FIRST VIN ASSIGNED IN NJ

[XQUIZIT]

Hello all,

After 4 years, 4 + months, I finally picked up my FS Cybertruck AWD (Made just 15 days ago) yesterday at Tesla's Princeton/ Lawrenceville location. I want to share some of my experience with the fellow NJ folks here:

1. CT is HUGE! Be prepared to have it squeezed into your standard garage. Yes, I knew the dimensions, I did mark up/ measurement and I even went to Tesla NYC standing few feet away from the prototype 2 years ago... but, when I saw it, wow, it is huge and I like it... (the above comment is strictly about my CT, not on other adult blogs, please keep it clean here.. ?).

2. The delivery went well, yesterday was the end of Q1, there were literally 10 deliveries of other models happening while I was there. My family was warmly greeted by the staff and a dedicated advisor that only deals with the delivery of CT.

3. The advisor gave us the "surprise" roll out with special lighting, smoke effect. He also prepared us by asking "Some visitors and bystanders will have some crazy reaction, I will handle them for you, I want you to enjoy the delivery process, after all, you waited 4 plus years for it..." I tell you what, I feel the genuine support from him right there.

4. The advisor did ask me to press the "accept" button quickly, well, I told him I will do that once I have an opportunity to walk through my new CT inside the roped off area.

5. The advisor then spent 1 hour with me in the CT to go over EVERYTHING (every button, every menu item, feature, every piece paper) with me one by one. Probably 30 people went into the roped off area, attempted to take pictures, climb into my CT while I was sitting there. The advisor did a great job by exiting the tutorial session and redirecting them.

6. The overall condition of my CT appears to be excellent. Even pannel gap, everything is mostly mounted correctly with the right space. The stainless steel appears to be even toned, no mismatched color/ grain/ pattern.

7. Here are few things worth to point out: I found 4 tiny scratches on the driver side (on door frame, and above the bed). A slight fitment gap, causing the front passenger door trim piece (connecting the front fender, to the very leading edge of the frunk) sits about 2mm above the original position, it makes that trim piece protrude/ edge up compared to the driver side.

8. First drive home was smooth as butter in chill mode. Zero issue, pure joy there. However, we all have to re-learn how to drive as Control-by-wire does take time to get use to, I find myself over correcting on turns. I am new to one paddle driving, but very manageable. I suggest Tesla to bring back the "normal" paddle driving experience as people like me drive 3 other vehicles for work, wife and family trip. Having a traditional paddle control will ensure my brain keep a consistent driving experience especially FSD is not available yet. I don't know why Tesla would take that off as an "option".

9. Met some overly friendly drivers on the road, one was getting a bit too close and cross the dash line impleading my line of traffic while did that with a huge smile. I guess you really can't get mad in that situation.

10. Barely fitted inside my slightly larger 2 car garage, with just enough room to move around. Time to declutter!

Cheers,

BestNJ

Congrats on picking up your truck, I’m also picking up in Lawrence. My CT is expected to arrive this week. Did you see any other CT’s there?

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[BESTNJ]

amazing to read and also be so close to this. My pickup location as well. What did you do between vin assignment and delivery to find out your delivery date. I’ve got to sell my jeep and also add a sub panel to my garage’s already dedicated 100 amp line that is currently hard wired to one charger for my model 3. How can I get info or pin them down or is there no way but to wait for the app to let me schedule?

CONGRATS MY NJ brother.

I'm also headed to LVL/Princeton soon..

so glad for you and will follow your comment closely!

Thanks for all the warm words from my fellow NJ folks!! Will keep you guys with the initial owner experience and see how fast can Tesla can address the noted issues (cosmetic so far).

 

[BESTNJ]

wow, an hour to deliver your truck jeeze

Yep, the pick up experience was super fantastic and genuine! I mean 15 mins was for crowd control! ?

 

[BESTNJ]

Congrats on picking up your truck, I’m also picking up in Lawrence. My CT is expected to arrive this week. Did you see any other CT’s there?

Hi there,

Thnaks again!

I was told that I am customer #5 to take delivery of the CT at Princeton/Lawrenceville. I could be #1, but I was in travel status earlier last week.

There is no extra CT parked out there when I arrived, the advisor explained to me that they don't keep any CT on site, once they have a delivery confirmation with a CT customer, they will arrange a transporter or individual flatbed to bring the CT over to the shop for final prep. In other words, they don't receive any CT days ahead, he is talking about hours before customer delivery event.

