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The “inventory” stuff w/discounts don’t have the normal 10 miles on the odometer. There is always a story, whether the buyer gets it or not.

Sorry, I got an inventory model with 10km on it (first hand experience).

I configured my SR+, black and black days ago with their Sales adviser instructions. Few days later i receive a call that there is a inventory car that fits my description available for pickup (March 2019). I have no idea what is inventory model at that time so I didn't push for anything (incentive, perks).

During delivery, they didn't show me my car first and instead the delivery specialist wants me to complete all the paperwork before even seeing the car (insurance, documents, etc). Afterward he gives me a very brief 5 minutes to show me what the car is from inside and the whole process is pretty rush. I was overwhelm as I never driven something technology advanced car before so I missed out a lots of things during the delivery process. Sure enough later i found out there are defects around the car but by then is too late to point them out.

As i mentioned, experience may very, I was having perceptions that Tesla does not offers discount before joining this post, as well as the potential quality control issues with some of the cars that they got, so yea this is quite an eyeopening for me.

Moving on, after I joined this forum, I've learn quite a lots about the good thing and the bad thing about this car, and from there I've told my experience to all my friends who wants to buy Tesla and what they should prepare for in their potential Tesla purchase. Always at the end I will raise my voice tone and "You can use my referral code to get 7500 free Supercharger KM on a new Teslllaaaaa!'
 
Tesla offers discounts frequently in a variety of different scenarios. Just like any traditional car dealership, there are days when they are feeling confident and tell you that everyone is paying MSRP. And there are days when the stockholders demand performance and the company will do whatever it takes to move inventory. Timing is everything.

Exactly, right now I'm timing for buying FSD, fool me once......
 
Tesla offers discounts frequently in a variety of different scenarios. Just like any traditional car dealership, there are days when they are feeling confident and tell you that everyone is paying MSRP. And there are days when the stockholders demand performance and the company will do whatever it takes to move inventory. Timing is everything.
Everyone is paying MSRP for actual new vehicles. By definition. ;)

The MSRP does flex a bit week to week. Tesla isn’t shy about re-organization of their option pricing/structure.

They also have incentives that are tossed in, common there is some amount of Supercharging.

But claiming that there is some sort of extraordinary “price instability”, or that the Model 3 has massive unusual depreciation, is loony tunes nonsense.
 
I tell my honest opinion to friends. Personally I like my car, but it has its own problems and I always explain. I don't give my opinion to earn referral codes. I have seen lot of you-tubers and people who recommend to to earn referrals and roadsters, which I think is not right, and will earn bad press for Tesla at the end, as these you-tubers spread incorrect information. (Example one recent you tube post showed tesla taking a left turn at a traffic light, which tesla cars cannot do yet. No one to correct these misinformation). Tesla not spending money to advertise, but regular people, spread misinformation, to earn referral credits, which may not be good in the long run.
 
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I tell my honest opinion to friends. Personally I like my car, but it has its own problems and I always explain. I don't give my opinion to earn referral codes. I have seen lot of you tubers and people who recommend to to earn referrals and roadsters, which I think is not right, and will earn bad press for Tesla at the end, as these you tubers spread in correct information. (Example one recent you tube post showed tesla taking a left turn at a traffic light, which tesla cars cannot do yet. No one to correct these misinformation). Tesla not spending money to advertise, but regular people, spread misinformation, to earn referral credits, which may not be good in the long run.

Thank you for pointing that out, I wasn't aware of this forum before i bought my Tesla. So all of the info I got from Tesla were either from my quick 15 minutes test drive, Tesla Sales Adviser, Tesla Website, as well as those overly cheerful youtubers suggestion/videos. Also those "Tesla Autopilot predicts CRASH Compilation" weren't helpful as well.
 
What discount did you get?

For my part, i got zero. They've asked if I'm interested in the 2018 MR as well but that one also got zero discount. So i thought this is the norms of Tesla as they were not offering discounts.

Surely enough, after I joined this forum, I've seen many people who got discounts with inventory model (USA/Canada). Timing surely helps but i think the most important thing is expectation and preparation for the buyer is important as well.
 
For my part, i got zero.
Exactly. Because it was new. As per 10km on the odometer (5-6 miles is very typical number they show up with, although the paperwork often gives a bit higher number like 50 miles). Which, yes, is very much the normal.

Again. "Inventory" that gets sold at discounts, as far as I've ever seen people mention and go into details, are because of not being low enough mileage to be properly new. Someone perviously took delivery and returned it, or something. The closer you are to end of quarter the more likely you are to get some sort of deal on those, as they try to move them out and get revenue on the books.
 
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What I say to people is:
1. The overall skate, speed, and the driving dynamics are excellent, second to none.
2. Software is buggy as hell but updates are often and some day most will probably be fixed
3. Service sucks as much as it possibly can
4. Fit and finish is third rate especially if coming from a Lexus or higher end German car.
5. Expect rattles and unusual noises of all kinds
If you can live with these problems than I recommend the car.
 
What I say to people is:
1. The overall skate, speed, and the driving dynamics are excellent, second to none.
2. Software is buggy as hell but updates are often and some day most will probably be fixed
3. Service sucks as much as it possibly can
4. Fit and finish is third rate especially if coming from a Lexus or higher end German car.
5. Expect rattles and unusual noises of all kinds
If you can live with these problems than I recommend the car.
I think that is a pretty good summary and I might start saying those very things when asked about my car. On number 5 however I still don't have any rattles after one and a half year of driving - but my car might be the exception. Tesla needs to address their issues but my car is fantastic!
 
What I say to people is:
1. The overall skate, speed, and the driving dynamics are excellent, second to none.
2. Software is buggy as hell but updates are often and some day most will probably be fixed
3. Service sucks as much as it possibly can
4. Fit and finish is third rate especially if coming from a Lexus or higher end German car.
5. Expect rattles and unusual noises of all kinds
If you can live with these problems than I recommend the car.
It seems everyone has different experiences. Service has been fine for me, perhaps because I'm in the Bay Area so Tesla does well on its home turf. I've had no fit-and-finish issues, and my car has been similar quality as the Lexus RX350 and multiple Audis that I've had. And the only unusual noise I've experienced was the metal scraping sound that turned out to be a small pebble stuck between the brake pad and rotor. I also wouldn't say the software is "buggy as hell" but it definitely has bugs, and each version fixes some stuff and might break something else but that's offset by actually get new functionality - Emissions Testing Mode, anyone?

Car is a September 2018 Model 3 Performance.
 
I think that is a pretty good summary and I might start saying those very things when asked about my car. On number 5 however I still don't have any rattles after one and a half year of driving - but my car might be the exception. Tesla needs to address their issues but my car is fantastic!
Used a modification of your list today on someone that asked about my car. I did recommend it but with most of your caveats.