@BunsenBurner – I think I just heard in the car that pre-orders are at 200K already? $7.5 Billion in sales. Wow!
200k? Wow. Many waited until after the reveal, I guess, because pre-reveal numbers were at 115k or so. Tesla’s website froze last night, so I followed the Twitter account of one of media guys who was there.
The lines at the two local dealers were looong. Hundreds showed up! By noon though it was quiet.
Did someone book a Tesla?
My brother ordered one and paid the $1000 deposit. He currently drives a Nissan Leaf and LOVES it!
My Honda Odyssey was a great minivan (if there is such a thing) with a fatal flaw: it was horrible in ice and snow. Had lots of near misses in that thing, so I traded it in for an AWD Toyota Sienna. It behaves better in bad weather, but has the dreadful run-flat tires (a worthless gimmick) that cost a fortune and need to be replaced every two years.
If we move to Vermont or Maine, which my husband wants to do, I’ll have to buy some type of Subaru to blend in with the locals. 
Mr. B put down a deposit, too! He was so bummed about the X’s falcon wing door design - flashy and absolutely not practical when it rains like it does in Seattle.
We would be happy to pay $60k for a jazzed up Model 3. In the past, all early releases were loaded and cost way more $$ than promised, so if the present is any indication of the past, we can get ours earlier… unless Elon decides to with the go bare bones version first.
We really like our Tesla S85. It’s a year and change old and has the autopilot hardware. I’ve only used the auto parking feature, which is really cool (because I suck at parallel parking). We’ve had one routine service and one issue of it making an odd noise. They show up in our driveway with a shiny new Tesla loaner and switch them back when the service is done. Never a charge, but I think we paid for maintenance upfront or maybe the higher end model included maintenance. I don’t remember which. It’s a really fun car to drive! It’s mainly DH’s… he has a long commute and can charge at work, so bonus for saving electricity at home.
We are considering leasing an S until the 3 “ripens” for us. This would give Mr. some weekend happiness - clearing out the garage and wiring a charging station for it. 
We ended up needing to put a new electrical panel in to accommodate the Tesla outlet in the garage. The old panel was the problematic stab-lock design from Federal Pacific (no longer in business) so it was probably a prudent decision even without putting in the new outlet. This hiccup did add unanticipated time to the project and wasn’t finished by the time the car was ready. Tesla has a 110 adapter but it charges at turtle pace. Since DH can charge at work it wasn’t an issue for us.
Do you have the option/logistics of picking up your car at the factory? We flew to Oakland, did an overnight in San Francisco, took BART to Fremont, went on the amazing factory tour and drove the new baby back to SoCal via Monterey & Paso Robles. It was a great trip!
I am 100% confident that Mr. already located the 200v circuit needed for the charger! I told him that he needs to lobby his employer to install EV chargers at his site - they already have those at the other sites.
Actually, the road trip sounds like an amazing idea for us - Seattle is not that far from Fremont CA. I am sure our Google buddies would give us a lift to the factory! We have done the drive to San Diego several times in our younger days, so SF to Seattle is a piece of cake. I wonder if we can do this with a leased car! Mr. does not put enough miles on the odo to go over 10,000/yr even with that trip.
When my two sons were around 5 and 6, just about right age, to take them on camping and other nature exploring trips, I purchased what I deemed the “perfect” car for the purpose while providing the best protection on the road – Volvo XC70 Cross Country with Thule Cargo on top. That was in 2005, and in spite of my wife having gone through a pretty good crash, it’s still running great.
Our other car is 2016 BMW X3. This is a replacement of 1993 BMW 3 series that we owned and loved but had to let go after my wife, again, crashing it. The old one had a racing car feel to it whereas the new one has more bells and whistles.