Glamisduner
Active Member
I still doubt p3d- cars will get 5k too which is why many people are still upset I think. If anyone actually gets 5k I don't think they will be upset.There's an undercurrent of entitlement creeping into this thread.
I don't know about anyone else, but when I put my $1,000 down in 2017 I didn't even know there would be a performance version of the car at the point I got to configure and buy it.
When I did configure the car, I didn't really know fully what hardware and software differences there were between the AWD, P3D- and P3D+ aside from the cosmetic things stated on the web site. At that point I made the choice to get what I considered the best car I could afford, and I wanted the one that looked great to me - 20" wheels and beautiful looking breaks, despite the obvious efficiency drop offs. Nearly 2 months after I configured, the free supercharging was announced. Bonus! Let's be honest here, we all had the choice whether to pull the trigger on what we knew, or wait. No one forced you to buy.
Not only that, but software upgrades since then have given me (for free) additional features I didn't know would be available when I bought the car.
Now after I purchased my car, one that I am very happy with, Tesla could have done almost anything. They could have announced another performance version with a HUD, or with a 100Kwh battery or in Fluorescent (baby) Orange or any number of other things I might have wished were available in June when I configured... and it would have been tough tits.
Instead, they drop the price for new customers (great for everyone, we all want more Model 3's on the road because that means more 3rd party accessories, parts, a more successful Tesla which keeps the future of our cars more certain) AND offer existing customers either $5k refund in exchange for the lifetime supercharging which most of us who ordered didn't even know we'd get.
It's quite staggering to me how this win/win situation for all of us, turned into a bitch-fest.
I'm more upset that people on here don't understand why some of us are upset!
I think Elon should offer free autopilot until the end of the year so we can see how many people suddenly feel entitled that currently think 5k less for a car a week after delivery is no big deal.
If autopilot is free from now on no one would be mad right? Oh but wait, here's the kicker, if you did buy it you might get 5k back, but if you didn't buy it it's now 6k to 8k to upgrade. Free if you buy a new car for less money than the one you just received though thanks for waiting! Autopilot is also just software unlock although imo a much better value than the 11k I paid to go faster that is now still 6k.
It would be horrible for stock holders because then Tesla would only have made 6k in this software instead nstead of 11k...