I have to say, I would've been fine waiting another month. I feel like a victim of the Wall Street thugs who are forcing Elon to put up crazy numbers, which resulted in the Tesla store trying to deliver 200 cars in one day, thereby cutting corners on my car.
Well, I’d say we’re not victims here, we’re the perpetrators. We accepted subpar cars (to put it mildly) rather than reject them and force Tesla to improve their game. I thought (and many of you probably did so too) that if we waited for the “perfect” Tesla, there would be no more Tesla. We gave them a chance. I hope they prove themselves worthy of this by improving and doing so fast.
Mercedes, Audi and Porsche will be here with competitors next year. Real competitors, real cars, the kind that are not put together by the Fremont JV squad. I drove an MX loaner for a few days and it’s impressive how capable it is in some ways and how laughable it is when it comes to all of the small details. It was a 75D, all in $100k. If nothing improves, Audi will mop the floor with Tesla when the eTron arrives. It’s priced substantially lower than the X and it’s a real car, not just an electric car.
We also hope that our issues can be taken care of by the service centers. After my first such service experience, I can say I strongly doubt that they can do anything to materially improve Manufacturing’s screw-ups. In my case, they effed around with my car, put a ton of miles on it, and resolved few of my reported issued. I got the same *sugar* attitude as with the worst Audi dealership I ever encountered (i.e. “ wait, you really expect us to fix these unpainted spots and not have bits fall out?”).
It’s not them, it’s us. If we give them some tough love now, maybe they’ll still be around in a few years. If we don’t and they keep on slacking, I bet the next recession will wipe them out.
