it's a very situational question...
if you had no AP or FSD and get to upgrade for 5K- you love tesla right now
if you bought AP and get to upgrade to FSD for another 2k- you're not pissed
If you bought AP + FSD for 8K- you're like WTF
If you bought FSD post delivery for 4K or 5K (ahem, someone like me)- you're irate
people in different situations are arguing with each other... no common ground. If you were grouped into the other person's situation you would probably feel the way they do.
That's exactly the problem. And it's sadly dividing us. I'm in your WTF group and it makes me feel slightly better not being in the IRATE group.
I really don't mind LOVE and NOT PISSED groups getting a good deal.
But just give the WTF and IRATE group something in return. It might not even be something they even want, but a gesture that they gave one iota of thought to folks that do feel duped would help heal things.
I think it's a lot like Taxes or Airplane tickets. People generally don't care what they pay, as long as it's fair and equal. When the "other guy" gets the same thing for 1/2 the price, people get upset. Tesla is supposed to be the "No Dealer Incentives" model, no sales. Well FSD/EAP just went on sale for half price !!
Tesla has earned some prestige over the years but has been a niche. I realize they are trying to become a high volume company. But the BURST of Model 3 sales was in big part due to that prestige. The prestige even survived the Elon fumbles last year with SEC etc. But these fumbles directed directly at customers that were confident in that prestige (that paid extra) feel a bit lost. Now perhaps the general public has no idea what's going on and still see Tesla's prestige. But I bet a good amount of those looking to preorder a Y see the bad behavior.
There is no reason to lose the prestige. Even if they have a bad quarter or two, it's that prestige that will help them ride it through some tough times. And it bothers me Elon does not have that confidence that he has built something amazing and he is bowing to stock market pressures to have short term good quarters (or less bad quarters). He doesn't want to get beaten up on wall street for a real bad quarter. But he was willing to risk some of the prestige he has built up for one quarter being less bad.
In my eyes, some of that prestige is eroded. If I had to use a number it slipped from say 85% to 65%, in one week !!
Tesla can crawl back. But they will have to knock a few out of the park to do so. It's a shame this happened during the recent huge accomplishments at SpaceX too.
BTW, they just sent me a check for the taxes on the $5K performance refund (never expected that). And they are releasing Track Mode for Stealth Performance. I didn't even care about getting the $5K back. That was a car price drop. But people bitched and Elon gave in, when he SHOULDN'T HAVE. No biggy. But everyone else was getting it, so I wanted it too (see my Taxes and Tickets comment above).
If not for these past few weeks they would be at 95% in my eyes. And I'd be chatting up every friend about the virtues of Tesla. OK they earned back to 75% (for Tax check and Track mode, but a lot of other owners didn't get that). But I'm still in no mood to chat up Tesla to friends or curious onlookers. Sorry Elon I can't help it.
And for the 100th time, I could care less if the price on the CAR goes up or down. I 100% expected it to go down to combat ending tax credits and competition. I even expected software to be the main area that prices would go down on for NEW BUYERS. But nothing should change the initial agreements.
BTW, one of Elon's latest tweets was he lowered the price for after purchase EAP/FSD for folks that couldn't afford it. Elon please stop treating us like we were born yesterday. What about the folks buying new cars that "can't afford it", you're still charging them $8k/$11K. How many that "couldn't afford it" bought Red Paint, 19" Wheels and White interior. How many squeaked out paying for a Performance and skipped EAP/FSD to swing it.