Wiki Model S Delivery Update

[Odebek]

Will post more tomorrow, just made it home from picking up at Fremont, and definitely makes for a fun road trip home after picking up .

Congrats Java! Can't wait to see the pics. Do you have a supercharger near you that you can use until your wiring gets fixed?

 

[Geowil]

Ordered my MS60D on Jul 13. Confirmed on the 20th, vin'ed on the following week sometime (I want to say the 27th or 28th). Been in queue since then but the MVPA showed an Aug 20th delivery date so maybe it will go in on Mon or Tues.

Initial delivery window was Late Aug to Early Sept.

 

[Cnasty]

What are you doing on this forum while in vacation. That too with a car sitting in service center, you have nothing to worry but enjoy the vacation and come back to receive the planet saving automobile.

It gets boring just sitting at a pool staring at over weight tourists in swimsuits. Gives me something to read to mix it up

 

[Carnage]

Based on my analysis of the spreadsheet, transit after production to Philly/Jersey/NY seems to be averaging around 2 - 3 weeks. Hope that helps.

I am at 2 weeks now so another week by those calculations, but I have a feeling when the Alliant guy said 8/26, he knows more info than I do! Hopefully not

 

[Carnage]

@Carnage don't sweat it, I ordered 2 days before you and my car is not scheduled to arrive in devon for at least another 2 weeks...

Damn man, sorry to hear that and I feel your pain!

It seems like the deliveries are taking longer now than they were before, I see some others that have been waiting longer than me (and you) as well.

 

[fallen888]

I am at 2 weeks now so another week by those calculations, but I have a feeling when the Alliant guy said 8/26, he knows more info than I do! Hopefully not

I would just contact your DS and ask for the ETA.

 

[Carnage]

I would just contact your DS and ask for the ETA.

I have (up until I studied the spread sheet yesterday I thought I was being too much of a bother), but now that I see how unusually long mine is taking, I no longer care!
Here is what he wrote 8 DAYS AGO:

You are not a bother at all! I wish I could move things faster but the Model S is on the train and making its way to the rail yard in Birmingham. We use the trains because of their reliability and for the increased protection for the vehicles. What this means is that we will see cars arriving looking great and will be released for delivery by the service team much quicker. The trip does take a few weeks to complete. Once it arrives in the yard, they’ll unload it and set it up on a transporter for the last leg. Once the car arrives, we should be able to turn it around within 48 hours. I expect the delivery to take place late this month.

 

[javawolfpack]

Congrats Java! Can't wait to see the pics. Do you have a supercharger near you that you can use until your wiring gets fixed?

Closest SC is in Corning, CA (~28miles away); however, totally considering going up to max out my charge and then can just daily drive charge off the wall charger until it gets fixed as can get ~40+ miles range overnight from the wall charger... and I'll be lucky if I'm doing 20 miles daily. Honestly, will likely result in me being fully charged by the end of the week even if I don't go find a charger but still frustrating.

Photos & discussion of my experience are on a thread dedicated to that here: Owners delivery stories, photos and first impressions

 

[Hazelwood]

I have (up until I studied the spread sheet yesterday I thought I was being too much of a bother), but now that I see how unusually long mine is taking, I no longer care!
Here is what he wrote 8 DAYS AGO:

You are not a bother at all! I wish I could move things faster but the Model S is on the train and making its way to the rail yard in Birmingham. We use the trains because of their reliability and for the increased protection for the vehicles. What this means is that we will see cars arriving looking great and will be released for delivery by the service team much quicker. The trip does take a few weeks to complete. Once it arrives in the yard, they’ll unload it and set it up on a transporter for the last leg. Once the car arrives, we should be able to turn it around within 48 hours. I expect the delivery to take place late this month.

The truck vs train statement is logical. The cars on trucks are on an open trailer, exposed to the elements. Cars transported in train cars are enclosed. Again doesn't make the wait any more bearable.

 

[ArtInCT]

The truck vs train statement is logical. The cars on trucks are on an open trailer, exposed to the elements. Cars transported in train cars are enclosed. Again doesn't make the wait any more bearable.

This is not 100% true, I have seen many Tesla deliveries to Connecticut in totally enclosed trailers. Perhaps the long haul to the east coast warrants such treatment, or the truckers do not want to come back East with an empty trailer.

 

[Hazelwood]

This is not 100% true, I have seen many Tesla deliveries to Connecticut in totally enclosed trailers. Perhaps the long haul to the east coast warrants such treatment, or the truckers do not want to come back East with an empty trailer.

Good point. I guess I only see the open trailer ones.

