Just hoping I can help others avoid confusion for anyone in a similar position.
TLDR: Pre-Delivery tasks are actually Pre-ORDER tasks. You must finish all Pre-Delivery tasks to get your place in line.
I placed my "order" on April 24th for a Model 3 SR+. Received confirmation of my order and started working on "Pre-Delivery tasks." I stopped at the financing portion as I was not trading the car in and was holding off selling my existing car until closer to delivery date. I wanted that loan off my credit report before completing the financing portion of the "Pre-Delivery Tasks". As time went on I noticed the EDD pushing out farther which I considered fairly normal given the market these days. At the time I didn't think anything of it but that was a huge mistake. I had a growing suspicion that it was because I had not completed the "pre-delivery tasks". A week after I finished all of the tasks I searched for real-world delivery times for others who had ordered within my timeframe. Pretty much all had been delivered roughly one month prior, meanwhile my "order" is still estimated for another 1-2 months.
At this time I called Tesla and they said that my order confirmation wasn't for an actual order. They said in reality I just created an account on their website....for $100 might I add. So "Pre-Delivery tasks" are not actually pre-DELIVERY tasks they are pre-ORDER tasks regardless of what their own website says. Your $100 order fee does not actually hold your place in line even though there is a check mark indicating you have "Placed your Tesla order"
TLDR: Pre-Delivery tasks are actually Pre-ORDER tasks. You must finish all Pre-Delivery tasks to get your place in line.
I placed my "order" on April 24th for a Model 3 SR+. Received confirmation of my order and started working on "Pre-Delivery tasks." I stopped at the financing portion as I was not trading the car in and was holding off selling my existing car until closer to delivery date. I wanted that loan off my credit report before completing the financing portion of the "Pre-Delivery Tasks". As time went on I noticed the EDD pushing out farther which I considered fairly normal given the market these days. At the time I didn't think anything of it but that was a huge mistake. I had a growing suspicion that it was because I had not completed the "pre-delivery tasks". A week after I finished all of the tasks I searched for real-world delivery times for others who had ordered within my timeframe. Pretty much all had been delivered roughly one month prior, meanwhile my "order" is still estimated for another 1-2 months.
At this time I called Tesla and they said that my order confirmation wasn't for an actual order. They said in reality I just created an account on their website....for $100 might I add. So "Pre-Delivery tasks" are not actually pre-DELIVERY tasks they are pre-ORDER tasks regardless of what their own website says. Your $100 order fee does not actually hold your place in line even though there is a check mark indicating you have "Placed your Tesla order"