If you look at the used market, which I have, the only options which seem to add any value at *all* in the used market are:
-- larger battery
-- tech package (which is now standard)
-- dual chargers
So get what you want.
Sure, but do ANY of those ones have more value relative to other cars compared to the price of the option?
eg, if an item costs 400 and option X costs 100, the total cost is 500,
If on resale the item without X costs 200, and with X costs 250, then sure, it added value, but not enough to cover it's purchase price.
Every single option out there fits in that category, there isn't a possible option you can buy that will be worth more on the resale market than what you pay for it at the factory.
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I respectfully disagree - if there is a factory option on a car which the vast majority of buyers do not want, speccing a car with that option certainly can kill resale. It's econ 101 - it shifts the demand curve to the left. Example: Ferraris. There is plenty of data showing that "resale red" 360's and 355's sell on the used market for significantly more money than other colors - we're talking thousands of dollars - when red cost no more new than yellow or black. Another example - the F1 transmission (which cost more money than the 6-speed manual) sells for $30,000 LESS on the used market because 6-speeds are relatively rare and highly desired.
Tesla's aren't even in the same class as Ferraris, they have entirely different demand drivers. Your next comparison to an F1 is even further off the mark.
Teslas aren't rare super cars, they're premium sedans, and are easily obtainable.
There's no reason to believe Teslas are immune to supply/demand economics. It could *certainly* be the case that data shows there is a price delta on the used market between cars with/without a particular option that is larger in magnitude than the original price of the option. Case in point? Autopilot - a $2,500 option which I believe is commanding far more than a $2,500 premium on the used market when compared to cars of equivalent miles and options which were built right before the hardware went into the cars in October 2014.
You're comparison breaks down because you're comparing older cars to newer cars, of course they're worth less money. If you want a valid comparison, look at a post-ap car, where they didn't buy the option.
Sure Teslas aren't imune to supply and demand, that's what sets the prices. But the used market for Teslas is behaving rationally, in that the cars depreciate over time, and the options depreciate as well. This is exactly as Tesla predicted when they made their buy back guarantee, and has been proven time and time again by looking at the cars that have sold.
