Wiki Model S Delivery Update

[EndlessPlaid]

That does line up with the flyovers -- most of the cars we've been seeing looked like LR because there were no red calipers.

That's exactly what I was thinking. It's very possible that some, maybe not all, 'LRs' that we saw were actually Plaids.

 

[rpan25]

I just noticed that selecting white interior for LR does not have the message about August delays. That seems to be only for Plaid. Seems to suggest Plaid seats are indeed different in some meaningful way from the LR.

 

[EndlessPlaid]

Check it a day later- they will change something else...my plaid plus still is preparing me for delivery... don’t believe anything till comes out of Elon’s mouth or Twitter account lol

Heck yeah brother!

 

[BPeter]

I just noticed that selecting white interior for LR does not have the message about August delays. That seems to be only for Plaid. Seems to suggest Plaid seats are indeed different in some meaningful way from the LR.

LR are after August regardless of interior

 

[SteveinATX]

Or the extra acceleration could have you hit that drunk driver harder.

At least he’ll get blamed for it!

 

[EVonly]

My Account shows still the same plaid with red caliper but homepage shows no caliper and tempest 19” wheel option added. I want the red calipers as my car is red.

Removing red calipers from the Plaid seems inexplicable. Tesla has always differentiated their performance cars with red calipers, and they already find themselves in a position where the visual differentiation between the LR and Plaid is almost nonexistent. If this is really accurate, the only visual difference between a LR and Plaid will be the carbon fiber boot spoiler, black piping on the seats and ventilation on the front seat side bolsters. The cost savings would be minuscule, and there is really no good reason to remove one of the most recognizable differentiators on a car that is $40k more expensive.

I strongly believe that the webmasters must have screwed something up on this. It’s a pretty easy and inexpensive fix for those that want painted calipers, but it seems crazy that someone spending a minimum of $120k on a car would have to then take their car to get modified. I think this is a major misstep if it in fact becomes our reality, but Tesla has done crazier things. We will all find out soon enough. (2 days, 23 hours and counting)

 

[1020hp]

Removing red calipers from the Plaid seems inexplicable. Tesla has always differentiated their performance cars with red calipers, and they already find themselves in a position where the visual differentiation between the LR and Plaid is almost nonexistent. If this is really accurate, the only visual difference between a LR and Plaid will be the carbon fiber boot spoiler, black piping on the seats and ventilation on the front seat side bolsters. The cost savings would be minuscule, and there is really no good reason to remove one of the most recognizable differentiators on a car that is $40k more expensive.

I strongly believe that the webmasters must have screwed something up on this. It’s a pretty easy and inexpensive fix for those that want painted calipers, but it seems crazy that someone spending a minimum of $120k on a car would have to then take their car to get modified. I think this is a major misstep if it in fact becomes our reality, but Tesla has done crazier things. We will all find out soon enough. (2 days, 23 hours and counting)

Many Cars are ready in lot of deliveries. You really think last minute they would change out calipers . It doesn’t cost much to have that done. Why would they piss off their higher margin customer?

 

[sirjaph]

Lol if I was the Tesla intern tasked with logging defects on the Account/order pages, I wouldn’t bother looking at the account page. I’d simply refresh this thread and copy + paste. Folks on here are impressively observant.

 

[EVonly]

Many Cars are ready in lot of deliveries. You really think last minute they would change out calipers . It doesn’t cost much to have that done. Why would they piss off their higher margin customer?

I never said anything about expecting them to change out calipers on existing cars. Not sure how you got that from what I said above.

 

[EndlessPlaid]

Many Cars are ready in lot of deliveries. You really think last minute they would change out calipers . It doesn’t cost much to have that done. Why would they piss off their higher margin customer?

We will have to see if this is legit in the next few days. But if this is in fact real, and not a massive screwup by a drunk/hungover webmaster, I could see Tesla's potential reasoning: "Plaid already has the carbon spoiler, and the badge, and it saves a few cents per car on the production line." Not completely untrue reasoning, but a bummer nonetheless.

 

[RMG007]

Why would they piss off their higher margin customer?

 

[baldwin]

With all of these changes, I would not be surprised if somehow LR and Plaid deliveries get mixed up. Plaids going to LR and LRs to Plaid. Maybe a few Plaid+'s and Roadsters thrown in for good measure.

 

[EndlessPlaid]

With all of these changes, I would not be surprised if somehow LR and Plaid deliveries get mixed up. Plaids going to LR and LRs to Plaid. Maybe a few Plaid+'s and Roadsters thrown in for good measure.

Dude, that's next level funny right there!

 

[1020hp]

I never said anything about expecting them to change out calipers on existing cars. Not sure how you got that from what I said above.

I was agreeing with you actually that they won’t change calipers ( new or old orders). It just doesn’t make sense to me.

 

[Str8down]

The pic in my account changed too.

 

[EVonly]

I was agreeing with you actually that they won’t change calipers ( new or old orders). It just doesn’t make sense to me.

@2021plaid I could see Tesla's potential reasoning: "Plaid already has the carbon spoiler, and the badge, and it saves a few cents per car on the production line." Not completely untrue reasoning, but a bummer nonetheless.

The Plaid is Tesla’s low volume flagship car until the roadster arrives. There is no way to rationalize painting the calipers on hundreds of thousands of Model 3/Y Performance cars and then trying to save a few dollars on the Plaid. You save money by reducing costs on high volume vehicles, not stripping the limited production flagship vehicle of its differentiation.

 

[EndlessPlaid]

@2021plaid
I could see Tesla's potential reasoning: "Plaid already has the carbon spoiler, and the badge, and it saves a few cents per car on the production line." Not completely untrue reasoning, but a bummer nonetheless.

The Plaid is Tesla’s low volume flagship car until the roadster arrives. There is no way to rationalize painting the calipers on hundreds of thousands of Model 3/Y Performance cars and then trying to save a few dollars on the Plaid. You save money by reducing costs on high volume vehicles, not stripping the flagship vehicle of its differentiation.

So what do you think it may be? Just a horrible imaging mistake? I'm totally stumped by this one.

 

[gsxdsm]

My account page now shows red calipers and lighter rims again. (Headlight detail also missing)

 

[LiveSai]

So what do you think it may be? Just a horrible imaging mistake? I'm totally stumped by this one.

I haven't seen any Model S in the lot with red calipers only the prototypes that were in the wild. If it was an imaging mistake that's a lot of images being mistaken even the model x has the same mistakes.

 

[lbowroom]

I have a Stealth Performance 3. My account page shows it with 18’s. In car I switched it to the Zero G wheels which I have. The in car image is rendered with red calipers even though my car doesn’t have them. So yes, I can believe Tesla made an image mistake.