I'm mostly on WhiteX's side of this never-ending argument, but I'd feel better about it if the time from order to delivery was shorter.
Bottom line, Tesla is trying to improve the cars every day, and they push out the improvements as soon as they are ready. That is awesome.
The arguments that Tesla should hold on to improvements until a yearly (or later) refresh cycle are flawed in their reasoning:
- 1. Just because I missed an improvement does not justify screwing the next people in line. And of course the people complaining of the current system do not consider that they may have benefited and received improvements that would otherwise have been withheld.
- 2. The depreciation that can (at least theoretically) occur soon after purchase is only relevant for people who want to sale the car before the next refresh. Since that is unlikely to affect the lion's share of owners, there is little substance to the argument.