Tracking P85D delivery thread

[NigelM]

This is my first Tesla purchase. I'm buying this for my mother as a Christmas present to replace her red Toyota Corolla after I made a small fortune from coding apps. This will be her first car worth more than $17,000. I would be lying if I didn't say that I'd want to drive this car a bit as well since I love fast cars (my other cars include a LP560-4 and LP700-4).

Awww, very cool! Welcome to TMC.

P.S. I have a suspicion you'll end up with one also.

 

[andrewket]

Just joined this forum to add my data point to this helpful thread:

Ordered: 10/18/2014
Confirmed: 10/18/2014
Re-confirmed: 10/24/2014
Entered Production: 12/9/2014
VIN: 63640 (received: 11/3/2014)
Estimated delivery: "Late December"
Scheduled delivery date: December 27, 2014. Was told this in email in 11/4/2014 and then reconfirmed by phone call 12/1/2014. Was told on the phone then that there's a 50% chance that I will get it a few days earlier than that (as early as December 18th or 19th even).
Actual delivery date: -
Delivery location: Orlando, FL
Color: Red
Wheels: 21 in Grey Turbine wheels
Interior: Black NG seats, Piano Black Decor, Black Alcantara head liner
Options: Tech package with auto pilot, air suspension, ultra high fidelity sound, red brake calipers, all glass panoramic roof
This is my first Tesla purchase. I'm buying this for my mother as a Christmas present to replace her red Toyota Corolla after I made a small fortune from coding apps. This will be her first car worth more than $17,000. I would be lying if I didn't say that I'd want to drive this car a bit as well since I love fast cars (my other cars include a LP560-4 and LP700-4).

First, congrats on the P85D, and the good fortune. I wonder if your Mom would prefer a regular S? I speak from experience here. While your intentions are great, your mother may be uncomfortable with the performance and cost of the car. Don't forget the insurance costs, too. I learned this lesson the hard way back in my mid 20's under similar circumstances. My advice is to talk to her and involve her in the process. My .02.

Congrats again! Nice stable, btw.


Oh, and make sure you add Mom's car to the google spreadsheet. Link located on the first post of this thread.

 

[MarcG]

Andrew, did you get any response from Jerome? I still have not.

 

[reuted]

Have any P85D deliveries been scheduled in the next few days that are expected to happen?

 

[commasign]

A user in another thread mentioned yesterday that 1) heated steering wheel is most likely standard to P85D; and 2) we may all be in for a surprize.



What if the delay in not about _problems_, but about a new upgrade/new features?

If that's the case, they can delay the car as much as they want! (Though still prefer before end of 2014 for tax credit purposes)

 

[CHGolferJim]

That "surprise" is a serious tease, they better deliver. Stock needs it.

 

[LetsGoFast]

My DS just told me that they have a big conference call with the factory scheduled at noon and that they hope to have a more clear update on scheduling at that time. She said she'd call me back and let me know what they said once it was done. She did say that my car had completed production some time ago and that it was in a final QA inspection hold, like all the dual motor cars. Contrary to the earlier report, she believes that none have been delivered to customers yet. She did say that she expected my car to be among the first to arrive in North Carolina.

 

[koreth]

While your intentions are great, your mother may be uncomfortable with the performance and cost of the car.

I actually expect to see at least a few used P85Ds go up for sale in the next month for exactly this reason. A number of people posting in this thread and elsewhere have mentioned it's their first performance car; they could find it's too much for them to confidently handle. I'm in this camp myself -- I expect to enjoy and keep it (or I wouldn't have ordered it in the first place) but the thought that I'll be punching above my weight has occurred to me.

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

My DS just told me that they have a big conference call with the factory scheduled at noon and that they hope to have a more clear update on scheduling at that time. She said she'd call me back and let me know what they said once it was done. She did say that my car had completed production some time ago and that it was in a final QA inspection hold, like all the dual motor cars. Contrary to the earlier report, she believes that none have been delivered to customers yet. She did say that she expected my car to be among the first to arrive in North Carolina.

