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Tesla like to Rob the British for just some heated seats?
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Uncle Paul
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We're still getting back at you guys for the whole colonial / independence thing. Nothing personal...
Hold on Tea maybe still on the minds generations behind but we did give away the jet engine. Thats not a bad one to fly off with.
Hold on Tea maybe still on the minds generations behind but we did give away the jet engine. Thats not a bad one to fly off with.
On the other hand, the news still wants to try and make us care about the incestuous germans that make up the royal family.
WilliamG
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I completely misread this. I thought you were complaining it’s £230. D’oh. £300 is definitely a little more than I’d like to see. Tax here in the USA negates some of that difference, though.
Pretty typical for American products to cost the same in USD as GBP, though.
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Xenoilphobe
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Just "hotwire" them, if the gear is already there, run your own switch... bet you can do it for under $300... just make sure you don't use a LUCAS switch or the Prince of Darkness will visit your Tesla
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M109Rider
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So, whine and complain, until you get something you shouldn’t.
Then validate it, by stating they’ve done it before.
Imagine if every customer with ANY manufacturer whined and screamed for free stuff every time something went wrong. ?
Justifying it, really tells us you don’t care what problems whining and screaming for free stuff causes.
If you’re comfortable being one of those guys, nothing more to say.
Of course, our local sales tax is almost 10% so heated seats is close to $330 and FSD is close to $7700 out of pocket.
Can’t tell if you are joking or being service. In what universe do you live in where you expect to get features for free? BMW Audi would charge couple thousand dollars for these features. It’s actually ridiculously cheap
ElectricIAC
Good-Natured Rascal
When the price difference between the Base SR and SR+ is effectively $5,000 yes, they should just enable the rear heated seats and save the nickel and diming for those who bought the vanilla car. And I say this as someone who has the three scooper banana split with sprinkles but also has an order for the vanilla car as a comparison.So, whine and complain, until you get something you shouldn’t.
Then validate it, by stating they’ve done it before.
Imagine if every customer with ANY manufacturer whined and screamed for free stuff every time something went wrong. ?
Justifying it, really tells us you don’t care what problems whining and screaming for free stuff causes.
If you’re comfortable being one of those guys, nothing more to say.
I fail to understand why anyone would assume all products carry the same cost (in USD) in every country said product is sold. Aside from basic cost of living differences there are significantly varying cost to do business from country to country.
That said it is strange that it’s the exact same numerical value. I would guess someone screwed up somewhere considering FSD isn’t 7k GBP.
That said it is strange that it’s the exact same numerical value. I would guess someone screwed up somewhere considering FSD isn’t 7k GBP.
I think its the sales tax that did it... I feel so much better now. Stand down.
On a serious note three scoops is a bit much for me might I suggest you put it towards your seats instead?
Ok can we pay £20 less instead? Or maybe a BOGOF feature special?
ElectricIAC
Good-Natured Rascal
SR is *the* vanilla car. I have one on order with just one option. BW interior. $37,190 before tax or $39,500 after tax.
Vanilla is bare bones I have never seen such a feature packed car called Vanilla... Nope I refuse to accept a model 3 even has a base model if it does it sets a new standard 8 years ahead of the competition.
ElectricIAC
Good-Natured Rascal
Not sure how much more bare you can make a Model 3 without changing the manufacturing process..
LongRanger
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Heated rear seats was £600-700 as an option in my last car. Which were not on my car so I didn’t have this and couldn’t have got without a retrofit, on a £2500 nappa leather seats option.
It is screwing with people’s heads that a software flag equates to ££. Some of the list price equates to parts fitted, so everyone is paying towards having heated seats physically installed, but it costs less to manufacture all cars the same, so that brings costs affecting list price down again.
£300+VAT for heated rear seats is a bargain on any car I’ve seen.
It is screwing with people’s heads that a software flag equates to ££. Some of the list price equates to parts fitted, so everyone is paying towards having heated seats physically installed, but it costs less to manufacture all cars the same, so that brings costs affecting list price down again.
£300+VAT for heated rear seats is a bargain on any car I’ve seen.
That's rough. Is the whole car more expensive than it is in North America though? I wonder if this is just international export markup, honestly. Not that it needs to be as you said it's probably just a software flag, but I doubt a finance department is detailing which aspects of the car should be be considered for that or not.
Kinda cool that we have heated seats as a cheap stand-alone option now though. Usually they're bundled with a leather seats upgrade, which may or may not be part of some larger and costlier bundle.
I think you missed the point, or this is a great example of a straw-man argument. There was no issue with a particular car or service noted by the OP. There was no ask for anything for free from the OP. They only were pointing out that the option is effectively more expensive after accounting for currency conversions, and by quite a lot too.
If there's any valid reason, this is a great candidate.
Kinda cool that we have heated seats as a cheap stand-alone option now though. Usually they're bundled with a leather seats upgrade, which may or may not be part of some larger and costlier bundle.
I think you missed the point, or this is a great example of a straw-man argument. There was no issue with a particular car or service noted by the OP. There was no ask for anything for free from the OP. They only were pointing out that the option is effectively more expensive after accounting for currency conversions, and by quite a lot too.
If there's any valid reason, this is a great candidate.
M3BlueGeorgia
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I don't think BrExit has been fully priced into the currency yet. I wouldn't be surprised to see the UK pound getting close to par with the Euro by the time the dust settles.
Regardless, US$ prices are always quoted before sales tax, because the rates here in the States vary so dramatically.
In Europe, prices almost always include VAT, which accounts for most of the difference (but not all, as people have pointed out).
Looks like everything's more expensive in the UK... the Performance is 19% more expensive, the SR+ and LR are 25% more expensive. Doesn't seem out of line for an upgrade to be 30% more expensive.
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