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08-19-2009, 11:32 AM
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#691 | | Petroleum is for sissies
Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 24 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpine Driver  - ChadS placed his order on July 15th 2009
- Lets assume, that both bolosky and ChadS are not High-Style-Grade-A-Celebrities, which means at the time placing their order, they were at the end of the order line. (sorry guys)
| That's OK. I just checked my celebrity ranking; apparently I am Grade Q. When my Roadster arrives, I will ask if I can move to Grade P. Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpine Driver Lets begin with ChadS: the start-of-production-Date given to ChadS cant be correct, because in one week on estimated production begin (17.August), no one from Lotus is at the factory. Lets assume, that ChadS´s Tesla Rep did not know that the factory is on holiday. This would still implement, that they wanted to START ChadS roadster AFTER 4 WEEKS he has finalised the order!
About 3 weeks for the built in Hethel, shipping, and about 2 weeks finishing the car in the US. This would make an about 2,5 month wait for a new order. | As somebody else noted, the holiday was apparently only 2 weeks long this year. I have been told that production on my car has indeed started. If there had been no holiday, it seems they would have started production just two weeks after I finalized my order.
The day after I placed my order online, they called and asked me to lock in and send final payment. I put them off for a couple of days to decide on options, but I did send in full payment just a couple of days later. Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpine Driver and then, end of september, beginning of october, ChadS might get his car. This nice guy ChadS, who has placed his order a few weeks ago, on July 15th! | Can I get you to talk to my teenage daughter? She doesn't think I am very nice.
The last indication I got was a "mid-September" delivery date; today I was told "first half of October". Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpine Driver - There is a gap of 400 Roadsters "missing". I am sorry for Tesla. With 600 cars deliverd now, 700 cars if possible delivered at the end of August, and very less possible deliveries in the US in September due to Lotus factory holidays, would result in a VIN smaller than 800 for the guy ChadS ordered his car on July 15th 2009.
| I was given VIN 690.
--ChadS | 
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08-19-2009, 03:38 PM
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#692 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 103 | Quote:
Originally Posted by ChadS I was given VIN 690.
--ChadS | I've got VIN 670, with a build start date of 7/20. Given that there were two work weeks between 7/20 and 8/17 (allowing for the two week holiday) that means that they only started 20 cars in 2 weeks, hardly the 25/week that they had been doing.
It looks like they've pretty much drained the queue of US cars, and they're filling orders as they come. Let's hope that that (or the new financing or the drag race results or something) encourages more people to place/finalize some orders.
I got email that they've shipped my paperwork, so it's getting pretty close.
(On a completely different topic, I see the sponsored ads list at the right includes "GNU Computing for HPC." I think that the ad software has confused High Performance Computing for High Power Charger.  ) | |
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08-20-2009, 08:13 AM
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#693 | | Head Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stanford, California Posts: 3,606 | Moderator's Note: I've moved much of the discussion on slowing Roadster sales to here within this thread.
Roadster sales certainly have some relevance in so much as how they affect time to delivery. But most of the resulting discussion seemed more appropriate as a continuation of the conversation here: Roadster sales - Tesla business model profitable? | |
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08-21-2009, 02:21 PM
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#694 | | Sam C
Join Date: May 2009 Location: Flossmoor, IL Posts: 33 | Quote:
Originally Posted by bolosky I've got VIN 670, with a build start date of 7/20. Given that there were two work weeks between 7/20 and 8/17 (allowing for the two week holiday) that means that they only started 20 cars in 2 weeks, hardly the 25/week that they had been doing.
It looks like they've pretty much drained the queue of US cars, and they're filling orders as they come. Let's hope that that (or the new financing or the drag race results or something) encourages more people to place/finalize some orders.
I got email that they've shipped my paperwork, so it's getting pretty close.
(On a completely different topic, I see the sponsored ads list at the right includes "GNU Computing for HPC." I think that the ad software has confused High Performance Computing for High Power Charger. ) | Roadster #635 was delivered today. Since I was out of town on business when she arrived. I picked her up at the shipper's warehouse, rather then wait until Tuesday for home delivery. It arrived with 70 ideal miles SoC. Since I had a 45 mile drive home it was very hard not to stab the accelerator at every available moment. When I got home I took my brother for a brief ride and got a warning of a low battery. She is in the garage charging now. I have owned or driven many different cars, THIS CAR IS A GAS!. Did I just say gas? (sorry) | |
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08-21-2009, 03:16 PM
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#695 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Winchester, UK Posts: 2,976 | Congrats! Quote:
Originally Posted by samcarney THIS CAR IS A GAS!. Did I just say gas? (sorry) | I think I see the basis of another TMC slogan...  | 
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08-23-2009, 06:09 PM
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#696 | | Electrics are back
Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: At the centre of that crowd :-) Posts: 329 | 566 is in my garage; it was delayed for a week or so as I was on vacation but it's here now... | |
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08-23-2009, 06:11 PM
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#697 | | Electrics are back
Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: At the centre of that crowd :-) Posts: 329 | Some more... | |
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08-23-2009, 06:17 PM
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#698 | | Head Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stanford, California Posts: 3,606 | Sweet! Congrats!
Some interesting views in your photos not often seen, particularly this one of the passenger footwell. 
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08-23-2009, 07:41 PM
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#699 | | Model S R77
Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Nixa, MO Posts: 310 | MPT, you, sir, know your way around a camera. Nice shots indeed.
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08-24-2009, 01:51 PM
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#700 | | eRaca
Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 76 | Not sure if this is the right thread for this but since we are talking numbers here I'll post this here. This was an article in the German newspaper "Süddeutsche Zeitung" (from this past weekend) about how there's still a long way to go for e-mobility in Munich/Germany as there are hardly any cars or infrastrucure available yet. Anyway, the paragraph that makes me wonder is this one (Google translation): "The city is ideal for us open-minded, environmentally conscious - and people have money," says Tesla manager Craig Davis. At least a dozen of the two-seat electric roadster, it has sold at a price of 90,000 Euro already - they are delivered in the coming months. Even Mayor Hep Monatzeder was a test pilot - and, according to Craig Davis "superbegeistert.
As far as I'm informed Craig is responsible for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. "At least" should have more accurately been translated to "About". So, "about 12" Roadsters have already been sold?! In Munich (seems too many)? In Germany (doesn't seem like a lot)? All together (no way)? RWEs and Juwis' combined orders already exceed that number. Just a hoax? Anyway, just wanted to post this piece of information to add to the general confusion. 
Original (German) article: Elektroautos in München - Der weite Weg zur Steckdose - Stadtleben - sueddeutsche.de
Translation: Google Übersetzer | |
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