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Does it matter to the victim who is at fault? ...also, there's a $1,200 delivery fee. Is this the new "restock fee"? it is conveniently left out of the marketing materials.
Cars have always had delivery fees. Delivering something that weighs several tons is not cheap.
It's so shady that their advertised price includes some hypothetical "potential gas savings", and the actual price is behind a tiny "learn more" link.
The real price is at the bottom of the page without having to click through, but yes, it's still really shady. No other car OEM does this.
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They do some BS about how much gas you will save and say that makes the car cheaper. It seems incredibly dishonest to me unless they actually let me customize that value for my current car and travel habits, as well as factoring aspects of the Model 3 that can be more expensive (e.g. maintenance)
You can customize by clicking learn more. It's under 'gas savings' and has a calculator which updates the price.
Interesting to point out that the $35k is the full price, which goes down when additional discounts are applied. If you get the short range model with no options, it starts out at $35k, then goes down all the way to $24,950 after including the $3,750 Federal tax credit, $2,000 New York EV rebate (clearly it's geolocating by IP address here), and "$4,300 estimated 6 year gas savings". OK, so that last bit is BS, and i…
> clearly it's geolocating by IP address here so you can use a vpn/vps/etc to get the rebate?
Don’t buy a car from a company that won’t last past 2019.
[1] http://www.quantwolf.com/calculators/bonddefaultcalc.html
[2] https://markets.businessinsider.com/bonds/tesla_incdl-notes_...
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I agree that it is unnecessary and borderline misleading. They will display the amount you actually have to pay, though. On the flip side: you don't have to deal with dealerships, which are _much worse_ You just configure the car, give your credit card information, and done. This is unlike most other manufacturers which, even if they do give you a quote, will then hand you off to shady salespeople.
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills now, who is paying for their car using a credit card? I must just be out of touch.
I’m sure credit card would work too if you had a high enough limit but those are the other options.
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Not really if I have no idea what I’m buying?
Rent it for a couple days on Turo. I did that recently with a Model 3 just to try it out.
Interesting to point out that the $35k is the full price, which goes down when additional discounts are applied. If you get the short range model with no options, it starts out at $35k, then goes down all the way to $24,950 after including the $3,750 Federal tax credit, $2,000 New York EV rebate (clearly it's geolocating by IP address here), and "$4,300 estimated 6 year gas savings". OK, so that last bit is BS, and i…
> clearly it's geolocating by IP address here so you can use a vpn/vps/etc to get the rebate?
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Always something negative when it comes to Tesla. They finally delivered on their promise of a $35k model 3, which is a monumental achievement, and yet the top comment is about the website. Haven't seen the desktop site, but on mobile the full price of $35k is clearly visible.
Monumental achievement like the $36.6K Chevy Volt https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/bolt-ev-electric-car (with longer range than Model 3)
People might pay 50 bucks for a 1hr drive.
I can’t tell making consumers find alternatives to a test drive is good capitalism or bad capitalism.