Not sure what you’re on about but doesn’t really relate to me. I have yet to pay a dealership “extra” for a car off the lot or from an order. I typically pay below MSRP but off my most recent purchase I paid at MSRP. The one time I ordered a Kia Telluride from a dealership, they sold it to me at MSRP, told me the process for orders, the likelihood of when my order would be picked to be built, and when I could expect it. Most importantly, the dealership reached out to keep me informed but was within a week of the initial delivery quote. None of this moving around dates by months.How would paying extra for the car to cover the greed of the dealership accelerate production and change your timeline? Hate to break it to you but dealerships add zero value to the value chain…and no, they don’t make the line move faster. Would you prefer a system in which your extra payment to the dealership would serve somehow as a bribe to move your order ahead of the queue?
The heart of your problem/ our problem is you want the same thing others want right at this moment. I am certain many legacy car brand dealerships would welcome you with open arms right now; you’d have your pick off the lots.
At the end of the day, I think direct to customer is the way we should go… I was just simply pointing out how Tesla’s current system is all over the place. I think your comments about dealerships and paying extra completely miss the mark of my initial post.