Tesla Model 3 and Model Y Waiting Room and Delivery Queries (No referral links)

How will it not make a difference? Genuinely just trying to understand how it works. A 251 will sell for less than a 252, am I wrong?

Two cars for sale. Same colour, same spec, same condition. One is a 251, the other is a 252. Which do you buy? There will be a lot of 252 Junipers in similar mileage and condition. That's assuming a private sale. If I am trading in (my preference) there isn't a universe where a dealership is going to give the same valuation as a 252. Oh they will look for the same price when they sell it, that is for sure!!

Sorry, you guys are probably sick of hearing this every Jine and December!!

Yes, which is why I gave a scenario where mileage is similar and condition is identical. There's going to be a tonne of cars the same, but with a 252 reg. Its a clear and obvious disadvantage to me and an opportunity for a buyer to get a discount or else simply walk away and take the newer car. For a trade in, its a given this will be a reason to knock a few thousand off.

The way things are, with sales down, its possible they'll still have cars to shift come July. But otherwise, I can wait until September. I can also cancel and order again. There is literally no incentive for me to take a 251 in late June.

Thanks guys for helping me think through it.

Yeah, I mean I'd take it with a 2k discount. That eliminates my issue which is that I have absolutely no incentive to take the hit on this.

If they take the hit, then problem solved. But if they offer me nothing, pull the plug and then sell it fo someone else with a 2k discount, then I'd probably walk away and go for a different car to be honest.

Mmm. Im being ignored now. This is turning really sour for me now. Starting to search for something else...

Anyone else unhappy with a June delivery?

Of course there is.

Which model did you get with 14k off?

Without a shadow of a doubt, I’d call their bluff on this, especially this year of all years with everything going on around Tesla and them crying out for sales.

Why can’t they just reassign delivery a few weeks into the future? They’re trying to strongarm their own customers in order to make sales targets.

It’s genuinely ridiculous behaviour - ”just give us your hard earned €50,000 and stop bothering us ffs”.

251 Model 3 Highland AWD, list of 62k, paid 48k with more warranty than a band new one, even came with 3mts tax.

This is usual behaviour as Tesla move heaven and earth to ensure all available inventory is sold prior to their financial quarter end (sales heavily scrutinised by the market) . For anyone who wants to push delivery out (a personal choice) that can be done but Tesla will not hold the car if they believe they have a good chance of being able to sell it to someone else prior to quarter end. Tesla accounting policy is such that they can only recognise a sale as revenue if car has been paid for AND delivered to customer. It is for everyone to make their own choice about delivery but it may help in understanding their busienss model. My instinct (only a view) is that if a car is rejected and goes into Inventory it will find a buyer who wants the car now. Best of luck to all on their new car.

that’s the same model with all car manufacturers, except the likes of VW or Toyota are realising the revenue when they sell to the showroom networks, and not direct to a customer.

I can’t personally imagine why I wouldn’t wait a few weeks, versus a massive company pressuring me to give them my €50,000.

My experience of this with bmw was that they changed my delivery to July 1 as soon as they saw the car was delayed to end May, and called to confirm that’s what I preferred.

as for your instinct that the car would be picked up, I really doubt the demand is there to be honest - it wasn’t there last July, and I can’t remember 2023, but there weren’t too many dissatisfied customers