Just got off the phone with my delivery person here in CA. I'm waiting for a white/white MR, and have been for over 8 days. When I speak to my delivery rep about some sort of discount or consideration for the lack of inventory (when I was promised a 1-2 week delivery), I am basically just stonewalled. He insists that they "never" give upgrades on batteries, but may do an upgrade on paint or wheels if they find a car that otherwise closely matches your config. Basically, throughout our 15 minute conversation, he continually tried to throw black (or gray) vehicles at me, mostly with black interiors and NO upgrades (No AutoPilot, no 19" wheels, no LR, nothing.) He said "Well, if you want a car within a week or two, you might have to take black." I'm not having a black car. No way. Been there. NEVER again. Also, there is apparently only ONE CAR with a white interior in all of CA, NV, and AZ, and it is a black MR sitting in Las Vegas. No thanks. These stories of people getting these sweet upgrades (such as the guy on Youtube who got free enhanced AP and 19" wheels) seem to be creating a lot of frustration in the rest of us who are hitting a wall when we speak to our rep. He commented: "Well, obviously Tesla can't just offer upgrades to everyone whose order they can't immediately fill." was like a mantra he kept going back to.
I'm having second thoughts about this because I just can't understand why they let people order MR's, then apparently cut off both the option to order them AND the production of them. I've been pursuing this for over a week now, and, from what I'm being told not a single MR has hit the ground in the western region in over 2 weeks. I'm trying to have faith that they're going to produce enough to fill existing orders, but I'm starting to wonder if we're all just caught in a game of attrition, wherein, through extended waiting, we eventually cave in to shelling out an additional 3-5 grand to upgrade and stop the pain of waiting.