P3D owners / If you recently took Deliver / Rejected Car

[IsellCisco]

Ordered a P3D on 3/17/2019. Originally they assigned a 2018 VIN. I refused it and requested a 2019 VIN. I was finally assigned a new VIN a few days ago, but I have suspicions it may be a previously rejected car. This VIN seems to be a late JAN or Early FEB build. 5YJ3E1EB9KF265518

It seems like most people taking delivery of new build are in the 320,000 + range.

If you recently took delivery of a P3D can you let me know order date, delivery date, and VIN to the nearest thousandth?

 

[destructure00]

Ordered 3/9, delivered 3/31, 231xxx VIN, which is a March 2019 build. I think you are fine with 265xxx. VINs are not necessarily sequential. Check the model 3 order spreadsheet and you will see most of the recent P3D deliveries are in the mid 200s.

 

[IsellCisco]

I've checked the spreadsheet, it looks like it has pretty much died. Highest P3D VIN I see on there is 198,455 ? Unless I'm not filtering properly.

 

[ewoodrick]

I'm sorry, but you aren't going to get a cake hot out of the oven.

They make cars in batches, depending on colors and features. They've seem to run a batch for about a week and then move on. Add some shipping to it and some inventory time and 8 weeks is pretty much right out of the factory.

It is sometimes so much better to be ignorant and happy than anal and upset.

 

[ngogas]

@IsellCisco you’re reading too much of this forum and is getting into your head. Perhaps they can get you down to Fremont and have you build your own Tesla so you can get one out of the Fremont oven. Don’t over think things.

 

[IsellCisco]

Yes! Or at least let me paint it myself so it comes out halfway decent!

 

[destructure00]

I've checked the spreadsheet, it looks like it has pretty much died. Highest P3D VIN I see on there is 198,455 ? Unless I'm not filtering properly.

Something must be wrong with how you are displaying it. Here's the most recent VIN info for P3D. 231xxx and 236xxx, all March 2019 builds. Your 265xxx is likely even newer. Take the car

 

[ngogas]

He’s waiting for 300xxx build lol. Might be safer to go with 400xxx and get hardware 4.5. Lmao

 

[IsellCisco]

Something must be wrong with how you are displaying it. Here's the most recent VIN info for P3D. 231xxx and 236xxx, all March 2019 builds. Your 265xxx is likely even newer. Take the car

Thanks! This certainly looks a lot better.

 

[DrDabbles]

When people buy a Ford, do they scour the interwebs to make sure they have a satisfactory build date? 2018 was four months ago. It's not like that four months changes anything about the car.

 

[IsellCisco]

When people buy a Ford, do they scour the interwebs to make sure they have a satisfactory build date? 2018 was four months ago. It's not like that four months changes anything about the car.

Yes same car, but resale WILL BE affected simply because it says 2019. Also, a lot of changes from early 2018 to later 2018 models.

 

[dsvick]

Yes same car, but resale WILL BE affected simply because it says 2019.

Probably not as much as you think. Since Tesla changes things fairly frequently, people are learning to price them based on features and build date in relation to when changes were made and not strictly by VIN year.

Also, a lot of changes from early 2018 to later 2018 models.

Yes, and because of that people know when changes were put in place and value cars appropriately. So that a Feb. 2018 build is priced differently from a July one based on the headliner and rear seat change. Since there were no changes made between a hypothetical Dec 2018 build and now, they should be priced very similarly.

 

[DrDabbles]

Yes same car, but resale WILL BE affected simply because it says 2019.

That's not how this works. And if you're worried about resale value, you shouldn't be buying a new car you should buy a used one that's already taken the initial depreciation hit.

Also, a lot of changes from early 2018 to later 2018 models.

Not for the P3D, which was always built in the tent and had higher quality than all the other trims. Also, they aren't offering you an early 2018 because the P3D didn't exist in early 2018 and only started deliveries in July.

 

[MXWing]

Any Model 3s built for at least the next month and a half is going overseas.

That and every car needs to be judged on its own merits.

Wholesale acceptance or rejection based on vin alone speaks of madness.