New habits I've formed while waiting...

[Sunpwrd]

Long time lurker here.

I've found it curious the new OCD habits I've formed since configuring my AWD. The first year and a half of waiting was bearable, however the past month and half have been excruciating. Here are a few habits I have developed...and perhaps I am not alone.
- Refreshing my TMC page constantly
- Making my Tesla order page my default home page
- Hoping that this constant checking, account logins, and refreshing somehow sends a direct feed to Tesla that indicates
"hey this guy really wants his car....so let's get it to him STAT"
- Talking to anyone who will listen about reservation vs. order ques
- Answering EVERY phone call, even if I know it's a telemarketer, in the off chance it's Tesla

To everyone who has been waiting longer than me, I applaud you for staying sane. Misery loves company, so this forum has kept me off the therapist's sofa.

 

[TankoftheNorth]

Seems eerily similar to my daily routine....

 

[JGard]

Aside from the home page setting, I'm right there with ya. I reserved back in April of this year, when it said the car would be 12-18 months away. Then, of course, 2.5 months later, I'm able to configure, and now the wait is killing me.

 

[Sandollars]

Ahh, the memories.....

 

[Birdman325]

Definitely the last one!
I did actually get a call a couple of weeks ago that showed up on my phone from TESLA. I almost had an accident trying to answer it. Turned out they were responding to my request for a test drive!

 

[BobCio]

Ha! So sad that it rings true with many I'm sure, me included. And this is my second time around, as I did the same things when I ordered my Model X in 2016. It doesn't get any easier... I don't know if I could ever buy a third Tesla! But I know I will... with each years' improvements, I just gotta have 'em. Already reading about the "new computer" that will be put in the M3s that ordered Full Autonomous Driving, due sometime in the next 6 months or so... Heck, I want that! But aint no way I'm waiting for it... I want my M3 (sorry MTV).

 

[JGard]

Ha! So sad that it rings true with many I'm sure, me included. And this is my second time around, as I did the same things when I ordered my Model X in 2016. It doesn't get any easier... I don't know if I could ever buy a third Tesla! But I know I will... with each years' improvements, I just gotta have 'em. Already reading about the "new computer" that will be put in the M3s that ordered Full Autonomous Driving, due sometime in the next 6 months or so... Heck, I want that! But aint no way I'm waiting for it... I want my M3 (sorry MTV).

Dude, they'll swap the new CPU into your M3 for free, regardless of when you get it, provided you paid for FSD

 

[Trevor B]

It's a CAR ... get a life

 

[BobCio]

Dude, they'll swap the new CPU into your M3 for free, regardless of when you get it, provided you paid for FSD

Didn't pay for FSD, figured I would get it when / if it ever really happens. Even if it does, California has a tendency to have laws that will likely make it unusable...

 

[Trail Runner]

I try to do other things like exercise a lot but just like in 2009-2011 with my Nissan Leaf waiting game i do all the typical obsessive things mentioned by the OP. With Tesla there are so many more You Tube things to watch, two forums, and podcasts. I hear ghe same info multiple times a week. Hopefully i can ween myself down to just Electrek, Teslarati, Teslanomics, Like Tesla, and Now you know once i get the car but i'll miss All the others. It is easier to disconnect some once i am driving electric again.

 

[UtahIsRad]

I feel like lost productivity must be massive due to the Tesla waiting game we all are in.

 

[SteveTack]

10 Check Tesla order page
20 Check TMC
30 Check Reddit
40 Check P3D waiting room thread on tesla.com forums
50 Wait 4 seconds
60 GOTO 10

OK, maybe not that bad, but I do check all of those more than once per day typically. I feel ya, OP.

 

[Glamisduner]

For me it's goes like this.

While alone: F5 F5 F5 F5 F5, search for news updates pictures F5 F5 F5 F5 F5
While around others Then: "Where is your car?" My Chevy volt is parked in it's usual spot.....

I don't want to talk about waiting for my car anymore, I have pretty much given up at this point and it's too expensive anyways...But F5 F5 F5 F5 maybe someday it will come.

 

[suwaneedad]

Once you DO get your car, shift those obsessive behaviors toward measuring a few new things...
- How many days until you go to drive another car and realize too late that you don't have its 20th century fob or keys with you.
- How many days until you go to drive another car and try to put it into gear without first turning on the vehicle.
- How many days until you step out of another car's driver seat and forget to turn the car off first.
- How many days until you walk away from driving another car and forget to lock it.
- How many days until you curse another car you're driving for lacking HOLD mode at a traffic light.
- How many days until you curse another car you're driving for lacking TACC/EAP while in heavy traffic.
- How many days until you curse another car you're driving for not having your AC vent preferences and music preferences ready for you.
These are fun moments ahead!

 

[arcanexvi]

All of this seems just about accurate....

 

[Shock-On-T]

The scary thing for me is that once I got my car the routine didn’t change. I’m still on this bloody forum two years later.

 

[thorg12]

I just want to add since i now answer all phone calls I feel like I get more tele marketing calls. Drives me crazy! Especially any west coast numbers

 

[Kiyi]

Lol and here I thought u was the only one with crazy habits