That's a good update. My DS wasn't as forthcoming. Please keep us posted. Thanks!

 

[AllenWong]

First, congrats on the P85D, and the good fortune. I wonder if your Mom would prefer a regular S? I speak from experience here. While your intentions are great, your mother may be uncomfortable with the performance and cost of the car. Don't forget the insurance costs, too. I learned this lesson the hard way back in my mid 20's under similar circumstances. My advice is to talk to her and involve her in the process. My .02.

I don't want to talk to her about the car, because she doesn't know that I'm buying a Tesla for her yet. But I know that she loves the car, because I've been taking her to car shows to secretly find out what she likes (Model S was her favorite, beating out the BMW i8). Also it's a bit too late to change my order now.

She sat in my Lamborghinis countless times before, so I think she's okay with the performance. She's driven my other sports cars just fine, too. I just tell her to not step on the gas pedal too hard if she doesn't want to go fast. Her only complaints with the Lambos are that they're too loud, have no trunk space, have no back seats, eat too much gas, and that they get too much attention. So this car is perfect for her (she liked my Bentley CGT, too, but that thing's also a gas guzzler).

As for being uncomfortable with the cost of the car... yea, that's why she likes cheap beater cars. But I think life's too short to be worrying about every little door ding and scratch. Back in my early 20s when I was driving the LP560, I was babying the car all the time and worrying about where I park it. Five years later, I'm parking the LP700 at Walmart, Disney World, and Universal Studios without a care in the world. Sure, people sit on my car and leave scratches with their pants buttons/belt or they write their names on the dirt on my car with their dirty fingers. But I don't think they'll be doing that with the Tesla.

I'm paying for her insurance, so that's for me to worry about (everything's going under my name, because I'm already past my gift tax exemption).

 

[MarcG]

My DS just told me that they have a big conference call with the factory scheduled at noon and that they hope to have a more clear update on scheduling at that time.

Hmm this could be bad news. It sounds like HQ coming up with a story to communicate the reason for further delays down to customers via our delivery specialists (which is a good thing, since communication has been almost nil so far, but a bad things for those of us being put on hold). If deliveries were imminent, why would they have this "big conference call" instead of just starting to release P85Ds to service centers?

 

[flyboyzz1]

Hmm this could be bad news. It sounds like HQ coming up with a story to communicate the reason for further delays down to customers via our delivery specialists (which is a good thing, since communication has been almost nil so far, but a bad things for those of us being put on hold). If deliveries were imminent, why would they have this "big conference call" instead of just starting to release P85Ds to service centers?

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

[CHGolferJim]

Hmm this could be bad news.

Maybe they have realized this would be a good technique for timely and accurate delivery of a message they want delivered uniformly and nationally, and the P85D rollout is a good time to start. Especially in the context of this delay and share price meltdown. Hopefully, this plus the tidbit that a "surprise" is coming means something positive will come out. Adding the freebie of a heated steering wheel is a good move for those affected.

 

[AllenWong]

I actually expect to see at least a few used P85Ds go up for sale in the next month for exactly this reason. A number of people posting in this thread and elsewhere have mentioned it's their first performance car; they could find it's too much for them to confidently handle. I'm in this camp myself -- I expect to enjoy and keep it (or I wouldn't have ordered it in the first place) but the thought that I'll be punching above my weight has occurred to me.

You get used it to fairly quickly. So don't worry. The true caveat is that you'll start finding other cars to be slow and end up stepping on the gas really hard for the acceleration that isn't there in other cars.

The car also doesn't go from stand still to super fast on its own. Just lightly tap on the gas pedal and slowly build up speed. As you start getting used to the acceleration, you'll see that entering highways via the ramp becomes easier, switching lanes becomes easier, and running over your neighbor's annoying cat that keeps pooping on your porch becomes easier (bonus points for being a quiet car).

