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I thought so too but now I'm expecting less than 1400 M3s delivered Q4. As I reported in another thread, I was in the first group of non-employees to configure, 5 weeks ago. I've yet to receive a VIN nor any indication that delivery is imminent. Seems like bottlenecks are still being worked on.
I have twice contacted Tesla. Only once have they gotten back and politely stated that without a VIN they can't say anything about delivery. I know they want to get my car to me this quarter so I can only assume they're still trying to get the machine to run.
Interesting, what was your config and what is right delivery location? Could it be as mundane as a color and wheel combination. You where the one guy who chose white with silver wheels?
One issue with matching people to vins is that you don't know what people will want so you build a bunch of different cars and send them all over the state and your specific match didn't make it to your location in enough volume. It doesn't mean that only 1400 cars are delivered, you just got unlucky and a car just like you want is on a lot in a different part is the state and they don't want to move it, they will just invite 5000 more people and match it to one of them.
What's interesting to me is what one day, this once empty lot was full of model 3s and a few days later there where streams of car carries and a half full lot and full delivery centers. They can't store any cars in the factory, no room. So they have to go into the lots and deliver centers. The idea that Tesla stuffed lots with 2000 cars and they just sat there is silly. They showed up quickly, so that means they where produced fairly quickly. We know this because the lot is totally visible from the off ramp and the Fremont factory is not a TARDIS (bigger on the inside). Then there where tons of reports of deliveries. I have seen a hundred reports or more and vin bot has tracked 3x that many and vins in the 3xxx range. Every picture I see of a delivery center delivery, it's packed with model 3s in the background and people talk about all the activity.
I think you are just having bad luck. Did you check your my Tesla for the vin? I saw reports that people didn't get notification but the vin just showed up in the site.