Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Ordering Process - Time to Order!!

So once you get over the fact that your not getting the Base Model at $35k with the full rebate, and you realize you were going to spring for most of those options anyway and the 310 mi range eliminates range anxiety (remember Tesla recommends you only charge to 90% for daily driving to preserve the life of the battery cells then you realize October 15 really is the day to order.



So when I ordered on Oct 15, MR was not yet a thing so there was not yet the option for that.

As likely many reservation holders have done once their ability to order showed up on their page, I built the car to the specs wanted, once I realized that SR would not be coming out anytime soon for either the Full Federal Tax Rebate or even Half of it.

What's great and bad about building online is that you can build at your leisure with no salesman trying to push you into a higher model, but if you reading this you realize the bad, you better get educated on what it is you want and or need....

So I designed the following:


  1. Long Range Rear Wheel Drive, which as of this writing is no longer an available option but there are rumors you can put an order for the MR Rear Wheel Drive and then have your sales adviser update but I would confer with a Rep before doing that if you have your heart set on it
  2. Dark Obsidian Grey - +$1k, any color other than standard black is an additional $1k
  3. 18' Aero Wheels come standard and the reason for the funky design is it add's fuel efficiency, its an additional $1.5k for 19" Sport Wheels which while they look nicer you can always remove the hubcaps on the Aero wheels and buy a lug set that gives you a nice pair of dark rims for minimal add'l cost of $50
  4. Mandatory Premium Interior and now if you want White thats available for additional $1k but that may take longer to receive
  5. Option for EAP - Enahanced Auto Pilot, this is the whole car of the future which is a very modern adaptive cruise control that is only getting better that option to add is $5k at time of ordering or $7k after delivery as its simply an over the air update, of course it's something I added because why buy a Tesla if your not going to take advantage of their Tech
  6. Full Self Driving was another option which I passed on, the tech which is not yet available but you can pre-pay for it to save a bit of cash but it has since been removed as an additional option. Not sure if its because they aren't as close as they thought on that delivery.
  7. .Once you've done that you review your order and place another $2,500 deposit via Credit Card on their site (yay Credit Card Points), this deposit/order is refundable within in 3 days after that it is non-refundable.....


Once you've done that you get an order confirmation like the above and be directed to their website to provide additional information which include whether you want to do a trade in, financing or cash, and mode of delivery/pickup you would like. Date of delivery will be communicated at a later time.


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