Do you get your Tesla sooner if you purchase rather than lease?

[DrDaveNeuro]

Do you get your Tesla sooner if you purchase rather than lease?

 

[ucmndd]

No.

 

[Tam]

Do you get your Tesla sooner if you purchase rather than lease?

The press is saying that you need to add $12,000 FSD option to get your car earlier.

 

[Tooleman694]

You get it sooner if you select cash. Then change it to whatever after you get the VIN.

 

[SilentWarp]

You get it sooner if you select cash. Then change it to whatever after you get the VIN.

How so? They don't want your interest payments? Up until the VIN arrives, how you pay is irrelevant.

 

[Ron J.]

You get it sooner if you select cash. Then change it to whatever after you get the VIN.

Cash vs. finance may not make any difference. I ordered a MY-LR5 in Sept., - cash, no trade-in, and my EDD is still 3 months away.

 

[Tooleman694]

Cash vs. finance may not make any difference. I ordered a MY-LR5 in Sept., - cash, no trade-in, and my EDD is still 3 months away.

Yes it does make a huge difference, if you select finance and it runs out after 60 days your profile goes incomplete and you get put at the back of the line.

 

[SilentWarp]

Yes it does make a huge difference, if you select finance and it runs out after 60 days your profile goes incomplete and you get put at the back of the line.

I'm glad you agree it makes absolutely no difference as long as your order comes in within 2 months.
In my case, I asked about switching to cash and my SA said don't worry about it, that we would monitor it and if my credit application was coming close to expiring, he would deal with switching to cash and it wouldn't affect place in line.

Anyway, bottom line: don't apply for financing at all until VIN comes in. However, this advice only applies to east coast shipments since it takes up 3 weeks before your VIN is delivered. For West coasty deliveries, you may not have enough time to get financing arranged between VIN and delivery, though some have made that work.

 

[coffeesnobnc]

My 2020 Model Y Long Range Dual Motor with FSD was delivered in the first customer shipment together with High Performance variant.

 

[Mateo83]

How so? They don't want your interest payments? Up until the VIN arrives, how you pay is irrelevant.

Theoretically they want to push EOQ deliveries as fast and easy as possible to meet numbers right. IE no trade, no financing, etc.