A couple of weeks ago, I was told there was a Model X for sale at our local, friendly(not!) Mercedes and BMW dealership. Since we were thinking about getting an X then, my wife and I decided to check it out.
The car had about 2.5k miles, multi-pattern seats, Enhanced Autopilot and that’s about it. There may have been the older premium upgrades package, but I’m not sure about that.
Silver was not our color of choice, but we really needed more than five seats, so this was not going to be our car. And then, out of curiosity, I asked the salesperson what they are selling this car for. He told me they had listed it for $83k.
I was surprised at that and told him that Model X + Silver Color + Enhanced Autopilot = $85,500 on Tesla’s website. And then you get $7500 + $500 off on that in NY. And free supercharging and a further $1000 off if you go through a referral. So, that’s effectively 76.5k for a similarly-optioned new car with more options as standard.
That’s when I was told that the car had the “performance package.” My wife asked if that meant it had Ludicrous Mode? And the dealer said “Yep! It has over 500 HP.”
I had to correct them by pointing out that the car was just (sorry) a 75D, so there’s no Ludicrous Mode. The sales guy then got defensive and said that the car does have the “performance package” and he had seen that in the options — implying I do not know anything about Teslas. And that was after he had seen us show up in a Model S.
I had no interest in arguing with a know-it-all, especially when I was not going to buy that car. I politely told him we are not interested in a five-seater and even if I was, this car was clearly way overpriced.
So, I finally ordered a Model X last week and decided to check today if the local dealer’s car had moved. While I expected the price to have dropped a little, I certainly wasn’t expecting them to increase the price to $89k!
It seems that they know what they are doing and I don’t. I just don’t want to be that sucker who ends up buying this car…
The car had about 2.5k miles, multi-pattern seats, Enhanced Autopilot and that’s about it. There may have been the older premium upgrades package, but I’m not sure about that.
Silver was not our color of choice, but we really needed more than five seats, so this was not going to be our car. And then, out of curiosity, I asked the salesperson what they are selling this car for. He told me they had listed it for $83k.
I was surprised at that and told him that Model X + Silver Color + Enhanced Autopilot = $85,500 on Tesla’s website. And then you get $7500 + $500 off on that in NY. And free supercharging and a further $1000 off if you go through a referral. So, that’s effectively 76.5k for a similarly-optioned new car with more options as standard.
That’s when I was told that the car had the “performance package.” My wife asked if that meant it had Ludicrous Mode? And the dealer said “Yep! It has over 500 HP.”
I had to correct them by pointing out that the car was just (sorry) a 75D, so there’s no Ludicrous Mode. The sales guy then got defensive and said that the car does have the “performance package” and he had seen that in the options — implying I do not know anything about Teslas. And that was after he had seen us show up in a Model S.
I had no interest in arguing with a know-it-all, especially when I was not going to buy that car. I politely told him we are not interested in a five-seater and even if I was, this car was clearly way overpriced.
So, I finally ordered a Model X last week and decided to check today if the local dealer’s car had moved. While I expected the price to have dropped a little, I certainly wasn’t expecting them to increase the price to $89k!
It seems that they know what they are doing and I don’t. I just don’t want to be that sucker who ends up buying this car…
