Thought I would tell you my tale of conflict and see if you think I'm all wet. I placed a deposit to order a 5-seat X just last Saturday, so I'm in my grace period. I've made a couple of changes and am happy with the configuration based on what I can afford right now.
But I've been doing some calculations to figure out just how important having the free supercharging is, which is the reason I placed the order now in order to meet those requirements. What I found is that the travel that I would be doing is just not that significant and I don't really need to qualify for the free supercharging.
Now, that on its own is no reason to hold off, except that I got to thinking that Elon has a habit of priming the pump, or as he says, 'pulling the demand levers' with new features to get people to order more cars. The thing is that this quarter it's the free supercharging thing, and the the 5-seater production for that matter, and I think they could be holding some improvements back to introduce next quarter.
Given that the supercharger is not a big deal to me, I'm thinking that I should cancel this order and wait until February to see what they come up with to goose sales before the end of next quarter. Elon's said that after the Model 3 and something else, his 3rd top priority is to ramp up 100kwh battery production. I'm also thinking that he's headed the way of building features into the cars that can be turned on after the sale via software update, like the Enhance AP, self-driving and the software-limited 60kwh battery on the S, as a way of reducing the initial price of the car. I'm hoping that he may want to only build two battery packs, the 75 and the 100, and do the 90 in between with software limiting. That would make the 90 a lot more attractive.
The reception for the 5-seater (the variant I want because of the folding seats) has also been somewhat underwhelming, with people actually refusing delivery. They may make some improvements to fix that and right now that 5-seater design is kind of clunky, feels rushed. Have you seen the photos with the cargo floor at the lower position with the back end of the 2nd seats looking like they're mooning you? One can also hope that they might even introduce 6- and 7- versions with folding 2nd rows (not likely, but hope is free).
The other incentive I have is what I feel comfortable ordering. The X I ordered is the 75D without the Enhanced AP at sale. I'm thinking that between now and February, I might come up with a spare 10k or 15k to order the 90D with the EAP activated. That's what I really want.
I'm torn because I really want that X, even with the funky 5 seats. But I also think; what's a couple of months wait to get an even better car? What do you think?
But I've been doing some calculations to figure out just how important having the free supercharging is, which is the reason I placed the order now in order to meet those requirements. What I found is that the travel that I would be doing is just not that significant and I don't really need to qualify for the free supercharging.
Now, that on its own is no reason to hold off, except that I got to thinking that Elon has a habit of priming the pump, or as he says, 'pulling the demand levers' with new features to get people to order more cars. The thing is that this quarter it's the free supercharging thing, and the the 5-seater production for that matter, and I think they could be holding some improvements back to introduce next quarter.
Given that the supercharger is not a big deal to me, I'm thinking that I should cancel this order and wait until February to see what they come up with to goose sales before the end of next quarter. Elon's said that after the Model 3 and something else, his 3rd top priority is to ramp up 100kwh battery production. I'm also thinking that he's headed the way of building features into the cars that can be turned on after the sale via software update, like the Enhance AP, self-driving and the software-limited 60kwh battery on the S, as a way of reducing the initial price of the car. I'm hoping that he may want to only build two battery packs, the 75 and the 100, and do the 90 in between with software limiting. That would make the 90 a lot more attractive.
The reception for the 5-seater (the variant I want because of the folding seats) has also been somewhat underwhelming, with people actually refusing delivery. They may make some improvements to fix that and right now that 5-seater design is kind of clunky, feels rushed. Have you seen the photos with the cargo floor at the lower position with the back end of the 2nd seats looking like they're mooning you? One can also hope that they might even introduce 6- and 7- versions with folding 2nd rows (not likely, but hope is free).
The other incentive I have is what I feel comfortable ordering. The X I ordered is the 75D without the Enhanced AP at sale. I'm thinking that between now and February, I might come up with a spare 10k or 15k to order the 90D with the EAP activated. That's what I really want.
I'm torn because I really want that X, even with the funky 5 seats. But I also think; what's a couple of months wait to get an even better car? What do you think?
