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Darn, Schlermie beat me to posting brow pics! Well, these aren't as good as him but hopefully quantity helps? LOL. Also a pic of my temporary 6-50 charging plug installed by Solar City. This is Brown with black textile seats, standard wheels, pano roof. the first few are from my pickup yesterday--a couple of shots of Tesla's building, one of some cars lined up outside (I was asked not to take pics of all the cars waiting inside, and there were a lot), and my car when I first saw it. ;-) Then pix at my house (a couple of pics at @swegman's mixed in there, hope he doesn't mind).
kinddog
Banned
Took delivery of mine from the factory this weekend on 2/9 (VIN 4928). Mine has a relatively minimal set of options: catalina white, blk roof, textile seats, 60kWh w/ superchg, air susp, jump seats. Factory had beaten its delivery window (2/16 - 3/2) without any due bill items. Was contacted by my PS on 2/5 that the car would be ready sometime 2/11 or 2/12, so had a very short amount of time to get finances together - luckily everything was ready by the time of the delivery. Some notes:
1) Charging: DS didn't know anything about a nema 10-30 adapter. Not sure who to contact to get one (if it really exists as mentioned in this forum). Currently charging with a plain outlet (118V, 12A). Charging efficiency of the regular plug seems to be ~74% (kWh added to battery / kWh pulled from output), or around 3.6 rated miles added per hour. Love using the mobile app to start/stop charging at low-rate times, but wish it showed actually battery remaining %.
2) Non-tech package rear camera: The SD rear camera on the non-tech package appears to be VGA or DVD quality. It's actually pretty clear despite not being HD. And it works quite well at night.
3) Non-tech package GPS: position updates of my car seems kind of slow (my iPhone is smoother). Maybe that's the way it is in it's the way it was designed?
4) Acceleration: 60 kWh is more than sufficient for everyday driving. Doing a couple runs resulted in the new tires generating a fine black dust that deposited itself all over the back of the car. It needs cleaning already.
5) Floor Mats: Got Lloyds Ultimats for the inside and the trunk footwell. All fit really well. The stock front floor mats feel really cheap in comparison.
6) Rear jump seats: These are a hit with my 6 yr old and 9 yr old. The kids generate a lot of finger pointing and waving from other drivers (loving the
expressions from others). Better yet, despite sitting close together, the kids haven't fought about their space (which they do in all our other cars). Without the tech package, I don't have the motorized trunk lid, but the kids have no problems opening it to get out. Only problem is that they cannot shut the trunk themselves. There doesn't appear to be any place in the car to put the footwell cover when the jumpseats are in position. There's a gap between the back seats and the jumpseats, but the cover doesn't fit in there. I've left it in my garage for now.
7) Turn signal stalk: Still not used to the turn signal stalk position - have to stop myself from toggling the cruise lever.
8) Insurance: Got my vehicle insured with 21st Century (I'm a long time policy holder). My rate increase wasn't too bad: $550 per 6 months with $500 Comprehensive and $1000 collision deductible w/ waiver for collisions with uninsured drivers (500K/1000K liability, 100K property), multi-car discount. They were $70 higher than Geico, but Geico only had 500K/500K liability coverage.
Downs:
1) Fit: As mentioned by others, our car has noticeable gaps in the front passenger side fender with the side view mirror, and the front passenger corner of the frunk lid. Other cars being delivered that day appeared to have the same panel fit issues.
2) Bug: Web browser favorites are not saving (or is this only a bug for those of us without the leather seat user profiles?). Without favorites, I'd prefer to surf on my iPhone.
3) A real bug: A dead fly got stuck inside the passenger side tailight assembly. Not sure if it's easy to take apart to get it out. The things must be robot-assembled.
4) Forgotten: Some of the tires valves were missing their valve caps. Also, I requested they install a front license plate holder, but it's not there on the car. I guess I'll wait until I get actual plates (in the meantime, maybe they'll come up with a better front plate holder?)
