No, I bought a 2016 model S. As I said, test-driven from the service center showroom where I placed my order. If "years of thinking" leads to OP saying "Omg people are going to have to mail paperwork back and forth to sign and won't be able to pick up their cars" then I'm absolutely going to discount it. Not because it's different, because that's straight up wrong, ignorant, and spreading misinformation/fear that is poisonous to this community.
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[Poll] - Will online-sale only model succeed?
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No, I bought a 2016 model S. As I said, test-driven from the service center showroom where I placed my order. If "years of thinking" leads to OP saying "Omg people are going to have to mail paperwork back and forth to sign and won't be able to pick up their cars" then I'm absolutely going to discount it. Not because it's different, because that's straight up wrong, ignorant, and spreading misinformation/fear that is poisonous to this community.
I always wondered how Tesla sales currently work in states where Tesla store are banned. Do people just order the Tesla online and pick up the car in the closest Tesla store in another state? or every single car just get delivered individually to residential address? or Tesla has setup some delivery-only location within the state for pickup only?
Rich Lee
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We live in Los Angeles and while I was on a project in Boston I purchased my Model 3 Performance online. All financial, loan/sales via the website and even got our appraisal and approval of our trade in via the website.
We shedualed delivery for a few days after I got home to LA.
The Tesla Rep pulled up with the Model 3, parked it in our driveway, signed the documents in about 5 minutes including signing over our trade in. We spent another 20-30 chatting about the car and then the Tesla Rep hoped in our trade in and left.
Kinda crazy and felt like a modern no hassle way of purchasing a car.
So much better than all of my previous car buying experiences with dealerships.
I really hope this works out.
However, it was nice to be able to go to a Tesla store and sit in the car and check it out and talk to a rep...I hope that they keep some of the “gallerys” just to let people enter the cars and push buttons.
We shedualed delivery for a few days after I got home to LA.
The Tesla Rep pulled up with the Model 3, parked it in our driveway, signed the documents in about 5 minutes including signing over our trade in. We spent another 20-30 chatting about the car and then the Tesla Rep hoped in our trade in and left.
Kinda crazy and felt like a modern no hassle way of purchasing a car.
So much better than all of my previous car buying experiences with dealerships.
I really hope this works out.
However, it was nice to be able to go to a Tesla store and sit in the car and check it out and talk to a rep...I hope that they keep some of the “gallerys” just to let people enter the cars and push buttons.
henderrj
Active Member
That I can deal with, and actually kind of agree with. My only problem was with calling them "random people", some of them have put a lot into this community. Some of them, maybe not so positively! But I don't think it would use such a strong word, poison, I think free speech is an important aspect of understanding each other. Sure hyperbole is common, but we expect that in these blogs.
Perhaps most here have Model 3 as their primary choice when they are ready to buy, so online purchase is easy. However, I was set to get a BMW 530e, and was one day away from pulling the trigger when I switch to Model 3 due to my 2nd Model 3 test drive. If it had not been for the test drives and the ability to see the car in person, I would have a 530e sitting in my garage now. And many of my friends take a lot of time to research cars before purchasing them, including seeing and testing cars in person. I just can't see myself, family, and friends ever buying a car without physically testing it first.
82% didn't take a test drive. (That's LARGER than the number who ordered online.)
Yes, I think a fair number saw the car in person to check out the seats etc. There's going to be some way to do that.
I think Tesla should still maintain the test drive somehow, even with the 7 days 1000 miles return policy. But I think they say if you have taken a test drive, then you won't get any return policy.
