Tesla: Customers should order by Monday to lock in $7,500 tax credit
I reserved last year and ordered the AWD Model 3 on July 5th ($2,500 down payment) and I’m still waiting for a VIN.<p>I got a text a couple weeks ago asking if I could take delivery that weekend and immediately replied “YES!”. A day later they texted back that someone would be in contact with me “in a week or two”. Something wonky happened, my rank speculation is they had a matching vehicle which was slated for someone else and they initially said they couldn’t take delivery that weekend so they reached out to me, but then the original buyer went back and said they could take it? I have no evidence to support that, could just be shitty logistics, or even worse, intentionally testing my buyer readiness to gauge their true demand queue.<p>But I’m happy to wait as my current 2006 ICE with 104k miles is running fine. I would prefer even waiting another year or two if not for the expiring credit.<p>The fact that they’re claiming delivery backlog for Model 3 is down to ~10 weeks bodes well for the base model becoming available to order in Q1 I would think.