I haven't been following this thread for a few weeks, but thought I should finally put up the final post in my saga.
So why the @Tigers quote? 'Cause my story is quite similar.
I'm going to leave out a lot of stuff to shorten it, so keeping that in mind....
We'll enter the story at mid way through. Tesla had moved my EDD all the way from Jan-Feb 2022 to Sep 27-30. I had placed the order when I did, as I wanted the Jan-Feb timeline for delivery. I wasn't ready to accept delivery that early.
Since I couldn't get anyone on the phone, I drove 135 miles to the nearest Tesla location. Talked to an SA, explaining that I didn't want to take delivery yet. He said, "No problem. Just tell me what the earliest date is that you could accept delivery, and I'll put it in the "Do Not Match Before This Date" field. I told him no earlier than Dec 15.
Fast forward to November 15. I get a call from a number I don't recognize. I was shocked by the voicemail... it was Tesla! Calling me?!?!? Telephone tag turned into text messages. The long and the short of it: We have your car, you must take delivery of it or we will cancel your order. No option to postpone it.
We've all read about guys being able to push their orders further into the future, but I wasn't given that option.
But before we take this to mean that they've changed their policy about such things, one thing to remember... my car had walnut interior trim. For those that don't know, that is no longer an option. Here's what I think happened.... they continued to honor orders for walnut interior trim up to a certain production date. After that date, they would no longer produce any cars with walnut trim. So they made my car on that last date, and offered it to me, even though it was exactly one month before the "Do Not Match Before Date" field. No option to push the order off as they would no longer make walnut interiors.
I did ask why I wasn't given the option to push the order date, but Tesla went radio silent at that point. So the above is not fact, but my opinion on what happened.
So my order has been cancelled. I'll still be ordering a Plaid at some point, but for now I'll be watching from the fence. And I won't make the mistake of ordering before I have all the logistics lined up on my end.
Ah well... I must admit, I do still enjoy my turtle car.
