I just got back from paying my deposit. I work right down the road from a sales & service center.
can you pay by credit card or is it a cash deposit?
Ask HN: Are you buying a Tesla model 3?
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#12I'm actually really considering a Model S for my next lease - my problem is the closest service center is 3 hours away. Getting tires put on, getting breaks changed; no big deal. Battery failure or something worse and that'll be a really expensive tow ride. (I'm in Western NY). Unfortunately, the model 3 isn't scheduled to come out until end of 2017 (if that holds true) and my lease runs out in March of 2017 so... go…
I just wonder. I have insurance that covers tow rides for a car that is 5x cheaper than any Tesla. Insurance even covers stay in a hotel and expenses if you are away from home. And as far as I can see some brands even offer 5-7 years of warranty with tow included if anything goes wrong. Mind you that this is Europe(EU). I would expect the same arrangement for a car as expensive as Tesla.
That's a good point that I didn't consider. If I actually go with a Tesla and not the Porsche Macan, I'll have to contact my insurance rep and see what the distance is for tow rides.
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#14Yes.
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#15I won't be ordering today, mostly because the event doesn't even start for me until 11:30pm. I would not be comfortable dropping that much money on a product that hasn't even been described to me. While unlikely, the thing could have like a 50 mile range or something. I want to know what I'm buying. I believe in the current gen electric vehicles much more than I believe in current gen internal combustion vehicles, bu…
Yeah what's the deal with the weird timing?
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#16Yes, used and in 2026.
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#17No expensive cars are dead money.
Re: Ask HN: Are you buying a Tesla model 3?
#18I'm actually really considering a Model S for my next lease - my problem is the closest service center is 3 hours away. Getting tires put on, getting breaks changed; no big deal. Battery failure or something worse and that'll be a really expensive tow ride. (I'm in Western NY). Unfortunately, the model 3 isn't scheduled to come out until end of 2017 (if that holds true) and my lease runs out in March of 2017 so... go…
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/02/24/tesla-increases-warrany-t...
https://twitter.com/TeslaMotors/status/702185984427843584
"Increasing roadside coverage in NA from 50 to 500 miles for warranty tows. We've got you covered 24/7 http://ts.la/w0z "
Re: Ask HN: Are you buying a Tesla model 3?
#19No. They've released absolutely zero information about it, there's been no reviews, and I'd need an expensive electric charging station installed in my home (approx. $3-4.5K for both the station and installation).
Hybrids are "good enough" and cost significantly less than $35K. You can get a Toyota Camry for $26,790. Now obviously the devil is in the details, if the "3" is a really premium vehicle with unique features then my opinion is open to change.
But right now I don't have $40K to blow on an unknown. Even once Telsa release information it is still an unknown until real people and reviewers have been driving it a few months.
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#20TSLA is now the third most shorted stock in the Russel 1000, just behind Square and GameStop, short interest is up to 26% of the shares outstanding as of last night. So in a round about manner, the market is betting that many people here won't be buying one, or that TSLA won't be able to deliver on it in a timely manner.
When was the last time TSLA shorts weren't squeezed, forcing the price right back up?