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^ I don't really mind if there is no timeline. Heck, the RWD I will configure might even barely make it in time.
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I hope that that isn't the case. If it is then that means that everyone that was invited to configure but couldn't because their choices weren't available will be sitting there waiting. Then it just becomes a race to see who can configure and confirm the fastest potentially eliminating any advantage that anyone had for being an owner or for waiting in line. Unless they factor that into the production after a certain point.Good luck with that! I predict that there will be nothing more than Elon's vague tweets regarding anticipated time line. The design studio will say something like "Your configuration choice is not yet available. When we are ready to build your car you will be notified."
I hope that that isn't the case. If it is then that means that everyone that was invited to configure but couldn't because their choices weren't available will be sitting there waiting. Then it just becomes a race to see who can configure and confirm the fastest potentially eliminating any advantage that anyone had for being an owner or for waiting in line. Unless they factor that into the production after a certain point.
For the record I have pre-ordered an IPace. (And this announcement was the final straw)
Will be interesting to see if it beats the P + AWD Model 3 to market. My pre-order is putting my money where my mouth is, because at least in RHD I believe it will.
Keeping my Model S for longer journeys will depend upon the state of 3rd party charging networks at the time. (Though I highly doubt anyone will reach the gold standard of the SpC network anytime soon). Even this is somewhat moot given my usage pattern, for the 1% of time I go out of battery range, I could suffer one of my ICE's.
(BTW I freely admit I'm not the target audience of the M3 as a sole/primary vehicle. One does have to wonder how many other P+AWD res holders are in my position though)
If only doing the RWD simplifies things in production, won't only doing the AWD simplify things as well?
They were a lot better when Ford came in and started making them "grow up". Since ownership by Tata they have continued to improve.When I was young (a looooong time ago) Jaguar had a reputation for spending more time in the shop being repaired, than on the road being driven. A cousin of mine had one and hated it for this reason. Has this changed since then?
... I put my Rez in ONLY when Elon said awd would be available. If it's not available when we can order I consider that very disappointing. Because nowhere until recently did we find out no awd for months if not a year plus
Say, 3P90DL's in a sports package. If that's a $60K car, people will wait, even join the waiting line.
until the design studio opens (which I am amazed hasn't happened yet given the car is due in a few months time), won't get cleared up for a while.
Not only converting, but also keeping people from getting cold feet and cancelling their reservations altogether.As long as Model 3 remains sort of elusively in the future, a little too vague to be real, Tesla can keep on converting those reservations to Model S...
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Likewise.I have never felt the quarterly pressures affecting me as a customer of any other car company, but with Tesla it is certainly felt even at the end-customer level.
FWIW, I believe that Tesla has stated that the Model 3 design studio will be opened at first only to Tesla and SpaceX employees to configure their cars. Later, it will be open to the public.
This allows Tesla to plan production of the early cars, which will only be sold to employees, prior to the public reveal, which is now planned at the same time as the first production cars are finished.
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And of course none of those pages will ever leak out...FWIW, I believe that Tesla has stated that the Model 3 design studio will be opened at first only to Tesla and SpaceX employees to configure their cars. Later, it will be open to the public....
@dsvick @daniel
I'm thinking you may be disappointed when it comes to honoring the order queue.
If past is any predictor, Tesla will probably open the Design Studio for orders in batches. These batches will be based on reservations, but most importantly region. For the very first reservation holders they may do some special things (like reserve a VIN for them), but for most I assume after that invitation to configure, everyone will be put into another queue based on their order finalization - and again depending on your configuration and/or region, that queue may or may not be honored going forward. Then, when it comes down to buidling that order (assuming configuration is available to build), region begins to matter even within a country/area - those close to factory will be prioritized for end of quarter builds and those far away will be prioritized at the start of a quarter to allow for transit within quarter...
All this will quickly wreack havoc on any nice reservation queue that may so far exist. In the end, the queue will be mostly meaningless, if things go like they have gone with Model S and Model X.
But who knows, maybe things will be different.