I unfortunately don't know. All I know is that it finished production on a Thursday night, and then Friday morning was sitting in the parking lot of the rail yard in Fremont. No updates on position until today. Most of my communication has been me emailing them and waiting (I was handed off to another DS to handle discussing my trade-in) but only once did I have to send a followup email. I'm betting the Marietta showroom isn't as busy as Decatur, so that may help in my favor.
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I unfortunately don't know. All I know is that it finished production on a Thursday night, and then Friday morning was sitting in the parking lot of the rail yard in Fremont. No updates on position until today. Most of my communication has been me emailing them and waiting (I was handed off to another DS to handle discussing my trade-in) but only once did I have to send a followup email. I'm betting the Marietta showroom isn't as busy as Decatur, so that may help in my favor.
The emails, and waiting for a response is such a frustrating part.
My DS has been completely on the ball up until recently, and now he's done some kind of disappearing act.
The car went into production on May 5th, and hasn't come out of production. Last Wednesday the DS strongly felt like delivery would happen before memorial day weekend, but I haven't heard anything since then. On Wednesday he said it was finishing up in production. I'm trying to be patient, but the cynical part of me says something's wrong. Maybe it failed QC, maybe it's waiting on some part, or maybe one of the robots got mad at it and ate it for lunch.
I haven't tried calling. I probably will if it still says the same thing in a couple days.
I wish they have more detail in the status notification. Like letting us know what part of production it is in. Not too much detail, but enough to know things are being updated. Right now it's like a stuck gauge.
I'm sure the silence has to do with how crazy busy the DS is due to all the ordered that went in because of the pending expiration of the sales tax exemption. I know it got me off the fence.
My DS has been completely on the ball up until recently, and now he's done some kind of disappearing act.
The car went into production on May 5th, and hasn't come out of production. Last Wednesday the DS strongly felt like delivery would happen before memorial day weekend, but I haven't heard anything since then. On Wednesday he said it was finishing up in production. I'm trying to be patient, but the cynical part of me says something's wrong. Maybe it failed QC, maybe it's waiting on some part, or maybe one of the robots got mad at it and ate it for lunch.
I haven't tried calling. I probably will if it still says the same thing in a couple days.
I wish they have more detail in the status notification. Like letting us know what part of production it is in. Not too much detail, but enough to know things are being updated. Right now it's like a stuck gauge.
I'm sure the silence has to do with how crazy busy the DS is due to all the ordered that went in because of the pending expiration of the sales tax exemption. I know it got me off the fence.
Lex
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Ugh pmoa that's painful, I'll likely be in the same "boat" soon ! well train car lol
And S4WRXTTCS, that's even more maddening... even if they have a "throw the towel in" rule (eg 2 weeks in on a non-custom build) they'd have to start a new one for you.
Ok so I'm no longer as excited to watch it get out of the queue and into production. And since I'm planning to watch the How it's Made and National Geographic specials on a loop while mine is being built (and now adding some deep meditation lol) I don't think I could last much more than a week :crying:
And S4WRXTTCS, that's even more maddening... even if they have a "throw the towel in" rule (eg 2 weeks in on a non-custom build) they'd have to start a new one for you.
Ok so I'm no longer as excited to watch it get out of the queue and into production. And since I'm planning to watch the How it's Made and National Geographic specials on a loop while mine is being built (and now adding some deep meditation lol) I don't think I could last much more than a week :crying:
Congrats!
Definitely less than one week for me now. Kinda hoping I can pick it up sooner but the site hasn't switched over to "It's being prepared for delivery" so I have to think that my car hasn't made it to the showroom yet. I finally got the call today from the trade-in appraiser, I told her I was flexible since I work from home, she said she'd talk to the local dispatch and call me right back. She never did. I'm now afraid I might get the call that I can get my car, but I won't have a quote on my trade-in because they waited until the last minute.
I got my insurance binder and insurance quote, so all that's left is to actually end the waiting!
Definitely less than one week for me now. Kinda hoping I can pick it up sooner but the site hasn't switched over to "It's being prepared for delivery" so I have to think that my car hasn't made it to the showroom yet. I finally got the call today from the trade-in appraiser, I told her I was flexible since I work from home, she said she'd talk to the local dispatch and call me right back. She never did. I'm now afraid I might get the call that I can get my car, but I won't have a quote on my trade-in because they waited until the last minute.
I got my insurance binder and insurance quote, so all that's left is to actually end the waiting!
Appraisal company finally called today, told me that the earliest available time was June 3rd, one week after my delivery date. Told them that wouldn't work, so they said I'd just have to have it inspected on site (which the showroom mistakenly did the day I ordered, which was way too early - so early, they never gave me the value that they came up with.)
I emailed my two DS's early this afternoon to let them know, and to see if my car made it yet. They haven't responded, and they close in 35 minutes, so I'm guessing I'll have to suffer the entire holiday weekend before hearing anything.
As an aside, I got an email in the middle of the night from Tesla, saying that my VIN has been generated and directed me to a DS in Florida. Before Georgia changed their direct sales law, Florida handled Georgia's sales and Georgia handled Florida's. I'm one of the first to actually be totally handled in state, even though the car is being registered in California and then transferred to me.
My VIN was generated the day after I ordered and confirmed. Little bit late their on the automated email system!
On the upside, the estimated delivery date on My Tesla has said June forever, and just switched two days ago to Late May, so it's looking like my tentative date is pretty solid to not move any later. I just want it earlier!
Totally tempted to drive down to the SC this weekend to see if I can pap my car in the parking lot...
