Considering that I currently drive a 16 year old car that cost me $250 and was planning on buying used cars < $5000 for the rest of my life, the thought of just the base price astounds me. However, I believe it will be very worth it for our family in terms of increased fun travel together, health benefits (not being around exhaust, gas fumes, oil fumes, etc.), better safety features and will work out financially once we are able to pay it off and the $/km drops way off.
I find it VERY interesting how all levels of Teslas are having people spend orders of magnitude more than they ever thought they would on a car. I hear so many S or X stories of people driving $30k vehicles suddenly buying a six-figure vehicle...or even multiple six-figure vehicles!
Way to go Tesla and Elon!