Had been planning to buy an MS in Q1 or Q2 2018, i.e. right before the Federal tax credit ran out.
But now, with the Fed tax credit in imminent danger of being repealed by EOY 2017, I'm rethinking my time frame. For a few reasons:
1- Obviously, no time pressure anymore if the Fed tax credit gets killed (thanks & f-u, Big Oil and its Congressional lackeys).
2- Upgrades/refreshes. I can wait for the MS to be improved/worthy of the in-effect higher price. If and when a major interior refresh comes along, and/or the base model goes to an 85-90 kWh battery pack, then boom!, I'm there. And maybe even happier than if I'd gotten a cheaper-via-tax-credit S75D without those things.
3- Reliability. Let's face it, Tesla's #1 priority by a country MILE right now is Model 3 production. The stock's getting hammered because of it, Elon's camping out on the roof of the GigaFactory because of it, and cars are shipping to dealers without seats and display screens because of it:
https://jalopnik.com/tesla-shipped-cars-without-seats-and-digital-displays-1820113207
They've also allegedly shifted 10% of resources (I assume that means 'people') for MS production over to the Model 3. And maybe the best ppl got sent over to do M3 production? Hmm.
Hard to know for sure exactly what's going on over there, but, if I'm gonna drop $80K+, then I want the best possible chance at having a reliable car. So maybe let Elon & Co. sort out production hell fully and get it all under control before purchasing an 'oops, sorry' ride that'll cost me all sorts of time going to and from the Service Center.
My current take on the matter, anyway. YMMV.
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But now, with the Fed tax credit in imminent danger of being repealed by EOY 2017, I'm rethinking my time frame. For a few reasons:
1- Obviously, no time pressure anymore if the Fed tax credit gets killed (thanks & f-u, Big Oil and its Congressional lackeys).
2- Upgrades/refreshes. I can wait for the MS to be improved/worthy of the in-effect higher price. If and when a major interior refresh comes along, and/or the base model goes to an 85-90 kWh battery pack, then boom!, I'm there. And maybe even happier than if I'd gotten a cheaper-via-tax-credit S75D without those things.
3- Reliability. Let's face it, Tesla's #1 priority by a country MILE right now is Model 3 production. The stock's getting hammered because of it, Elon's camping out on the roof of the GigaFactory because of it, and cars are shipping to dealers without seats and display screens because of it:
https://jalopnik.com/tesla-shipped-cars-without-seats-and-digital-displays-1820113207
They've also allegedly shifted 10% of resources (I assume that means 'people') for MS production over to the Model 3. And maybe the best ppl got sent over to do M3 production? Hmm.
Hard to know for sure exactly what's going on over there, but, if I'm gonna drop $80K+, then I want the best possible chance at having a reliable car. So maybe let Elon & Co. sort out production hell fully and get it all under control before purchasing an 'oops, sorry' ride that'll cost me all sorts of time going to and from the Service Center.
My current take on the matter, anyway. YMMV.
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