As my rep immediately offered to let me test drive a refresh before my own specimen came in, my hope is that tester has the yoke. I get the feeling the offer to do the test drive is being extended to everyone who has a refresh on order.
-
Want to remove ads? Register an account and login to see fewer ads, and become a Supporting Member to remove almost all ads.
As my rep immediately offered to let me test drive a refresh before my own specimen came in, my hope is that tester has the yoke. I get the feeling the offer to do the test drive is being extended to everyone who has a refresh on order.
Jacopo
Member
When I called and asked for a test-drive, they told me that cars for the showrooms will come in later - the first models will go to the people who ordered. At the time (beginning of February) they estimated that the refreshed MS will be available for test-drives by mid-April.
aerodyne
2 of 3 EV's - Defect Free!
I was also told by a SA last month that showroom models come later, after preorders are delivered.
MarcG
Active Member
Old or refresh? Pretty easy to tell by looking at the chrome.. Or this is another worthless rumor post.
baldwin
Member
That is so wild. This would make sense if Tesla still had the 7 day no questions asked return policy, but I heard they ended that policy.
aerodyne
2 of 3 EV's - Defect Free!
For reasons mentioned above, see no reason to be a refresh early adopter, esp since my current car is fine and just sitting in the garage in a Covid induced stupor.
aerodyne
2 of 3 EV's - Defect Free!
Cleo-n-Company
Member
Tesla seems like such a luck of the draw - Elon should download Bonnie Raitt onto every hard-drive. (OK - there's your music-tinged comedic reference for the day.)Thanks for all this. I may have been just incredibly lucky.
I bought my S100D in Sep 2018. It was an “inventory” car with 8k miles on it, manufactured in late Feb 2018, so was one for the last S cars manufactured with MCU1 (I didn’t know squat about MCUs at time of purchase). The car had a a number of problems, likely because it had been driven very hard in test drives. Many months after purchase, Tesla replaced the front half-shafts and the air suspension, both of which had been updated since its manufacture and I got the newer (stronger) parts, no charge. Had a mobile service visit to replace the passenger side mirror which folded too far, touching the trim, and they replaced the trim at the same time. No charge. I had purchased FSD, so I was given the option of paying another $2.5k to update to MCU2 when they updated to AP3, and decided to go for it, because I was worried about lifetime of MCU1, and wanted the cool new features enabled by MCU2. I believe they recently lowered the MCU2 upgrade cost to $1k or so which is a bit of an annoyance but not huge.
I liked the car and service experience well enough, and my wife came around after being suspicious of the new high tech toy, and she decided she wanted a model 3 (she got sick of driving the Jeep). So we purchased an M3 AWD LR in Sep 2019, and it got delivered in about 3 weeks. It had some minor issues which were fixed easily and quickly. My wife noticed that her M3 always had a motor whine, mostly at 20-40mph, but said oh its fine, but I decided to ask them if they could fix it. They test drove it and volunteered to replace the sound sealer under the battery in the back seat. I didn’t think was the problem because it sounded to me like the sound was from the front, but ok its on their dime and it is a huge job the battery has to be completely pulled out. It took them at least a week, then they called and said we test drove it and it did not make enough of an improvement. We are gonna replace both of your front drive units, again free. Holy crap, another few days but then we picked it up and it is pretty much silent through all speeds. Wow.
So I have no clue how much of the difference between my experiences and yours can be attributed to timing, location of service centers, or just luck of the draw. I am actually considering trading in my S100D for a CT tri-motor long range, because that would give me a big bump to 500 mile range and latest technology, and the price I got quoted for my $100 reservation is quite “reasonable” for such a crazy high-tech beast. If I pull the trigger, I am hoping that the 2021 CT won’t have reliability/serviceability issues like your 2013 S.
My Tesla problem the last few years hasn't been so much the actual issues - it's how Tesla has handled -- or refused to handle the issues that have come up.
Regardless - am hoping your cars are the best of the bunch. My forum postings are never a matter of wishing ill on anybody else - except the money guys at Tesla itself.
Cleo-n-Company
Member
Please reference the Tesla dictionary.
The word "exception" has been purged from the current edition.
Meaning - take what they dish out.
I don't think I understand what you mean here. You always have the option of telling them that you aren't quite ready yet and need to take delivery a bit later.
LargeHamCollider
Battery cells != scalable
Cleo-n-Company
Member
Oh yes - you are correct - sorry if I mis-interpreted what you were suggesting...
I received the exact same email. I ordered 10/2020, confirmed refresh immediately and the refresh button exact same delivery window. Did you notice that your order was confirmed on 3/1/21? Also, it indicated to sign in to your account and finalize order.
My account has listed nothing different since January and the only thing my account is allowing me to do is cancel order or remove FSD.
I also noticed no credit for pre existing orders or prior FSD price they told me I would get.
My SA called today and indicated they had no new information.
I’m beginning to think the re tooling of factory was a disaster and they have no idea what’s going on.
My account has listed nothing different since January and the only thing my account is allowing me to do is cancel order or remove FSD.
I also noticed no credit for pre existing orders or prior FSD price they told me I would get.
My SA called today and indicated they had no new information.
I’m beginning to think the re tooling of factory was a disaster and they have no idea what’s going on.
I also received the same email today. I ordered 10/26/20 but the updated order agreement had today’s date 03/01/21. I called the SA today but didn’t catch the date on there, they reassured me at delivery the 8k FSD and also 2k off total order would be implemented even though there is no mention on the updated order agreement. He also said it “should be soon/not too long” before the Model S’s would come in.
Ribeyesteak
Member
I ordered Plaid back in October 2020. After seeing the "late 2021" I cancelled my order for the then-changed "Plaid +" and ordered a "Plaid." My order agreement says the date I ordered it which was 10 days ago and my time frame says "3-8 weeks from order placed date." For those with 2020 Plaid + orders, you have to wonder if you guys got shunted to the back of the line. LOL.
Similar threads
- Locked
