Taking delivery of my Model S today! (12/2/12)

While the Signature cars were doled out fairly slowly, there was clearly a decision made over the Thanksgiving weekend to start distributing cars as fast as possible. For those who have not followed the details very closely, there have been a number of Signature Model S's that were clearly delayed. A letter went out about at least 28 vehicles that were not right or there was some production problem that dramatically delayed delivery. But they kept putting out as many sigs as they could, but there was a definate slow down just before Thanksgiving and some increasing consternation from Signature reservation holders who had not gotten their cars yet.

Then, starting Monday of this week, the online delivery scheduling for some of the R (Roadster Friends and Family) and P (General Production) reservation holders went live...including mine. And they started doing mass delivery on-site in Fremont. Turns out there were at least a few hundred general production vehicles that had been built and completed and were sitting on the lot awaiting delivery of the Signature vehicles, but they made the decision to proceed with general production vehicles even though a few (maybe a couple dozen?) Signatures had not yet gotten their cars.

The apparent issue is 3 fold (speculated, but seems to be holding up): 1)Lack of carbon fiber interior and exterior trim, 2)Lack of Performance parts, 3)Lack of 21" turbine rims.

Almost all deliveries scheduled this week have had none of those 3 items above...including mine.

I was given a delivery window of Dec. 3-16 and VIN ending in 1067. Turns out the truck is delivering directly to my home instead of through a Service Center like many/most do. And my truck has 2 drivers sharing wheel time allowing them to make good time from Fremont to Nixa, MO. they're scheduled to arrive b/w 5p-6p tonight, I've asked if they can get here by 4 to accommodate an event I hoped to attend tonight. But no way in hell I'm delaying delivery for a Christmas party!

I'll try to post up photos as soon as I get them. In the mean time here's a shot of my baby before she was wrapped and put on the delivery truck, still on the lot in Fremont.


Evan's Tesla's first photo crop by efusco, on Flickr

 

Ugh, the delivery truck driver just called, can't make it here until tomorrow morning. I'll take delivery b/w 8-10am at my office. Shoot.

 

Hey all!
Yes, my Model S was delivered at about 10:30 this morning at my office. I drove it across the street then had to wait until lunch to drive it again (damn work!). Took some coworkers to lunch, ran home, let my wife drive it and check it out, drove the kids around, ran my wife to town, home again and now the car is sitting and soaking up a well deserved charge at 40 amps!

In short, it's amazing, it's fast, it's beautify and refined. It's all I'd hoped for and just a wonderful machine any way you look at it. I found it more intuitive than the Prius to set up, Bluetooth was a piece of cake and all my iPhone contacts automatically uploaded. The latest software version (4.0) apparently installed during transport b/c it hadn't been rolled out yet prior to the car being loaded on the truck.

She had 29 miles on the ODO, ~162 miles of range on the battery and was still wrapped up and a bit dirty with factory markings on the windsheild and such. Typically the delivery specialist has it washed and prepped, but mine was drop shipped to get it to me as fast as possible and my DS is coming on Wed.

Already getting a lot of attention, I wasn't 1/4mile from my office when a Mercedes slowed and stayed back from a stop light to take a look.

I didn't have time to shoot as many photos as I wanted, but here are the ones I did manage from today:
Delivery Day! - a set on Flickr

 

Thanks CodyDouglas!