JoeCoolMan24
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Especially since the roof is all glass anyway. Less surface area to paint.
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Especially since the roof is all glass anyway. Less surface area to paint.
Agreeeeedd.....
I'm super annoyed has I haven't put in my order yet, but considering a vinyl wrap as an option now....
T34ME
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Same here. Vinyl wrap is starting to make financial sense. I will forego PPF and use vinyl wrap instead. I know wrap doesn't protect from rock chips as well as PPF, but it will have to be good enough.
wbhokie
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ℬête Noire
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I guess they looked at their sales orders, saw that 1/2 of them are AWD (D + P), and decided they'd priced it too cheap? Or maybe they have worked out that to ship any extra AWD beyond this by end-of-year will require more production facility work, so this is extra money to cover that outlay.
I wonder if this is an all out attempt to show a profit by the 4th quarter. Milk every nickel and dime they can from customers while there is demand. The problem is 2019 could be a very difficult time to keep any profits continuing with demand falling for the premium versions, Fed tax incentives disappearing, Import duties to foreign markets increasing and debt coming due.
jkirkwood001
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Small consolation, but this is a kinda cool feature of online ordering vs. complex, distributed dealer network pricing and haggling. Tesla can adjust prices fairly dynamically in response to supply & demand and local rebates, because the whole process is integrated and digital. They have lowered prices dynamically too. This time new buyers lose a bit.
Probably too much demand for AWD, thus increasing price to see where the optimal demand vs. price point lies.
Tariffs
Tesla needs to add the color orange. We know that guy running this country (Not Vlad) couldn't live without his orange coloring and won't put a tariff on it.
dhanson865
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Mercedes and BMW don't paint cars in California. Turns out California has laws/regulations that make painting a car properly expensive.
I'm sure cars from the China gigafactory can lower paint costs (not that you or I would be buying one for use in the US)
They should list the true EPA ranges for the RWD & AWD. That would probably discourage some of the AWD orders since it actually has less range.
ℬête Noire
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"True" in scare quotes, since EPA numbers are always something of a fudge anyway.
I'm not sure it would make a lot of difference, when it would realistically only be bumping the RWD range up to maybe 330mi. Especially post-fact like this. With the D & P staying at 310mi that's a big mental leap from a number with a leading '2'. The extra 10-15 miles you might see on a road trip isn't that much and the cost different is pretty negligible when you're already talking 2-3 cent/mile for costs on charging.
Spudford
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I read last year that the Porsche 918 has a metallic paint option that costs $63,000. Seriously. For the paint.
Porsche 918 Spyder Liquid Metal Silver - Photos
They did have a base white option for the S & X up until mid-2016 or so. I originally ordered it but delayed my order and eventually changed to metallic silver.
Jedi2155
Model 3 has Arrived.
voip-ninja
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Did it occur to you that they want to encourage AWD/P orders because they are more profitable?
That’s one of the best explanations for showing common EPA range across all 75kW versions.
I'm in New England. Given that the motor weight is above the rear wheels, and all cars have 4 wheel braking, I don't have concerns with a RWD model 3. If it does end up being an issue, I'll get a set of snow tires. The car is too low to deal with any serious snow anyway.
If the car was as efficient with AWD, I probably would have spent the extra $4k when I ordered. But, I'd rather have the RWD's 334 miles of range.
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