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Love the thought……. I did not take it as “gee we should not have made as many cars….” but I looked at the thought as “look at the comparative battery capacity sold/installed as *making up for the lost car sales* ! This is the thought that I came away with……🤪 And look at the estimated margins!

OT. Ordered mine today! Founders Edition Beast version with range extender. Website stated delivery later (August?) delivery. Also was a line that talked about home delivery………I checked the box but doubt that will happen where I live… Unsure about the range extender, but I figured that the...

OT, All is right in Tesla land…. Cyber delivery today! (Now just need the truck………) Not to be opened until delivery.

OT, On a lighter note…… Cyber beer on the way! coming by refrigerated truck!

To expand on California, several years ago NEW diesel powered vehicles are required to have a biannual smog inspection every two years. That irritated a few of the truck owners that thought they could skirt the emissions test for a few years and just trade in their modified vehicle to avoid...

So we had issues with intermittent garage door not closing. The signal was sent by the car but the door would not close. The initial “fix” was to stop the car when the wifi broadcast would start and then move when the door started to close. We also have a mesh system and I mapped the coverage...

It allows the tax to be paid now at your current rate and the share to grow tax free in the future. I also did this for the past two years converting about 900 shares total pre split. If you think the stock price is going up in the future ( 3-5 years for example or longer if you are young...

Has anyone heard/ followed a start up out of Mesa Arizona called Atlas Motors (AVM)? Seems that this start up has an order for 19000 trucks for delivery to Australia to a company called AUSEV, a division of BOSSCAP. Our Dr was talking about this today…. https://www.atlismotorvehicles.com/xt...

OT I truly understand the hesitation of people not wanting to go ”all in” on any one stock (especially TSLA) due to the uncertainty of what the future holds. I was the same way, dipping my toe into TSLA in 2012 with $10k of my $25k saved for retirement. I had/have no other retirement such as a...

OT Having been retired for 2 years now, I have watched my “all in” position grow 7x in just over two years. I was in the automotive industry for my entire life and received factory training from four different OEM‘s. I was at Saturn when GM decided that the China market for Buick was more...

Been done for about 2 weeks………….

You are all welcome

Yes, I have that issue…….it is tough figuring out how to minimize the tax hit as opposed to trying to figure out how to pay the bills in retirement /s

Just put in a sell order early for next month’s retirement expenses from my Roth and regular IRA for $1125, GTC+EXT. You can thank me later. 😎😳

Ordered a solar roof with two power walls. Site plan approved by us. Waiting for local permits 😎. Hoping to be done by the end of the year!

Like you, I have been advised, encouraged and inspired by the listed and many other posters that are part of this fantastic resource. This forum and the linked information has allowed me to retire and be able to prosper beyond my wildest dreams. We continue to hold and only sell when required to...

Sure is fun playing the “Ice Cream“ music on the pedestrian speaker slowly thru the downtown bar scene on a warm spring afternoon and watching the people looking for the “ Truck”. Even driving down residential streets and watching the kids react is a blast. And you can turn it on and off at...

Well, for now a top 5 finish. Probably finish in the top 12 :cool: Started at $6.70 and last purchased at $827 for a $827 finish. All in.....;)

Deployed my last dry powder back in the low $800 range:oops: so I decided it was a good time to transfer shares from my IRA to my Roth for tax free growth:cool:. Tax advisor cautioned against moving more than 400 shares this year. Talked to TD Ameritrade after faxing in the required form and...

Ordered tonight for Lake Havasu City, Arizona. We currently have 1gig/1gig service for a little less a month, but service can be spotty. Estimated service mid to late summer. Will see what happens!

Great article, seems all of my friends/family still struggle with putting money in TSLA even after our Model Y purchase. I have shared our investment details for years with our friends and family to no avail. Now, after the price run up, all of them say “it is too late to invest”. I show them...