To put everything in perspective, I held hour #1 reservation, receive invitation to order in mid-December, pulled the trigger on 12/21, a lonnnng period of silence, all the suddent, receive VIN on 3/21; Tesla started calling around 3/23 arranging for delivery... 3/25 received firmed delivery confirmation, then I submitted insurance and final payment 2 days before delivery, received my long-awaited Cybertruck on 3/30. Vehicle is low 5000 VIN, made on 3/20.

Talk about the ighting speed toward the end and the mad dash for the Q1 finish line for Tesla.

Cheers,

 

[CyberJay]

Hi there,

Thnaks again!

I was told that I am customer #5 to take delivery of the CT at Princeton/Lawrenceville. I could be #1, but I was in travel status earlier last week.

There is no extra CT parked out there when I arrived, the advisor explained to me that they don't keep any CT on site, once they have a delivery confirmation with a CT customer, they will arrange a transporter or individual flatbed to bring the CT over to the shop for final prep. In other words, they don't receive any CT days ahead, he is talking about hours before customer delivery event.

To put everything in perspective, I held hour #1 reservation, receive invitation to order in mid-December, pulled the trigger on 12/21, a lonnnng period of silence, all the suddent, receive VIN on 3/21; Tesla started calling around 3/23 arranging for delivery... 3/25 received firmed delivery confirmation, then I submitted insurance and final payment 2 days before delivery, received my long-awaited Cybertruck on 3/30. Vehicle is low 5000 VIN, made on 3/20.

Talk about the ighting speed toward the end and the mad dash for the Q1 finish line for Tesla.

Cheers,

interesting - so vin is received literally a day after CT is manufactured…

And approx 10 days after manu, it was in your hands. ??

 

[scohen2002]

interesting - so vin is received literally a day after CT is manufactured…

And approx 10 days after manu, it was in your hands. ??

yes, from my observations in the Vin tracking thread people are either getting a vin that was assigned to them as soon as the truck was completed or they are getting a Vin that is somebody else’s incomplete transaction for whatever reason they backed out or refused the truck, etc. The later category can result in deliveries within single digit days of vin assignment like event 1-3 days. The first takes 7-14 days for delivery.

 

[CybrTrkNj]

Hello all,

After 4 years, 4 + months, I finally picked up my FS Cybertruck AWD (Made just 15 days ago) yesterday at Tesla's Princeton/ Lawrenceville location. I want to share some of my experience with the fellow NJ folks here:

1. CT is HUGE! Be prepared to have it squeezed into your standard garage. Yes, I knew the dimensions, I did mark up/ measurement and I even went to Tesla NYC standing few feet away from the prototype 2 years ago... but, when I saw it, wow, it is huge and I like it... (the above comment is strictly about my CT, not on other adult blogs, please keep it clean here.. ?).

2. The delivery went well, yesterday was the end of Q1, there were literally 10 deliveries of other models happening while I was there. My family was warmly greeted by the staff and a dedicated advisor that only deals with the delivery of CT.

3. The advisor gave us the "surprise" roll out with special lighting, smoke effect. He also prepared us by asking "Some visitors and bystanders will have some crazy reaction, I will handle them for you, I want you to enjoy the delivery process, after all, you waited 4 plus years for it..." I tell you what, I feel the genuine support from him right there.

4. The advisor did ask me to press the "accept" button quickly, well, I told him I will do that once I have an opportunity to walk through my new CT inside the roped off area.

5. The advisor then spent 1 hour with me in the CT to go over EVERYTHING (every button, every menu item, feature, every piece paper) with me one by one. Probably 30 people went into the roped off area, attempted to take pictures, climb into my CT while I was sitting there. The advisor did a great job by exiting the tutorial session and redirecting them.

6. The overall condition of my CT appears to be excellent. Even pannel gap, everything is mostly mounted correctly with the right space. The stainless steel appears to be even toned, no mismatched color/ grain/ pattern.

7. Here are few things worth to point out: I found 4 tiny scratches on the driver side (on door frame, and above the bed). A slight fitment gap, causing the front passenger door trim piece (connecting the front fender, to the very leading edge of the frunk) sits about 2mm above the original position, it makes that trim piece protrude/ edge up compared to the driver side.

8. First drive home was smooth as butter in chill mode. Zero issue, pure joy there. However, we all have to re-learn how to drive as Control-by-wire does take time to get use to, I find myself over correcting on turns. I am new to one paddle driving, but very manageable. I suggest Tesla to bring back the "normal" paddle driving experience as people like me drive 3 other vehicles for work, wife and family trip. Having a traditional paddle control will ensure my brain keep a consistent driving experience especially FSD is not available yet. I don't know why Tesla would take that off as an "option".

