I have to say I like the dealer style better. All things in one place I do not want to go to a overcrowd mall to buy a car.. My first visit to tesla in Calgary was not the best the store had 100 people in it. 5-6 kids playing with the car in the show room. This is not the 100k plus car buying experience they talk about.. I am sorry if I sound rude but when speeding money I would like to get the hole experience! I have to say the staff was great! After the manager at the Calgary location called to follow up I ended up order our first car! Now we are looking at getting number two!
Glad to hear the experience didn't sour your decision too much! Looks like the staff at least helped you out enough.
I agree though, the Calgary store needs an upgrade in size which should help immensely.
As a parent of a very high-energy toddler who is learning to crawl all over whatever he can (automotive skateboards are an excellent example)/push buttons, I apologize on their behalf. Our first visit to the store as a family involved me trying to:
a) keep my curious almost-3 year old under control but still indoctrinate him to EVs
b) see and feel the new Model X on display
c) educate my wife on a few things Tesla-related. She actually really dug the X
d) educate a few strangers as they had questions and the sales staff were very busy.
This was early in the morning on Labour day. The mall was not super busy. The store needs to have room for at least 2 Ses, 2 Xes and the skateboard (Plus two 3s when they come out).
We could not lift up the rear hatch of the X (nor the Falcon Wing Doors), which was disappointing.
We could not see an S with the rear-facing child seats, which was disappointing.
The staff were over busy and there were a lot of people that had legitimate questions.
I think this location is only temporary, so the new (larger) location will be much appreciated by all.
My wife suggested having sales staff down by the demo car area as there are at least several models to look at. I figured that mall insurance would have some issue with that though. While I was sitting in our car waiting for my baby to wake up, I saw no less than 3 families park and check out the Tesla demo cars in the parkade before going upstairs to shop. (Of course I parked in the nearby family parking area
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