Cheers! Thought I would give an update on my delivery - FINALLY! - to maybe help some of you still waiting. I know I was hungry for more information as I received delay after delay after delay. I ordered my White LR Model X w/ FSD on April 8, 2021, and just received the car last Thursday, August 18, 2022 - over 16 months of waiting.
My original delivery date was June 2021, then it moved to November 2021, then it started to move month by month. Earlier this year, I got the November 2022 - April 2023 delivery date that a lot of other people experienced. In early July, I noticed on my account that I was given a 2-week window in August, so I figured delivery was imminent! I received an email on July 19th from Tesla (first communication since I ordered it), that said, "We’re excited to deliver your Model X once a vehicle is available." and "If you are ready to take delivery, sign into your Tesla Account and select “I’m Ready” before August 1, 2022. We will update you when a vehicle becomes available."
After receiving this, the window moved to September (bummer!), then it showed delivery backed up to November 2022 (big bummer!). But then, I received a notification on August 9th that my car was ready to pick up on the 13th - what? So, then I had to scramble to get my current 2016 Model X detailed, take pics for the trade-in, get financing (which of course more than doubled since I ordered the car in early 2021), etc. I told them I couldn't pick up until the 15th, so we scheduled an appt.
Then I received a message on the 14th that one of the rims was damaged upon delivery, so they had to move it to Thursday, August 18th. Whew! What a whirlwind and SO different from my first Tesla experience (ordered and received within a couple of months). On the first delivery, they made you feel pretty special, with a big bow on the car, Tesla swag, set up in the showroom. This delivery was literally just driving to a service center and seeing the car sitting in the lot. I also thought that the S and X owners would get a key fob, but only received a key card and the iPhone access. One thing that I didn't expect was a year of free premium connectivity, so that was nice. Although it was hard giving up my grandfathered unlimited free charging. It will be interesting to see how much it ends up costing on a road trip.
Overall, I'm super happy with the car, except there are definitely gaps and misalignment issues with the car's panels, so I am already setting up a service appt. There are some great online checklists of things to look for and I can't recommend printing one of those out enough! I can say that getting used to driving this car is a larger learning curve than when I bought my first Model X. I love the yoke and clean lines without all the clutter, but getting used to not having a stalk is going to take some time. Between the yoke and the lack of drive and reverse on a stalk, a 3-point turn is going to be fun. ;-)