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Re: $35,000 Tesla Model 3 Available Now

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Rent it for a couple days on Turo. I did that recently with a Model 3 just to try it out.

So now we have to pay for test drives?

1. $37,100 Tesla with a free one hour dealership test drive.

2. $35,000 Tesla plus a $100 rental payment for a 24 hour test drive.

You honestly prefer the first option?

Re: $35,000 Tesla Model 3 Available Now

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Though a model 3 does not compete with an A4, it competes with a Honda Civic or similar...

Not really, a Civic starts at 20K in the USA.

For an absolute base model. Most of the models start in the mid 20s, and you can find a $33,000 Civic (as in one that's available to buy, not "I clicked every single option in the Build menu") easily enough.

Re: $35,000 Tesla Model 3 Available Now

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I own a TM3, Long Range, Premium Interior, Enhanced auto pilot. The best part of this announcement for LR owners is that the range will be bumped to 325 miles for new and existing cars! that out of the way, well it is about time. it is nice to see, I still don't agree with how they present the cost on their website but I am at the point that I think it will take regulations to fix that. Telsa seems immune to criticis…

I'd rather use my own cellphone plan & wifi than pay for that kind of stuff indirectly.

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post #221

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Cars have always had delivery fees. Delivering something that weighs several tons is not cheap.

Yes, and that's completely reasonable, but then it's misleading for their promotional copy to say: >and then return it for free. which implies that there's no financial loss on your end. They should at least have phrased it in terms of "and you're only out the initial delivery fee". Edit: I don't know what the actual status is. One commenter mentioned a delivery fee that's separate from the headline price; I was just…

You are not out the delivery fee. Where did you get that?

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This is very good advice to keep in mind, but it's not Tesla's fault if the credit reporting agencies are terrible.

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.

“victim”? I don’t think that is appropriate here.

Re: $35,000 Tesla Model 3 Available Now

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Cars have always had delivery fees. Delivering something that weighs several tons is not cheap.

It's cheaper to Tesla if they "deliver" it at their factory. I took delivery of my Tesla at the Fremont factory. was still forced to pay full delivery fee. insane.

That’s a law.

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Were you denied a loan from the same institution that issued the first one? I can't imagine a credit union turning down the same customer they just approved because 'computer says no.' I'm not sure that Tesla is saying you can't test drive it. There are other ways to evangelize the car and let people test drive it, ones that don't involve massive rents in premium retail spaces. Toyota brings the Mirai to my local Far…

The first loaner confirmed they couldn’t even process a new loan while the old one was in limbo. They even put my case in for special review and apparently part of the wait was ensuring the check wasn’t being used. I even tried going with a different finance company to secure the exact car I wanted (it was an excellent offer I had driven the dealer to) and they came back with a flat no.

Huh, interesting. My Credit Union was willing to finance a loan for a new vehicle while waiting for any documentation that the existing auto loan was totalled. They just said "Make sure that you have the settlement check to us within 60 days, please", and that I paid off the remaining $1,200 "in a timely manner".

Re: $35,000 Tesla Model 3 Available Now

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I own a TM3, Long Range, Premium Interior, Enhanced auto pilot. The best part of this announcement for LR owners is that the range will be bumped to 325 miles for new and existing cars! that out of the way, well it is about time. it is nice to see, I still don't agree with how they present the cost on their website but I am at the point that I think it will take regulations to fix that. Telsa seems immune to criticis…

I'd rather use my own cellphone plan & wifi than pay for that kind of stuff indirectly.

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Re: $35,000 Tesla Model 3 Available Now

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post #180

In Canada, after tax, the most basic model with no options is almost $60,000 CAD. With all wheel drive, sport wheels, and no other options (no autopilot options at all) it is basically $78,000 CAD after tax. I can get a LOT of car for that price elsewhere. Yikes.

Just have someone buy it across the boarder for that

Re: $35,000 Tesla Model 3 Available Now

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Cars have always had delivery fees. Delivering something that weighs several tons is not cheap.

It's cheap in NorCal - my friend had a Model 3 delivered by a dude. Literally. A dude drove his car to his house and then called Uber. P.S. by "dude" I meant that the man just drove the car to the owner's place from their Fremont factory (30 min).

What would it have been if not a dude?
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