I put a deposit in last year and received my email to configure when they opened it up to everyone. I guess in hindsight I didn’t need to give Tesla that deposit last year. I’m not ready to buy right now (thought I might need to buy a new car this Fall, but that may not be the case now), and as time has passed I’ve really, really liked the Premier Volt I’m driving. My total daily commute is about 50 miles so enough electric range for the round trip. On days where I need to make other stops, I just pop over to Hold mode at freeway speeds and sip gas in the 44 MPG range, pop back over to electric as I’m getting off the freeway and manage my electric capacity that way.
Also, as time has passed you begin to see other entrants, and potential entrants, into the EV market. From the Hyundai Ioniq available now (longer range model not too far off) and Jaguar, GM and others continuing to develop their EV offerings.
For me as I mentioned, I don’t really need a new car right now so I have the luxury of time. That being said, I don’t see that there is any longer a reason to have the reservation. I guess you could say that when they eventually come out with a $35K or $40K model you might get preference, but I think at that point the market will have further caught up, if not completely caught up, with Tesla and Tesla will be happy to sell a car (or a promise of a delivery of one at some future point) to anyone, reservation or not.
Even now I see another thread asking how much more is a TM3 worth than a Premier Volt? As configured right now, you have to spend $5XK to get into a TM3, with a Premier Volt upwards of $20K less. I know the TM3 will perform better, has much more electric range (without a gas backup), and in some people’s opinion looks better. For me I’m not sure I’m willing to spend that much more for the Tesla.
But the real question I have, and I can’t come up with a great reason not to, is why I shouldn’t cancel my TM3 reservation today?
Also, as time has passed you begin to see other entrants, and potential entrants, into the EV market. From the Hyundai Ioniq available now (longer range model not too far off) and Jaguar, GM and others continuing to develop their EV offerings.
For me as I mentioned, I don’t really need a new car right now so I have the luxury of time. That being said, I don’t see that there is any longer a reason to have the reservation. I guess you could say that when they eventually come out with a $35K or $40K model you might get preference, but I think at that point the market will have further caught up, if not completely caught up, with Tesla and Tesla will be happy to sell a car (or a promise of a delivery of one at some future point) to anyone, reservation or not.
Even now I see another thread asking how much more is a TM3 worth than a Premier Volt? As configured right now, you have to spend $5XK to get into a TM3, with a Premier Volt upwards of $20K less. I know the TM3 will perform better, has much more electric range (without a gas backup), and in some people’s opinion looks better. For me I’m not sure I’m willing to spend that much more for the Tesla.
But the real question I have, and I can’t come up with a great reason not to, is why I shouldn’t cancel my TM3 reservation today?