He’s been here for awhile and I think was pretty excited before the delivery.
.I think it's fine to be annoyed by it, as long as you realize that (practically speaking) it won't affect you whatsoever as a new buyer.
What's crazier, is mine is a 2020 Long Range, with all the same options, 5 seater. Basically Identical vehicle but 2020 with only 16k miles and they offered me $85k, which was a joke. Still waiting on my order though, so hopefully the next trade in go around the offer will go up.
But that choice is not offered by Tesla Insurance. Another insurance company quoted me Tesla coverage assuming use of their “Go” app. I wasn’t interested in having their app tracking me all the time, so I got a quote without having to use the app, and it was just a little higher.
Definitely not annoyed by $200 and it's the same with Apple stop giving chargers with their phone...people still buy the iPhone including myself but it's unfortunate to see how we the consumers are becoming the pets of those manufacturers.
Perhaps it is a scare tactics but it is infuriating nonetheless. On the flip side, Tesla does not respect customers' time by absolute lack of predictability, transparency and communication around the delivery. When they are suddenly ready to deliver at a short notice (mind you, most of the tine they do not even call or send a text, they expect you to show up or lose your place. Kind of ridiculous. As I have said before, my best Tesla experience are the parts when I am driving a Tesla and the worst are when I have to deal with an organization called Tesla.
Tesla has absolutely no short term business case for white glove treatment right now. Plus even Mercedes is charging for their charger. And with 3+ charging solutions I almost prefer that they don’t automatically include one: both the folks who say they use theirs every day, and the group who claims they’ve almost never use theirs are both “right”. Free stuff is fun, but absolutely can be wasteful.
Be careful of what you ask... They gave me a vin and a delivery date and took it back one day before pickup
Maybe I should ask for a non-removable VIN.Be careful of what you ask... They gave me a vin and a delivery date and took it back one day before pickup
I’m 99% certain that multiple credit pings (sorry not correct wording) in a certain amount of time are collectively the same as a single ping. Plus I’m pretty sure it barely affects your score… I ignorantly applied for a loan early on in my Model X wait, and then even once more when they told me it had expired, and my credit score barely moved…. YMMV(?)
maybe they’re trying to get you to install a wall connector but I am 100% certain there is no motive like that. They aren’t even TRYING to retain their highest paying customers lol
The grill is really getting ridiculous.I had an iX M60 on order. The wait was going to be less than 60 days. Ultimately I decided to cancel since A) the overall proportions of the vehicle were very similar to my MYP and B) the performance (acceleration, in particular) was also similar. Except the car was almost 2x more expensive.
The base iX is still quite a bit more than the MYP. Don't get me wrong... it is nicer. I drove one... twice. Smoother ride. More refined interior. Front camera. Integrated wireless CarPlay. Etc. But again, not worth the delta in price from my POV (even with the $7500 tax credit). I might go back to BMW once they get a generation of SAV EVs under their belt.
Oh, and that grill...
I'll wait for the MXP where I can have more space for my family, and in a vehicle that was built electric from the ground up.
Obviously there would be market push back but yeah there is never perfection in humanity lol
Actually I’m pretty sure that’s been explicitly planned already…
Actually spare tire is a pretty good comparison. Used to be standard fare on most cars when I was a kid, IIRC.
I honestly think it’s the extreme world economy situation underlying this and the “rarely used,” while factual, is a fail in presenting the issue in a way that customers will accept the change.
