Best M3 walk-through video so far...
JoaoD
Tech Enthusiast
No SpaceX is not Tesla. Yes, both SpaceX, Tesla and SolarCity employees got the chance to reserve before the general public.
Yes the guy receiving his car is a spaceX employee. Austin TX is close to a research facility in McGregor. He's answering a bunch of questions on the m3oc forum.
Nice, quite spacious.
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A few photos from that M3owners thread with VIN #259, go there for UI and more
Want to see: features we've not seen in videos/photos yet
12V
Front plate (only glue)
Fog lights on/off
Roof rack:
2 bags is that a bonus thing for 1st day orders?
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ohmman
Plaid-ish Moderator
This spot here looks a little weird to me, but I recognize that it could just be the lighting or the way that the front door is open.
From this side it looks mostly ok, though somewhat rised? Space left for water/dirt drainage?
Just a style line, so that the door doesn't look too plain.
Ed: Seriously, I'm not kidding. To be more specific, that's a "character line"; when there's two, that one's called the "lower character line".
They're common because A) most customers think that cars look too plain from the sides without them, and B) if done right they have minimal affect on the vehicle's drag. Character lines make the lighting change starkly at different points on the door, giving it that sort of shimmer that people find stylish, rather than just a simple gradient or uniform reflection.
Ed: Seriously, I'm not kidding. To be more specific, that's a "character line"; when there's two, that one's called the "lower character line".
They're common because A) most customers think that cars look too plain from the sides without them, and B) if done right they have minimal affect on the vehicle's drag. Character lines make the lighting change starkly at different points on the door, giving it that sort of shimmer that people find stylish, rather than just a simple gradient or uniform reflection.
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Kcharwood
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smartypnz
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Kcharwood
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K-MTG
Sunshade Captain of TMC
ohmman
Plaid-ish Moderator
My ellipse was a bit ambiguous. I meant where the bottom of the door meets the rocker.Just a style line, so that the door doesn't look too plain.
Ed: Seriously, I'm not kidding. To be more specific, that's a "character line"; when there's two, that one's called the "lower character line".
They're common because A) most customers think that cars look too plain from the sides without them, and B) if done right they have minimal affect on the vehicle's drag. Character lines make the lighting change starkly at different points on the door, giving it that sort of shimmer that people find stylish, rather than just a simple gradient or uniform reflection.
e-FTW
New electron smell
Found an aero-less 18 with the Tesla cap. Very good look. VIN #120
Visited the Fremont factory yesterday for the factory tour (awesome!). Snooped around the parking lot for a while and saw about a dozen Model 3's. Couldn't find any higher VIN than 185. Shouldn't they be further along by now if they are to make October deliveries to non-employed customers? Fwiw, not much movement on Model 3 line inside either...
Pic of the highest VIN I could find. Sorry about the fingers!
Pic of the highest VIN I could find. Sorry about the fingers!
Visited the Fremont factory yesterday for the factory tour (awesome!). Snooped around the parking lot for a while and saw about a dozen Model 3's. Couldn't find any higher VIN than 185. Shouldn't they be further along by now if they are to make October deliveries to non-employed customers? Fwiw, not much movement on Model 3 line inside either...
Pic of the highest VIN I could find. Sorry about the fingers!
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It's pretty clear that the VINs are not being delivered in order. We don't have enough data to make any conclusions beyond that.
That said, looks like 185 is a delivered car, the interesting stuff would be in the staging lots.
