Everything about it was AWESOME!
We must have had 6 or 7 one-on-one Tesla employee interactions-- front desk clerk, then Robert, then Nate, then Alexander, then the new kid to show the features (his first day!), then more ... Every employee was absolutely wonderful.
The facility is a giant warehouse. It has maybe 100 sparkling-new Tesla's awaiting delivery in the main room. All three models.
I've wanted this car since around 2003, before Elon Musk, back when Martin Eberhard demonstrated the Roadster to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
I remember the write-up-- he would ask the passenger to turn the radio knob, then accelerator, and the acceleration was so fast that the passenger was never able to reach forward. All this in a parking lot!
But I didn't need a 100k$ 2-seater, and then years later, I didn't need a luxury sports sedan. I wanted my Blue Star.
I put my thousand dollars down on 31 March 2016, and while standing in the hours-long line, I saw a semi pull in, with 6 or 7 Model S's, wrapped in white paper, and I said to myself "I could buy one of those right now." Cash. So, a few weeks later, I did.
So-- I had this extra Model 3 reservation-- and today we took delivery and gave it to my daughter. I'll keep my Model S and trade it in on a Model 3 when I can have standard battery and AWD.
We must have had 6 or 7 one-on-one Tesla employee interactions-- front desk clerk, then Robert, then Nate, then Alexander, then the new kid to show the features (his first day!), then more ... Every employee was absolutely wonderful.
The facility is a giant warehouse. It has maybe 100 sparkling-new Tesla's awaiting delivery in the main room. All three models.
I've wanted this car since around 2003, before Elon Musk, back when Martin Eberhard demonstrated the Roadster to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
I remember the write-up-- he would ask the passenger to turn the radio knob, then accelerator, and the acceleration was so fast that the passenger was never able to reach forward. All this in a parking lot!
But I didn't need a 100k$ 2-seater, and then years later, I didn't need a luxury sports sedan. I wanted my Blue Star.
I put my thousand dollars down on 31 March 2016, and while standing in the hours-long line, I saw a semi pull in, with 6 or 7 Model S's, wrapped in white paper, and I said to myself "I could buy one of those right now." Cash. So, a few weeks later, I did.
So-- I had this extra Model 3 reservation-- and today we took delivery and gave it to my daughter. I'll keep my Model S and trade it in on a Model 3 when I can have standard battery and AWD.