1) Charging: DS didn't know anything about a nema 10-30 adapter. Not sure who to contact to get one (if it really exists as mentioned in this forum). Currently charging with a plain outlet (118V, 12A). Charging efficiency of the regular plug seems to be ~74% (kWh added to battery / kWh pulled from output), or around 3.6 rated miles added per hour. Love using the mobile app to start/stop charging at low-rate times, but wish it showed actually battery remaining %.
2) Non-tech package rear camera: The SD rear camera on the non-tech package appears to be VGA or DVD quality. It's actually pretty clear despite not being HD. And it works quite well at night.
3) Non-tech package GPS: position updates of my car seems kind of slow (my iPhone is smoother). Maybe that's the way it is in it's the way it was designed?
4) Acceleration: 60 kWh is more than sufficient for everyday driving. Doing a couple runs resulted in the new tires generating a fine black dust that deposited itself all over the back of the car. It needs cleaning already.
5) Floor Mats: Got Lloyds Ultimats for the inside and the trunk footwell. All fit really well. The stock front floor mats feel really cheap in comparison.
6) Rear jump seats: These are a hit with my 6 yr old and 9 yr old. The kids generate a lot of finger pointing and waving from other drivers (loving the
expressions from others). Better yet, despite sitting close together, the kids haven't fought about their space (which they do in all our other cars). Without the tech package, I don't have the motorized trunk lid, but the kids have no problems opening it to get out. Only problem is that they cannot shut the trunk themselves. There doesn't appear to be any place in the car to put the footwell cover when the jumpseats are in position. There's a gap between the back seats and the jumpseats, but the cover doesn't fit in there. I've left it in my garage for now.7) Turn signal stalk: Still not used to the turn signal stalk position - have to stop myself from toggling the cruise lever.
8) Insurance: Got my vehicle insured with 21st Century (I'm a long time policy holder). My rate increase wasn't too bad: $550 per 6 months with $500 Comprehensive and $1000 collision deductible w/ waiver for collisions with uninsured drivers (500K/1000K liability, 100K property), multi-car discount. They were $70 higher than Geico, but Geico only had 500K/500K liability coverage.
Downs:
1) Fit: As mentioned by others, our car has noticeable gaps in the front passenger side fender with the side view mirror, and the front passenger corner of the frunk lid. Other cars being delivered that day appeared to have the same panel fit issues.
2) Bug: Web browser favorites are not saving (or is this only a bug for those of us without the leather seat user profiles?). Without favorites, I'd prefer to surf on my iPhone.
3) A real bug: A dead fly got stuck inside the passenger side tailight assembly. Not sure if it's easy to take apart to get it out. The things must be robot-assembled.
4) Forgotten: Some of the tires valves were missing their valve caps. Also, I requested they install a front license plate holder, but it's not there on the car. I guess I'll wait until I get actual plates (in the meantime, maybe they'll come up with a better front plate holder?)
And a pic:
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Hmm, my initial post seems to have gotten lost. Some notes about my car (VIN 4928, catalina white, black roof, textile seats, 60 kWh, supercharger access, air susp, jump seats):
1) Delivered on 2/9. Window was 2/16-3/2. Was called by my PS on 2/5 about the car being ready 2/11 or 2/12, so they've gotten the message to underpromise their delivery dates! I think they need to give more time to prep finances.
2) Insurance: Using 21st Century (long time policy holder) - only costing me $550 extra per 6 months for 500/1000/100 with $500 comp deductible and $1000 collisision deductible.
3) Charging: My DS didn't seem to know anything about the NEMA 10-30 adapters. Currently charging with regular socket. 120V charging efficiency seems to be 73-74% (kWh added/kWh from outlet).
4) Non-tech package: the rear camera seems to be VGA or DVD quality - it's pretty clear. Even works well at night. My plain old garage opener has no problems penetrating the windshield from the visor.
5) Rear jump seats: these are a hit with my 6 and 9 yr olds. No fighting and generates lots of smiles, waves, and finger pointing from other drivers. But there's no place to put the footwell cover when the seats are up.
Issues:
1) Panel fit: Seems to have the same issues with front passenger side panel flaring out near the side mirror. Also, the frunk lid on the front passenger side seems to pop up a bit (this kind of visible in my pic above). other panels seem to fit perfectly.
