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I was already expecting the $7500 tax credit to be over by the time the all-wheel drive performance Model 3 became available.
WileyTheMan
Peanut Gallery Member
The tax rebate was always a nice-to-have. Was never a dealbreaker for me.
dog_car
Member
Moved my M3 reservation from Oct - Dec to June - Aug (now one month later) knowing I would sacrifice the tax credit but likely gain in build quality. The $7500 is a bonus but not necessary.
davedavedave
Member
If they kill it, I'll be so ticked off that they're twisting the rules mid-game against one of the most innovative companies in the US since Henry Ford's namesake enterprise, that I'll have half a mind to run for some kind of office. And that's a seriously bad idea 
It would a massive win for Tesla owners who already got the $7500 tax credit.
Like me.
I should add that I'm against the GOP tax plan. The tax credit removal I'm against (people made plans based on it), but it's small potatoes against everything else I'm against in it. I fail to see how it helps us normal folks.
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I have bigger issues with the “tax cut” for Christmas. It is going to cost me a lot more than the 7500 which will cause great financial hardship for me. If it goes through no M3 for me!
I wouldn't call it midgame.If they kill it, I'll be so ticked off that they're twisting the rules mid-game against one of the most innovative companies in the US since Henry Ford's namesake enterprise, that I'll have half a mind to run for some kind of office. And that's a seriously bad idea
It's more like the late 4th quarter for Tesla.
It's not even the first quarter for other companies that have largely stayed on the sidelines. So the question is it unfair for them by ending prematurely?
For Tesla it helped enable them (with a partnership with Panasonic) to develop the gigafactory. Thereby drastically reducing the cost of the battery. The only way it really hurts Tesla in the long term is if they were expecting to build batteries for other manufactures, but I don't believe they were.
The current backlog Model 3's is so massive that even if a few people dropped out due to the tax credit removal it wouldn't impact sales/deliveries.
C141medic
Active Member
You should also include undecided. I don’t need the M3. Id like to have one because I believe in Tesla and their commitment to the environment. They also make cool cars and have the charging infrastructure in place. The M3 will be a retirement gift to myself but I’m not precluding othe EV’s that will be available soon like the Volvo XC40, the extended range Leaf, and whatever else may come down the road. I’m also considering a CPO Model S with AP2.0.
it's no more GOP-it's GOR- for the rich. They want to please the oil so that get money to get reelected.
Barklikeadog
Active Member
Yea... gotta stick it to those poor people buying $90,000 automobiles and getting a tax credit for doing so.
Really dude?
Ciaopec
Active Member
I thought I had high enough taxes to benefit from the credit. But I didn't get to use all of it to reduce my taxes. Having driven the car for 16 months it confirmed what I knew and felt on the test drive: the credit would be a bonus. I will buy another (with or without the credit) because I will ultimately save on gas, filters, time lost to service, brake wear, etc. Plus there is nothing else (in my mind, YMMV) like the exhilaration I feel from driving this beast. Sixteen months; 59500 miles!
Don't give up the car just because of the loss of tax credit. Really dig to find out if you can apply all of it anyway and sharpen your pencil and see what you will save with all electric. JMHO
Don't give up the car just because of the loss of tax credit. Really dig to find out if you can apply all of it anyway and sharpen your pencil and see what you will save with all electric. JMHO
deonb
Active Member
I'll have half a mind to run for some kind of office. And that's a seriously bad idea
Half a mind would make you overqualified for office right now.
OutofPocket
Member
I was buying the "First Production" to grab the tax credit. If it disappears, I will still purchase, but now I can wait for the White Interior/Dual Motor/Air Suspension/P and other goodies that will be available later next year.
Yes, because the only thing this plan changes is the EV Tax Credit . . . Really bruh?
I'll still buy - but without the Autopilot I had planned on. If it turns out later that AP is a "must have" for me then I'll get later even though it will be $1k more. And if a fully functional & reliable AP gets delayed too much, then I'll skip it completely and avoid taking depreciation on a $5k feature that I may get little use out of.
This is a discretionary purchase. Without the threat of losing the Federal tax credit, there is no longer any urgency to immediately buy the specific configuration that Tesla has chosen to build first.
Indeed, there is no urgency to buy any Tesla right away, in this case.
So, I will cancel my reservation and wait until I can test drive different configs, order the one I like, and take delivery in a reasonable time period. If, in fact, I even still want a Tesla at that point. We'll see.
Indeed, there is no urgency to buy any Tesla right away, in this case.
So, I will cancel my reservation and wait until I can test drive different configs, order the one I like, and take delivery in a reasonable time period. If, in fact, I even still want a Tesla at that point. We'll see.
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