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Do you have interior pics? This is the first one anyone has seen in the wild without premium.
McManX
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These are all the pics I have (from a family member earlier today) so nothing of the interior. Would have taken more if I was there.
BluestarE3
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Bokonon
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Soooo.... metal front roof? Hard to tell.
And is it just me, or do the mirrors appear to be (auto-)folded?
And is it just me, or do the mirrors appear to be (auto-)folded?
T34ME
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Ooooooooooooooh
base car = 35,000
long range battery = 9.000
paint = 1,000
del/doc = 1,000
total = 46,000
Bokonon
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That's certainly a possibility, though it doesn't really seem like a parking situation where one would bother to fold the mirrors. Maybe the "power-folding" aspect is standard, and the "heated" aspect is part of the PUP?
Seems plausible though I feel like the inverse is more logical from a cost and safety perspective, at least in my opinion.
seattlite2004
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Looks like heated seats are included w/o PUP...but still no heated steering wheel
... maybe they'll include that with the PUP 
flashflooder
Member
Man, I'd love some interior and roof pics of that standard. I'm still on the fence about whether to get pup or not.
insaneoctane
Well-Known Member
Hmmmm. The sticker clearly shows no PUP, but I really don't see how it could be a metal roof. The reflection of the clouds has ZERO break in it ALL the way up. Unless the metal roof has an invisible seam (nope), or the metal portion of the roof is like 12", then this photo appears to be one of a glass roof.
stopcrazypp
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The rear glass extends almost to the b-pillar. There are three glass sections even in the glass roof version (rear, above the front passengers, and front windshield). The metal version would just replace the small middle section above the front passengers.
Seems like a good time for a nice "family meeting" to focus on what the most important things in life are. Am I right?
RT
McManX
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Seems like a good time for a nice "family meeting" to focus on what the most important things in life are. Am I right?
RT
In a matter of months we will be crawling under all these looking for a second motor
I've been saying that I felt like the estimates on how many people would be actually buying vs making reservations was going to be a lot lower (I'm personally thinking that having the ~400k reservations before the July final reveal turn into even 200k orders seems wishful), but I have a hard time believing that they've already fulfilled all the LR-P demand within the company after only a couple hundred units (let's round to be conservative because of nonsequential production possibilities).
What I don't have is an explanation, though. This is obviously a true production vehicle and certainly seems not to have the Premium package, so maybe they decided to do a batch (or just one) of them to see how the changeover process went on the line? Maybe whoever received this one has enough pull to demand and receive the non-PUP? Maybe the process is just going better than they expected and they're uncorking the non-premium models sooner in general?
mmd
Active Member
How many employees did you think will order these expensive sedans? You can count out the low paid factory workers (6000 in Fremont factory alone) and low level mechanics/sales/other staff. Also count out employees outside CA and Reno.How many of them can charge at home vs. live in apartments/condos?
How many employees are in the market for a new electric car right now? Who will compensate them to get rid of their previous car if they aren't in the market? What percent of people buy sedan vs. CUV/SUV/pick up? How many of these stretched out buyers lease vs. buy? How many of the remaining want to buy exactly this car, a very specific BEV?
If you do all those calculations, 1-2% of Tesla+SpaceX employees BUYING an M3 within 3-6 month tops.
Conceptually I agree with what you're saying, but we know (or think we know) that direct family members can also buy through the employees which dramatically increases the pool of potential buyers which is why I was expecting bigger numbers, especially with the allegations that ~10,000 reservations belonged to employees. But when I step back from it, you do raise good points.
In the end, I hope you're right and I hope my pessimism about order conversation rates is right, and the optimism about the ramp up is right, because I really want to take delivery in 2017
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