RobinF
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It looks like I'm one of those orders right on the cusp of 2015 so an atypical delivery is in my near future. First when I ordered the estimated delivery was late December. Fair enough. My DS tells me the car has been built (entered production the 18th) and is being delivery prepped in the Freemont SC. But I'm in Houston, so what they plan to do is get a truck to drive it from there directly to my house so that it counts as a 2014 delivery (for tax purposes) since it left their possession in 2014. That's marginal but I don't think the IRS will mind.
Reading this thread has been interesting. First the controversy was the nextgen seats. I got bit by that one as they say my car will not have the nextgen seats until they are installed later at the Houston SC. That's certainly worthy of a grumble but I'll take it. Next this range fiasco trumped the seat concerns. I would not have planned any range-stressing trips in the new car immediately after delivery but I definitely won't now. As an engineer I can understand that tuning the power controls on a dual motor car can be very touchy and require finely tuned software. I worried that Elon's mouth was writing checks his engineers could not cash; but given some time the peak efficiency logic should come out. The S P85D is truly an engineering tour de force and that's why it's my dream car. There are so many things right about this car and the fact that it'll get enhanced over the air is a trait no one else can offer. Yes it's expensive and no it's not 100% on day one but damn that 95% is sweet!
Reading this thread has been interesting. First the controversy was the nextgen seats. I got bit by that one as they say my car will not have the nextgen seats until they are installed later at the Houston SC. That's certainly worthy of a grumble but I'll take it. Next this range fiasco trumped the seat concerns. I would not have planned any range-stressing trips in the new car immediately after delivery but I definitely won't now. As an engineer I can understand that tuning the power controls on a dual motor car can be very touchy and require finely tuned software. I worried that Elon's mouth was writing checks his engineers could not cash; but given some time the peak efficiency logic should come out. The S P85D is truly an engineering tour de force and that's why it's my dream car. There are so many things right about this car and the fact that it'll get enhanced over the air is a trait no one else can offer. Yes it's expensive and no it's not 100% on day one but damn that 95% is sweet!