Urbancowboy
Member
Yeah, shipping pearl white forced his hand so he had to explain. No such forcing function yet for the binning tweet. Point is the guy says all sorts of crazy isht that ends up not being accurate.
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Model 3 performance new 18 inch wheel option now avail 7/15/19
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Yeah, shipping pearl white forced his hand so he had to explain. No such forcing function yet for the binning tweet. Point is the guy says all sorts of crazy isht that ends up not being accurate.
StealthP3D
Well-Known Member
The best possibility at this point is to treat Elon’s binning tweet the same as his tweet about basic white being the standard paint color, and the one about appreciating assets, and the one about...
Let's dissect your statement:
1) Yes, when Musk's team told him adding a new body color would cost more, not less, he listened to them and corrected his announcement. This is good, I don't know anyone who likes plain white without clearcoat over the depth and shine of Pearl White with clearcoat. The relevant thing here is he corrected his tweet that was no longer true.
2) His tweet about cars that could drive autonomously being an appreciating asset. We don't have autonomy yet so I'm not sure why you are even listing this because we won't know until we know. You are acting like it's already been proven to be wrong. I have no doubt that when the cars become autonomous (assuming they do), they will be appreciating assets. I'm not sure why you listed this tweet because we won't know until the cars become autonomous.
I learned long ago to not doubt what Elon Musk says. He's human and like everyone else he can make a mistake but doubting him so far has been a losing proposition.
Urbancowboy
Member
You and I disagree here. I don't doubt they'll eventually become autonomous, but as long as Tesla is building newer and better cars there is no way they'll ever be appreciating assets.
This is like saying my iPhone X will appreciate in value because we will add AI to it over time via software improvements.
StealthP3D
Well-Known Member
Absolutely! The record-holder for a stock P3D in 0-60 mph times (and 1/4 mile) is held by a Stealth P3D, not a P3D with performance tires.
Daniel in SD
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They will appreciate if Tesla doesn't build enough of them to satisfy demand at the current price. That would be the case if they were to get FSD working (which they won't, of course). For example the Toyota Prius was an appreciating asset in 2007-2008 because Toyota couldn't build enough of them to satisfy demand as gas prices increased.
It would if the total world supply was 1M, and the total world new supply was 1M/yr, and of that only 200k were willing to use the for Robotaxi.
Would you sell your car for $100k if that meant not driving a Tesla?
StealthP3D
Well-Known Member
It's OK to disagree, my wife's grandfather thought the Apollo moon landing was faked. He was sure no human ever set foot on the moon. I don't hold that against him. Doesn't mean he's right.
JamesBrown
Member
Just because it isn't correct weeks or months later, does not mean it was not correct to the best of his knowledge at the time he said it. Things change.
gyzmodo
Member
Still no 18'' option for P on Tesla's site. Maybe they took it down and no longer offer it after all the backlash Unicorn is back!
Unicorn is back!
Urbancowboy
Member
Opinion A: technology-driven hardware will depreciate over time.
Opinion B: we didn't land on the moon.
Those seem like equal comparisons
I can't get over how gorgeous this car is. I love it! Your friends MAY notice the Dual Motor badge and no chrome delete if they have keen eyes
Was it worth it?
JamesBrown
Member
Several people have shown confirmed configurations with it by working with a OA.Still no 18'' option for P on Tesla's site. Maybe they took it down and no longer offer it after all the backlash
StealthP3D
Well-Known Member
Opinion A: technology-driven hardware will depreciate over time.
Opinion B: we didn't land on the moon.
Those seem like equal comparisons
I'm not comparing them, just pointing out we all have opinions and that stating them forcibly doesn't mean they are correct.
gyzmodo
Member
Are any of these confirmed after the 18'' option was taken down from the site?
I had one yesterday for a vehicle in inventory I could have taken delivery of last night. I have NOT had confirmation that it is still available from my sales adviser yet today. I've seen a couple of posts where people did take actual delivery yesterday.
My suspicion is the same as above that they are updating the site to allow online orders. I don't believe that you could see the 18" wheels before after selecting the P option, but you can now (even thought they are greyed out).
I just confirmed with my sales adviser, it is still available for purchase and is in inventory. Model 3 performance, black, 18" aeros, $50,740. She also confirmed that it is without any of the Performance Upgrade Package.
She told me she sold 2 yesterday, including the one that was in inventory she quoted me yesterday afternoon.
I'm now waiting on my trade quote to see how underwater I'd be to trade my 8 week old LR AWD. I'm guessing I won't be able to make it work without taking a bath on it, but we'll see.
caskater47
Member
Urbancowboy
Member
I didn't confirm track mode and haven't seen this quote yet (waiting on the email with screen shot and link). But yesterday's quote indicated 162 mph top speed and others that took delivery yesterday have posted that they have track mode.
