MXWING and Schumdit don't know what they're talking about. They are defending Tesla's poor business practice of putting short term profits ahead of having satisfied customers. This is classic short term thinking on Tesla's part, and it will come back to haunt them in the future. These are CUSTOM built products, not manufacturing for inventory going to some dealers lot. Tesla would have much more happy customers if the customers could make informed decisions about whether to order the current technology or wait for anticipated improvements expected in a few months or longer into the future.
Tesla has disappointing and angering thousands of customers over the past few years who missed out on the new changes instead of having a product roadmap laying out a timeline for major changes like nearly all other major companies do for their products. The customers who have been burned by Tesla won't become repeat customers and Tesla will lose out in the long term when their competitors catch up. Nearly every major automobile maker is hard at work on electric vehicles and many of the luxury brands will have worthy alternatives to Tesla's in a few years.
Flamingoezz, I sympathize with how you feel. I received my Tesla S 90D just two months ago with AP 1.0. I think it's completely unreasonable for Tesla to expect customers to scour through forums and read between the lines of articles and interviews with Elon to try to learn about important upcoming changes to their products. I'm extremely unhappy that I missed out on everything exciting that I will be hearing about AutoPilot 2.0 in the next few years by just two months. I would have been an extremely happy customer if Tesla had let me know about this major change that they were already gearing up for at the time they started building my car. I would have waited 2 - 3 months and would be ordering my Tesla now. Instead I wish I had never purchased a Tesla.
I will also be letting all my friends, coworkers and anyone who asks know about my experiences with Tesla is so they can make informed decisions of what to expect if they decide to buy a Tesla. This was my first Tesla and it will be my last.
You *admit* you wouldn't of bought anything for 2-3 months. Do you think you are the only person who would make this decision? Most likely everyone would. So Tesla now has no cash flow, no productivity, no sales for 2-3 months. What company can withstand this?
Assuming they gave a 90 day window, which they will never ever will. Elon won't do it, the shareholders would revolt. So assuming they do this 90 window - what if YOU made an order on day 91. You would still be here yapping and crying about what a horrible company Tesla is.
If Tesla shut down tomorrow and your Tesla S90D was the best Tesla S ever made, it sounds like you would be a lot happier. Can you possibly be more self-centered?
Companies do not survive waiting on custom orders. They may have to do this at the beginning (and burning cash in the process), but the goal is to achieve consistent production lines.They need to keep moving inventory and producing cars.
Show me some companies that lay out their roadmap and we will see if its an apples to apples argument.
You didn't miss AP2 by two months. You missed it by 6 or more. The assembly line was already being reconfigured to build AP2. They just didn't tell you about it.
How much do you expect out of your worthless, outdated and obsolete Tesla S? I can help you move into a Bolt with cash on top so you don't have regret anymore.
Drive your car and count your blessings you can afford to be in a Tesla to begin with. A billion people have managed to survive without a FSDC car - I think you can too.
*As a disclaimer* I plan on being a major hypocrite and will reverse all of my opinions on this matter when I miss the cut off for 2nd row folding seats on the Model X. I will be raging all over the Internet and telling all my friends and families that Elon couldn't be bothered to take 30 seconds out of his day to call me and say "psshh.. you might wanna hold off on your order buddy. If you could do yourself a favor (and please dont tell anyone else).. make your reservation on 12/15 after 2:00PM PST.
Just kidding... I'm not a naive fool.