I would take the above with a pinch of salt TBH mate, as i dont actually believe that tesla delivery know what they are going to receive until its on a ship halfway across the atlantic so i doubt they know that no SR+ models are to be shipped. buy hey ho, who knows
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Put an order in for some full stops too!
The Dong is still to pass Panama Canal but as the VINs might be already assigned in SFO I don’t know, but as the saying is that hope dies last is still about a weeks worth of hope. I believe if you don’t get a VIN and a delivery date in about a week or so than it won’t happen this year and personally if I don’t get a 100% delivery date for this year in about a week or so than I will cancel the order and will buy a gas guzzler, can’t stay any longer without a car.
The car itself is good but the way everything else is is a load of bollocks
The Dong is approaching the entrance to the canal. I would expect it to do the transit tomorrow morning our time.
More importantly, the Grand Neptune is anchored off Zeebrugge. This delay which was only notified yesterday (the Grand Neptune was at max chat during its transit of the Channel and Dover Straits) will no doubt be another spanner in the logistics. The congestion in Zeebrugge
just gets worse.
But who could have predicted that? (Apart from me, a couple of weeks ago)
More importantly, the Grand Neptune is anchored off Zeebrugge. This delay which was only notified yesterday (the Grand Neptune was at max chat during its transit of the Channel and Dover Straits) will no doubt be another spanner in the logistics. The congestion in Zeebrugge
just gets worse.
But who could have predicted that? (Apart from me, a couple of weeks ago)
At last the Neptune Leader is on the move again.
Should be ready to disgorge on to the dock in about 4 hours.
May have sent this a bit too prematurely. It still appears to be at anchor.
Should be ready to disgorge on to the dock in about 4 hours.
May have sent this a bit too prematurely. It still appears to be at anchor.
I did Mr Miserable but haven’t been soo lucky to have one assigned yet it looks like there is a big backlog on them
I'm waiting in Germany. I ordered in Munich on the 17th September, (AWD LR M3).
I just found a VIN number in the HTML source code!
Two emails from Tesla talking about insurance and how the M3 won an award but no clue as to when I can collect the car.
I just found a VIN number in the HTML source code!
Two emails from Tesla talking about insurance and how the M3 won an award but no clue as to when I can collect the car.
Who knew waiting for a new car could be this entertaining.
I’ve spent much of my adult life waiting for new cars with the full mushroom philosophy deployed by most manufacturers.
This is worlds apart; html source code, ship tracking, speculation, conspiracies about trim priorities, year ends, quarter pushes, ferry logistics, people calling Tesla and getting actual updates about where their car is and now dongs entering canals. Brilliant.
I share your frustration as I also still have no Vin or update in over three months since ordering. Really annoying not to have any idea when/whether you will actually get your car delivered. I scrapped the temptation to cancel however when I reminded myself I have a room full of M3 accessories and a new charger installed in the garage ....
The procedure is to open your account page in an internet browser such as Chrome.
With Chrome select: View, Developer, View Source.
This will then open the same page but you will see it as HTML source code.
Then select:Edit, Find, "VIN"
Before a VIN code has been assigned you'll likely have 37 instances of VIN.
Today I knew something had changed when suddenly I had 38 instances of VIN !
Then I found an associated 5YJ, e.g. ""Vin":"5YJ3E7EB9LF569629","
So now an actual vehicle has been assigned to my order. I still don't know what ship its on but I'm guessing its the Dong. (I ordered 17/9/19)
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Cars assigned to the Dutch don't go through Zeebrugge anymore: too busy, and too hard to get enough transporters to get those cars to Tilburg (and not enough space in Tilburg). After unloading at Zeebrugge they ship to Amsterdam, where owners can pick up their brand new car literally from the dock. This way Tesla is hoping to deliver thousands of M3's (I expect approx 7.000) for the end of December.
hey now, this is a family-friendly site.
It doesn’t get easier. Then you get the car, and you’re searching for tips, tricks, FAQs. Do I charge, don’t I charge, sentry this, vinyl wrap that...
Thanks - I followed your instructions and found that there was indeed a Vin number starting 5YJ embedded in the html! I am hoping that means that I have after all finally been allocated a car that is wending its way from Freemont to UK. I wonder if it is likely therefore that my car is on the Dong? If it is, that's a Ding! If it isn't, I have just been 'Dinged'. But if it arrives now before Christmas, or even before 2020, that would be a Ding-Dong! I think I had better stop here as my excitement at potentially finding a hidden VIN is clearly getting the better of me. Definitely a different and entertaining process compared to previous new cars I have ordered but I am not sure how my nerves are standing up to the excitement.
Spoke to Tesla delivery team today and they have confirmed this.. told me to expect delivery end of January -> middle of Feb!
So anyone waiting on an SR+ not yet assigned thats what you are looking at. clearly a money grab
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