Tesla Model 3 in Australia

[meowsers]

Tesla's party line is that "they aim to have all deliveries completed by the end of September", so we will see.

 

[Vostok]

Tesla's party line is that "they aim to have all deliveries completed by the end of September", so we will see.

And then there’ll be the next batch of orders to deliver

All the pent-up white interior SR+ and AWD orders, for example

 

[meowsers]

Anyone else in Canberra have a delivery date yet? The DS told me that they would be in touch again with some options for direct to door delivery. I've just been told within 2 weeks.

 

[davegp]

Anyone else in Canberra have a delivery date yet? The DS told me that they would be in touch again with some options for direct to door delivery. I've just been told within 2 weeks.

Not yet, but I've heard the Tesla Service Centre is opening "early September" out near Queanbeyan... I wonder if deliveries will be coordinated though there...

 

[Blue heaven]

Just remember there may be people getting cars that do not spend all their working day trawling forums/ social media. We don't have all the data

How do they maintain sanity awaiting their model 3?

 

[khayyam]

It is a bit perplexing what is going on in NZ, there is evidence of quite a few cars in Auckland but next to nothing on the delivery front or any real contact from Tesla. On the Oz side of things they are booking appointments through to the end of September.

A few more calls now. I'm picking that we've probably seen pictures of most/all the cars that have been trucked from the customs warehouse to K rd so far -- they just have to go past a lot of phone cameras. Maybe ~10 cars so far? Harder to say how many people who get calls will report it on twitter/fb/here.

 

[paulp]

Any recommendations for tinting in Melbourne?

Don't they have to strip the door trim to do the tinting? Am I being overly pedantic worrying whether there is noone out there that knows what they're doing when it comes to the new Model 3?

I doubt model 3 has any ground breaking method of holding the door trim on beyond the universal clips

 

[RobDickinson]

Knowing tesla they have 28 different door trim clips and use every single one of them on just one door..

 

[paulp]

I might have missed this news in the thread so please ignore.
The auto logistics company that handles Tesla vehicles in Australia

AutoNexus

Read the article here (dated 19th August)
The auto logistics company that handles Tesla vehicles in Australia | The Driven

You’re the 3rd person to post the link on this thread

 

[aroth]

Harder to say how many people who get calls will report it on twitter/fb/here.

I'm guesstimating a ~10% response rate on the spreadsheet. Based on pretty much nothing.

 

[bay74]

Tesla's party line is that "they aim to have all deliveries completed by the end of September", so we will see.

Unsurprising given the supposed desire to minimise in-transit vehicles and maximise deliveries by the end of each quarter. I wonder though, if one misses a September delivery, will one have to wait until December... Surely there can't be that many Aus/NZ sales, and they wouldn't just stop delivering to us for two months would they, while they sell 3rd-quarter vehicles in the States where they can be delivered in the quarter. Surely!

Mine's the second-last order in the tracking sheet. :-( Sitting on "We will shortly upload a copy of your final invoice...".

 

[TeeThreee]

Hope you have better luck than I did. We set out to drive around North America in a M3P; started in Florida, got to Quebec and some dickhead in a Silverado towing a huge caravan attempted to push us off the road - didn't do the car any good at all.

Sorry to hear it, and thanks for the warning - I will set my mental 'safe distance' alert for large ICEicles with huge caravans to 'wide berth'.

I won't push the speed hard: out beyond the superchargers, efficiency will be more overall time-effective than dash given that the charging "speed" will be below 100 kph. If one comes thundering up from behind, I'll pull over and let him charge past. At least in Australia it's mostly nice and flat - room to get off the road.

 

[paulp]

Makes you wonder why they want/need to hold on to the vehicles for a month.

They probably love them so much that they cant let go

 

[paulp]

I would love to make a trip from Sydney to Perth and up to Shark Bay.

I have dreamt of going to Shark Bay for about 30 years...

.... and I would just like to prove to myself that so-called "range anxiety" is a load of hogwash.

Range anxiety is soooo overated. A range emergency has much more impact.

 

[Matt_NZ]

It is a bit perplexing what is going on in NZ, there is evidence of quite a few cars in Auckland but next to nothing on the delivery front or any real contact from Tesla. On the Oz side of things they are booking appointments through to the end of September.

A number of people on the NZ Model 3 Facebook group have delivery appointments for mid next week in Auckland

 

[Matt_NZ]

Another four have been spotted in Auckland

 

[Grenadine]

nonononono one of those is mine and should be going to Brisbane not Auckland

 

[meowsers]

A bit annoyed that my VIN has disappeared and not returned!

Dear Tesla Gods: I just want my invoice so I can get the car registered and also would like a delivery date so I can make some life plans.

 

[Blue heaven]

@1st in Line you won't be disappointed

I would love to make a trip from Sydney to Perth and up to Shark Bay.

I have dreamt of going to Shark Bay for about 30 years...

.... and I would just like to prove to myself that so-called "range anxiety" is a load of hogwash.

I would love to make a trip from Sydney to Perth and up to Shark Bay.

I have dreamt of going to Shark Bay for about 30 years...

.... and I would just like to prove to myself that so-called "range anxiety" is a load of hogwash.

I would love to make a trip from Sydney to Perth and up to Shark Bay.

I have dreamt of going to Shark Bay for about 30 years...

.... and I would just like to prove to myself that so-called "range anxiety" is a load of hogwash.

 

[Matt_NZ]

nonononono one of those is mine and should be going to Brisbane not Auckland

Hopefully they're keeping them safe from the hail showers Auckland has been seeing today!