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April 2017 S100D owner and I will most likely upgrade to an S Performance before end of quarter. Price of the vehicle now is about the same as what I paid for mine new 2 years ago. The free Ludicrous upgrade is a strong benefit, plus all of the other things standard on the Model S Performance that I did not get on my 2017 vehicle (air suspension, upgraded audio, MCU2, etc.). Free unlimited supercharging is of trivial value, especially given that the current referral program offers "5000 miles" of free supercharging (not sure how many kWh that is by Tesla math, but probably something around 1500).
I have other reasons specific to my vehicle that make me want to "wash my hands" of it, but the Model S Performance for an existing owner with referral code is an excellent value in my situation.
I have other reasons specific to my vehicle that make me want to "wash my hands" of it, but the Model S Performance for an existing owner with referral code is an excellent value in my situation.
Not the bare metal itself, but the way rubber and sometimes holes are layed out on the pedal gives more grip on sport pedals than the small "riffles" in the rubber that are on regular pedals.
City Racer
Member
I would upgrade if the Robo Taxi thing is for real, because my existing car would become self-funding. That frees me up to buy another one.
Ketchups
Member
Loco_Nomad
Member
free supercharging plays a big role for me.
Plus, if I can get new improved drive unit placed in my 2014 S85 and maximize efficiency and increase mileage as well as new wheel bearings and tires.... wow, I'm keeping it
Plus, if I can get new improved drive unit placed in my 2014 S85 and maximize efficiency and increase mileage as well as new wheel bearings and tires.... wow, I'm keeping it
Alphacrux
Member
Just did, on April 30th to replace my 2015 P90D. Would have been nice to get to keep free supercharging, but since we also have a 2017 S with unlimited free supercharging, we never take road trips with the 2015 P90D anymore, so it really doesn't matter for our use case (we always charge locally at home). The new S will be great for local + extended local travel (Texas Hill Country).
Sunshine State
Automotive Enthusiast
Here is the thing for me, traditional franchised car dealers will inflate the trade value of your trade to spur new vehicle sales. Tesla devalues the trade partially because they don’t have the ability to repair and refurbish to generate a profit. Often traditional car dealers will have factory sponsored conquest or loyalty money to pad up the trade values. By Tesla low balling trades, then initially looking to make large profits on what may be a beat up car without refurbishing it, then finally blowing the beat trades out at a below market value they depress the used value of all other used Teslas. Buyers use the cheapest beat up Tesla CPO cars as the yardstick when setting the values. Tesla should step up offers for clean trades to move vehicles therefore eliminating the excess inventory and resulting rush of fire sale pricing at end of bad quarters. Traditional car dealers operate both new vehicle sales and used vehicle sales as professional profitable businesses, Tesla looks at used vehicle sales as an inconvenience to selling new cars. When Tesla was not selling as many cars they could get away with this amateur business behavior but it is now catching up with them and they respond by panicking and slashing prices and single-handedly driving down both new and used prices rapidly.
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I actually went to check how much they would offer for my 85D if I ordered the new long range model. $34k was Tesla’s offer. No, thanks.
Could’ve had an order from me, but with such low balling, they definitely won’t.
Yes, the "riffles" works perfectly on dry shoes, but with snow the "riffles" are to low as the rubber around the "riffles" are the same height.
On the metal ones, the rubber strips are higher and farther between, and the feeling of more contact is there. Maybe it's because the "riffles" are getting -filled up- with slush and snow between, so it's just like one blank rubber.
However, this could be just a personal issue, based on the feeling I get back from my shoe, but once I tried sport pedals, I've ordered it for every car. Except the service van, I forgot it when I ordered the car, so had to order it afterwards.
This was in January, and it got better with "sport pedals" with snow under the boots.
Alphacrux
Member
I sold my 2015 P85D in one day ($50,000). Told a couple friends I was selling it, and had several people reaching out that they wanted it. Got $5,500 more than Vroom and WAY more than Tesla offered. I asked for a little less than Tesla was asking on their website for the same car.
I'm surprised only about a third of respondents said they would not upgrade. The majority of S's on the road are less than 3 years old, and not much different than what's sold today. There can't be that many Tesla owners that routinely upgrade every three years, which is about what this is. I'll bet a lot of those saying they would upgrade if they got to keep FSD and/or free supercharging actually would not upgrade if offered that, especially once they see how little they would get for their trade-in.
Not everyone responds to threads...plenty of people just are just lurkers and don’t like to post. Looking back at the classifieds on here, there were more new for sale ads for for used Tesla’s the week after the announcement for the new upgrade than there were the whole month prior.
Greengolfer
Member
If I weren't retired, I would definitely upgrade. My wife and I travel by car quite a lot and the extra 100+ miles per charge would be very welcomed. As it is, I am considering giving up one of my more expensive hobbies and upgrading anyway
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