I hope you realised mine was sacastic.Hahaha
Hope you realise my response is all tongue and cheek?
Statistical quirk. I'm one of the 7- however I bought my current car when it was 5 years old for $40k. New replacement would be around $120k. If my LR RWD with white interior ever turns up, it'll be around twice what I paid for my current drive.
Certainly on this forum that will often have been true. In the larger context it's also clear from the Tesla-disclosed tradein patterns the majority of tradeins were of vehicles less expensive or in the same price class as Model 3. As a general rule of 'entry level luxury' sales roughly 2/3 are financed or leased with trades and the remainder are cash sales. That 1/3 includes, however, cases in which sell their old car privately and use the proceeds to support a cash sale. It's reasonable to suspect that Model 3 is similar, with exceptions.
I personally know of several households that own multiple Teslas and have added Model 3. I also know quite a few who stretched their finances close to the breaking point in order to have a Model 3. My speculation is that both of those extremes are over-represented among us precisely because such people tend to be more enthusiastic than are others.
Certainly on this forum that will often have been true. In the larger context it's also clear from the Tesla-disclosed tradein patterns the majority of tradeins were of vehicles less expensive or in the same price class as Model 3. As a general rule of 'entry level luxury' sales roughly 2/3 are financed or leased with trades and the remainder are cash sales. That 1/3 includes, however, cases in which sell their old car privately and use the proceeds to support a cash sale. It's reasonable to suspect that Model 3 is similar, with exceptions.
Anyway, these statistics are aggregates and thus miss major quirks. Model 3 has quite obviously displaced many much more expensive vehicles and has also been added to existing Model S,X and Roadster owners households. Unless those other Teslas were traded there is no way for us to have access to the data. One can never trust anecdotes as indicative of anything; so I shall offer one anyway.
Then there are the tiny handful of us who traded an S or X to buy a Model 3. We must be outliers. Of the three who have done that that I personally know, all of us are fairly old, sports car enthusiasts who bought our original Tesla to replace a Porsche 911, Jaguar XK or other smaller but expensive ride. All three of us bought the Tesla despite its size. I am one of those. I doubt that this is a large segment, but it is illustrative of the exceedingly broad appeal of the Model 3. Parenthetically, it is the existence of such people that makes me think that Tesla should not have reduced prices on the P3D.
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Much lower than yours! I've never bought a new car before either (my newest vehicle is a '74 (light blue one in profile pic'); wife has a 2001 Camry), and the most I paid previously was $20k. So at ~$70k, the 3SR+ is ~$50k more.
$25-$30KHOW MUCH IS THE AUSSIE / KIWI TESLA STRETCH?
Just a random thought (while I wait endlessly for my new Blue P3+, FSD, with White interior. Still waiting on a VIN
I read in USA forums and news articles about the "Tesla Stretch". How people were going US$20-$30k beyond their normal spending limit on a car to get the Tesla Model 3. So people upgraded from a Camry or Honda or Hyundai to a Tesla. They took the US$20k stretch because they love Tesla or the concept or wanted the next level of performance, or other reasons.
Q: What's the experience for all of us in Australia? How much did you "Stretch" ? $$$$
Me? I'm blowing the stats out of the water personally, because I have never bought a new car before in my life ever! (and I started driving in 1977). Until now, I couldn't justify the new car expense, they didn't hold that kind of value to me. I couldn't love them, so didn't buy. Instead, I bought older second hand models and couldn't care less about them as they sat frequently unused in the driveway, and cycled to work almost every day.
But this time, I'm taking the "Tesla Stretch", and going all out at pretty close to A$100k above anything I ever spent on cars before in one hit. And I'm going to totally love it. It's my new baby! It's insanely FAST, and also BTW I believe in the future of EV, Elon, Solar and more!
So: My Tesla Stretch is A$100k, and my first new car ever! What's yours?
I have purchased only 4 cars in my life, and each one was purchased new. The most recent one (LEAF) cost $40k. So Tesla Model 3 (LR AWD) will represent about $55k increase on that. So it will nearly be 2.4x the cost of any car I have ever bought. Ridiculous, really, but such is the lure of BEV.
