Having been given a collection date of Nov 15th using the URL "hack", and then forced to reschedule to Dec 13th (because Tesla said the car would still be on the boat), I got a text indicating that the car had landed at the dock on Sunday at 18:30.
I phoned today to see if the appointment can be brought forwards if the car is now in the UK and was offered the 10th December as the earliest possible collection (Bluewater). It is only 3 days earlier, but of course I went for it.
Now I only have 16 days, 16 hours and 51 minutes to wait. It feels nice to be picking it up before a weekend rather than after!
I feel a little disappointed that the system offered the 13th Dec as the earliest collection, when the 10th was available, and think I would have probably got a date earlier than the 10th, had they given me all the available collection slots, but we are where we are, and I am just excited now to be honest. 16 days doesn't seem out of reach anymore!