Ok, so you had a $2K option to move from MCU1 to MCU2 that you didn't take.
If you were offered a $2K option TODAY to move from MCU1 to MCU2 would you take it today?
If so, you made a poor choice considering your current dissatisfaction, sorry about that, but it's not Tesla's fault is it?
1: No, I didn't have the option to move. I would have lost the 2k.
2: Yes, I'd take it today, mobile service could probably do it. hell, i'd gladly give up root for the increased performance.
3: Considering i drove 3 hours with the fam to get the car and had waited 3 months for the car, I made the decision to not walk away. You're right. I could have lost 2 grand, 12 hours of driving, pissed of my family, and an additional 3 months of waiting. I chose not to. Doesn't mean I can't be upset about the changeover. I found out less than a week before, while the car was already at the SC waiting to delivered. in my case, I had no other option. The train had left the station.
I know I was getting the current MCU offerings when I ordered. But missing it by a day really chaps my underside. Ultimately, this comes down to Tesla sneaking the MCU upgrade in without notification. Had I been told a month or even 2 months after ordering: "hey, there's a new upgraded MCU coming that will significantly improve performance, would you like to transfer your deposit to a new build?", of course I would have taken it.
But Tesla didn't, because Tesla didn't and doesn't care. They're in the business of selling cars, not making people happy. This is why they won't offer an upgrade. They're looking toward the future, not the past. Any car produced before 3/1/18 has already been deemed legacy and EOL. They've got a track record of leaving autos behind in the dust (AP1, AP2).
I'm unfortunate that I missed the cutoff. The person after me is fortunate, since they were the first in line for the upgrade. C'est la vie.