Recent content by thill444

Very cool, you know it’s been well maintained :)

I think what the person was saying is that the highest offer is not that simple. Tesla offered me less money than several other options for my trade-in but my trade-in tax incentive by trading in with Tesla was almost $5K. So factoring in that, I got a better deal doing a direct trade in with...

I did the downpayment and financing a few days after getting my VIN. For me the financing and approval step was maybe 30 seconds.

Most dealers (any other brand) are not going to hold a vehicle for very long either, not based on the current lack of inventory for new cars. The difference though is most people put down $250 to order a Tesla. Many other brands/dealers require a larger deposit when ordering a custom car (this...

Yes I love cars, pre-Covid I usually bought barely used ones as you could save a ton. Those days are over and I have one teen who will have his license this summer and two more teens not far behind. So need to buy a kid car. Needless to say the Tesla will have to do for a few years unless...

I am 50 and have owned a lot (and I mean a lot) of "sports cars" over my life. I worked my butt off as a kid and bought a used RX-7 at age 16 as my first car. I owned nothing but RX-7's (all gens) and a twin turbo 300Z for the first 12 years of my driving life. Big JDM guy. Owned several...

I am guessing it was not just a single text. OP, I am assuming Tesla reached out several times (you may not even know if your phone was off).

It's a crapshoot. Mt Kisco was very inflexible with me. I had a two day window and that was it. I had to move a bunch of work meetings around or they told me they would have to let the car go. Crazy. I very much get a Soup Nazi vibe from Tesla..

I definitely hate the wait, wait, wait, oh your car is here you better get it now or we will to sell it to someone else attitude that Tesla has. That said, I think a lot of this one is on you. You pushed the first delivery out (as you mentioned) because you were not ready financially. For the...

I totally agree. In my situation, CT, there are no Tesla dealers authorized here (just service centers) and they cannot do home delivery. While a 2 hour drive each way to the nearest delivery center in NY may seem trivial, it took me about 5 hours between getting the car, inspecting and...

Yes I think so too, but we will see because manufacturers may go back to their old ways. Ford and GM, for example, force dealers to take cars they don’t want and they (the manufacturers) count that as revenue and profit because they sell cars to dealers, not the general public. The unions can...

I was over 100 days too (like 112 days). It sucks when you see others getting their cars way before you who ordered after you but I promise the wait is worth it. Hang in there!

It won’t happen until supply can meet demand, and with continued parts shortages, and supply chain and shipping issues it likely won’t be anytime soon and likely a few years. My local Honda dealer used to have 150-200+ new cars on the lot on any given day. They have 26 listed and I’d wager...

Will my car have Matrix headlights or not....

I think it's safe to assume they have supply chain issues like everyone else right now.