Vince Cobelo
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I live in Palmetto, FL bought the 85D in Sarasota and will take delivery in Tampa. The conversation with the DS took place yesterday. I'll comment when the new VIN has been communicated to us.
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When does a Model S become a 2016?
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I live in Palmetto, FL bought the 85D in Sarasota and will take delivery in Tampa. The conversation with the DS took place yesterday. I'll comment when the new VIN has been communicated to us.
Cool, thanks for the reply. I was wondering if the offer was limited to those in CA (or West coast) so that the delivery would be easy to do prior to year-end. You're pretty much as far as you can get, so that certainly doesn't seem like a consideration.
Vince Cobelo
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New VIN with "G" in the 10th place was just assigned today. Delivery still indicates late December/early January.
Vince Cobelo
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Wow... 1 day after a new VIN being assigned it went into being built status. So 12/7 new VIN; 12/8 The Tesla Factory is building your Model S. Based on the spreadsheet they are building the cars in 4-7 days or so now once it hits that status.
Vince Cobelo
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Vince Cobelo
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Awesome...we're getting close. From the spreadsheet most are out of production and into shipping in 4-7 days.
Vince Cobelo
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Mine went from VIN to production in one day. That was yesterday. With shipping to Colorado, I wonder if I will get it before the end of the year?
Mine started production yesterday as well, 1 day after VIN. It will be coming to Texas between Christmas and New Years (according to DS), so Colorado should be no problem.
Mine (90D) went in to production on Nov-24, 2015 VIN. Status unchanged today Dec-12, still in production.
Vince Cobelo
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Mine (90D) went in to production on Nov-24, 2015 VIN. Status unchanged today Dec-12, still in production.
Are you sure it said you went into production on Nov 24? And not in the production queue? Term I always here is that the factory is building your Model S when it is actually being built.
I had a February delivery date set when I ordered in October. I got the call about a week ago asking if I wanted to accelerate the delivery date (and still get a 2016 VIN) but I said I wanted to wait for February.
Today I got an email saying a VIN has been assigned. The email shows a late January/early February delivery. If it really only takes them a week to build the car, doesn't it seem to soon to have a VIN assigned?
Today I got an email saying a VIN has been assigned. The email shows a late January/early February delivery. If it really only takes them a week to build the car, doesn't it seem to soon to have a VIN assigned?
Zybane
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Telsa is telling me that they use rail to get the cars out here to the East coast. 3-4 weeks on a train they say. That seems a bit excessive.
Vince Cobelo
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Don't know who at Tesla is telling you that but looking at the spreadsheet the average delivery to the east coast looks to be 10-14 days. You know they are trying to recognize revenue and delivery of units in 2015 otherwise why would they go to the exercise of changing the VIN process. They will do whatever they can to get the car delivered this year and if they can't by a week want us to take delivery on paper while it is in transit so they can meet their goals. Perfectly legal for the tax rebate and their accounting purposes as long as the car has left their dock.
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They use a combination of trains and trucks depending on capacity and how close your delivery is to the end of the quarter. If it's sent by train it does take 3 weeks. Lots of loading/unloading along the route.
ottopilot
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Paid deposit yesterday, it stated February delivery. Confirmed order this morning, 2016 VIN assigned and now it says in production queue, estimated delivery late December/January. Holy Christmas present!
Vince Cobelo
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You are close to the factory so it is possible. Average time to East Coast is 10 days or so....Mine (Sparkz and a bunch of others too) should be coming out of production very soon, hopefully through factory inspection and on the road to Florida. It will be tight for the last week of the year but that is what I am hoping for. If you wanted for the soonest possible date they are trying to get them out for sure. Speculation is, they want to shut production down for a week to reward workers for meeting production (hopefully not sacrificing quality) goals.
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