Interesting experience and some info from my visit to the Dublin California showroom at lunch yesterday
Ordered Fremont delivery on a basic SR+ (blue/black/aero/no FSD) on 11/1, haven't heard a peep from Tesla except for the single "get your paperwork all done online for priority processing" bully text last week.
Went in to just get reassurance that everything was in order and to see what wisdom they have for me.
The reps were great and here are a few of the info nuggets i got from them
- Floodgates for delivery to the Cali/SF bay area will open in a huge way for the "last 2 1/2 weeks of December"
- When asked for best guess (If he was a betting man), he thinks i should expect a VIN near the end of next week with a delivery during the following week (16-21)
- As for pickup appointments, they still do honor the 3-day window as agreed, but they plan to automatically set an appointment at the end of that window (say, the 20th) with the expectation being if i can't meet that date, i can reschedule for earlier pickup the 2 days prior (18-19 in this example)
- As I live east of the Fremont factory (closer to the Dublin showroom), i also asked if it would screw anything up if i asked to change delivery from Fremont to Dublin. He checked the system and informed me that the delivery had already been changed to Dublin (?!??) - while that's what i wanted, i was kinda surprised that had already happened without any input or notification. The SA stated that often do that when there is a delivery center closer than what the user requested.
- Confirmed no mats of any kind in the SR+