After a week of waiting for money to get moved around slowly because of the holiday weekend, finally got my VIN this morning after making the payment last night. The only thing to wait on now is paper work to sign for the trade in. Can’t wait to stop having to goto the gas station. Might have to reconsider the other 3 cars after I start driving this


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Post pics when you get it! You're going to love it!

Looks like delivery is going to happen in 5 days. So quick lol...

They moved it up again. At least I was able to get a family photo before I trade in the Type R




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I bet the anticipation is building!

Update on my end: Got the Tesla Wall connector and DCC (demand charge controller) all installed and signed-off in my garage. It's on a 240V/30A circuit and the car pulls a continuous 24A while charging, good for +21mi/hr charge rate. I'd love having more current available but that's the most juice I can squeeze until I dump this place and move into a house with a 200A main panel.

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It almost makes you want to make the wall look nicer if it were your own garage haha. I went the cheaper route.




I just had a Hubbel nema 14-50 installed. My garage could use 500 worth of cabinetry instead of a wall charger with clutter around it

It’s sort of bittersweet for me. I’m giving up a racing machine for creature comforts and tech.

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NEMA 14-50 on a 50A circuit is perfect. Wish I coulda done that...

I decided to go for the Tesla wall connector because my electric utility (SCE) has a $500 rebate for the home installation of an L2 EV charger. It basically pays for the wall connector.

Yeah that’d be great if Texas did that I wouldn’t mind a nice wall charger. It was 310 with the Hubbell 14-50 outlet for my install.

Might change my mind down the road. How often did you take ur mobile charger if you ever did?

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Never. Just keep the J1772 adapter in the glove compartment. You can use that to charge at public L2 chargers (like ChargePoint, SEMAconnect, etc). I used it quite frequently last month at the ChargePoint chargers here in my office park, but now that I have 240V set up in the garage at home I bet I'll rarely use it.

Just a few hours but I did get this the other day. I thought I was getting a Tesla and not a BMW...lol

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Congrats!!

I've had the car for a month and it just keeps getting better the more I drive it. I've never enjoyed driving a car as much as I have this one and I've had some decent rides over the years: E39 BMW 540i 6-speed, E90 BMW 335i, a Porsche 997.2 Carrera S...

Things I love about it:
- Steering, ride, acceleration... Did I mention the acceleration?!?!
- The stereo is awesome. Free music streaming rocks.
- Lots of cargo room with the rear seats folded. It fits my 29" mountain bike easily.
- Charging at home. I wake up to a "full tank" every morning. Haven't been to a gas station in a month


A couple nit-picks:
- I wish it had real, physical buttons for opening the glove box and the frunk.
- It has more road noise than a comparable Audi or BMW
- If you open the trunk in the rain, water will run down the rear window and land inside

I do also wish it had physical releases for the frunk/trunk. I also find them difficult to close. The trunk I keep having to do it multiple times, maybe its a new car thing because the same thing happened on the BRZ. My dad likes the ride in comparison to the CTR though, but that thing had 30 profile tires on a 20" wheel. I haven't done much else so far but I feel like I'm going to be down to 3 cars pretty soon. After I finish my RX7 build, the IS300 will likely get the chop just because there's no need for two sedans in the household of just one. Another hatchback would be far more useful.

I forgot to ask but did you get credit for your referral.