OCR1
Active Member
This thread is getting a little harsh so I’m not going to respond to any specific comments but I think we all need to respect other people’s opinions here and try not to be so judgmental.
In the legacy automobile world manufacturers would custom build cars so that options were only added to a car if you specifically paid for them or if they were included in the trim level you purchased. We did not see a car with fog lights installed but disabled through software.
Tesla has apparently decided that it makes more sense for them to use software to control the options in their cars rather than custom building each car to the exact spec that was ordered. Some people paid $10,000 for ludicrous mode when all that gave them was a little more access to the battery for faster acceleration. So Tesla customers have become accustomed to the concept of paying to unlock features that don’t have an “incremental” cost to Tesla to unlock.
But many here are new to Tesla so give people a chance to get used to a different way of doing business. It took me a while to wrap my head around how Tesla does things. Everyone needs time to acclimate to a very different kind of car from a very different kind of company.
In the legacy automobile world manufacturers would custom build cars so that options were only added to a car if you specifically paid for them or if they were included in the trim level you purchased. We did not see a car with fog lights installed but disabled through software.
Tesla has apparently decided that it makes more sense for them to use software to control the options in their cars rather than custom building each car to the exact spec that was ordered. Some people paid $10,000 for ludicrous mode when all that gave them was a little more access to the battery for faster acceleration. So Tesla customers have become accustomed to the concept of paying to unlock features that don’t have an “incremental” cost to Tesla to unlock.
But many here are new to Tesla so give people a chance to get used to a different way of doing business. It took me a while to wrap my head around how Tesla does things. Everyone needs time to acclimate to a very different kind of car from a very different kind of company.