I haven’t bought an inventory Y, but did just pick up an inventory 3 a couple weeks ago for a discount.
If you can find an inventory car that matches your specs, it seems foolish to “custom order” and pay more. There’s no guarantee your “custom order” isn’t just an inventory car that you paid more for. If Tesla has an inventory car sitting at one of their showrooms close to you, why would they build another instead of allocating it to you? Seems like a perfectly logical business move.
I’m not sure what
@kpanda17 is talking about, but Tesla inventory is not tight. Compared to when I ordered my Y in 2021 and waited 8 months for it, buying a Tesla now is easier and quicker than ever. I ordered my inventory 3 at 8pm on a Tuesday night and took delivery the next afternoon.
An inventory car is a new car, it will not be a demo car. Tesla differentiates between an inventory car and demo car, so you know what you’re getting.
As far as HW3 and HW4, are you planning on getting FSD? If not, it doesn’t really matter. Even then so, is paying $3200 more now for HW4 that isn’t even working fully with FSD Beta worth it to you?
If it were me, I’d take the inventory car with $3200 discount and not care if I got HW3 or HW4. Chances are you won’t even tell the difference.