I ordered this Feb and am scheduled for pickup in 2 weeks. I can certainly understand your frustration. Seeing how many early ordering folks are well behind those of us that recently ordered would kill any chance of an early order from me in the future.
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Texas Model Ys
- Thread starter SparkyTX
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I ordered this Feb and am scheduled for pickup in 2 weeks. I can certainly understand your frustration. Seeing how many early ordering folks are well behind those of us that recently ordered would kill any chance of an early order from me in the future.
That is all done.
I have a charger to be installed, a bid on the installation and the homelink module. Since I don't have my final numbers, I'm hesitating on having the charger installed. There is a small chance I may cancel this order if they "adjust" my trade in value down too much more, so I'm hesitating on spending any more money at this point. The chance of cancelling is small but I won't feel comfortable until I have all the numbers and a committed delivery date. There are things at play with the delivery process I think that none of us are aware of and we just have to wait. I have hopes something will happen this week, but you never know with Tesla.
Yeah, I really think Tesla is being very short sighted here. They need to start building a loyal customer base that has a great experience so we can be their advertising and promote their products (since Tesla doesn't advertise). In another couple of years, Tesla will have a lot more competition. Granted we all know they are ahead of the game in most cases but other companies like Audi, Volvo, BMW, Volkswagen, etc. are all moving forward with electrifying their line up. Tesla's lead in this market and the technology will start diminishing and I think they need to start insuring they have loyal customers. The reservation process works when you honor some sort of priority on the orders. If you don't you just make the folks who signed up early hacked off and then when you do this process again, less people will sign up. I think the problem is there are way more folks willing to put up with this to get the car (I'm guilty of this) and it isn't incenting Tesla to do the right thing at this point. What do you think would happen to the initial quality if everyone declined delivery if there were minor quality issues? Right now we will take the bad quality to get our cars, so Tesla says, okay, keep producing cars with issues, we will fix them later. We are our own worst enemies...
I've sometimes wondered if the reason why some of these very early reservations are not being fulfilled yet others who ordered recently are, is because of the change in price. Early adopters got free wheel upgrades and/or FSD for cheaper than new orders today. And we've been told that if changes are made to the order then that resets the price to current, so your FSD just got $1k or $2k more if you change from white seats to black because white seats are like unicorns apparently. Kind of makes you wonder if they want you to make a change from black exterior or white seats so you can get your MY quicker, but at extra cost = more profit. Just a thought... Trying to understand their logic in how the orders are getting fulfilled, and nothing makes any sense. I might as well try to figure out the next set of lotto numbers, I'd probably have more success with that.
I'm not willing to risk my place in line going to the back and Tesla telling me that because I changed I'm in the back and will get my car some time in 2021. Since there is no real logic here I'm sticking with my guns and staying with what I ordered. I did consider changing to white as it was a premium color when I ordered but I've was afraid what that would do to my place in a line that apparently doesn't exist. I may have a better chance on checking with my local delivery center to see if they have any cars that were from cancelled orders. Right now Houston has no extra model Ys, but that could change. I agree, it is more fruitful to try to figure out lottery numbers than trying to make sense of Tesla. Keep in mind too that the early orders plunked down $2500 that Tesla has been holding on to for over a year.I've sometimes wondered if the reason why some of these very early reservations are not being fulfilled yet others who ordered recently are, is because of the change in price. Early adopters got free wheel upgrades and/or FSD for cheaper than new orders today. And we've been told that if changes are made to the order then that resets the price to current, so your FSD just got $1k or $2k more if you change from white seats to black because white seats are like unicorns apparently. Kind of makes you wonder if they want you to make a change from black exterior or white seats so you can get your MY quicker, but at extra cost = more profit. Just a thought... Trying to understand their logic in how the orders are getting fulfilled, and nothing makes any sense. I might as well try to figure out the next set of lotto numbers, I'd probably have more success with that.
Thanks for the suggestion but I’ll keep it here since I’m focusing on the MY and want input specifically from MY owners and orderers.You may want to post in Texas
Lots of Texans in there
Also less traffic so your post stays at near the top longer.
SLV12
Member
Waiting since hour one 3-2019 for a white on white performance, 21". Received 2 notices to prepare for delivery...but no vin for this Austin boy. Sold the 600sl last summer and yes transferring the vanity plates.
I'm not sure what is happening to delay delivery to those of us that ordered early on. I've been trying to find a pattern but really haven't seen anything conclusive. I was suspecting that trade-ins may be slowing some of this down in that Tesla is either purposely dragging their feet in processing orders with trade ins as the prices keep dropping or because of the pandemic the department that assesses the value of trade ins is overwhelmed and struggling to keep up. Also I think transportation has a lot to do with it. I think they try to batch orders so they can be grouped on trucks to be sent to the delivery centers. So maybe they hold orders for Houston until they can fill a truck bound for that area. All speculation on my part, but these seem to be the only things that makes sense.
KRG21
Member
Dallas here. Originally ordered Day 1, changed my order in Jan 2020. white/white/AWD/inductions..still waiting on a VIN, though I have been in contact with a delivery specialist and told him I don't need the car till late Summer.
theganjaguru
Guru
If anyone was planning on using FSCU for financing, don’t bother. They only refinance Tesla’s, they no longer offer financing on new Tesla’s.
theganjaguru
Guru
... also same with Houston Federal Credit Union. No longer make loans for new Tesla’s. Refinance only.
Still not seeing many TX model Y deliveries. I don't know if it is just because there aren't that many orders from Texas or if we for some reason are at the bottom of the delivery list. I'm checking for a VIN daily with no news. Curious to know if there is anyone out there that has received their MYs and when.
Curious to know if there is anyone out there that has received their MYs and when.
theganjaguru
Guru
Still not seeing many TX model Y deliveries. I don't know if it is just because there aren't that many orders from Texas or if we for some reason are at the bottom of the delivery list. I'm checking for a VIN daily with no news.
I wonder if it’s due to the shutdown orders for Harris county and maybe an issue related to obtaining temporary tags?
I've not heard that, but that could be another hold up. Anyone in Texas that received a car recently, can you comment on the registration process? I've heard things are being handled on line but I could be wrong.
Yeah, I think they are assigning new production VINs quickly, but don't have delivery dates for them yet. It will be interesting when these start showing delivery dates...
I got my VIN early last week and still shows 6/4 delivery date. I'm sure it was in the queue somewhere so as soon as they came out of shutdown, my VIN/date were updated.
My order date was 1/30/2020.
Well, what do you know... I'm seeing my VIN now. Looks legit but since I'm getting out of the web source code, I'm a bit guarded on considering this as my true VIN. It is in the 69xx range which is somewhat low from what I've been seeing but VINs seem to be all over the place. I taking this as a sign that things are moving forward. I've not had any formal communication from Tesla. I'm hoping the number is lower as they have had it a while and been doing more QA on it.
My VIN is 5xxx, delivering next week, so don't put too much in the number...Tesla produces them out of order, more just the bucket it got put into. Good luck!!!Well, what do you know... I'm seeing my VIN now. Looks legit but since I'm getting out of the web source code, I'm a bit guarded on considering this as my true VIN. It is in the 69xx range which is somewhat low from what I've been seeing but VINs seem to be all over the place. I taking this as a sign that things are moving forward. I've not had any formal communication from Tesla. I'm hoping the number is lower as they have had it a while and been doing more QA on it.