 

[AlMc]

I don't want to talk to her about the car, because she doesn't know that I'm buying a Tesla for her yet. But I know that she loves the car, because I've been taking her to car shows to secretly find out what she likes (Model S was her favorite, beating out the BMW i8). Also it's a bit too late to change my order now.

She sat in my Lamborghinis countless times before, so I think she's okay with the performance. She's driven my other sports cars just fine, too. I just tell her to not step on the gas pedal too hard if she doesn't want to go fast. Her only complaints with the Lambos are that they're too loud, have no trunk space, have no back seats, eat too much gas, and that they get too much attention. So this car is perfect for her (she liked my Bentley CGT, too, but that thing's also a gas guzzler).

As for being uncomfortable with the cost of the car... yea, that's why she likes cheap beater cars. But I think life's too short to be worrying about every little door ding and scratch. Back in my early 20s when I was driving the LP560, I was babying the car all the time and worrying about where I park it. Five years later, I'm parking the LP700 at Walmart, Disney World, and Universal Studios without a care in the world. Sure, people sit on my car and leave scratches with their pants buttons/belt or they write their names on the dirt on my car with their dirty fingers. But I don't think they'll be doing that with the Tesla.

I'm paying for her insurance, so that's for me to worry about (everything's going under my name, because I'm already past my gift tax exemption).

You are my nominee for 'son of the year' award! You put my brother and I to shame. We talked about going 'halvies' on a model3 for our father. I am not going to let him read your post:biggrin:.

As to the power in the car being too much for your mom.....Maybe you can add your voice to the thought of a grasshopper mode (also called valet by some) that could limit the acceleration or top speed.

 

[donv]

Hopefully your mother is like my 81 year old mother in law. I gave her my old manual transmission Audi A6. Before I gave it to her, my mechanic asked me "Does she know it's a manual?"

"She wouldn't have it any other way!" was my answer.

I don't want to talk to her about the car, because she doesn't know that I'm buying a Tesla for her yet. But I know that she loves the car, because I've been taking her to car shows to secretly find out what she likes (Model S was her favorite, beating out the BMW i8). Also it's a bit too late to change my order now.

 

[crazybrit]

That conference call must be over by now. Anyone heard anything? I have a call in to my DS

 

[AllenWong]

You are my nominee for 'son of the year' award! You put my brother and I to shame. We talked about going 'halvies' on a model3 for our father. I am not going to let him read your post:biggrin:.

As to the power in the car being too much for your mom.....Maybe you can add your voice to the thought of a grasshopper mode (also called valet by some) that could limit the acceleration or top speed.

:biggrin: I'll put a brick under the gas pedal so that she can't step on it too hard. I actually bought the P85D because I thought that it'd have a better range than a single motor (that's that Elon said and that's what it said in the tech specs when I ordered, but now I see that it's actually less - I have to admit that I felt a bit bait/switched), because the estimated delivery said "December" when I ordered while others said Late December and beyond (and it still says that on the order page, even though it's actually late December and beyond - I felt a bit bait/switched on this, too) and because it has auto-pilot (something my mom would appreciate, but it seems like there's no autopilot software out yet - felt baited/switched again).

 

[Scothawk]

That conference call must be over by now. Anyone heard anything? I have a call in to my DS

Noon Eastern, Central or Pacific? If it's pacific we gotta wait a few hours yet.

 

[crazybrit]

My DS just told me that they have a big conference call with the factory scheduled at noon and that they hope to have a more clear update on scheduling at that time. She said she'd call me back and let me know what they said once it was done. She did say that my car had completed production some time ago and that it was in a final QA inspection hold, like all the dual motor cars. Contrary to the earlier report, she believes that none have been delivered to customers yet. She did say that she expected my car to be among the first to arrive in North Carolina.

LetsGoFast is in VA, so I assumed noon Eastern