Wiki Model S Delivery Update

[AnselmDante]

Right. I was referring to other manufacturers; I hope THEY get onboard quickly enough and start mass-producing & selling EVs (and deprecating fossil fuel-consuming ones) ASAP to make enough impact in time to avert an irreversible path toward a catastrophic future - mostly for next generations, since we're pretty f'ed either way for at least the next 30 years, according to the

 

[MarcG]

Shortly…within a day! Good luck!

Let’s hope so! My financing rate of 1.24% expires on Tuesday, so I really hope to have an MVPA by then. And thanks for the well-wishes!

 

[TheWalkingDad]

So, while I was out working for this week, I woke up yesterday morning and as I had EVERY SINGLE FREAKIN DAY for the past 6-1/2 months I got a cup of coffee and fastidiously checked my Tesla account. And GOOD LORD, I had a VIN. So within the hour I had got my financing through USAA (1.89% / 63 months), put the car on my insurance and emailed my SA. At the end of the day when I get into my hotel I talked to my SA and we set a pick up day of Sep 7th. Because of COURSE my EDD was a 5-day span EXACTLY in the middle of my 7-day work-week!! So I will take possession of the car in Dallas on the morning of 7 Sep, drop it off that afternoon for PPF and some other accoutrements to be installed, then pick up the car and ACTUALLY FREAKIN DRIVE IT and enjoy it on the 12th

Do they let you pay upon pickup? I'd be worried about paying and then finding out they gave the car to someone else or there were some serious problems wrong with the car... I was able to do this previously.

 

[lolachampcar]

A lot has revealed itself already. The software is crap in its current form. There are lots of things I like, but lots of things that simply don't work. I'm pretty sure the list of things I am supposed to have, but don't, is longer than the things I like that work.

Take it back!!

 

[ICUdoc30]

This fascinates me

LOL - maybe he isn't into music? Or fairly young?

Earlier in the week when his name was mentioned here, I thought matbe he was Bill's brother.

My life could not get a poop on what a celebrity does or does not think or have in their life.

Hahah. 37 years young. I grew up with Dr. Dre and Nirvana early 90’s

 

[AnselmDante]

Hahah. 37 years young. I grew up with Dr. Dre and Nirvana early 90’s

You were 10 years old. Give my generation's music back you thief.

 

[Bill Price]

Hahah. 37 years young. I grew up with Dr. Dre and Nirvana early 90’s

Yeah, I'd complain about that too.

 

[BobbyRitz]

Who knew there were Greeks in Maryland?

Not familiar with Greektown in Baltimore? Great restaurant there - Samos.

 

[ICUdoc30]

You were 10 years old. Give my generation's music back you thief.

Ha. Older brother set me up

 

[jebinc]

The magic 7-day window finally appears for one of my orders!

RN113953xxx ordered 9/22/2020 Plaid/red/blk/CF/19 EDD Sep 9-29
RN115453xxx ordered 8/8/2021 Plaid/red/blk/CF/19 EDD Sep 10-30
RN115507xxx ordered 8/17/2021 Plaid/msm/blk/wood/19 EDD Aug 24-31
RN115525xxx ordered 8/19/2021 Plaid/msm/blk/CF/19 EDD Sep 11-30

What does the latest @jebinc theorem say about how soon to expect a VIN?

@MarcG The jebinc algorithm (for Seattle area deliveries) would say VIN later today or tomorrow (because, depending how you count off, it's either a 7 or 8 day range!!) Let us know!

 

[lolachampcar]

But then when they are wrong, they need to own it, explain it to their customers, and at least make everyone feel as if there is a fair plan in place to deliver in the general order they were reserved. MANY people here are deservedly feeling like they have been forgotten about or slipped through the cracks. All it takes to fix this ill will is some communication.

Or not if they feel their product is good enough, their customer base disposable and they have better things to do with their time. It feels a bit like that to me.

