Ordered Model 3 LR today, delivery is in 2 days. Should we be concerned?

[jboy210]

I am not sure if we should be concerned, but we ordered a car today and are picking it up Friday. I assume they must have ramped up production for end of quarter.

Does anyone thing we should be concerned about getting this car versus one made in response to our order?

 

[father_of_6]

My guess is that they have excess inventory that matches what you've ordered.

If I ordered a sandwich from a restaurant, I probably wouldn't want one that they made 2 hours ago for a customer that sent it back... but I would consider myself lucky to get the car in only 2 days.

If it has a bunch of miles on the odometer or any issues upon visual inspection, then I'd reject it. Just my two cents.

 

[lencap]

No reason to be concerned. Tesla has a history of trying to sell as many cars as possible at the end of every calendar quarter. Your location is listed as Northern CA, a location close to the Fremont production plant. Tesla likely had a car matching your order being completed and is diverting it to your location, increasing their quarterly delivered and sold target.

 

[Michael24]

What’s crazy is the price of LR and M3P are almost the same so tempting to get the M3P existing inventory.

 

[Wrenching Fool]

Tesla has a massive number of cars just sitting waiting to be purchased right now. There are probably at least 100 new/unsold Teslas sitting in a shopping center parking lot near my local delivery center right now. And I don’t live anywhere near either of the US Tesla factories

 

[SilentWarp]

Strange. There is no Model 3 inventory of any kind in my area (<200 mi) less than a week after taking delivery of my M3SR. Last week there were over a dozen to chose from. Either they sold out fast, or Tesla put the brakes on for some reason.

 

[jboy210]

Strange. There is no Model 3 inventory of any kind in my area (<200 mi) less than a week after taking delivery of my M3SR. Last week there were over a dozen to chose from. Either they sold out fast, or Tesla put the brakes on for some reason.

Pretty common. Tesla can transport the cars quicker to locations close to factory, and they want to close the sale in the quarter. At the end of the quarter the focus is on delivering cars at locations near the factory or at the factory which have minimal possibility of getting hung up in transit.

 

[Golf8621204]

I am not sure if we should be concerned, but we ordered a car today and are picking it up Friday. I assume they must have ramped up production for end of quarter.

Does anyone thing we should be concerned about getting this car versus one made in response to our order?

I wouldn't be concerned, but be sure you do your research and know how to do a VERY thorough pre-purchase inspection. I would highly suspect the car is a prior reject from a customer. Amazing how times have changed. It took me 4 months to get my car! 6 miles on the odometer at purchase.

 

[jboy210]

Thanks for everyone's comments. We got the car, and it is perfect as far as we can tell. The only complaint we have is the lack of a tray for small items in the arm rest storage, like the previous 3 had.