Now I am not a hater but just the opposite. I love my MYLR Tesla. I just don’t like being treated unfairly. First it’s was the lowering of the price (and trade in value) in Jan 2023 by a significant amount. Now it is offering FSD for the same price to upgrade to those who did not purchase EAP. I’m glad I got the free trial of FSD and I am carefully deciding whether to subscribe or not. Inn all fairness Tesla should reduce the price for those who paid extra for FSD. If not that then maybe include supercharging for life to those unfortunate souls like myself.
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Once again sc**wed by Tesla
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For some reason, Tesla owners by FAR seem to think that "what I paid has to be the absolute cheapest thing that anyone ever pays, ever". I am not sure where that much entitlement comes from but its amazing (and not in a good way).
I paid $70,500 for my Model 3P in 2018. The same car was selling a month ago with discounts for 49k not counting a tax credit. #@$@! happens, prices change.
I am not complaining about it, I am only pointing it out to show that I am not some rube who is just saying "suck it up, no one anyone was entitled to pay the lowest prices ever, when they purchased...." I am also in that same boat, and no, I dont care, because I never expected that what I paid would be the lowest prices ever sold, and no one else should either.
I paid $70,500 for my Model 3P in 2018. The same car was selling a month ago with discounts for 49k not counting a tax credit. #@$@! happens, prices change.
I am not complaining about it, I am only pointing it out to show that I am not some rube who is just saying "suck it up, no one anyone was entitled to pay the lowest prices ever, when they purchased...." I am also in that same boat, and no, I dont care, because I never expected that what I paid would be the lowest prices ever sold, and no one else should either.
Elon Musk has stated he is trying to get the prices down by using things like Gigapresses not like others car makers who are happy to see the prices go up every year and people still buying them.
Cars seem to be suddenly looked at as something like houses that should "keep their value" as opposed to a consumer good like a TV or a refrigerator.
Cars depreciate and technology gets cheaper over time. It is what it is. I don’t see any wrongdoing by Tesla here IMO.
You mean automakers should be trying to figure out how to optimize production to make prices cheaper not simply raise prices by 5%+ every year to make stockholders happy and consumers unhappy.
I agree with the other posters, but let me suggest a slightly different slant. It takes a bit to really understand Tesla and how it differs from other companies. I’ve had my current MS for 6 years, and been an owner for almost 9. The day after your car is built, there is likely some improvement in the same model car that is being built. They are constantly improving/changing their product. In earlier years, people were always complaining about new capabilities added that they didn’t get. And yet, what other car company adds features that you never even thought about to your vehicle regularly. And sometimes takes things away in the interest of lowering cost. A couple of examples. My S has the panoramic roof - it opens. Tesla stopped offering that (think it was sometime in 2018 or 2019). I have free unlimited SuperCharging - only been offered a few times as a demand lever. My car didn’t provide views from the side cameras when backing up, but that was added a couple of years ago. Eventually, I came to understand that owning a Tesla was unlike any other product (especially a car) that I had ever owned. Definitely Worth What Paid For. Just food for thought.
Oh and as for price. My S new was $107k. As a 100D it was equivalent to the current long range version. You can get a new and more capable version (greater range, much faster, enhanced features like auto dampening), for $15k-$20k less the last time I checked.
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You do understand that we live in a free-market economy, right? How price changes translate into "Tesla sc*wed me" is beyond me.
zoomer0056
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This is the price u pay for being an early adopter.
Tesla is a tech company and tech is inherently deflationary.
Tesla is a tech company and tech is inherently deflationary.
Actually it's been almost 5 years now. Like almost everything else during the pandemic it was true for a while. His claim about FSD possibly increasing Tesla's vehicle value 5 fold was only true in his mind.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/03/cars/musk-tesla-cars-value-ev-prices/
Yep, substantial early adopter price gouging and a customer base that has been, up to this point, willing to participate.
I've been loosely following tesla and EVs since the model s was introduced, yet I didn't purchase my first tesla until august of last year.
I didn't feel like paying the early adopter prices and I wanted to wait for all the kinks and bugs to be worked out. Very happy with my model 3 and I even bought a model y in Feb of this year.
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johnmodely
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Worse own is FSD buyers who paid full price 10-15k and now Tesla offers it for 99 a month. Those owners still cant transfer to a new car...
(and dont want to hear about Tesla offered transfers...the two small windows they offered when it suited them does not count when most people cant take advantage of it).
(and dont want to hear about Tesla offered transfers...the two small windows they offered when it suited them does not count when most people cant take advantage of it).
Kimmi
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It could’ve been worse it could’ve been a Fisker! My friends wife calls it the $84,000 mistake, wait until she hears about the recent price cuts. 
will it be less of a mistake then?
will it be less of a mistake then?
zoomer0056
Active Member
I've read many posts where people have transferred to a new car. So your blanket statement holds holds no truth.
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