2) Bugs: (4.2 installed) Browser doesn't appear to save favorites. Maybe a problem for those of use without leather seats (no user profiles)?
3) A real bug: dead fly is stuck inside the taillight assembly. Not sure if it's easy to take apart to get out, if I need to take it serviced to get out.
4) Forgotten: Front plate holder wasn't installed (which I requested). Also, tire valve caps were missing.
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Hmm, my initial post seems to have gotten lost. Some notes about my car (VIN 4928, catalina white, black roof, textile seats, 60 kWh, supercharger access, air susp, jump seats):
1) Delivered on 2/9. Window was 2/16-3/2. Was called by my PS on 2/5 about the car being ready 2/11 or 2/12, so they've gotten the message to underpromise their delivery dates! I think they need to give more time to prep finances.
2) Insurance: Using 21st Century (long time policy holder) - only costing me $550 extra per 6 months for 500/1000/100 with $500 comp deductible and $1000 collisision deductible.
3) Charging: My DS didn't seem to know anything about the NEMA 10-30 adapters. Currently charging with regular socket. 120V charging efficiency seems to be 73-74% (kWh added/kWh from outlet).
4) Non-tech package: the rear camera seems to be VGA or DVD quality - it's pretty clear. Even works well at night. My plain old garage opener has no problems penetrating the windshield from the visor.
5) Rear jump seats: these are a hit with my 6 and 9 yr olds. No fighting and generates lots of smiles, waves, and finger pointing from other drivers. But there's no place to put the footwell cover when the seats are up.
Issues:
1) Panel fit: Seems to have the same issues with front passenger side panel flaring out near the side mirror. Also, the frunk lid on the front passenger side seems to pop up a bit (this kind of visible in my pic above). other panels seem to fit perfectly.
2) Bugs: (4.2 installed) Browser doesn't appear to save favorites. Maybe a problem for those of use without leather seats (no user profiles)?
3) A real bug: dead fly is stuck inside the taillight assembly. Not sure if it's easy to take apart to get out, if I need to take it serviced to get out.
4) Forgotten: Front plate holder wasn't installed (which I requested). Also, tire valve caps were missing.
My wife and I picked up our Model S on Friday from the Dallas Service Center. I only got the call around 11 that day, so I feel a little cheated of the 'no sleep the night before' thing that others have experienced, but I'm glad Tesla managed to hit my delivery window, and that they're slowing working out the kinks of delivering cars in Texas. The handover was really a brief summary of the safety features and basic functions (including how to close the frunk gracefully), and took maybe 15 minutes. Having been obsessive with this forum for almost the past year, I didn't need much more. Whitney, the Dallas Service Specialist (or something like that – ‘Delivery Specialist’ is not allowed in TX) was just here to do more of a handover, but again, the best part of a year on this forum makes us all specialists!
I've not taken many good photos yet since it's kind of gloomy here, but I've added one at the bottom of this post, and what follows are a few entirely random thoughts and observations.
The good/amazing
The Not quite so good
Stuff that I was worried about but didn't need to be...
In summary, it rocks. It’s just an awesome piece of engineering, and so, SO obviously the future of vehicular transport. Everyone that I give test drive to agrees with that sentiment entirely.
I've not taken many good photos yet since it's kind of gloomy here, but I've added one at the bottom of this post, and what follows are a few entirely random thoughts and observations.
The good/amazing
- I have the standard 85, and the performance is awesome. I did 2 Get Amped drives, but they really do nothing to prepare you for the car. In those 10-15 minutes, you have so much to take in, you really end up with a very shallow experience of what the car is really like. I'm coming from an Audi A5 V6, and before that have owned various SLKs and a TT. As a drivers car (considering the size of it), it wins hands down compared to those. It just doesn't feel like the large car that it is. I have a corner that I take most days to join a highway, and if you're first away from the lights, you can have a bit of fun with it, turning into the corner fairly hard under acceleration, then continuing up the ramp. The A5 (Quattro) did a great job of this. The Model S does better.
- The 17” screen. Well designed, fast to respond. It’s SO obviously the way to go. It just works, and gets better with age.
