    Given that - especially since you sound pretty pragmatic - how to believe anything that comes out of Elon's mouth these days ?
     
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  3. Cleo-n-Company

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    You're right... the S doesn't have direct competitors.

    But I own one. Elon botched my M3 order, which I then cancelled out of frustration.

    I'm holding on to the S for now - but will happily consider a Mach-E or ID 4 when things get ironed out. Volvo C40 and Nissan Ariya are also just around the corner.

    Am just hoping the S doesn't implode in the next few months.
     
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    you must be referring to my previous thread LMAO

    Unhappy with FSD sales and pricing
     
  5. Tigers

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    I'm with you on this. I'm giving them until EOD Monday to say anything. That's more than fair. If I don't hear *sugar* by then, I'm cancelling, buying a gently used ICE car and then waiting until Lucid and Rivian are out and buying one of those depending on the reviews/availability. This crap is old. Also, I do miss real blind spot monitoring...
     
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    Three types of people on this one:
    1) Patient and wait it out
    2) Bitch and do nothing with the order
    3) Cancel order

    I am still too excited about the prospect of owning our first Teslas (X and S on order). Therefore, I am flopping back and forth between stage 1 and 2. Not to stage 3 yet.
     
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  7. Ribeyesteak

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    I'm actually checking here instead of my order for updates. Haha. I am waiting to hear back from a manager at a factory to see if they know anything more than these zombies at the stores.
     
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  8. Tigers

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    Let us know! I emailed my SA this morning, haven't heard back, but will post anything if even nothing, when I do.
     
  9. Ribeyesteak

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    Will do. My business associate has a client who is the manager at a factory and allegedly gets a fleet of new cars for their team... so if anything, they should have real information.
     
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    Oops - yep I forgot about Lucid.

    My only challenge with those guys -- assuming the car is legit -- the launch model is going to be Plaid territory pricing I think ? I can only handle something more in "base" car territory.
     
  12. Tigers

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    #21912 Tigers, Mar 4, 2021 at 10:59 AM
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    Rivian has two 400 mile range vehicles by Q1 2022. Lucid has one supposedly by Q1 2022 as well.

    Hilariously, sounds like both have been delayed 6-9 months, so it's not like they are perfect, but at least they announced it lol.
     
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    Maybe the first refreshed S's will be rolling off the line by then - :eek:
     
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    Patiently waiting and bitching about it also. That’s just me. I get aggravated when a delivery from Amazon is supposed to be delivered at noon and I have to wait 3 hours.

    not looking to Elon for order info but isn’t
    There someone in charge of auto production and delivery that can make a statement for the company. I don’t expect an event like an Apple announcement. But
    Someone should be able to say when they will begin delivering the new S.

    it is simply the courteous thing to do for your customers.
     
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    I'd say a good thing is that there won't be many Plaids to produce... so once they get started, I'm sure they will pump them all out relatively quickly (if it was pre ordered). Long range will be more but who knows...
     
  16. Tigers

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    And they aren't selling any X's, so the line will be dedicated solely to Model S. I realize demand should be up, but we are still talking about 10,000 or so total cars they need to make. Certainly, 5,000 or so of those can be made and shipped in the next 3 weeks.

    Maybe I'm giving them too much credit, but for those of us with "March" as the timeline, you'd have to think they reasonably expect at this point that is a real possibility. I mean, they've updated the timelines on the website to say 4-11 weeks (it has changed a couple of times) no reason they couldn't do the same for delivery dates.
     
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    Brothers and sisters, let us suffer through this together and draw strength from it.
     
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    The problem is, the SAs don't seem to know more than we do, sometimes less. Tesla doesn't even tell its own employees what's up.

    I need a new car. I can wait a few more weeks, lose a few bucks as finance rates go back up, and will try and be patient.. But if this silence continues through the end of March and it looks like it's rolling into June? Nah. And I'll gladly bitch, because maybe I'm a little weird that I expect SOMETHING from a company I'm buying a $97,000 product from. Apparently in Tesla world, that's "acting entitled".
     
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    I don't want to be anyone's Debbie Downer - but my M3 order placed Summer 2020 went from a 4 week expected delivery to 8 weeks to 12 weeks... to a cancelled order.

    I was mystified why there were such delays. We were talking a mid-range 3 white exterior and leather interior. The story which I got over and over was that Euro orders were first in line to be fulfilled.

    So... if the timeline was so flimsy with 3's that had been in production for 2 years + ... how can anyone trust anything with what is in essence a new model ?
     
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    So peak production is ~2000 S/X per week, so assume they are running at half capacity with the new model, so still maybe 4-5K cars this month.
     
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