I got an SMS message late Friday to prepare for delivery at Fremont on Friday, March 29, at 4:00 PM:
They have me picking it up at Fremont but no VIN. Without a VIN, no loan. We'll have a discussion on Monday. So the options are:
1) Change delivery to Brentwood, TN - won't get it next week but likely the following week. Works for me. I asked to change it to Brentwood when I accepted their trade-in offer. It will be a serious discussion.
2) Mad Max - I fly out and drive it directly home. About 2,400 miles in about 52 hours. They'll have to figure out how to get the trade-in.
3) Vacation drive home - Holly and I fly out and visit Aunt Jane, Brother George, Brother Will, Best Friend Beau, Mom (possibly other relatives), and home. About 10-14 days, ~2,800 miles. They'll have to figure out how to get the trade-in.
Off hand, it looks like an administrative screw-up. The usual Tesla production panic at the end of the quarter led to these posting with someone sensible realizing my car won't be available until after the quarter.
Basic Autopilot does not include lane keeping - forces hands on <grins>
Traffic Adaptive Cruise Control - does not suffer optical problems of BMW i3 dynamic cruise control and better speed range than Toyota TSS-P. For example, when stopped and traffic moves out, the car starts without having to touch accelerator that the other two require. Works up to 90 mph and is not limited by posted speed limits.
SPACE - 5 seats instead of 4; wife's folding wheel chair fits in trunk with room to spare, and; large frunk.
QUIET - the only engine sounds we hear are from other traffic.
Media - playing from iPhone remains ... a mystery. I haven't found how to address specific albums, artists, or tunes from the car menus.
USB cable - comes with one but since my iPhone is in a water and shock resistance cover, some assembly is required. I may leave cell phone unlocked more often.
Basic Autopilot does not include lane keeping - forces hands on <grins>
Traffic Adaptive Cruise Control - does not suffer optical problems of BMW i3 dynamic cruise control and better speed range than Toyota TSS-P. For example, when stopped and traffic moves out, the car starts without having to touch accelerator that the other two require. Works up to 90 mph and is not limited by posted speed limits.
Ad hoc benchmarks Standard Range Plus Model 3 (SRM3+) vs BMW i3 REx (i3X)
Cold weather aborted our camping trip to Tunica. So I visited a friend at Lacon AL which by happy accident involved two SuperCharger sessions in Athens AL. Unplanned and not rigorously matched, it did give a few clues.
EV to Nashville - i3X
76.1 mi - HSV to Manchester, $11.50 ($5.25 = $2.69 * (76.1 mi / 39 MPG))
67.1 mi - Manchester to Greenhills YMCA, $14.70 ($4.63)
EV to Athens - SRM3+
36.1 mi - HSV to Lacon Flea Market
33.3 mi - Lacon Flea Market to Athens, $5.72 ($4.79)
EV Athens Round Trip - SRM3+
99.9 mi - Athens to Lacon Flea Market to Ardmore to Athens, $5.50 ($6.89)
Now we can calculate the Supercharger cost per mile:
$0.062 / mi - total
$0.072 / mi - coldest trip, ~40F
$0.055 / mi - last and warmest trip, ~50F
Here are the equivalent gas prices based on EPA specs for i3X:
$0.069 / mi - gas estimates
Finally, the Electrify America and EVgo costs for i3X:
$0.183 / mi - total CCS
$0.151 / mi - Electrify America
$0.219 / mi - EVgo
CONCLUSIONS
My Supercharger miles are in the same order of magnitude as i3X gas miles and both are ~1/3d the cost of CCS electricity. Yes, comparing the cost per mile of an efficient 2019 Tesla SRM3+, 134 MPGe, and 2014 BMW i3X, 117 MPGe, are not well matched but they are what I have in hand.