Forward to the Future - February 2020

I have watched this happening for several months now, Theron has been researching Tesla, a solar panel, battery and electric car company.  So when he reserved a Model Y car, I knew we were buying a new car; but, I didn't think it would be so soon.  While in Yuma, we traveled to Phoenix one day to test drive a Model 3 Tesla.  This is the newest, greatest, most talked about car since Henry Ford introduced the Model T.

The test drive was amazing and we decided then that we just needed the size of the Model 3 rather than the bigger Model Y.  We placed the order and went back to Yuma.  The timing was now 8 weeks out.  This is a new buying experience in that you order it online and Tesla has no dealerships.  We scheduled to pick it up in their Las Vegas Distribution Center.  Eight weeks, we will be back from Costa Rica and we have all that time to sell the Corvette and the Hyundai.

Well two weeks later, we get an e-mail that our car will be ready in four weeks.  Then on February 25, we received an e-mail that our car was in transit to Las Vegas and we could pick it up on February 27.  Theron had sold the Corvette but we didn't know what the value of the Hyundai was.  We determined to go to Las Vegas and have a CarMax appraisal on the 26th and then go to Tesla the next day.  We also thought, what the heck, let's just go see if we can get the car on the 26th.  Which we could, late in the afternoon.  Okay, we can do a session at the Temple and then pick up the car.  NO SUCH LUCK.

We got the appraisal, went to Tesla got the invoice, went to Mountain America for the loan and (well, long story short after three times and two hours at the bank trying to get all the numbers right, we succeeded) we purchased the car.  It was now past 6:00 pm, dark and Tesla was closing.  They stayed and had the car ready, we finished signing all the paperwork and drove home with a new car in the dark.  So much for a smooth online buying experience.

We are now the proud owners of the car of the future.  It is totally electric, has a 15" monitor for a control for the car, can almost drive itself and we have the "power" station in our garage.

We drove it one day and left for Costa Rica the 28th.  Theron could not wait to get back from this trip.

We have since taken it to Salt Lake and learned the range it will go on a charge.  We stopped and charged in Beaver and in Nephi, but we really only needed to stop in Nephi.  It will go about 320 miles on one charge unless you do the Tesla tickle - 0-60 in 3.2 seconds.

We have since bought Tesla stock and are totally invested.  Welcome to the future.