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  1. 4chi

    Model 3 Performance Waiting Room

    I was about to pull the trigger on one in inventory, but I can't tell if it has HW4 or not...the chat dude didn't seem to know either way. Does anyone know if there is a way to tell based on the VIN (even if there is, I can't see the VIN when ordering)? Maybe I just need to swing by the local...
  2. 4chi

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    My dad has an old 1976 Mercedes 450SL that just sits in his garage as he's been told it would take about $15k to get running. I looked in to what it might run to make it electric, it was over $100,000. Ouch. I'd have to sell 100 shares.
  3. 4chi

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Got out of the last of my index funds in my IRA this morning and added more TSLA on a 1155 limit order and just triggered. Wish I did it last week, or last month, or last year, but oh well.
  4. 4chi

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I just checked for a March trip to Kauai, but they don't show any Tesla's available for rent.....yet. I'll keep checking. After playing around on the Hertz site, some airports show Model 3's as an option but sold out for that week in March (Denver, LAX). Others don't show the Model 3 as an...
  5. 4chi

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Thank you. This account is an IRA with Merrill. My other is TDAmeritrade. I'll investigate what those options for closing out are in each one.
  6. 4chi

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    So to dip my toe in these waters, I sold my first covered call way OTM and it expired Friday well below the strike. But I still see it in my account, showing a price of $.005. Will this eventually disappear as the call has expired worthless?
  7. 4chi

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Wow, I'm an idiot. Somehow I duplicated an order on Monday and ordered 65 shares in both my IRA and taxable account when I only meant to do the IRA order. The broker called today: "Um, 4chi, what's up?...You need to deposit money in your taxable account, you've never done margin before." Me...
  8. 4chi

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Good luck. It's ok, this is my first time too (really, it is).
  9. 4chi

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    No, I was booted because the bouncer only let me in while the price was over 849.50. I fixed my ID with some more shares and now he'll accept it at 841.00.
  10. 4chi

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I got booted today. But I got some more shares today as well. So that should make it easier to get back in.
  11. 4chi

    Options trading strategy/advice

    Very true. I get that the tradeoff off is big limit of the upside on appreciation. I'm trying to make sure I fully understand where it turns from a win to a loss.
  12. 4chi

    Options trading strategy/advice

    I'm trying to make sure I understand how to analyze the strategy of writing covered calls and using the proceeds to buy more shares. Can you all tell me if this analysis looks right and point out the flaws? Stock price at expiration is the variable I am adjusting to see whether this is...
  13. 4chi

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I hear you...just flew past my pie in the sky hopeful goal for account gains for 2021. IT IS JANUARY 8TH.
  14. 4chi

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Yeah, I am. Exactly $849.44 has the bouncer dropping the velvet rope and letting me into the 'Naire Club (getting less exclusive by the day, eh?). So an order for more shares at that price seems an appropriate commemoration. EDIT: unless we fly right by $849.44 at open?!
  15. 4chi

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    These dudes showed up in a model S and they really market themselves to Tesla owners so I think they get it! I did NOT ask them if they also have any TSLA.
  16. 4chi

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    809? Let's just say that the mobile detailers working on my M3 in the driveway are getting a better than average tip today!
  17. 4chi

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Forrest was my Dad's pilot training instructor in the late 60's. Dad says he was very proud of the fact that the first time Forrest took him up he managed not to throw up until they were back on the ground. Forrest died shortly after all the new on this story came out this year.
  18. 4chi

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I think the limit generally applies to each account, but there can be many accounts set up that benefit the same beneficiary. I can't find a way to do a 529 that allows me to purchase individual stocks, and least not one that provides the Colorado income tax deduction for contributions. So as...
  19. 4chi

    When to retire?

    I've been playing with my net worth spreadsheet a decent amount these days and just added a new "retirement scenarios" tab this weekend so finding this thread is good timing! I'm 50, married, two teen high school aged kids with ample 529s that should come very close to funding even the most...
  20. 4chi

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Creeping our way to some version of this definition. How about 1m plus in holdings with 80% of that in gains? Would that suffice? Whatever, my wife actually thinks I'm smart for once!
  21. 4chi

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    695 close? That is what Merrill is showing me.
  22. 4chi

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    18 more shares added this morning. Reduced the SP needed to join the T$lanaire club to $850.00
  23. 4chi

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    @cusetownusa My thinking was $1million plus in holdings. I need an $852 SP if we're talking gains!
  24. 4chi

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Happy US Thanksgiving to all the posters in here. Appreciate all the knowledge passed along in this thread. I read it daily but have never posted. So Thanks. I'm just HODL in several accts. Eyeing a $721 SP to make us Teslanaires.
  25. 4chi

    HW3 Install Time

    I am about to schedule my HW3 upgrade service appointment, but I have an odd situation. When I received my standard dual motor long range, the software on the car and its speed all indicated that is has the performance software: I have the red underline on the screen, "sport" as a driving...
  26. 4chi

    Selling my Model 3 for a Performance

    Get a trade in offer from Tesla....you may be happily surprised. I was.
  27. 4chi

    Seriously considering trading in for the performance model....

    Don't forget to ask Tesla for a tradein offer. Tesla gave me hundreds MORE than the net cost of my RWD after Fed and Colorado credits when I inquired about a trading up to an AWD. It was like having a free lease of an M3 for a few months.
  28. 4chi

    First Production Owners: Would you add AWD for 6K?

    Yes, Tesla did. I emailed a sales advisor at one of the local galleries and he got me a quote within a couple of days. They are good for 1 month or 1000 miles. I did have to refresh the quote once as it took about 6 weeks for the new car to be ready for delivery. And the bizarre thing is the...
  29. 4chi

    First Production Owners: Would you add AWD for 6K?

    Clarification: The trade in valuation they gave me was MORE than my net cost for the original car after the state and fed tax credits.
  30. 4chi

    First Production Owners: Would you add AWD for 6K?

    I kind of did that. I traded in the RWD for the AWD at the beginning of October. Identical cars except for the AWD. The trade in valuation they gave me was MORE than my net cost for the car after the state and fed tax credits. And the car had 4500 miles at the time of trade in. You may...
  31. 4chi

    Service manager statement: P3D has a different drive unit than 3D

    First post here, I had been posting in the tesla.com forums but I'm looking for more information. I ordered a regular AWD. I paid for an AWD. All paperwork and window stickers say nothing about P. I have no door stickers that I can find that say anything informative about the build type...