 

[Chopr147]

My S is sitting in the SC waiting for me to come save it from being poked and prodded. Thing is now if I get a call Monday I will have to put it off until Thursday. Only a few days but I want my car NOW!

 

[javawolfpack]

My S is sitting in the SC waiting for me to come save it from being poked and prodded. Thing is now if I get a call Monday I will have to put it off until Thursday. Only a few days but I want my car NOW!

So didn't expect it but I'm now freaking out that I leave finger prints every time I open/close the car... the paint/handles are so glossy/shiny that you can see every smudge.

 

[Chopr147]

Great! Can't we just get the doors to open/close itself like the X? Having to hand-open a door is so yesterday

 

[fsubrett48]

So didn't expect it but I'm now freaking out that I leave finger prints every time I open/close the car... the paint/handles are so glossy/shiny that you can see every smudge.

I don't recall if i saw this on this forum or tesla's own forum, but these seem to fix that issue according to what people say and they look like they aren't too much of a chore to install.

RPM Tesla

 

[bonaire]

This is not 100% true, I have seen many Tesla deliveries to Connecticut in totally enclosed trailers. Perhaps the long haul to the east coast warrants such treatment, or the truckers do not want to come back East with an empty trailer.

I would bet that the dozen or so classic-look P90DL they shipped to Philly before the end of Q2 were sent by truck and in fact, are still there on ev-cpo.com not being delivered to anyone. Those are Vin #s in series 136xxx. Trucks from Alabama to Philadelphia still are going to log 850+ road miles but I wonder why they ship to MA and NY areas directly by truck from Fremont and have stopped shipping some cars to Philly by truck? Saving the few hundred dollars really worth customer wait-times being extended 2-weeks or more?

Trucks are scheduled and take cars east from CA and then take cars from eastern ports (Baltimore to the west) from other carmakers. They do not drive Sest "empty" but schedule based on load requests.

 

[ArtInCT]

I would bet that the dozen or so classic-look P90DL they shipped to Philly before the end of Q2 were sent by truck and in fact, are still there on ev-cpo.com not being delivered to anyone. Those are Vin #s in series 136xxx. Trucks from Alabama to Philadelphia still are going to log 850+ road miles but I wonder why they ship to MA and NY areas directly by truck from Fremont and have stopped shipping some cars to Philly by truck? Saving the few hundred dollars really worth customer wait-times being extended 2-weeks or more?

Trucks are scheduled and take cars east from CA and then take cars from eastern ports (Baltimore to the west) from other carmakers. They do not drive Sest "empty" but schedule based on load requests.

Very good questions... I do not know the answers to them. However I will speculate that Tesla does at times "batch build" according to final destination in order to help their logistics teams. I was aware of this when early in each quarter most production was for Europe, Asia/Pacific. Tesla appears to have done this in order to insure that the revenue from these builds would "book" in that quarter. This would allow for transit times to those remote destinations.

I used to glean this information from our TMC order spreadsheets... (I hope you all are entering your data in them)???

Regarding Philly.... on the East Coast in Newark / Elizabeth NJ area there is a railhead and major RORO port for cars coming from Europe and the Pacific.
From what I have understood, a train coming from Fremont is broken in Chicago and certain train cars carry on to Elizabeth and other cars go to a southern destination (it skips my mind now) Alpharetta GA? Also Chicago is a major unload point with trucks picking up there and making deliveries to Cleveland, Toronto, etc. I never understood the route(s) to Texas....

 

[Carnage]

From what I have understood, a train coming from Fremont is broken in Chicago .[/QUOTE]

is broke down now? how do you know? Just curious, but this would explain the delay with my car.

 

[democappy]

I switched from "In Transit" to "Production Complete" over the weekend. I am now a couple days into my August 13th-August 20th delivery estimate. I assume that means my car is at the SC, but no final MVPA yet. I am hoping I get contacted to schedule my pick-up appointment today.

 

[democappy]

I switched from "In Transit" to "Production Complete" over the weekend. I am now a couple days into my August 13th-August 20th delivery estimate. I assume that means my car is at the SC, but no final MVPA yet. I am hoping I get contacted to schedule my pick-up appointment today.

My assumptions were correct. My delivery orientation specialist reached out this morning and I have a Wednesday afternoon appointment to pick up my car. I get to finally leave this thread!

Ordered June 18th and picking up August 17th. Almost exactly 2 months for an east coast delivery even with the production delay I faced. I am still assuming the obeche matte accents delayed me a few weeks, but of course I do not know that for certain. All in all I am fairly happy with the process.