Can you still actually order the LR RWD? What was the off menu price in Canada for that? $7,700 more with tax? What’s the before tax difference? Do you have luxury taxes in your province? Those can also start to kick in when you go from SR to LR
I also thought I read recently that they took it off the “off menu” and aren’t making LR RWDs? So, an extra $5-6k or whatever on top for AWD when all you want is the connectivity is stretching even more.
At first I was going back and forth between SR+ and LR AWD, and the tax-in difference was nearly $21K CAD. Then when going to the store and doing some test drives I learned they have a few LR RWD models around for test drives, and a handful in inventory. Not sure if they're still manufacturing them at all though - but I saw on the forums here there is a thread for LR RWD waiting room. Sounds like small batches are made still once in a while.
I'm not in too much of a rush just yet, as I'm aiming to replace an EV which has the lease ending later this summer. I'm in Ontario, and the LR RWD with same options (colour and 19" wheels) is about $12,700 more than the SR+ and about $8000 less than the LR AWD. The base price before options, freight, tax and government incentives seem to be about $7000 from both SR+ to LR RWD and $7000 again from LR RWD to LR AWD.
You can actually search here:
Tesla Inventory List - Find your next car
The same LR RWD models showing up on that site also showed up on the store's internal inventory website as well. Just need to add freight + sales tax to those prices. They seem mostly in the mid 60's CAD for LR RWD.
My only concern there though, is they're roughly 2-2.5 months old, VINs around 330XXX, and no clue if they have HW3, or if they were models that were refused at delivery for some reason.
I think best case all cars get offered ~$100 USD/yr option sometime this year. Worst case IMO is they charge you $500 to unlock the feature and then charge you the monthly/annual subscription price. I think it will be free to unlock and you just pay the subscription price.
I'd be happy with a one time fee and/or recurring fee for it. I think it would be more than fair.