This is not a matter of opinion. The fact is several geographically suited September orders were built in September with AP1 and delivered in September. (Some more of these were also delivered in early October.)
You remember wrong.
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This is not a matter of opinion. The fact is several geographically suited September orders were built in September with AP1 and delivered in September. (Some more of these were also delivered in early October.)
You remember wrong.
Tesla don't show it at all, so when a sales guy punts an email out, especially when it's wrong, it's a problem for Tesla.
The whole point of this latest debate is that the discounted cars are not the same as new orders because they have old versions of AP, don't have included power tail gate when it became std fit, don't have premium pack including upgraded hifi when that changed, don't have the latest motors. Where they are the same, the price is invariably close. Where the difference is 30k, there us a big difference in west you get, or, there's been a price drop since that car was delivered and that 'discount' is largely the price change.
Only you. You've not been able to show 1 car with a discount if 10k let alone 30k. We've shown cars with 30k advertised discount being only a few k
If you think everyone pays the same price, you are the guy paying the most. That phenomenon also is true down at the Chevrolet dealer BTW, despite some of you wishing it wasn't true.
I have to admit, the gymnastics some have been able to perform to avoid acknowledging that Tesla discounts brand new cars to make deals and meet quarterly quotas are impressive. I don't doubt anyone's sincerity, even though that makes it worse.
I have to admit, the gymnastics some have been able to perform to avoid acknowledging that Tesla discounts brand new cars to make deals and meet quarterly quotas are impressive. I don't doubt anyone's sincerity, even though that makes it worse.
I am not the only one (just read back the thread, others disagree with your view as well), as even the next message points out.
dennis
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I disagree. Tesla has been moving aggressively over the past 12+ months to selling the majority of cars from inventory builds rather than from custom builds. I've had 5 friends take delivery of a new S or X in the past 90 days. All 5 were purchased from inventory.
If only half of US sales are from inventory, that would mean 6000-7000 such sales per quarter. Which implies 3000-5000 cars in inventory at any one time. Do you believe that overwhelming the prospective buyer with a listing of all of those cars is the right image for a premium/luxury brand? I sure don't.
As for the demos, the store manager needs to be in control of which particular demo cars are offered for sale, based on aging parameters, availability of replacement inventory, etc.
I agree that Tesla can do a better job in this area. But not by showing a list of 5000 available inventory cars.
I don't worry about the other 3. The "dealer" one has political, economic, and consumer implications that matter, IMO. You can thank the NADA and others for that.
You're missing that 207424 also has the High Amperage Charger, so that makes it an even better deal.
I'm guessing ... What you're probably missing is showroom wear and tear (rather than driving wear and tear) and age. I don't know the age of 207### VINs.
Loaner, demo, and floor model are inventory cars. So your point here is confusing to me.
I'm guessing you mean "not yet unloaded from truck or even unwrapped" inventory cars belong in a special class that should be protected from discounting. I don't think that's the case. I suspect the discounting algorithm doesn't discount those cars much -- unless they've been on a truck a long time or they have a feature set that was recently upgraded, or both.
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Mind you, I deliberately did not say they disagreed with "you". I said they disagreed with your view, i.e. that Tesla only discounts in a certain manner that you've described.
There are several posters on this thread who believe otherwise compared to how you believe on Tesla discounts. I am just one of them.
I guess the whole point is, some of us feel there are deals beyond any consistent "discounting algorithm", and certainly have been. The logical conclusion would be these have been to drive sales.
It's abundantly clear that you believe that. It's also abundantly clear that others disagree. What might not be so clear, but is obvious to me, is that neither group will be able to convince the other with facts barring some whistleblower inside Tesla that is credible. (And even then who knows.) So what left is there to discuss in this thread (while remaining on-topic)?
You read this entire thread, and that was what struck you as childish?!
One of many things, but I don't have bandwidth to comment on all of them. But I have noticed a pattern of doing this in more than one post, and I finally got around to commenting.
dennis
Model S Plaid
I stand corrected. The Model S Order and Delivery Spreadsheet shows 3 vehicles confirmed 9/14/16 or later that were delivered by 9/30.
