i emailed the tesla finance guy so we'll see but does anyone know if it's possible to change from a lease to a loan last minute (but before delivery)? i'm scheduled for delivery on friday so it's a little less than a week away.
i'm starting to have cold feet on the lease for a few reasons:
1) i originally calculated the difference between lease and loan to be around $10k (scenario of leasing and then buying vs buying w/ a loan) but realized that the difference is actually $17.5k because of the federal tax credit. that seems like too much of a difference.
2) just speculation but i think that tesla will probably get rid of unlimited charging on the supercharger network in the next few years. i suppose they might keep it for model S and model X (and just not include it for the model 3) but i think they might get rid of it for all new cars and if that happens, i'll probably end up wanting to buy this car anyway so i may as well buy it now and save $17.5k.
3) the 5% lease apr is just too high when compared to a 1.5% loan apr.
i'm starting to have cold feet on the lease for a few reasons:
1) i originally calculated the difference between lease and loan to be around $10k (scenario of leasing and then buying vs buying w/ a loan) but realized that the difference is actually $17.5k because of the federal tax credit. that seems like too much of a difference.
2) just speculation but i think that tesla will probably get rid of unlimited charging on the supercharger network in the next few years. i suppose they might keep it for model S and model X (and just not include it for the model 3) but i think they might get rid of it for all new cars and if that happens, i'll probably end up wanting to buy this car anyway so i may as well buy it now and save $17.5k.
3) the 5% lease apr is just too high when compared to a 1.5% loan apr.
