It saved me a lot—money that will now go towards paint protection. This new baby is expensive! So so beautiful though.
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Tim Alguire
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VIN = 29XXX
Reserved Day One
Placed order: 26 May
Delivery: 13 June
WOW was that fast!
Reserved Day One
Placed order: 26 May
Delivery: 13 June
WOW was that fast!
Canuck
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No -- you have no control over that and for good reason too. You need to be done and off as soon as possible. But there's no need to be concerned. If your battery is warm, you'll hear the compressor keep the batteries cool -- so there's really no concern with fast charging. I've been doing it many weekends for over 4 years and nearly 100k km and my battery has shown very little loss of range.
Today was my first day supercharging my 3. I stopped in Hope for about 25 minutes on the way to my cabin. $4.80.
I just found out I can't connect my 3 to wifi.
There's no cell phone coverage here. I often leave early and grab my phone when the alarm goes off and charge to 100% while I shower and have a coffee. With the 3, I guess I'll have to go out to the car in the bath robe. Poor me. Let's hope for a wifi update!But aside from that minor issue, I love it! So agile and responsive on the highway. I used AP for a bit but it's just too fun to drive!
And the efficiency is amazing compared to my S. I'm looking forward to the drive home on Sunday. I'm going to charge it to 100% (take pics of range for prosperity) and then skip the supercharger and see what I have left when I get home.
I love this car and even though I have skidded a bit with the rain and RWD and my lead foot (it was fun actually) -- I'm glad I didn't wait for AWD -- and my wife and kids agree.
I'm there at 4pm tomorrow and would like a second USB-c cable if you want my second lightning.
Canuck
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Now that's not fair. It's a Sophie's choice. If you have children, then it's like asking which kid do you like best? I can't answer that question but I'll try to. I love my large frunk, 80 amp, free supercharging, sunroof, S. At the same time, my agile and sleek 3 now holds a special place in my heart, like a new born baby.
If my life depended on it, and I had to get rid of one, then of course the S would go, but only because my new 3 is worth more, and I'd sure miss my S...
. But fortunately, I'm keeping both!
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Padfutonian
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Well folks..... after no small amount of phone calls to Vancouver & Vegas today, I finally ended up getting through to the Sales team in Vancouver where a very nice fellow took down my info and 12 minutes later, a woman from the PNE delivery team called me to confirm that our car is officially in Vancouver.
I seriously hope I'm not jinxing myself by posting this - hopefully our scheduled delivery this Sunday at 12:30 won't be rescheduled or cancelled for some random reason. If anyone picking up that afternoon would like to do a cable swap (we have 2 iPhones), please let me know.
Sunday's gonna be your day Kira. I'm sure of it. Give her a warm loving welcome.
frankholdem
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Well it was quite a day. Picked up my model 3 today at 4pm as planned. Everything went smoothly with the tesla stuff. The only thing that took a while was getting my BCAA optional insurance sorted out as BCAA was very slow to phone me back, but eventually they did and I was able to get all the optional insurance sorted before leaving the PNE with my car. Then we enjoyed the 400 km drive back to Vernon. Not surprisingly the m3 was an absolute joy to drive.
When we got home we noticed that Tesla had put one of the small die cast model 3s in our center console. That was a nice touch!
Happy delivery day to everyone picking up this weekend!
When we got home we noticed that Tesla had put one of the small die cast model 3s in our center console. That was a nice touch!
Happy delivery day to everyone picking up this weekend!
Kira
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Aw shucks, will do! Felt a twinge of “Tesla owner imposter syndrome” earlier this evening as I drove the old minivan home but am expecting those symptoms should fade away very soon
Hey, might see you there, same appointment time. Unfortunately I also want 2 lightning cables.Well folks..... after no small amount of phone calls to Vancouver & Vegas today, I finally ended up getting through to the Sales team in Vancouver where a very nice fellow took down my info and 12 minutes later, a woman from the PNE delivery team called me to confirm that our car is officially in Vancouver.
I seriously hope I'm not jinxing myself by posting this - hopefully our scheduled delivery this Sunday at 12:30 won't be rescheduled or cancelled for some random reason. If anyone picking up that afternoon would like to do a cable swap (we have 2 iPhones), please let me know.
I just picked up my car. What an awesome ride out to the ferry. Baby is fast. I am sorry I forgot to ask about an extra cable. Lots of vehicles on site. It took about an hour. You can tell they are trying to rush through the delivery.
Can only get ICBC insurance on site.
My documents were emailed to me the night before but only because I asked the salesperson who called me to confirm the delivery. Otherwise I doubt I would of seen them
Can only get ICBC insurance on site.
My documents were emailed to me the night before but only because I asked the salesperson who called me to confirm the delivery. Otherwise I doubt I would of seen them
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The car is amazing to say the least. Pickup is excellent and it drives well. Awesome handling. It does take few km to get used to the screen and regen braking.
I was able to swap my usb-c cable for lightening with @rainmaker002 Thanks once again for doing it.
The only thing I noticed with the car is road noise. It is definitely more than my 530i. But it’s not a big deal. I could barely hear the wind noise so not a big deal.
Wish everyone lots of happy driving and see you around.
Wow, you guys got out in an hour? I was there for almost 2 hours (waiting, and waiting, and more waiting). No one followed up why we were waiting and we had to flag people down to get started. We found our car and going through the checklist before the Tesla guy showed up saying he wanted more time to finish the car. Anyways, happy that it's over but the overall delivery experience was a bit underwhelming. (happy to get die cast model 3 though!)
Great to meet you and thanks for the swap!
I had a really smooth pickup. I was in and out in about 75 minutes (partially because I had dinner reservations to make so wasn't sticking around for the extra tutorials). ICBC + optional coverage through the on-site insurance agent is not a good deal- the optional coverage was almost $2100 for me (totalling $3200 with the basic stuff from ICBC). I called BCAA on Friday and they told me to bring my paperwork in and that the optional coverage from them would run about $900 including our member discount, and that they would arrange for the pro-rated amount to be refunded to us from the broker that Tesla had on site. So I'll go in tomorrow and see if it's that simple.
The (short) ride home was very smooth and I can't believe how quickly it goes from 30-60. Unbelievable.
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