tinm
2020 Model S LR+ Owner
This change in policy goes against the spirit of all the talk that Elon used to make back in 2013 about how Model S will retain its value better than any other car. By eliminating the possibility of a transferable extended warranty, the value of my car just plummeted that much more.
I also have to wonder if this is being done as a way to stem the increasing cost to the company of the service organization, which Elon has repeatedly touted as being not a profit center for the business, unlike how service departments run at auto dealers. We don't even have mass quantities of Model X out there yet, and it seems the service centers and rangers are increasingly overwhelmed. Fees and prices keep climbing.
How they're ever going to handle Model 3 I don't know.
I also have to wonder if this is being done as a way to stem the increasing cost to the company of the service organization, which Elon has repeatedly touted as being not a profit center for the business, unlike how service departments run at auto dealers. We don't even have mass quantities of Model X out there yet, and it seems the service centers and rangers are increasingly overwhelmed. Fees and prices keep climbing.
How they're ever going to handle Model 3 I don't know.