Uh, didn't I already show you the math here?
So $11,500 difference from your quote to what you paid last year.
But you got a $5000 FUSC refund and $5625 larger tax credit and a $200 lower destination fee, and $350 in free items no longer included (Homelink, 14-50, phone cables) so that's $11,175 less than your "on paper" price.
Meaning a new one is only $325 cheaper than yours- and you almost certainly saved more than that in gas savings driving an EV since last year.
(You also possibly got free lifetime connectivity depending when your order, not delivery, date was, but YMMV on that).
Yes the one now comes with the 20" wheels "free" but those wheels suck. They're heavy and far more prone to pothole damage compared to the 18s. Either way though the difference is vastly smaller than many folks are suggesting.
To be clear, I have no complaints about what I paid for the car; I fully expected it to get much cheaper with time. However, I am confused about the small difference you are quoting. Here are my calculations for my P3D+, white with white interior, with EAP, bought November 2018. (I happened to be “super-gifted” so pretty sure I am not eligible for a 5k FUSC refund - since that discount was already applied to my purchase price - though perhaps I should inquire!):
I ordered September 16th, took delivery on November 11th, paid $73200, $79622 after taxes and fees. (If I had taken delivery before the $5k (it was actually $5.5k or so, something else adjusted in price concurrently) price drop, the total would have been something like $85000, though I would have been eligible for a FUSC $5k refund as well. Fortunately I did not.)
After all rebates, and $850 back from the electric company this year for having the EV:
$68772 (Subtract $7500 + $2500 + $850)
With today's prices, configuring on the website, I could get the same car for about:
$55990, $60647 after taxes and fees.
After accounting for rebates (wouldn't get the $850, it's gone forever):
$56272. (Subtract $1875 + $2500)
That is a $12.5k difference!
Not apples to apples, exactly; there are the $350 in items no longer included, I also have auto lane change and NoA and maybe even Enhanced Summon at some point. And free unlimited super charging (let’s say worth $2k?). On the other hand, the newer car would have HW3, FWIW without FSD.
In the end, taking these differences into account, looks like about a 10k difference. I didn't save any significant money on gas, since I already had an EV (which I still lease for a very minimal cost, so I can't count saving depreciation on that either), and I haven't added in the extra cost of 9 months of insurance and registration fees.
What am I missing? Are you doing comparisons for a buyer at a different point in time? I’ve lost track of this thread.
Again, I don’t care, really - I expected this - but I still like to know what the real numbers are. And it seems I am missing (or miscalculating) something, or you are missing something. It’s quite likely I am missing something since I don’t follow this religiously, as I don’t really care. But wondering what it is.