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Thanks Brad and Donald. Using the word "Delivery" would have been a fair way to say it. However, in the world of automotive commerce a sale is the event that happens when a buyer gives the car company or its authorized dealer the money (or a bank does as a finance arrangement), and the automaker then provides the customer with a vehicle. Automakers are very careful to report their sales each month (which are sometimes "sales to dealers" with a "time on the lot" figure). We did cover the pre-orders here at TN, and I did include a link to the story in this new one. Tesla is not the only company that allows customers to reserve and order vehicles. In fairness, it is one of the best at it. Ferrari is probably THE best. It frequently has all of its production spoken for before the cars are built. The sale occurs when the vehicle is transferred to the buyer and payment made. Let's all agree that if Tesla delivers several hundred Model X vehicles per week through year's end as Mr. Musk promised, this story will be a false alarm.