Tesla Talk 2

For sure…Tesla subsidise cheap finance (worth thousands over life of loan) or now through Trade in boost where finance is not being availed of, different incentives appealing to different segments of market. It would be a stretch to expect to benefit from both.

The irony is for the simplest and most favourable deal, someone buying the car in a straight cash deal (no finance or no trade in) there is zero incentive offered …..

Went to test drive Model 3 with the family today. I've been in one myself plenty of times as driver and front seat passenger, but not as a family. Car was spacious enough, wife and daughter both drove it too and thought all was fine. Not as nice looking as a Model S of course and common as muck and not in any way a luxurious car, but the much smaller size has benefits too. The "free" dark grey colour was lovely. Bit sick of black cars now 😂

Tesla confirmed all my questions. Yes FSD can be transferred onto a new car for free until the end of Q1. Yes I can wait until I get a trade in value on my Model S, and there will be €3500 added onto that when buying a new standard Model 3. And yes I could buy a banger, with at least a month left of NCT, put it in my name and as long as the car has been in my name for a month come delivery of the new car, they will give me the trade in value of the car plus €3500 discount off a new Model 3 (full list price €36,484), so the max I would pay is €32,984 on the road

I'm not afraid at all that my Model S that is now nearly 9 years old and completely out of all warranties, is going to have some sort of catastrophic / expensive problem. But the new 4 year bumper to bumper and 8 year battery and drivetrain warranty takes all the uncertainty out of it

Lot of car for the money, particularly given that it might soon fully drive itself - at zero cost to me.

I know it is a massive step down, but the Highland Model 3 is a far superior and mature car than the first gen you had. Build quality is superb too. It is quieter on the inside than my Model S. The car has come a long way, my best mate got one in early 2019 and it was a rattlebox on wheels with poor paint and terrible panel gaps 😂 that was the very first gen sold in Europe though, the cars that went to Ireland were already improved in terms of sound proofing

If he can fit in that low rider BMW yoke, then he should have no problem in a Model 3..😁

I only started the trade in process on my Tesla account online last night. I just had to fill in the reg, VIN, mileage, etc. but nothing about any options the car has, but of course they already should know that from the VIN? I think an initial trade in offer will come within 48h and I guess after that you would have to upload pictures to get a final trade in offer?

😂😂

They are not mutually exclusive purchases 😉

You know well that I am very interested in autonomous driving. And now I have the opportunity to get an already very well priced car, even cheaper with the current €3500 trade in bonus and as cherry on top: free, no subscription FSD forever. Which could very possibly be actually working some time soon. As early as next month if the RDW gives the green light…