Once or twice a year and I tend to rent anyways on those trips, where either the car doesn't have cruise or I don't bother to look through the manual to find out how to turn it on. When I have the 3, I may want to take it on those trips however instead of renting.
Based on the past model releases, the Tesla stores have sample vehicles available to check out when invites to order are sent out.
I expect that Elon Musk will accept opportunity and challenge to 'accelerate the advent of sustainable transportation' by ramping up Production of Model ☰ in a manner that far exceeds the expectations of many.
Well, this is why my Pal VIofIX will never drive my car. I won't even let him in the front seat. Not even when parked. He'll have to enjoy the 'limo position'.
Yes it did. In fact, the version of the Model S 40 that was Delivered was better than promised. It had a higher amount of 'reserve space' at 20 kWh, because it was a 60 kWh battery pack derated to 40 kWh. It had a more powerful motor, because of the voltage the 60 kWh battery pack was capable of... And you had the option of unlocking the remaining capacity and adding Supercharger access, which was originally not be offered for Model S 40 at all.
Early on, it was to be a Model X 60D... But they increased the capacity to 70 kWh to have a chance at the 200+ minimum range. Apparently that didn't work either, so they increased it to 75 kWh to get the range. Nothing wrong with that at all.
You won't have to. The base car will be $35,000 plus Destination Fee, which I guess will be ~$995. Whatever sales tax and registration fees apply in your State will be added as well. Unlike others here, I expect that Supercharger access will be included at all trim levels. Don't worry about it. The car won't cost any more than you ask for it to be. It won't be marked up to 'what the market can bear' at all.
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Of course he was going to say that. This is Elon we're talking about: optimistic to a fault. Key word is "try". Also, revenue shortfall means maybe they miss the delivery by a few thousand cars, not all of them. For two consecutive quarters no less. Tesla is a publicly traded company and is not going to destroy its stock just so a few extra people can get the tax credit. That is idiotic.
Topher is saying this:
I completely agree that it's likely Tesla will do whatever it takes to deliver the 200000th US car on the first day of a quarter so the tax credit lasts as long as possible.
Heh. It occurred to me during the two-week window one has after configuring one's car that I hadn't test driven one. So after my sales guy made an appt for me at the closest showroom, off I went. The showroom is a useful place in which to see all paint colors, wood options, leather colors and so forth. The demo vehicle you are assigned may or may not have the options in which you are interested (although you can always ask in advance to improve your odds).
So back to your situation. Most of the M3 options will be similar to what's available now in an MS. You could call a showroom sometime in the next year or so, explain that you're an M3 reservation holder, and off you go.
The most costly options (P, assuming there's going to be a P), a larger battery pack, and AWD are all fairly self explanatory. Trim you can see in a showroom or online.
The audio packages, well... this depends upon you. I went middle of the road with the base package with the intention of Reusifying it. If you don't know a FLAC file from a turnip, just go with the base package and call it a day. If you've got $20K or more into your home entertainment, get the upgraded audio and then call Cliff at Reus for an appointment or to schedule an install at the next TMC Connect soirée.
Lastly, the irony is if you are not an owner and not in CA and did not sign up on day 1, then about your only shot at the full tax credit is to order a fully-loaded M3. Which somewhat obviates the point. Or not, depending upon how you look at it. Some look at the tax credit as free money and others need it to make the car attainable in the first place. Both cases are valid as, contrary to the belief of some, the point of this tax credit is not to help the less economically endowed. The point in this case is to accelerate EV adoption. Doesn't mean people making, for example, $40K/year can't benefit from the tax credit in order to get an EV. It means people making $40K/year will drive Fiat 500es. Nothing wrong with that. Tons of people in the San Joaquin Valley do just that. Why? Because they get $13K back to do so instead of $10K or less. In time, when used Model S and used Model 3s are $20K, they'll make great first cars for everybody - safe and no gas costs.
Meanwhile, don't worry about the options. But do get the black headliner. The light-colored textile one (no longer offered) was horrible. This and thousands of opinions just like it are all right here and at TM for the reading. And you've got a whole year and a half yet
. I do hope that reasonably-optioned cars reserved within the first 2 days qualify for the full credit; at the same time, I recognize that the ramp *rate* will be as important as starting production on time or *gasp* early. Then there's attrition with which to deal. Attrition aside, if 200,000 reservations in the first 48 hours, of which say 70% came from the US, and of that say 70% are moderately to fully optioned, and of that 50% are from California delivery addresses... Well, first of all I'm running out of cavity space from which to pull these numbers, and second, that's still 49,000 cars and those are after employee cars. I can envision 49,000+ cars produced the second half of 2018, but would be truly impressed if it happened during the first half of 2018. Just my $0.02, and barely worth that.. 
