Not to offend anyone but I feel this behavior will carry onward while stopped at superchargers. (Depending on the local Culture)
Sad Fact Really
Not to offend anyone but I feel this behavior will carry onward while stopped at superchargers. (Depending on the local Culture)
Sad Fact Really
TaoJones
Beyond Driven
Another pipe dream... Tesla is already having difficulty expanding the SC network ... wait for the Model 3 tsunami to hit next year
Except there will be no tsunami, other than the one conjured up by the shorts and clueless media. The same pablum was parrotted prior to the Model X, as some will recall.
Even with easily 300,000 Model 3s expected in the first 2 years, the net impact to CA is negligible (+36,000 cars per year).
Other posts have debunked the hysteria ad nauseum:
12,500 L2 & L3 chargers from 2 CA utilities alone.
70% of homes have garages.
$1.2B in Dieselgate money for CA chargers and maint alone. That's the equivalent of 4000 SC sites, and there are only 400 on the continent at present. All for CA, not that any Dieselgate money will go toward Tesla SCs. But it will fund tens and tens of thousands of chargers.
Solve CA and you solve the continent.
Included SCing will remain one of Tesla's best competitive advantages. Expect them to leverage it as some *significant* volume of real (versus vapor and short range) competition *finally* materializes in a few years.
alseTrick
Active Member
They are not going to give something that valuable to thousands of people.
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alseTrick
Active Member
Thomas Edison
Active Member
Seriously people, the thread that's been talking about this for a year is right next to this one....
alseTrick
Active Member
Ditto. These people whining about their "gift" is sad. These people trying to exclude as many people as possible is sad. These people who want said "gift" only so they can gloat and flaunt it in the face of others are sad.
Agreed. I was thrilled to get the original mailing with the picture and thank you. Totally unnecessary but appreciated.
alseTrick
Active Member
At first I assumed those sketches were going to be the gift. I reserved my 3 almost 3 weeks after the reveal, so I didn't think I'd ever get it. When my sketches showed up in the mail I was shocked, and kind of thankful.
Then I figured Tesla was just being generous and offering the sketches as a gift to anyone who reserved "early on" (I think it was the end of April or sometime in May when Tesla hit ~400k reservations, including "duplicates", etc.)
And yet, even after receiving that gift, "first day" and/or "in-line" reservation holders are demanding another gift. And not just some trinket, but some are even requesting items that might be relatively expensive. Give me a break.
hockeythug
Active Member
I have been thinking the same thing for a while now. I definitely will be keeping to myself at superchargers.
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And those of us across the pond got something very special indeed - we have to wait till 2019 to get our Model 3 and even better, those who order today also get theirs early 2019. So over on this side we already feel very special for having been early fans.
No, I'll be begging for a look at your 3.
I bought my S after reserving the 3 because I just couldn't wait, even though I could barely afford it. Tesla fever.
Not all S drivers are snobs, or even that well-off.
alseTrick
Active Member
My last reply to you was before i read the rest of your comment. You're no better than the guys you're talking about.
Kacey Green
Member
As someone who took off work to wait in line for a car I only knew the base price of, I'm a bit biased and would appreciate him keeping it to line waiters. We all got the drawing, but my store is an 8 hour round trip so that token while not required it would be nice since Elon promised it.
Your nearest Tesla store must not be 300 miles away...
Also, this has already been defined it seems. Musk was responding to someone about day one reservations, not line waiters. And they sent out the pictures to everyone from the first day.
Kacey Green
Member
Same here, I reserved a 3 then stretched for an S because i couldn't wait. My wife and I couldn't be happier. So we sold the S and reached again for an X. I wouldn't treat anyone different because they are driving a 3. Hell I still want one! I get annoyed seeing people's reactions and just making blind assumptions. Tesla is more than a car to me, it's changing the whole auto industry. The fight is against big oil and too big to fail GM and the old school automakers, Not another Tesla owner.
JeffK
Well-Known Member
Playing devil's advocate for a second...
Let's say 25% of 180,000 first day reservation holds are both US based and want AWD or performance. If the AWD and Performance delay put these individuals after the full tax credit cut off as the current delivery estimator suggests, then Tesla will have potentially cost these particular individuals a collective $168.75 Million in lost tax credits.
Yes, these people could have selected a lesser version and yes, late reservation holders will end up getting these credits. I love Tesla, don't get me wrong, but it's a fact that if the AWD and P model timelines aren't speeded up then the loyalty of these individuals who waited in line or made sure to reserve as soon as possible on March 31st, 2016 will be rewarded with a financial penalty.
Personally, I'm still hoping for the best.
Let's say 25% of 180,000 first day reservation holds are both US based and want AWD or performance. If the AWD and Performance delay put these individuals after the full tax credit cut off as the current delivery estimator suggests, then Tesla will have potentially cost these particular individuals a collective $168.75 Million in lost tax credits.
Yes, these people could have selected a lesser version and yes, late reservation holders will end up getting these credits. I love Tesla, don't get me wrong, but it's a fact that if the AWD and P model timelines aren't speeded up then the loyalty of these individuals who waited in line or made sure to reserve as soon as possible on March 31st, 2016 will be rewarded with a financial penalty.
Personally, I'm still hoping for the best.
I'd be very surprised if that were the gift. Mainly because they are actively trying to come up with ways to reduce traffic and prevent congestion at the super chargers. But also, free SC is not necessarily something that everyone would use, there are probably a lot of people that would never or very infrequently use it.
My money is on a die cast scale model of the model 3.
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