When my 3 arrives I'll be able to say I have indeed been saving up for it for years, not unlike
@wdolson. I'm going to try hard to not be offended and not make either my interrogator or myself uncomfortable when conversation inevitably shifts toward finances. (I suppose I have a year or two to figure out a good response tactic.) It's going to be the "cheap Tesla," but a lot of people I know have never bought a brand new vehicle, and their used "finds" have always done marvelously for much less than new. Hard to justify a new car for that reason, but ... it's a Tesla ...