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[Moderator's note: In trying to clear some off topic nonsense from some threads, this particular bout of bickering got carted off here. Please be polite folks!]
I don't know either of you and have respected posts that both of you have shared. AnOutsider has been here almost 3 years & 2,636 posts; I hardly find that trolling.Originally Posted by smoothoperator
You can get your factual opinion out without taking personal pot shots. Please knock it off!
Last edited by doug; 03-09-2012 at 12:59 PM. Reason: moved and mod note
I don't know either of you and have respected posts that both of you have shared. AnOutsider has been here almost 3 years & 2,636 posts; I hardly find that trolling.
You can get your factual opinion out without taking personal pot shots. Please knock it off!
thanks for your opinion, duly noted....I will be sure to ask you for permission before I post anything since you are the indisputable judge of character on this board.
Wow. How did you get to that response? Ian's post didn't say anything of the kind.
A lot of us regulars (myself included) seem to be extra snippy and snarky lately. Maybe we're all antsy waiting for something significant to happen at Tesla (crash tests, design studio, something, anything)?
Ahahah. Isn't that the truth!
i don't know who that guy is but the mod had handled it...Not sure why he is "vouching" for a guy he supposedly "doesn't know" ....I don't understand what Dr Taras has to do with postings from a few days ago or why he was interjecting? Very odd.
I thought the main issue was people wanted a discount for taking the lower option? Personally, I'm not fussed. I know if I order a "package" from a normal automaker, usually I can't remove just one thing, but if I could (I'm thinking back to when I didn't want a certain connector for Audi's AMI), I didn't get a discount for taking the lesser option. It's a PACKAGE after all.Look at this secondary market Tesla has created for its wheels/tires, all because it didn't do the common sense thing and keep the wheel/tire pricing consistent across the board
It's the same thing. The rims have a cost and people simple want to pay for what they're actually getting. As it stands now, Tesla has two pricing models for wheels. One for the base model and one for the Perf model (and Sig). The dual pricing model is purely a Tesla construct since the cost of the wheels is independent of the type of car that's riding on them.
It's nice you'd be happy to let Tesla pocket the difference if you chose a less expensive item, but many of us aren't of that opinion.
Edit: And no one is asking Tesla to break up a package or make a non-standard choice. Tire choice is already something Tesla allows. This is purely about their dual pricing model.
Last edited by ckessel; 03-27-2012 at 08:19 AM.
Come on, don't start going down that route. Keeping it CONSTRUCTIVE... Can you post a parallel example of where that would be different with another manufacturer? As I said, I'm not bothered by it because I don't see out of the ordinary. I've only bought from a few manufacturers in my time, so perhaps it's different elsewhere.It's nice you'd be happy to let Tesla pocket the difference if you chose a less expensive item, but many of us aren't of that opinion.
*edit* just went to configure an R8 spyder. One as a 4.2 the other as a 5.2 (gets more expensive wheels standard). If I choose to go with the wheel that is standard on the 4.2 R8, I do NOT get a discount.
I'm not going to go research other manufacturers. The point in this thread has been clear: 1) people want to pay for the wheels they're getting, and 2) the fact this thread exists shows Tesla isn't meeting a customer need/expectation.
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