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Most people want a car that they can actually buy. How long until I can walk into a Tesla dealership and have a Model 3 within the week?
by Harvey-Specter 8y ago
Most people want a car that they can actually buy. How long until I can walk into a Tesla dealership and have a Model 3 within the week?
- rconti 8y agoHell, I waited 4 months for a VW Golf. And ordering (and waiting months for) a car is the norm in Europe. I actually think the buy-something-off-the-lot culture is why we get so few options on cars in the US; just a bunch of shades of dull with dull options bundles.
- King-Aaron 8y agoI find this an interesting point - in a lot of markets (i.e. I'm in Australia) you have to wait for an optioned vehicle to be delivered, and some have waiting lists. I believe some people waited 6+ months for their Subaru BRZ here.. Obviously in the US people expect delivery to be much more rapid, it would be interesting to see comparable waiting times for new models of Ford/Chev/etc vehicles?
- rconti 8y agoIn the US, 99% of vehicles are bought off the lot because the buyers for some reason think they have 0 power and just have to settle for whatever happens to be sitting around the car park today for their $35k. For the most part, ordering is not 'a thing'. There's a bit of legal stuff behind it too; my understanding is that you CANNOT be legally held to buy a car that you haven't seen (which, of course, seems like an obviously good thing). But a side effect is that if you order your Porsche in pink with purple polka dots and no stereo, then decide you don't want it when it arrives, the dealer may end up with a car that is not so easy to sell.