Tesla Model 3 and Model Y Waiting Room and Delivery Queries (No referral links)

Have a 251 M3 highland, specifically didn't want a 242 so I ordered at the start of December - got my car in February ,no problem whatsoever and some bargain @ €37k.

I'm not taking it personally. I just dont like it and as a sign of things to come, it's putting me off.

I'm the type that will always take a sales call in work and outside and will always give someone an opportunity to sell me something, if I need it.

This is a situation where I want the product and they are putting me off. It's poor. Anyone defending it simply doesn't know any better.

I guess part of it comes down to cost. Some people want a premium or mid-level experience and they are willing to pay for it. This is not where Tesla is currently pitched as they are generally aiming for the cheaper end of the market. Pricing is current at the budget level for the segment of cars that are popular here. If I was ordering a Model S/X and I got the same treatment then I would not be happy but if buying a cheaper €37k-€50k car then I would generally take a different view. If they raised the price or incorporated a delivery fee of €2k then it might solve the issue and allow them to employee dedicated staff like traditional dealerships but equally the focus on deliveries reporting and reflection in the share price would likely still result in the same June/December issues but just more communication.

ignore them. It’s your money, you’re new motor.

Tell Tesla you’ll see them on July 1. They most likely won’t care either way.

In previous years they might have got away with putting the scares on their own customers, but people waited and collected their €50k car when they wanted it.
Assuming there is all this back up demand at a few days notice is nonsense. They would be calling the people who had Aug/Sept deliveries, to collect a car at a few days notice on a 252 plate. Never gonna happen.

Let us know how it goes.

semantics. I’m simply saying that I’d be selecting a 252 slot, to give this company €50,000 and collect my new car.

That’s just a scare tactic though - that’s the whole point.

my brother in law didn’t take a June slot last year and got his car the first week of July, it was a base white highland with nothing ticked - literally the easiest car there is for them to reallocate, and one of the early highland’s too - and they didn’t find someone to reallocate to (or didn’t look).

Actually he said there was no drama at all and they were perfectly fine about it.

It’ll be the same next month.

You might get lucky with an inventory car in July if they don't clear stock with offers at the end of June, otherwise I would probably expect September.

Part of me would be happier taking a 251 reg in June than a 252 reg in late September with just 3 months left to a 261 reg but if you get into that midset it can be a bit of a circular thought process!

keep an eye on the certified used page, you could pick up a 251 and save a packet on a demo model, you need to be open to a Dublin or Cork reg though. Make sure and read the registration date as it might be listed as a 2024 but the reg could be 251.

they just didn’t want to be bullied out of €50k by Tesla. The silent majority of buyers do the same every June.

This buyer just happened to ask people advice here - and made their decision. (Their decision, not yours).

If anything the contempt some posters treat someone else’s new car day is the biggest thing we’ve learned.

It gets sent out a week or two after the first taxing.

Looks like I can't tax it until I get the log book. I guess I'll just have to wait for it to arrive.