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    Missing speakers from Ultra Fidelity Sound System?

    FOLLOW UP Last night i did find the speakers in the lift gate and did verify that the sub was in the trunk, but without a grill as i was expecting. Took in to service today to see if they had any suggestions. They recommended further boosting the tone adjustments and moving back the fade...
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    Missing speakers from Ultra Fidelity Sound System?

    Just picked up my 70D last Friday from the Tysons VA service center. Everything has been great other than the sound system-which sounded so bad my wife even mentioned it to me. Coming from a Mark Levinson that was in my LS 460, i expected some come down but not to this extent. I though at...
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    What Swag did Tesla give you at delivery?

    I got the same at the Tysons VA location in Friday
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    Residuals went down

    This is the lease document that didn't upload properly above-which i closed yesterday. The tesla owner advisor did say that they were running a lease deal for deliveries in Q1. However, based on current information on the teslamotors website the residuals have to be substantially in excess of...
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    Residuals went down

    Hi- The residual values noted above look very low. This is the lease i just closed on yesterday with US bank, which was facilitated by Tesla. As you can see the residual value for a 70D, 15K miles, on a three year lease was 63.29% (57,248/90,450.) For comparison to other manufacturers, the...
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    New Credit Tesla Leasing

    The the lease I described above is a closed end lease-where the lessor bears the risk of loss at lease termination with the guarantee residual value. It is referred to as a closed end lease because the lessee's exposure is closed by virtue of making all the scheduled lease payments. In an...
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    New Credit Tesla Leasing

    I agree with XG35 and engle The subject of leasing has two separate components- 1) Financing cost With a lease, the lessee is financing the difference between the purchase price and the residual value. The "implicit" rate in the lease is the calculated internal rate of return (IRR) on all...
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    Wiki Model S Delivery Update

    UPDATE Completed production-3.7.16 arrived Tysons VA Service Center -3.14.16 Delivery 3.18.16
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    Wiki Model S Delivery Update

    today my estimated delivery date changed from 3.24-4.7 to 3.16-3.23
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    Wiki Model S Delivery Update

    ordered 2/10 confirmed 2/18 entered production 2/29 est delivery date-3/24-4/7