Reposting the previous note on this since it has been 6 months.
Going to make this pretty short and simple.
If you post your referral code on the subreddit or embed referral codes into links, you will be banned. See? Pretty simple.
The reason I'm making this post is because 15 users (mainly accounts with less than 10 karma on Reddit) have been banned in the last day due to them spamming their referral code.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thanks.
Following feedback from the community, we are restricting all delivery related updates and questions to this thread. Pictures of vehicles at delivery will still be acceptable to post separately.
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I spent the day at Electrify Expo testing out EVs from BMW, Ford, Hyundai and Fisker. The most direct competition to the Model Y would be the Ford MachE, so I spent a fair amount of time looking it over and driving it. At the end of the test drive, the Ford rep asked for my honest feedback on the car. I told him there were only two reasons I could think of to buy a MachE:
1) You always drive a Ford and have no interest at looking at anything else. 2) You really hate Elon Musk.
Otherwise I can’t think of a single reason to buy the MachE. The rear seat is ridiculously tiny. The cargo area is small. It has less range and speed than the Model Y. Blue cruise is inferior to AutoPilot / FSD. There is no tax credit. And it has a higher MSRP. Don’t even get me started on the fact that you have to interact with a dealer to buy one.
Some people may think the interior is nicer because it has the typical physical buttons you see in traditional cars. But I thought the buttons felt really cheap and plasticky. So I would still prefer the minimalist interior of the Model Y.
The BMW i5 was great - beautiful interior. But it cost $90K.
The Ioniq 5N was more of a competitor to the Performance Model 3. But it cost $20K more and only gets 220 miles of range.
And then there’s Fisker. Poor guys. Nobody from Fisker even showed up. It was just a local dealer in LA trying to offload remaining inventory. I won’t even go into how pitiful that conversation went.
So I left the Expo concluding what I pretty much already knew. Nobody can match Tesla’s unique value proposition for range and overall performance at the current price point. I was hoping to be proven wrong. Maybe someday it will change. Until then, I’m going to stick with Tesla and ignore Elon’s craziness.
I’m on a ‘21 MYP and been waiting for the error message on my Tesla to tell me when my 12v is getting bad. Haven’t replaced since purchase and it finally happened with family over.
We woke up in the morning and we immediately noticed some weird sounds as we tried to open the doors. Normally at home the car is unlocked but the doors wouldn’t open and we were confused.
After opening the app we tried connecting but it wouldn’t and it wasn’t responsive. I then realized I left my jumper cables inside the car and now I’m stuck with no way to get in having a dead battery.
What made it all worse was calling Tesla and explaining to the fam were toast for the day. I dialed (877) 798-3752 and spoke to a person fairly quickly. They offered a tow truck to come and take it to the nearest service center but today being Sunday, they’re closed. We waited about 4 hours in total from call to the tow truck being there. The first hour was them confirming. The tow called back and said they’re delayed by an hour and then finally he shows up.
He had a portable jump and instantly connected the trunk wires. Popped it open and then tried connecting to the 12v to boot up the car and get doors unlocked. He failed at first and couldn’t get a solid connection or something? He basically had to open the cover and when he reconnected we could open the doors. I think he has to disconnect something for a certain time in the front and try reconnecting and that worked.
He towed it back and the whole thing was covered by Tesla (we’re at 30k miles roughly)
Ultimately now we’re waiting to see what service center does tomorrow if and when they call me with options but if you know your due for a replacement. Just do a mobile service replacement and save your self the hassle of getting towed, paying for a rental and have the total process of being derailed for the day.
For context I’m in AZ and it gets hot here so weather wise, 12v lead acid batteries typically don’t last and need replacing every 2-2.5 years so I was lagging expecting an error.
Tomorrow will mark three weeks since I ordered a MYP in Quicksilver, and still no VIN as yet. Meanwhile, the app keeps trying to get me to pick a different color from within existing inventory. I've held off, but it occurred to me that I should probably try to see a Quicksilver in person, because what if I'm waiting all this time and I don't even really enjoy the color that much? So, earlier today I drove about 30 minutes to get to the closest, largest Tesla dealer in my area (Vallejo, CA) and they thankfully had a couple Quicksilvers on-hand.
Well, holy s***, do I love that color! I'm really glad I went to go see it with my own eyes, because few of the photos I've seen (including my own) seem to accurately represent it. Quicksilver tends to look bright and silver-y in photos and videos, but in reality it's a bit darker and richer - like a metallic duct tape, or sort of like the gray parts of Ben Affleck's original Batman costume. I'd describe it as sort of a medium-gray metallic, or a steel-gray metallic. In any event, I think it looks fantastic, like a legitimate premium finish.
TL;DR: I'm not switching to a different color!
I purchased this month. Someone asked me about the Federal Tax Credit. If Tesla takes the credit what is my liability at the end of the year?
I couldn’t catch the 1.99 apr should I wait or get the 6.3 apr they offer right now?
I ordered my long range RWD, no VIN, delivery date is -6/11, and I found some LRMY RWD are in inventory. (Used zip code 92001) Hopefully I can get my car by then.
Ordered a MYLR-RWD on May 17 and went through the loan process and got 2.49%. Let's say I do well, but didn't get the rate regardless of putting down $5000 down. I sat on this since then and still haven't gotten a VIN. To make matters worse, I accidentally accepted the loan in the application today when scrolling in the app. Did anyone have any success with getting their loans go from 2.49% to 0.99%? And does anyone know if I were to cancel this loan? Would I still be able to get to 0.99%?
I just ordered a Y with the 0.99, before dark Gemini wheels were an option. Now I notice it’s the only option.
I like the dark wheels a lot better. Currently can’t buy them on Teslas website though. When do you think that will become an option?
I have had a 2021 MYP for the past 3 years. I have never received a Sentry Alarm on my iPhone. I got the 2024.14.8 update this past week. Over the weekend I was eating lunch and I received a Sentry Alarm. The video showed nothing and when I got to my car the car was fine and the sentry recordings showed nothing. An hour later I was someplace else and I got another Sentry Alarm. In both cases my car was park away from everything and there was nobody around. It was a sunny day, no wind, 80 degrees.
Has anybody else started to get Sentry Alarms with the 2024.14.8 update?
I also searched about this and I found a few instances where people had an issue with the wiring that caused the car to think a door was open when it wasn’t. Is there any way I can find out exactly what my car thought happened that triggered the Senty Alerts?
I guess if this continues I’ll put in a service ticket.