9. Met some overly friendly drivers on the road, one was getting a bit too close and cross the dash line impleading my line of traffic while did that with a huge smile. I guess you really can't get mad in that situation.

10. Barely fitted inside my slightly larger 2 car garage, with just enough room to move around. Time to declutter!

Cheers,

BestNJ

evening, took Easter and today (Mon) off the forum. CONGRATS BESTNJ !!!!!
Enjoy ownership of Your CT.
Hopefully see ya on the road, maybe at the May4th, Brunswick Sq meetup.

 

[XQUIZIT]

Hi there,

Thnaks again!

I was told that I am customer #5 to take delivery of the CT at Princeton/Lawrenceville. I could be #1, but I was in travel status earlier last week.

There is no extra CT parked out there when I arrived, the advisor explained to me that they don't keep any CT on site, once they have a delivery confirmation with a CT customer, they will arrange a transporter or individual flatbed to bring the CT over to the shop for final prep. In other words, they don't receive any CT days ahead, he is talking about hours before customer delivery event.

To put everything in perspective, I held hour #1 reservation, receive invitation to order in mid-December, pulled the trigger on 12/21, a lonnnng period of silence, all the suddent, receive VIN on 3/21; Tesla started calling around 3/23 arranging for delivery... 3/25 received firmed delivery confirmation, then I submitted insurance and final payment 2 days before delivery, received my long-awaited Cybertruck on 3/30. Vehicle is low 5000 VIN, made on 3/20.

Talk about the ighting speed toward the end and the mad dash for the Q1 finish line for Tesla.

Cheers,

Interesting hopefully I get a delivery date this week. I configured on 12/26, received my VIN on 3/23 and my vin is 4500’s. I might head over to Lawrence tomorrow to see if they can track its current location. Thanks for the update hope your enjoying your truck.

 

[CybrTrkNj]

Daaaaam Boyz, ya take a day or 2 off and look what happens.
VIN city, after 91 post-config days.
More work for cgladue ?
Res: RN112804xxx
Conf: 1/1/24
VIN: 3/1/24 (54
Dlry: Tbd
Loc: Cherry Hill

Insurance call 1st thing Tues morn.
Maybe CT end of next week or this.
Will call for it’s whereabouts.

 

[CybrTrkNj]

Sorry , site locked up on me during post
VIN 54xx

 

[scohen2002]

Daaaaam Boyz, ya take a day or 2 off and look what happens.
VIN city, after 91 post-config days.
More work for cgladue ?
Res: RN112804xxx
Conf: 1/1/24
VIN: 3/1/24 (54
Dlry: Tbd
Loc: Cherry Hill

Insurance call 1st thing Tues morn.
Maybe CT end of next week or this.
Will call for it’s whereabouts.

assume you meant 4/1/24 as vin date.

 

[CybrTrkNj]

assume you meant 4/1/24 as vin date.

well at least I got the year right.
yes, sorry, VIN date: 4/1/24
Details details ?. (Good catch Sam)

 

[CyberJerry]

well at least I got the year right.
yes, sorry, VIN date: 4/1/24
Details details ?. (Good catch Sam)

Got my VIN 3/30 with 53xx range, and with BestNJ receiving VIN 50xx range made on 3/20, my CT was probably made around 3/24-5, assuming 70-80 per day. Scohen2002 received 55xx on 3/29, which was probably built 3/27-8. CHI in Vermont (Paramus NJ Delivery) also got 55xx on 3/29. Not sure why I received lower VIN, but notified a day later than Scohen and Chi.

 

[Jabman]

well at least I got the year right.
yes, sorry, VIN date: 4/1/24
Details details ?. (Good catch Sam)

Congrats!

 

[CybrTrkNj]

Got my VIN 3/30 with 53xx range, and with BestNJ receiving VIN 50xx range made on 3/20, my CT was probably made around 3/24-5, assuming 70-80 per day. Scohen2002 received 55xx on 3/29, which was probably built 3/27-8. CHI in Vermont (Paramus NJ Delivery) also got 55xx on 3/29. Not sure why I received lower VIN, but notified a day later than Scohen and Chi.

GM Jerry,
My range is 54xx.. Strange so many ranges going to NJ..
Thought they would ship a bunch, same range, together.
Doesn’t appear so..

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