We ordered our red/white performance FSDC on July 9, VIN on July 24, Delivered August 1. We are in New Mexico, but opted for a Tempe, AZ delivery. We flew into Phoenix and took a Lyft over to the store arriving an hour early. The store was busy, but not overwhelmed. Our car wasn't ready, but they rolled it into the delivery room as soon as it was.
We inspected the car with a checklist and flashlight, finding a few issues. It was missing some plastic push pins in the rear fender liners and it looked like some minor paint damage on the edge of a fender. We were told that the push pins aren't necessary and are no longer installed during production, but they put some in for us anyway. What we thought was paint damage, tuned out to be adhesive that was easily removed. We gave them a personal check, signed two pieces of paper and drove away. I couldn't imagine a simpler, easier process.
The car is absolutely amazing. Our newest vehicle prior to this was a 2002, so we are a little behind the times personally. Professionally, I am a driving instructor and partially responsible for managing a fleet of nearly 400 vehicles, so I do have pretty decent exposure to a variety of vehicles. I repeat: this car is absolutely amazing.
The white interior is spectacular and so is the sound system. So much so that we've spent a few nights just hanging out with friends in the garage, drinking beer, BSing and listening to music.
In a week, we have driven over 900 miles. Interstates, state highways, county roads and dirt roads. Daytime, nighttime, sun and rain. Autopilot and Navigate on autopilot are game changers. On our 430 mile return trip home, I probably actually drove the car myself for less than a mile. Telsa's are extremely rare in rural New Mexico, it gets a lot of looks and thumbs up even here in the heart of the oil and gas industry.
We've Supercharged three times and used one free charger at an electric co-op. We've have a convenient 14-30 in our garage, next to the car, so the whole experience has been absolutely painless.
We've been showing the car to friends, family and co-workers. Literally every single day we've taken someone for a drive in it. Lots and lots of questions.
We'll put another 900 miles on it this weekend and we can't wait!