I purchased our model S a little later than a friend received his. He was not happy with the lack of center console, frustrated that everything flew around at each acceleration. He has a P85D. I ordered a modest 85. Still, he convinced me, so right along the order, I also order Tesla's center console. I did expect the car to be delivered with the console installed (3 months wait time), but back then, backlog orders meant no center console at delivery.
So I was "forced" to drive with the "empty", yet nice yacht floor.
It took maybe two weeks and I was sold: I really don't need this console. Don't have a purse, but the rubber on the yacht floor means my cell phone & glasses don't "fly around" as my friend told me. And the lady indeed likes it too for her purse or shopping bags.
Here comes the fun. I did cancel my order. Twice actually. And later, SC called me again to plan for the console installation. I again confirmed I did cancel it (mail proofs & replies), and there was as usual with the SC, no fuss, they were great. One month later, appointment for winter tire placement. SC tells me: we have your REAR console, which I did indeed not cancel, so great. The tire swap was supposed to take just 20 minutes, so I waited there over lunch time. After 1h, I asked what was going on. They apologised, promised to speed up. 30 minutes later, car is ready: "We put the REAR console in your trunk, tires are swapped and ... the front console in installed..." .... "What ??? Front Console ??? :scared:" And indeed, they had me a front center console installed.
For some reason, although three times cancelled, it was still lingering in the SC's computer system. SC was really sorry and again, no fuss about removing it.
So I drove a week with that console until they had time to remove it. I really didn't like it. It made the car smaller, somehow "normal" looking and the practicality of the space was lost.
So I'm quite happy there is no center console by default. Hope on Model 3 Tesla will keep the same spirit as on the Model S.
I do feel a bit sorry for the X owners as they are forced to have the center console. Poor guys... What am I saying??? :tongue: Model X looks like an amazing car, the console presence won't make them sorry. :biggrin: