You really have to look "under the hood" to realize what the PLAID, as well as the Performance versions really are. Why can you get one of each within a month or so, while waiting until the end of the year for the other model variants? The PLAID and Performance Models have priority production to produce enormous revenue. How many people do you think have switched to the PLAID or Performance models just to get a TESLA quicker? It's no secret that TESLA is shaping the market to its financial advantage. It's what successful businesses do.Its really insulting to the Plaid to have the Performance versions in the same sentence Plaid is a whole different beast.
Yes, I'm aware that it took a little R and D money to develop them, but $35,000 more for the PLAID S ($25,000 for the X, for a 0.1 improvement over Raven) is Ludicrous. The PLAID models are there for those who are willing to pay a significant premium, and for those who just "have to have" the fastest and the best. In the old days, those who questioned their manhood and self-worth "had to have a Corvette". To each their own.
Now, I say that having an MYP being delivered Friday. Having had each of the TESLA models and a couple of a few, I have come to the personal impression that of all the TESLA models, the Model Y gives me the most bang for the buck. That's why I drove my 2021 MY for a year and 17k miles and sold it for $8k more than what I paid. I am taking delivery on Friday of a Red MY"P" because I want to enjoy it and I think it will have a higher resale (% of purchase price) when I sell it again in about a year. I also just ordered a White MYLR this week, because I believe the price is going to continue to rise and they are not scheduled to be delivered until the end of the year or the beginning of 2023. It will be worth much more when delivered than the price I locked in today. So again value.
I admit that I have had a Raven Model X and set the SUV quickest record at the Track w/Drag Times (the only one on the track with a handicapped sticker!), but I have gotten that off of my bucket list and now I tend to make my vehicle purchases more on value. I see the Performance Y as the Best Value vehicle that TESLA makes, at only $5000 above the LR price. The new MYSR certainly doesn't compete.
For the past few months, I have driven an older Model S with 117,000 miles on it, and admittingly at my age (with parachuting injuries), it's much harder to get in and out of the low-slung Model S, than it is with the elevated and more convenient Model Y, and to some degree that influences my decision. I do also like a higher view of the road.
Now, having said all that, don't even ask me about that wild CYBRTRK. I have never owned a genital-enhancing truck in my life, but I might be swayed on that one.
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