Dudemcnally
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I wouldn't be retired right now if I let institutions manage my money.
You're spending your retirement doing free online advocacy for Tesla? Man, to each their own, I guess!
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I wouldn't be retired right now if I let institutions manage my money.
You're spending your retirement doing free online advocacy for Tesla? Man, to each their own, I guess!
Refused? You think he is gutting his growth company and ruining his brand because he "refuses" to do what SHOULD be a routine financing (if all were kosher)? Odds are he CAN'T raise here, or he would have months ago.
Refused? You think he is gutting his growth company and ruining his brand because he "refuses" to do what SHOULD be a routine financing (if all were kosher)? Odds are he CAN'T raise here, or he would have months ago.
No, it's known publicly that the Saudi wealth fund initially approached Tesla seeking to buy 5% stake in new shares. That would have given Tesla over 2.5B in cash but Musk told them to buy on the open market instead.
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Recently we've heard publicly Baillie Gifford, one of the largest shareholders say it was willing to invest more money.
Source:
Tesla's third-largest shareholder says it's willing to pump more money into the company
Tesla could even do a public offering now, but the terms won't be nearly as good now as they would have received back when the stock was at 360.
There's no reason they can't, and as you see others have offered so my assumption that Musk refuses to do so seems reasonable.
I'm glad people disagree with my post about not recommending a tesla. I feel I should possibly take some of it back.
I would recommend the base 3 for my parents who don't drive much or care as much about their cars but are interested in the tesla experience and already know what I have been through. But it is hard to make a blanket statement that I would recommend a tesla. I tell people I love the car and it's great, but I have had allot of QC issues and very long times to get them taken care of. At one point I contacted a lemon law lawyer and he said he thinks I have a case, but I decided not to lemon the car since I would have only been replacing it with another 3 that would likely also be full of paint defects, dents, or scratches like the current one was. Little did I know major price drops were coming.
The simply tell people I love the car and it is amazing, but I'm hesitant to recommend it because of all the price ping ponging, Massive price drops, fake FOMO, delivery and service center issues I have had etc. I tell them it's a great car, but they need to realize that buying a tesla is not like buying another car. Parts availability is a major issue, high insurance rates, limited places being able to repair the car, long service center waits, having to possibly accept some defects, and even securing a loan can be a different car buying experience. But often they are more concerned with the electric aspect of longer refueling times and limited charging stations.
Not a damn thing? No Support? Fix it yourself when there are no parts available except by taking it in for service Really? The tax credits should not affect pricing of the car, it was supposed to be an incentive for purchasers to save money (make it more affordable to purchase transitioning technology).
Wait the tax credit should not have affected the price of the car but all the tools on this forum say it should be subtracted from the price of a used one? Which is it?
Good points, I have never agreed with teslas mechanism of showing pricing, but it was necessary to understand the Total Cost of Ownership.Wait the tax credit should not have affected the price of the car but all the tools on this forum say it should be subtracted from the price of a used one? Which is it?
Whoa boy, I think you're info is a bit stale.It's been documented that the Saudi's invested 2 billion in Tesla stock. There was talk in private that they wanted to do this via equity raise rather than the open market.
Right, different experiences, don't expect me to promote based on mine. This is part of the problem with blanket statements.My insurance went DOWN, car had no issues at delivery and I was a MAR 18 delivery, no issues with service center wait (and SD is slammed), my loan for 50% of the vehicle took 10 minutes? at the bank, etc. My car is early production and has no flaws other than the interior a pillar missing clip which is pretty wide spread. Charging and all that is subjective and based on lifestyle/location.
About the only thing I can 100% agree with you on in terms of fleet wide problems is parts availability. I had to wait about 14 days for bumpers to arrive at Van Nuys and get QC checked at that site only to have to wait another few weeks for an appointment that got pushed until the week of Christmas which I declined. I call Tesla back in January and Van Nuys no longer does body repairs? That is unfortunate.
Bottom line is this ownership thing is a YMMV experience, just as it is with every other consumer product on the planet, other vehicles included.
That's where you're misrepresenting what Tesla actually said. They never said it would always cost more, they said the current price when paid with purchase is $X, the current price if purchased separately is $Y.
They didn't say they would never adjust the pricing at a later date. How many times do we need to go over this very basic fact?
That said .... there seems to be fewer negative comments about the paint and fit and finish.
Does that mean that improvements have been made in those areas"
Well, the quality improvements to the body were largely made last spring. The reason you see so many less negativity about it is because the bears got tired of harping on minor body issues once they realized people were buying them in droves anyway. They have moved on to other FUD techniques.
Tesla is saying the same thing right now.
Purchase it now but it will be more expensive later. Do you believe them?
The reason there is so much less negativity about it is because TESLA fixed the minor body issues.