Total Tesla Craig

@Mammy021018 Oddly enough my car v14.3.4 pulses onn flashing yellow. Back to that again 😂.

“My @Tesla buying experience was nothing like anything I’ve ever experienced before. Normally, when you buy a car, you go to a dealership, test drive the vehicle, haggle with the salesperson, and then deal with the finance team—which is usually way worse than the sales staff. I still remember one car I bought years ago that took a full six hours. It was miserable. “This time, I wasn’t even sure I was going to buy a Tesla. I just wanted to test drive one—I’d never even ridden in one before. I hadn’t looked at the Model Y much, though I saw them on the road all the time. Like a lot of gas-car drivers, I used to think EVs were kind of stupid. But over the years, Tesla’s infrastructure has improved so much that I decided it was worth checking out. “My current car was a 2020 Volvo that was starting to show its age. Even though I had promised my husband I’d keep it forever, maintenance was getting ridiculous. The 50,000-mile service alone cost around $800. So I booked a test drive appointment for 1:00 p.m. “At the center, a Tesla advisor drove me first to show me how Autopilot worked, then handed me the keys. I only drove for about 10 minutes, came back, and spent some time exploring all the car’s features. After that, I was sold. I wanted it. “Before going in, I had already checked Tesla’s trade-in offer on my Volvo and it was significantly better than what Carvana was quoting. The numbers made sense. All I had to do was fill out the finance application. The rate was an incredible 0.99%, and if I kept the loan the entire term, the total finance charges would only be about $800. That was a no-brainer. “I arrived at 1:00 p.m. and drove home in my new Tesla around 5:00 p.m. Most of that time wasn’t even at the Tesla center—I had to run home to eat, find my title, clean out my old car, talk to my husband, and head back. If I had done all that in advance and had the car cleared out with the title in hand, I probably would have been in and out in about an hour. “They also happened to have the exact model, color, and configuration I would have ordered on the spot. I didn’t have to wait for a custom build. “Super long rant, but that’s my Tesla car buying story!”

Did my best as a Chicago tour guide for @JoshWest247. The big thing we missed, besides seeing the 2 local new production Cybercabs, was going to see the 20-30ish ghost @robotaxi vehicles sitting 2 miles away from where the Model YL commercial was filming in Chicago. Here there are today, Tuesday 7/14. @Tesla_AI is driving several of these seemingly everyday at anytime of day since mid May. There are 18 Model Y’s with Illinois license plates, the other ~10 have Texas manufacturer plates with the typical Tesla XFY or 6EY prefix. About 6 have the rear camera washer.