- The handles. Honestly, they could appear in any of these sections. They’re an unnecessary extravagance, but they do draw attention to the car. They’re the first indication that this is something a bit different, a lot special. For that reason, I like em.
- Did I mention the quality of the drive? This is where the raw engineering really shines through. Great acceleration is useless without a good chassis, brakes and traction, but it has all of these.
The Not quite so good
- Tesla need to quit being cheap about stupid little things. We'll accept it as early adopters, but your average Merc/BMW/Jag driver will not. I'm talking about the $1 cargo net that's missing, the $5 license plate holder, and the paper envelope hold the car manual! The supplied front mats are cheap, and as we all know, there's none in the back. All of this would cost no more than $50 to fix properly. Hell, throw a nice pen in as well. this stuff is expected with a premium car, no excuses.
- The sun visors do feel cheap. I'm ok with the depth of them, as the screen is so steeply raked I wouldn't want them any larger. But they're kind of weedy/bendy. Not horrible, but certainly a little out of keeping.
- The general ergonomics inside are not as polished as an Audi or Merc. They good, but I guess quirky would be a good way to describe them. Obviously, the cup holder are in an unnecessarily weird spot. The handles to pull the door closed could be a little further back. I do think the screen more than makes up for the quirks though.
- The frunk access. When someone has to warn you to close something a certain way, the design is broken. Stuff should just be intuitive, and nearly everything is on this car. But the latch mechanism for the front lives on an ICE, not on the Model S. It’s crude engineering, and detracts a bit from the benefits of the frunk. Aside from roadtrips when the car is loaded up, mine will rarely get used.
- Rear visibility is a challenge. Coupled with the rear camera, it’s not too bad, but still, the roof rakes so deeply that you’ll only ever see the hood of the car behind, not who’s actually driving, and what they’re up to (texting, etc). That’s the same in many coupes, so there’s not much you can do about it.
- Sunroof seems noisy, even in vent mode. Certainly noisier than my A5 in vent mode, though that was much smaller
Stuff that I was worried about but didn't need to be...
- The size of it. There's a few threads discussing how over-sized it is, especially width-wise. I don't feel that. I'd probably think different if I was still in the UK with tiny parking spaces and narrow garages, but by US standards, it feels just fine. Those that have seen my garage photos will know I have a 'landing pad' for the car - as far as I can tell, the wheels sit more or less where my A5 wheels did.
- Technical Issues. I've only done 150 miles in it (mostly pointless errands just to drive it), but so far, not a single technical issue. It just works.
In summary, it rocks. It’s just an awesome piece of engineering, and so, SO obviously the future of vehicular transport. Everyone that I give test drive to agrees with that sentiment entirely.
Al Sherman
It's about THIS car.
anticitizen13.7
Not posting at TMC after 9/17/2018
I like it too. Brown isn't a color that I'd normally think would look good on a car, but I could definitely see myself choosing that color. I can't decide if I like the white, gray, or brown best, and that makes me wish it was possible to have a chameleon exterior so I could switch the color with a control on the flat panel:biggrin:, depending on what I felt like having the car look like at any time.
Sorry to hear about the experience but hopefully the drive made up for it. Am in wake forest, nc and looking to an April delivering owing to multi red choice. Would love to keep getting local updates and maybe connecting up when I get mine too. Assume Raliegh service center should've opened by then too.
The non-tech package still has the stylish LED DRLs, but the headlights are halogens instead of xenons. It also seems to have electrochromatic side mirrors and LED interior and door handle lighting that I thought was exclusive to the tech package, but apparently not. It doesn't have auto-presenting door handles, but just pressing on the door handle with the key in your pocket will unlock and present all the door handles on the car (really cool). You only need to touch the remote to lock the car, or you can use the smartphone app to do that and not dig out the key at all. The app also shows you which door is ajar if it fails to lock.
I also discovered that rebooting the central display fixed the problem with saving the web browser favorites. I wish there was a way to reorder the web favorites though.
