We took a test drive today and all went well and my wife wants to buy. I was planning to come home and place the order and he said if I gave him the build information he might be able to get the car earlier. I said oh you mean an Inventory Car? He said yes. I said I really do not want an inventory car and he said once you place the order they will try to match your order with a car in inventory wether you want that or not. Anyway, he said he would check inventory and we went to dinner. We I got back he was not there (another test drive so I talked to another person that was on loan there from the Marina Del Rey Distribution. He is a DES. So I discussed with him. I said what if I order the car and they find an inventory car but I said I do not want it I want a new custom order from the factory. He said needed to think about that since it has not happened to him.
I might take an inventory car if it just came from the factory and had not been setting there for a long time. Also, if it is inventory it could also be one of the cars that just came off the assembly line in a rush at the end of the quarter. Also, I have heard that someone got a car in May and said it was a HW2.5 car which was not supposed to happen. Anyway, maybe he got a older inventory car and they simply did not tell him. My point is I want a HW3 car and I do not mind waiting 2 or 3 weeks to get it from Fremont.
Also, not really a trusting person overall. When I got my Model S in September 2017. The guy said I might be able to get you a car in inventory faster which at the time was taking a longer period of time. I said not sure I want an inventory car because I want HW2.5. He said that HW2.0 and HW2.5 is the EXACT SAME hardware. I argued a bit but then let it go. He checked inventory and said my car was not in inventory so that was the end of that.
I just check "existing inventory" within 25 miles of me and they have 3 red with black interior dual motor that we want but we want the upgraded wheels. Not sure they would match one of those or not. However, they all have < 5 miles. I understand that employees have a better way to check and they might also match a car that is more miles away and will deliver close to me.
Anybody else have this kind of experience with custom order and inventory cars?