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N5329K
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WileyTheMan
Peanut Gallery Member
I hope not either, but I wouldn't be surprised. "Production Hell" doesn't mean smooth sailing.
voip-ninja
Give me some sugar baby
AFAIK right now they aren't really in production. Hand fitting parts on an assembly line while you work on getting the robots running for volume production is not "in production" to me but more of Beta period.... even if the cars are final assembly until the first car goes through the real production process and is checked for errors and defects then any estimates right now are not worth much.
SageBrush
REJECT Fascism
K-MTG
Sunshade Captain of TMC
I can confirm that the delivery date also slipped for employees who did not configure. I have a relative that didn't config yet and now his 1st production date is the same as mine, oct-dec
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voip-ninja
Give me some sugar baby
So employees who did not reserve still get priority over those who reserved 18 months ago?
ModelNforNerd
Active Member
My "First Production" selection as a non-owner, non-employee is holding steady at "Nov-Jan".
Current owners get bumped?
Current owners get bumped?
If that's the case, we can all expect a bump in our delivery dates soon, maybe by several months. It will also effect how many M3 reservation holders would qualify for full fed tax credit.
K-MTG
Sunshade Captain of TMC
I meant configure NOT reserve. I am not sure when he reserved but likely earlier this year (not on march of 2016)
want to be surprised with an early delivery versus being disappointed with a later delivery. unfortunately meeting deadlines is generally lost on Elon.
WileyTheMan
Peanut Gallery Member
I would define assembling sellable vehicles as "in production". Certainly there's grey area in there since they are going to employees only. Part of the whole "we are doing our own thing, not what the industry is" thing, I guess. They are certainly not in mass-production.
voip-ninja
Give me some sugar baby
Until they are in actual mass assembly I don't personally consider them to be in production. Technically though you are correct, even if the cars were being driven down the line with horses pulling them and workers putting them together with hand tools they are "in production".
Tesla have quoted incredibly ambitious scaling on this car and they are skipping certain phases of the normal testing done in going to full production in order to achieve it.
We'll see soon if they are successful or not. 5,000 vehicles rolling off every month in less than 120 days if memory serves.
K-MTG
Sunshade Captain of TMC
He was invited to configure the day after the handoff event but since he didn't configure yet...his delivery estimates slipped one month into October (from September).
SageBrush
REJECT Fascism
There you go, surprising me again.
Back in 3/2016 a fair number of people proclaimed that a realistic delivery date was 2019. You may want to adopt that view, you may be pleasantly surprised.
I would also suggest you take the current delivery estimate at face value and not misconstrue it as a promise.
C141medic
Active Member
I would rather wait a few extra months and get a properly assembled vehicle rather than have the assembly line "rushed" and deliver a vehicle with imperfections (if that makes sense).
WileyTheMan
Peanut Gallery Member
I think most people here are in this boat. Personally I have need of (note: not "want") this car sooner rather than later, but I don't want a "slap job".
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