Your primary objective should be to work hard enough that you don't qualify for the Tax Credit Anyways!
Yep. I'm one of those people. The way Tesla does business and treates it's customers has put me off buying their product ever again. I don't regret my choices of wheel type (core) and color (grey) although it c ould have been a better grey forme it's still better than white. However as a result I get an instant 6500 downgrade in value of my car as they also dropped the value of FSD (if it ever comes) by an extra $1K dow to $7K. If they hadn't wanted customers that made my choices to feel shafted they would have had the core wheels and grey at a discounted price from the off. I'm also wasting time having to fight for the $4K install rebate which they themselves have confirmed I'm eligible for. It really isn't about the money at this price point. It's about the way they treat their customers. In a couple of years other companies will offer worthy opponents I would hope. I won't hesitate to switch should that be the case. Nobody bother saying it was obvious either. Tesla at no point indicated that I was downgrading nor did they give me a discount. They did at one point call the wheels a free upgrade to try and get me to accept earlier delivery of a choice I didn't want. It's not a free upgrade if you've already paid full price.
It isn't a great "grey" but it's all about personal preference. I don't regret getting grey. I just don't like that it's basically classified as a $2K downgrade now.
Correct, all of us after June got hosed on that and I took delivery of mine in July. ?Ah really! I only received 2500$ for my cyberbeast ??
I also love the grey. White in a truck used as a truck is just a lot of upkeep! My truck is outfitted with the Tesla cargo boxes, cargo dividers then I customized it for my needs. Get the back seat cargo bin for 250.00 from Tesla and it will come in handy. White is the color to get if it is going to be your car/SUV and not used as much as a truck. No matter what color you will love it. I still have not used self driving yet as I’m scared of running over an alligator!
If you had any idea about Tesla or read these forums, you knew that choosing either Grey or the Core Tires would "devalue" the truck. It was posted here maybe 1,000 times.
There's really 0 upkeep with white vs any other color, regardless of use.
Me, too, Crissa, and me neither! My youngest is in his senior year of university, and I need liquid funds just in case. I could finance, but same challenge...I hate to be up against a wall financially, so I will see how long my invite can sit. Heck, I sat on the FS invite for the whole time, as I am a day-one, reserved-while-Elon-presenting reservationist, and received an invite in the first wave. I guess I can order when I am ready. PLUS, I really want my Cyberlandr, too, and THAT seems like a longer shot.....Just got my invite, too!
Damn, I can't afford it this year x-x Spouse is still on a break year and my shares haven't quite recovered.
There's no federal tax rebate listed, only the commercial clean-car one.
-Crissa
I'm pretty OCD and I do not think this. I sat in a few white interiors and the waviness is easily seen in the white compared to grey. The white looked cool and I had it as white for months after I confirmed the order, but I am glad I switched to grey. Just my opinion. Also glad I chose grey because it is much darker in the cabin. My preference as well.
Same boat. Did not want white, did not get white, glad I had the option. Would’ve liked to have had the info though - that it was going to be a lesser cost non-premium option so that I could have knowingly given up that $2000.
7/19/20
I have black in my model Y and look forward to switching it up to White. I also unfortunately, do not qualify for the tax credit.