 

[AnselmDante]

Not familiar with Greektown in Baltimore? Great restaurant there - Samos.

I grew up in Baltimore. Lived all over the place, from West Baltimore to Cockeysville. I still try to make it down to Little Italy for dinner when I visit.

 

[lolachampcar]

I’m just a May to now newbie here. Along for the ride. I’ve seen comments about a genius, computer nerds not business men, childlike, focused on the product at all costs vs service, focused on service in a not to make money off traditional service appointments like ICE, etc etc. It’s been said many times and I agree. They’re not just making it by on slim margins. Between the “minimilist“ interior, word of mouth marketing, cutting back on old incent to buy freebies, talentless and cheap SC staffing, increasing down payments and base price, I’ll bet the margins are very healthy.
It’s just an absolute head scratcher after almost 12 years, he hasn’t develop a qualified field management staff of a handful or less of executives for national oversight on everything from quality assurance, to customer service to SC responsiveness, training training training, quality and oversight. It’s really simple to do given their distribution model and SC limited set up. Could easily coordinate internal production and dovetail to external service experience. Wouldn’t cost a heck of a lot with the right management talent that hires and oversees the best hired and trained talent in the fields. It wouldn’t have to change how a consumer buys today or the 360 value prop and differentiation and separate experience Tesla wants for everyone and has in place already.
It’s a head scratcher is all. Almost seem purposeful they haven’t put this talent out there or service model out there yet to easily tighten this experience up on all customer fronts…and that just makes no sense. Eccentric or not.

Or perfect sense if you simply do not care about those things and would prefer to spend your resources on other tasks. Perhaps Elon is the living embodiment of the "I love my business if it were not for having to deal with customers".

 

[BobbyRitz]

I grew up in Baltimore. Lived all over the place, from West Baltimore to Cockeysville. I still try to make it down to Little Italy for dinner when I visit.

When were you in Baltimore last? Unfortunately the last 10 years have been difficult for the city.

 

[lolachampcar]

The magic 7-day window finally appears for one of my orders!

RN113953xxx ordered 9/22/2020 Plaid/red/blk/CF/19 EDD Sep 9-29
RN115453xxx ordered 8/8/2021 Plaid/red/blk/CF/19 EDD Sep 10-30
RN115507xxx ordered 8/17/2021 Plaid/msm/blk/wood/19 EDD Aug 24-31
RN115525xxx ordered 8/19/2021 Plaid/msm/blk/CF/19 EDD Sep 11-30

What does the latest @jebinc theorem say about how soon to expect a VIN?

No
Say it aint so
Stay with the RED!!

 

[lolachampcar]

Hahah. 37 years young. I grew up with Dr. Dre and Nirvana early 90’s

Grew up????
Wrong thread for that

 

[HFh]

Hey. I have a question for those of you who have picked up your new Ses.

I have three slots I use in my Homelink currently. One of the things that matters for convenience is the order in which they appear on the menu. In my current S I can’t move them around, and of course I don’t remember whether new additions appear at the bottom or the top. Anyone played around with this on the new S?

(what I really wish is that I could save all my settings in the cloud and download them, but that’s the future I guess)

 

[BobbyRitz]

Headed in the wrong direction. Slid three weeks:

Estimated Delivery: December 04 - December 24

 

[AnselmDante]

When were you in Baltimore last? Unfortunately the last 10 years have been difficult for the city.

I left there at the age of 20 in 1993. ALL of my family is there, so I usually go back once a year, And yes, I am well aware of how bad things have gotten. The population is decreasing and entire neighborhoods are being abandoned. Baltimore's heyday was back when Bethlehem Steel was king. It's been in a downhill slide ever since, which is why I never moved back.

 

[SgtPepper67]

I'll look for it.

I think you’re realizing you may have an issue with the camera view blocked by the yoke or more moving the view to the right. Especially based on this video at 17:20 minutes specifically. I know you’ve tried what he shows himself doing pretty easily moving the view with a flick.