The Tesla Showroom is cutting me off -- lol --

[m3-ricardo]

Me and everyone else on this forum is waiting for their car ..

i put in an order for a white LR AWD on 9/16 -- and expect it will arrive mid to end of december. -- fine..

to fill the time i've been test driving the cars are the showroom .. drove the SR+, the AWD, the P3D+ .. -- it feeds the need and makes the wait game somewhat bearable ..

i just scheduled an overnight test drive on the AWD .. and the guy that took my reservation said "If you need more time you can go on Turo" ..

i think that was a nice way to cut me off from coming in every week to drive on of their cars. lol ..

i think next week i'll schedule a drive of the S and thenn the X ..

- what are you doing to feed the need while you wait?

 

[Big Earl]

Rent something on Turo and go for a nice road trip. We rented a P85 Model S in the Seattle area and did the Cascade Loop while we were waiting for our Model 3. Highly recommended.

 

[ewoodrick]

Stop wasting the showroom's time. The car has been available for 2 years and those who ordered on Day 1 had to wait for 2 years. You certainly can wait for a few weeks more.
And whatever you do, I don't recommend driving the other cars, it only makes you want to change your mind.

 

[iamroy]

I've been really tempted to take a performance variant for a test drive, but I'd feel bad wasting their time. I already put my order in. The sales agents are working on getting new customers.

It'd just be a joy ride for me and a potential lost sale for them.

 

[Evergreeen]

Stop being a pain in the butt just wait like everyone else

 

[dandrewk]

Do go to Turo. Easily done, and you can take your time over a weekend.

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[holmgang]

Test drives aren't supposed to be joy rides

 

[Uncle Paul]

Every minute you tie up a Tesla employees time, just delays the delivery of everyone cars.

Showroom is to help sell cars and make Tesla more successful. Not for entertainment value.

Leave the team alone.

 

[m3-ricardo]

I've been really tempted to take a performance variant for a test drive, but I'd feel bad wasting their time. I already put my order in. The sales agents are working on getting new customers.

It'd just be a joy ride for me and a potential lost sale for them.

every time i schedule a test drive their calendar is pretty wide open .. those cars sit there most of the time -- so if you want to drive something just call them and schedule a drive.

except for the 1st drive, i've done all the other drives by myself .. so its not a waste of the sales person time ..

 

[m3-ricardo]

Every minute you tie up a Tesla employees time, just delays the delivery of everyone cars.

Showroom is to help sell cars and make Tesla more successful. Not for entertainment value.

Leave the team alone.

i should have made it cleat that the showroom lets me take the cars without a salesperson .. so it doesn't waste their time.

-- but i also see these drives differently .. -- my purchase is not complete .. i just put a fully refundable $2500 deposit .. these drives are still making the sale, so they are part of the sale process ..

i dont feel one little bit bad about asking to drive all their cars.

-- driving the S and X while it would be for fun .. i have no idea what it might lead to .. for example -- i showed up in sept. to drive a model 3 .. at that time i had no plans to buy a new car, i just thought it would be fun to drive a tesla .. fast forward 4 weeks later, and i had put an order in for the model 3 .. -- so who knows what might happen if i drive an S or an X .. -- the guys at the store understand that, you dont know where your sales might come from.

most of my purchases happen this way -- i just go into a store, try things on, check things out .. then a few weeks later if i'm still thinking about it, i buy it.