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Waiting4M3
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The one at LA Auto Show is confirmed VIN #477 on M3 FB group and Instagram
Instagram post by Chuck Vossler • Nov 30, 2017 at 1:19am UTC
Buddyroe
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Waiting4M3
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dennis
Model S Plaid
No, it does not explain the cars in Playa Vista, which is 400 miles from Fremont. If there is rework to be done on Model 3's it will be done at the factory.
TaoJones
Beyond Driven
Got an up close and personal look at a couple of Model 3s last night at Hawthorne/SpaceX. One blue, one white. Yanno, they're pretty nice-looking cars. Smaller, sure, and that single panel takes some getting used to (although I would look forward to better night vision by not having the IC dead ahead), but all in all, the Donald Duck front end has grown on me.
Also like how they implemented the aft hatch/trunk, and of course the charge port cover and new door handles.
Also like how they implemented the aft hatch/trunk, and of course the charge port cover and new door handles.
Sometimes. It is more complex than either of us made out. If there are significant amount of defects, you might stop line and adjust immediately. If it is a few and can be fixed with rework, you might keep running and then adjust as soon as you have a fix. At any rate, I don’t think answer is ever to slow down. It is to find and fix root causes.
Agree story sounds a bit bogus.
That's not consistent with the Model X launch, where poorly made cars were distributed to service centers for final repairs before delivery. There is only one factory, but scores of service centers, and transport and storage capacity that would otherwise go to waste.
dennis
Model S Plaid
During the Model X issues there were a large number of cars that were waiting for redesigned parts to be produced; the Service Centers were used as holding pens until those new parts came in and were installed. There are not large numbers of Model 3's being built yet, the cars in Playa Vista were not at a Service Center, and they were gone in two days. Not the same.
We don't know very much, that's for sure, but I wouldn't rule out the need for new parts having been discovered after the 3s had already left the factory.
Early Xs were also delivered with atrocious flaws that indicated inspections were not being performed—and, in the case of the ghosted windshields, the results of inspections were intentionally ignored to increase delivery count.
No.
Absolutely, no.
If you have a single machine, detached from a line, you may be right but only if you can fix it in the moment and you aren't stopping waiting for a piece that need to be fixed/modled/other.
But when you have a big line with lot of machine running, then no, you need to go a full speed for a short time, say 5h, and with a block notes sign "this machine has this defect, this other has this problem" and so on, when you are ready with all the pieces needed, then, and only then, you stop the line ( including the machine that doesn't have problems since it's a line ) and go ahead and fix all the problem at the same time, then you start again, else you need a huge time to make the line work since every damn step need to be fixed and if you fix one machine, you don't fix the second, since you haven't tested it yet and so you don't know that there is something to fix
The priority is to obtain the biggest list you can of bug/thing that need to be fixed and fix it all at the same time
Of course the worker of the line has to do a lot of manual fixing ( and they do it while you do the fix ), they aren't happy, i can assure you ( my work is programming machine so i know this by experience
) they will complain "if we fixed this we woulnd't have to fix this by hands!", working with the line it's a lighter job than fixing by hands, so they would prefer the other way. of course it pains everybody when a machine does something bad and you are here to watch it make every damn time the same mistake that cost you labor, but it's the best way to do it
Neo_fd3s
Member
They are still moving v e r y s l o w
Patience is a virtue. Let everything get worked out and then pounce on it!
9erDog
Member
I saw a red being delivered at Fremont and saw all the other colors in the lot and can say this is true. Red is sexy. White shows the lines very nicely. Blue looks great in certain lighting and not so great in other lighting. Black looks okay but it is flat and shows dirt and scratches easily. Silver and Midnight Silver look boring. All opinion only of course.
gg_got_a_tesla
Model S: VIN 65513, Model 3: VIN 1913
JenniferQ
Active Member
This is my husband's car and he does like boring. Silver it is. It is a classic combo, though, and doesn't "offend" anyone. He's all about resell! He may change his mind now that he has his first Tesla, though.
Waiting4M3
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