PeterSZ
Electrified petrolhead
Thanks. A couple of other things I forgot to mention before that fall into the 'Good' list:
- The navigation is far and away the best system I've ever used. Not being a native of Texas, the fact that most of the highways seem to have 3 or 4 different names is confusing. Couple that with my horrible sense of direction, and I get lost. A lot. But not now. The navigation, with traffic overlays, is just fantastic. In fact, I should probably factor the fact that I won't be getting lost anymore into my savings for the car...I must have spent at least $100 last year on 'lost miles'.
- The sound system. I think it could still use some tweaking in terms of the software, but I like the quality of it. I'm no audiophile, but my last few cars (Audi & Mercs) have all had the upgraded sound (B&O and Bose). I do have the Sound Studio package, and to my ears it sounds closer to the Bose than B&O, which some people will love, others will not. Typically I listen to audio streamed via Bluetooth from my phone, or from the internet - either way, the quality is already compromised. But in terms of what comes out of the speakers, I'm very happy with. So far there's no annoying resonance from anything else in the car, which plagued my A5, and drove me nuts.
I was one of the first owners of the original Audi TT, the original and second gen SLK, but, overall, this car impresses me far more.
Mostly a repeat post from "delivery update" thread. Just made the window, car is perfect except for missing chrome piece on charge(who cares?). 19 miles on car. Here's the post:
4467 delivered today at 1730cst. BEFORE I GET TOO FAR, ALSO IN THE TRAILER WERE DELIVERIES TO KANSAS CITY, OHIO, TENNESEE, and oops, too excited to remember the last one. KC you're next. They all looked to be blue or black. The driver Steve was a great guy. Unfortunately he didn't know much about what's in the car or what should be in the car. He makes sure the keys are there(duh, he needs them) and that it's intact and safe. Tesla takes care of the rest. My date night with 4467 was brief but this is what I take away:
-Car is absolutely flawless. Everything is working perfectly although the air suspension didn't want to take right away. Too cold I suppose.
-Tech package would have been nice. The auto lift gate for the kids in and out of the back(they love it back there 8 and 5 y.o.). Auto presenting handles. etc. Oh well.
-Standard sound system sounds plenty fine to me although I didn't blast it.
-Traction control is AMAZING. The only way you know something's amiss is the acceleration is less peppy and a TC warning flashing on panel. The roads are utter crap here but the car didn't kick out at all, even under full acceleration. At least I haven't been able to make it do it yet. With TC off, rear end kicks out quickly but stability control takes over if you get too far.
-App seems a little slow to connect IMO. Maybe my iPhone 4 is the problem. Regardless, the app is great. Very useful.
-Interior windows had a bit of film on them but fogging was not an issue.
What can I say, the test drives impressed me and now ownership blows me away. Love, love, love this car. Even if it only could travel 100 miles I'd still buy it. Great car. Just a few pics
4467 delivered today at 1730cst. BEFORE I GET TOO FAR, ALSO IN THE TRAILER WERE DELIVERIES TO KANSAS CITY, OHIO, TENNESEE, and oops, too excited to remember the last one. KC you're next. They all looked to be blue or black. The driver Steve was a great guy. Unfortunately he didn't know much about what's in the car or what should be in the car. He makes sure the keys are there(duh, he needs them) and that it's intact and safe. Tesla takes care of the rest. My date night with 4467 was brief but this is what I take away:
-Car is absolutely flawless. Everything is working perfectly although the air suspension didn't want to take right away. Too cold I suppose.
-Tech package would have been nice. The auto lift gate for the kids in and out of the back(they love it back there 8 and 5 y.o.). Auto presenting handles. etc. Oh well.
-Standard sound system sounds plenty fine to me although I didn't blast it.
-Traction control is AMAZING. The only way you know something's amiss is the acceleration is less peppy and a TC warning flashing on panel. The roads are utter crap here but the car didn't kick out at all, even under full acceleration. At least I haven't been able to make it do it yet. With TC off, rear end kicks out quickly but stability control takes over if you get too far.
-App seems a little slow to connect IMO. Maybe my iPhone 4 is the problem. Regardless, the app is great. Very useful.
-Interior windows had a bit of film on them but fogging was not an issue.
What can I say, the test drives impressed me and now ownership blows me away. Love, love, love this car. Even if it only could travel 100 miles I'd still buy it. Great car. Just a few pics
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