I hear ya, but consider this: if Tesla had been on Elon's original ramp estimate (hitting 5K/week by the end of December and/or producing the 80K Model 3s in 2017 like some predicted, they might've hit 200K in the first week of January. Since at best it's now going to be 3 months later, or maybe even six, that gives you all that much more time to save additional cash to make up for the $3750 you risk losing. Not sure exactly what your financial situation is, but if you were going to have to finance most of the car's price even with a 6 year loan you might be talking payments of over $500/month. So that's $1500 right there. Are you taking advantage of the delay to save up some more down payment?