Sorry, coffee not fully activated.......bought 146 shares :oops:

Took another 146 off the table today C.D. Came due and could not resist Go TSLA

$28.50 for me

OT Posted this in the Electric airplane thread. We are in Arizona for a few days.... Currently an unconfirmed rumor that Elon is looking for or has purchased property near the airport at Lake Havasu City, Arizona for construction/ testing of aircraft. Source seems to be honest/ truthful. Thoughts?

Currently an unconfirmed rumor that Elon is looking for or has purchased property near the airport at Lake Havasu City, Arizona for construction/ testing of aircraft. Source seems to be honest/ truthful. Thoughts?

Sorry people, due to the recent spike in price I had to sell a small part of my holding to secure my retirement in June. Have 5 years worth of cash now (need to find somewhere to place this in my IRA). :):):). Still have 100% in TSLA for now and feel we can ride it out for a while. I cannot...

Also found this at Quartzsite Arizona

This was at at about 10:35 this morning

FYI found this eastbound car transport on the 10 east near Highway 177 in California by Desert Center

Funny, we were plugging a hole in the bracket with a pop rivet (unknown why the hole was there to begin with) and adding foil tape to the carpet at the base of the B pillar. Go figure, how long have we had seat belt pretensioners and now a hole shows up and creates an issue?

Interesting, been doing this for 1 1/2 weeks now......

Similar position. Did not sell but kept buying since Feb 2012. We must have the same friends (). I try and explain that being in the auto industry I see every day the mess that the OEM’s have made lately. Have a life changing amount on paper for retirement and am still riding out the “storm”...

Order placed for Three motor w/FSD. 1128660XX

I started a thread about two years ago relating to this (sort of). Life after TSLA. Did not go very far but I think about it all the time. We have a similar time frame depending on the share price. My CPA advised me several years ago to convert all my IRA stock to my Roth IRA. At the time I...

Emailed TDAmeritade about my Roth and Rollover accounts to see if we can hold private shares. Just for fun put in limit orders for $2000.00, $2500.00, $3000.00 and 3500.00 at 200 shares each good until canceled (11 December is the latest). None may exicute, would like to be in for the long haul...

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So the plate represents the stock symbol not the car. I have made a lot of money for retirement by investing in TSLA, scty, kndy etc..... By the way, the plate is on a Chevrolet. People at work ( Chevrolet dealer) get a kick out of it.

Here is mine. Waiting for my Tesla.........at some future date

So as far as General Motors is concerned if you sell the Volt or Bolt GM ships out a level 2 charger as required equipment and charges it to your open tool account. That does imply that the dealer will actually install the charger........(we have a level 2 / dc fast charger sitting in the...

Guess I should have specified previous 12 month period is your baseline.....

I also have Solar City, but pay for what I use under contract at 14.5 cents/kW. According to the PUC you are only allowed to size your system for net metering at ~90% of your usage on an annual basis.....Solar City (Tesla Energy) used my previous year energy usage on the application and then we...

Well, wife and I bought 1320 lotto tickets of scty today. Removed the shares from the short sellers. Looking forward to the merger.

I am sure that Tesla "makes" money on the back side of the deal. My dealership "charges " the service department a rental fee for each day a car is used as a loaner. The customer signs a contract for "0" dollars but the service department is charged $50 a day. We have 10 loaner cars and most...

Currently that is correct, and I do not think the mechanical link will go away soon. What does make sence here is the steering column and brake / accelerator pedal will retract and give the "driver" more room. These features are current and only used for ease of entry and exit. Reliability is...

First, lurking way more than posting, I have come to value the diversity and knowledge that has found its way to this forum. I also take full responsibility for my investment decisions. To answer your question directly, 99.9% tsla and .1% scty. I was able to accumulate 65% of my tsla thru buying...

Really unsure about a "real" rate of return that can be expected. Just speculation on a "safe" return with that amount of capital investment.

Leaving the final price open for now. But yes, options for a safe return. This is new territory for me. Thought about a financial advisor, but still seems like a crap shoot.

Thought I would start a thread to look for opinion, thought, discussion on using TSLA to generate a pool of cash to then use to invest for generating income for retirement. This income would supplement our S/S payments and wife's pension. Specifically looking for general ideas for me (or anyone...