Tesla business discussion
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Might be an impulse buy, but I ordered a model Y LR just now. Cant pass up on this price, plus I installed a level 2 charger at my house last week and have been looking for an EV SUV to replace my BMW X1. Was looking at the KIA Niro, but no good specials on that car, still see dealer markups.
Lead Lap
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Might be an impulse buy, but I ordered a model Y LR just now. Cant pass up on this price, plus I installed a level 2 charger at my house last week and have been looking for an EV SUV to replace my BMW X1. Was looking at the KIA Niro, but no good specials on that car, still see dealer markups.
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Might be an impulse buy, but I ordered a model Y LR just now. Cant pass up on this price, plus I installed a level 2 charger at my house last week and have been looking for an EV SUV to replace my BMW X1. Was looking at the KIA Niro, but no good specials on that car, still see dealer markups.
Spoiler
What you going to do with your X1, keeping or trade in?
Lead Lap
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https://twitter.com/DriveTeslaca/sta...65791480938496
The side effects of the price cuts has started 😃
The side effects of the price cuts has started 😃
I bet trade-in values going forward will be impacted. Dealers are going to price in the possibility of Tesla cutting prices and leaving them holding the bag.
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Tesla sales and growth is slowing down. Cutting prices is the reflection of this slowdown or softening. In 2023, the US interest rates are going to continue to increase making it far more expensive to finance a car and existing homeowners mortgages will continue to increase, this is a big problem for those who have car payments and mortgages. Current inflation is 6.5% and the Fed has said the goal is 2% The slowdown or softening will be for every auto manufacturer, and will be more prevalent for those who have higher priced models.. the alternative to price cuts for MSRP are production cuts at Tesla.
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In the US, the dual motor LR Y is the base model - its not an upgrade. The rest of the world also gets the single motor SR Y. Maybe if Austin adds capacity, or China has excess capacity to also send cars to the US, we could see the single motor Y here as well. Tesla doesn't want to undercut their US sales of the higher priced Y so long as the order book is full - frankly, most locales don't benefit from a dual motor car, the single motor is fine.
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Yep
@ST430 just got a Plaid before yesterdays price drop
@ST430 just got a Plaid before yesterdays price drop
Still love it everyday I drive and no plans to replace it
Last edited by ST430; Jan 14, 2023 at 03:41 PM.
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Yes, monthly FSD is $200/month. which is a much better deal than buying it from the start, however, Tesla can raise prices at any time. With a break even time of 6 years, im not willing to bet Im going to keep a car for that long. Plus, you can just buy it on the months you have road trips planned, etc.
For features like this, I think sub services are great, but what BMW is doing is ridiculous (heated seats).
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Just to add to this thread and not trying to politicize it:
Sold my mylr to my sister, which in turn caused her to sell her rx350 to a major local used car dealer. We talked with this manager who was responsible for buying cars to sale. Several noteworthy things from our conversation:
- Tesla prices tanked drastically in used car market (no one wants to touch them and carvana has over 3k in the inventory supposedly). No sane car dealer wants to take them in anymore. other luxury car makers are still pretty stable, especially Lexus
- lots of his potentially customers for teslas were very turned off by Elon since his takeover and "implosion" at twitter. In essence, at least here in silicon valley, he was ****ting in the same people who were his core customers.. they have started looking elsewhere, especially with more EVs coming to the market
Sold my mylr to my sister, which in turn caused her to sell her rx350 to a major local used car dealer. We talked with this manager who was responsible for buying cars to sale. Several noteworthy things from our conversation:
- Tesla prices tanked drastically in used car market (no one wants to touch them and carvana has over 3k in the inventory supposedly). No sane car dealer wants to take them in anymore. other luxury car makers are still pretty stable, especially Lexus
- lots of his potentially customers for teslas were very turned off by Elon since his takeover and "implosion" at twitter. In essence, at least here in silicon valley, he was ****ting in the same people who were his core customers.. they have started looking elsewhere, especially with more EVs coming to the market
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