I emailed my two DS's early this afternoon to let them know, and to see if my car made it yet. They haven't responded, and they close in 35 minutes, so I'm guessing I'll have to suffer the entire holiday weekend before hearing anything.
As an aside, I got an email in the middle of the night from Tesla, saying that my VIN has been generated and directed me to a DS in Florida. Before Georgia changed their direct sales law, Florida handled Georgia's sales and Georgia handled Florida's. I'm one of the first to actually be totally handled in state, even though the car is being registered in California and then transferred to me.
My VIN was generated the day after I ordered and confirmed. Little bit late their on the automated email system!
On the upside, the estimated delivery date on My Tesla has said June forever, and just switched two days ago to Late May, so it's looking like my tentative date is pretty solid to not move any later. I just want it earlier!
Totally tempted to drive down to the SC this weekend to see if I can pap my car in the parking lot...
I'm on the same boat here - my car entered 'in production' early May and my DS expected the delivery will be in Mid-may. It has been over two weeks and the status hasn't changed. My DS changed the tone of the voice from 'in a few days' to 'it is normal production takes 1-2 weeks', as if there is some kind of cs manual they follow for all the FAQ's.
Either my DS doesn't know what's really going on, or they just don't want to tell me the details. I feel like I shouldn't have told them my details of my car needs and personal plans, might have gave them the idea that I don't need my car ASAP, giving the immediate delivery slots to other people.. If you spend over 80k on a car, of course you need it asap.
Nomad
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Nomad
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Ah, I didn't interpret your post correctly. I thought it was being delivered to Indiana, hence my interest. :redface:
My DS never was able to figure out what was going on before Memorial day weekend. He went on vacation so he gave me some other contact. and that contact ignored my email. It's probably time I gave up on emailing.
I have this weird suspicion that something is going on with the QC with the 70D that we're not being informed about. Thanks to this thread I know I'm not the only one stuck in production with deafening silence from Tesla as to why, and I know in the Tesla Company forum one person's 70D actually failed QC so badly they're building him another car so his delivery date has been pushed into mid June.
I've heard zero QC complaints of people who have received 70D's. The long production time or QC driven total rebuilds could be just normal things that happen time to time, and there is nothing to worry about.
My situation is I got everything ready (the HPWC install, the Chademo adapter, and the center console ordered) expecting delivery near the estimated May 18th delivery date.
My loan application expected the loan would be issued within 30 days (at least that's the usual time limit for them). I even made the additional $7500+ payment to add to $2500 deposit for the total downpayment. I realize now that this was a mistake, and I shouldn't have made that payment until delivery. But, at the time everything was going smoothly and the DS had no issues communicating to me or with the factory.
As of now the very earliest delivery could be in the beginning of June and that would put it right on the edge of the 30 days of the loan approval.
But, if something happened and they need to build me another car than that pushes it to late june.
If I don't get it before June 30th I'll have to pay state sales tax on it (the exemption ends on June 30th).
Now I did tell my DS before I ordered that I would cancel (and lose the $2500) if delivery slipped past June 30th and they made all sorts of promises and assurances that there was plenty of time (this was back in April) and there was no way that would happen.
In the mean time I've asked for the $7500 back even if it's just a symbolic move. It might seem silly, but it's kind of a control thing. You never give someone money until you absolutely have to, and I'm less than pleased at myself for screwing up yet again on that rule.
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I did also screw up / jumped gun on my part too..my bank funded the financing portion already, and I will be making payment as of next month. I also started a new car insurance effective for the car I still don't have. The painful part of upgrading my garage with 15-50 was done too..This was all due to the assumption that the delivery will be in a week or less after the final purchasing agreement was issued.
Now it will be REAL interesting if I was issued a new vin# - I guess through QC is good for us, otherwise I'd be going back to SC too often.
What color was your 70D? I haven't seen any blue (aka Deep Blue Metallic) 70D's pics yet other than those demos. I was slightly suspecting if the delay had anything to do with blue paint.
I did see a blue (new blue) 85d yesterday on the road though - not sure if it was the demo vehicle or not.
I've seen cars pulled aside at factories for further QC before (VW, Mercedes, Audi etc) but they didn't look like it takes weeks of delays. If our cars to be delayed for over a week it must be something really catastrophic.
Regardless, my day of delivery will be really interesting - I will be bringing a magnifying glass and a LED light stick.
kushari
Model X 100D
Mine is blue, I should be getting it within a week or two and I'm in Canada so that adds at least 2-3 weeks for delivery.
Cyclone
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I wouldn't jump to that conclusion. You could have been pulled off the assembly line to address a specific item and in the meantime, they switched gears to another production configuration and you're car is waiting for them to switch back to your configuration. Just an assumption here, but a possible scenario other than a catastrophic issue. I hope it finishes production soon though!
I'm hoping that it's not a totally rebuild from scratch. I wouldn't normally be too concerned except the silence from the factory thing. So I'm hoping who ever figures out what's causing the issue will chime in.
In the mean time I'll try to think positive, but that's hard for me to do.
I just got back from a date and I don't think she wants to go out with me again.
Last night I had a dream that my mom was driving, and she crashed.
Sometimes I have this weird paranoia that I'll be fired, but I've worked for the same place for 18+ years.
Oh, and mine is blue so maybe I'll just think about how calming and relaxing that deep blue metallic will look.
kushari
Model X 100D
Funny thing is right when I get it. I'm driving it straight to my friend's place to plastidip it. It's going to be super awesome and I'll post pics.
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