definitely don't consider the MY or M3 "luxury"... they're in a class of their own, "tech forward" is the way I look at them. Luxury requires among other things: dealers who bend over backwards to kiss your a$$, supple leather seats and other soft leather materials around the passengers, heads up displays, animated LED's, etc.
I have a BMW right now, and i could tell you, the x1 is not worth the $48,600 price tag i paid for it. I feel like the MY is super quiet, has great performance, and man-oh-man are the seats so much more comfortable. Leather is hard, and stiff, makes your b*tt hurt after 2 hours of driving. Also my 24miles per gallon i hate, it fill up a lot.
I don't think anybody is ever catching Tesla. They're already a generation ahead, next year when there are legitimate options to the 3/Y Tesla will jump up to 4680, and whenever that happens introduce the $25K car and be stamping out cybertrucks. I think it's possible GM and Ford are already dead men walking; they are too far behind NOW and are only now making decisions about production and raw materials Elon made 3 years ago. A year from now when he's operating at scale with the 4680 and all the giga-presses in place he can almost set whatever price he wants.
The F-150 Lightning exhibits all the features inherent in a robust EV design, adds the workhorse factor, and hails from a trusted mfr. The ICE F-150 outsells EVERY vehicle in North America and many of them COMBINED. There are reasons for that.
Not that I remember, but my AF career was 1982 - 2006, so there may not have been too much overlap.
I’m waiting on my MY because I complained too much about “living at the gas station” in my Acadia, so my husband sold it to Carvana
now we’re a one car crew and he’s already tired of sharing his truck lolRight, and I would never pay $50k (or $40k or $80k) for a BMW, but I would for a MY. What I'm saying is that "luxury" has typically been assigned to cars with certain characteristics (build quality, cabin noise, interior quality, performance, etc.). The Model Y, at least as far as I can tell, does not have the characteristics of what a "luxury" car typically has. That doesn't mean it should be priced higher or lower, though, as it's just a completely different kind of car. It's totally fair to say that it should or shouldn't be priced similar to a typical "luxury" car, but that's really just a matter of opinion. Like I said, I find it absolutely stupid and insane that an F-150 could be priced at $80k+...but I also can totally understand why some people might value that truck in a way that justifies it.
I think the Tesla brand has some stickiness from the original Ss and Xs which were definitely in the luxury ballpark. It's funny, when Honda and Toyota wanted to go 'luxury' they had to invent new brands; but Tesla started out luxury and is pulling that image down into mid-range. I bet even when the $25K car comes out it'll still retain a little Tesla 'chic' appeal.
Even with Tesla opening up their charging network to all comers, friction will remain and non-Tesla volume will be a while catching up.
I make the DC-Raleigh drive at least monthly. Never had issues. The Warner Rd SC in Petersburg has really helped as well. M3 SR+ used to be two stops. That makes it an easy 1.
Yep! Pretty much in the same boat as you! Ordered MYLR 7/26 and then decided might as well get what I really want, and ordered the MYP on 8/2. MYLR edd was November, and the MYP edd started off as 9/8 - 9/30 and today it's 8/26 - 9/24.
Well the key with Tesla is they've focused their energy on the things they've found people care about the most. I mean I can't speak for the rest of the country, but it's pretty remarkable to compare a Tesla with just about any other car out there purely from an interface perspective. I couldn't even tell you how many physical buttons I have on my Tucson, but I'd say about 90% of them I've never or almost never pressed. Tesla has removed almost all of them, and put the relevant ones into software. It sort of seems like a small thing, but then you remember as a business and a team of designers/engineers/etc., you've just dramatically reduced the number of "things" you need to consider when you build a car and make improvements. Think of how much time, effort, and money most legacy car manufacturers spend this year just to build some stupid button that changes some setting on a car that 99% of owners will never press.
No problem. I had plenty of juice capacity on the line into the garage to my sub-panel so they upgraded the breaker outside and put in a 50A breaker in my box which had a lot of room so luckily, for me, mine was pretty straight forward.
I did not know that. To be honest, I am one of those people that hear the brand name and like, that’s too expensive. When I was younger and figuring out my life, I as like “I am going to own an Audi” and thought they were 65k at the minimum. Then when I got to a point where I could afford a “higher” end car, in 2019, I knew it had to be electric. So that took a lot off the table, and I couldn’t do a M3 because it didn’t fit family needs but the newly announced MY, perfect.
Mine has been changing all over the place. Order date 14/07. Delivery date ranged from Sept end, to early Aug to Sept end to October end and now completely missing as of 2 days. MY LR White 7 seat standard config. In Ontario/Canada.
