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Ah…I did not. Thank you for the clarification. 👍🏻

Not really. You said the reason for the abrupt price change was to incentivize the people who are waiting to see how low it will go. I said that the price drop was to get the government to subsidize a discount to clear inventory.

The whole point is to get the volume drivers (M3 and MY) under the $55k cap so Tesla can get the government to subsidize a portion of the price cut to drive up demand and clear inventory. If they went with an incremental approach, by then time they get under $55k, the government has already...

But if you get the Performance, you might not qualify for the Tax credit, if that’s applicable.

There are no guarantees that the price will stay the same after July. So it might not be a $2,835 difference in July. Also heard somewhere on this forum that the builds near the end of the quarter have a lot of quality issues because they’re so rushed to build cars.

You’ll get the $3,750 for sure. The question you should be asking is will you get the $2,500 California Rebate. As of this today, the funds have been depleted...unless you’re 300% below the poverty line.

LOL...as desperate for sales as Tesla is right now, I don’t think they’ll be turning away any customers. They don’t have that luxury.

I think people are rejecting delivery because it takes 5 weeks to get the car into the shop, and 6-7 days for the repair as indicated by an earlier post. Understandably, there's a loaner. It's just the inconvenience of it all is what I'm assuming.

I think the service experience have already changed or will change in the coming months. A coworker was also denied service for cosmetic issues. I have a feeling Tesla is clamping down on post delivery repairs after Elon's email about monitoring costs.

Was it software limited to 220 miles? I read that all new SR are software limited now.

It’s not just a few people posting on the internet. Consumer reports has pulled their recommendation due to fit and finish. I think fit and finish is a legitimate issue for Tesla.

So your point is paint issues is too complex of a problem at 7,000 cars a week for Tesla to solve?

Totally understand that these cars are not perfect. But what happened to striving for perfection. Why are there still dust spots or paint issues? Shouldn’t Tesla, a technology company, be able to solve this? If they can land a rocket on pads in unison, can’t they solve paint issues using state...

Just like sales tax, if there is no sale, in this case a return, CA can’t keep the tax.

Not totally true. Not all updates are software related. Two that comes to mind are seats and HW3. A lot can happen in a year and Tesla can swap out parts for better parts.

What’s the tape measure for? And flashlight for swirl marks?

I just talked to a coworker that picked up his model 3 last week. Delivery agent promised that fisheye in paint would be addressed and resolved by service center after delivery. So he scheduled an appointment and was contacted this morning by a repair technician that said certain paint issues...

So interesting. The delivery manager and the SA talked me into returning as well. However, my SA did quote me 15 days because I paid cash and he explained that Tesla wants to get my money back as soon as possible so I can take delivery on another car before quarter end.

There was a litany of small issues with the car when I took delivery. For example, there were chalk marks under the glass between the adhesive, so it could not be wiped off. I've attached photos of just some of the issues below. The delivery agent promised a Due Bill, which I never got. To...

Will I get a receipt?

Has anybody gone through the 7-day return process? What’s it like? What can I expect in terms of paperwork? How long does it take?

Any standard range owners take delivery this weekend? I heard 5/19 builds for Standard Range have software 2019.7.106 and fog lights have been disabled. Anybody else seeing that?

I would say my experience was very similar. Ordered over the phone with inside sales. Never once did they try to upset me. Even leading up to my delivery date, I was never upsold.

Aren’t they made by weathertech? I thought weathertech made high quality mats.

Can’t compare Tesla to other car companies. The car companies that you speak of was not differentiating themselves. They were just selling basically the same car under a different brand, leading to their ultimate demise. Tesla is offering a very different product with a different driving...

That’s not what insider sales person said. White interior is only available for SR+.

“it’s also important to keep in mind that the $38.6 billion “loss” was from a one-time accounting charge — not from its operations. In this case, the charge represented a bundle of tax credits in the U.S., Canada and Germany that GM found it couldn’t use. For you and me, that’s like the...

Didn’t GM have to take a handout from the government just to stay in existence? Also, I believe you’re referring to GM losing $38.7 billion in market cap. Tesla reported a 702 million loss in hard cash.

Sold out now.

A great example of the resilience of the Tesla brand. What other car company can post a loss of 700 million and still retain a market cap of ~45 billion.

Circuit City, Pan Am, and Sears don’t have a thing called intellectual property. Those brands also don’t carry any weight. Not being cocky at all. I just know that Tesla has a massive intellectual property portfolio that a lot of Silicon Valley companies would be interested in buying. Also...

You do realize that Tesla is now too big to fail. Their brand is also too valuable to just disappear. Rest assured Tesla will always be around. It may be acquired by another company, but it’ll still be here in our lifetime. So I’m not too worried about the financial health of Tesla.

Catch up with the times? Tesla is still charging $1500 for white paint.

You know that Tesla will do whatever they can to deliver cars before the end of the June because of quarter end. End of quarter push.

Because Tesla will get 20-30% cut of the fare. Why would they turn away free money at zero cost to them. They could just turn off FSD after the ride.