Poll for current owners: first production or waiting?

[McHoffa]

I’d like to get a sense of how many of the current owner reservations will be ordering right away and how many want to wait for better options. Please only vote if you’re a current owner so that us non owners have an idea of how many of you are ahead of us

 

[BerTX]

I'm waiting for trailer towing to be approved.

 

[vfrmike]

The goal has always been to wait for the performance model.

 

[kaffine]

If I can get it this year I'll take early production. If not then I will have to decide if waiting for AWD is worth it or not. I am hoping they announce the price of AWD and what else it includes soon as that will help me decide.

Of course if I get it this year I am going to have to rush to get my power upgrade completed so I can charge it.

 

[Thierry]

white seats ... But in France we have time...

 

[LarryC]

Just extended my wife's MB lease another 6 months, so...we're going to wait.

 

[israndy]

Is there a way to see results of a poll w/o voting? I am not an owner but curious what the poll reveals

-Randy

 

[HankLloydRight]

Is there a way to see results of a poll w/o voting? I am not an owner but curious what the poll reveals

Click on the "View Results" button.

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

Need to order rightaway as wife’s e-Golf lease is up in December. Of course, the tax credit is a big consideration as well.

 

[shokunin]

We're planning on ordering right away. No invite yet

 

[Petra]

I'm on the fence... I might be willing to order right away if I receive an invite soon enough to ensure delivery before the end of 2017, otherwise I'll just wait for the white interior.

 

[ölbrenner]

If EV tax credit is in place when I get my invite, will probably order production (i only want/need a couple of things in the PUP package and don't want the rest, and don't need the LR battery but admit it would be nice, if Uncle Sam is paying for half of those extras wth).

If the EV tax credit goes away before I get my invite the sense of urgency is gone, and will probably just wait hopefully for some debundling of current options packages so I can get a car optioned more to my liking.

Who says tax incentives don't work LOL.

My two current ICE cars are only 10-11 years old, so good for at least until another 3-4 years so I can wait it out (and I should be retired by then, so I can go explore new roads in the M3 all day ). Maybe Tesla finally gets a real competitor (none currently exist IMO) that can build out a reliable DC fast charge infrastructure and or gets an agreement to use superchargers (never say never), there could be other choices in the future.

 

[Big Earl]

I'm torn between ordering as soon as possible (first production) and waiting for AWD.

I want to wait for AWD, but I think I'll go crazy waiting another 10+ months. I'm already on edge and driving all of my friends nuts. I bought a Fiat 500e to tide me over, but it doesn't work for trips, which we take a lot of.

So I think I'm in the first production camp unless something pretty significant changes my mind. Dual motors having significantly more power than the single motor could be enough to make me wait.

 

[Jason S]

If I can get it this year I'll take early production. If not then I will have to decide if waiting for AWD is worth it or not. I am hoping they announce the price of AWD and what else it includes soon as that will help me decide.

^^ This. If this year (seems very unlikely at this point) then the fully upgraded early adopter version. Otherwise going to be picky about the options while aiming to get the car by Aug 2018. The longer timeline is due to tax rebate possibilities - right now it looks like those are going away so the cutoff timelines are less important.

 

[EvilNuff]

I'm waiting for trailer towing to be approved.

From what I have seen of the rear of the car it won't be, the car just isn't going to be able to support towing.

 

[McHoffa]

From what I have seen of the rear of the car it won't be, the car just isn't going to be able to support towing.

We’ve only seen the rear of the RWD car. I’d guess the towing option would only be on AWD

 

[McHoffa]

I'm on the fence... I might be willing to order right away if I receive an invite soon enough to ensure delivery before the end of 2017, otherwise I'll just wait for the white interior.

I’m not a current owner but that was my thinking too.

 

[davidc18]

depends on the tax credit.

 

[BerTX]

From what I have seen of the rear of the car it won't be, the car just isn't going to be able to support towing.

I don't understand your reasoning. Any structural elements where tow hitches would attach are hidden, just like they are on the Model X. You would look at the MX rear end and say "that can tow 5000 pounds", but the M3 can't tow??

 

[DriveMe]

I’d like to get a sense of how many of the current owner reservations will be ordering right away and how many want to wait for better options. Please only vote if you’re a current owner so that us non owners have an idea of how many of you are ahead of us

If this was our first and only Tesla, I would've picked the "first production" for sure. But since I got the Model S, the Model 3 is now slated to replace my wife's car and she doesn't need the long range. So, I am pretty sure we will wait for the standard battery option. Ideally we would prefer the AWD version, but I doubt we'd wait that long.