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Once you drive it, you are not going to want to return it, so all this is moot for most people.
by natch 8y ago
Once you drive it, you are not going to want to return it, so all this is moot for most people.
- Judgmentality 8y agoI tested one years ago (not the model 3) and hated it. There are plenty of people who don't want to own a Tesla even when cost isn't a factor.
- Pfhreak 8y agoWhy would those people buy one though? The parent's comment was that people who purchase the car are unlikely to want to return it after driving it. They were not saying, everyone who drives one will want to buy one.
- Judgmentality 8y agoBecause now you can't drive one without buying it first.
- dpkonofa 8y agoThat's not true, though. You can still go to a Tesla dealer and test drive one. You can't necessarily test drive the exact model that you would buy but that's exactly the edge case that the new return policy is meant to address.
- Judgmentality 8y agoDid you miss the part where they said they're closing their stores?
- dpkonofa 8y agoWhere did they say they're closing all their stores? All they said was that they were moving sales to online only. They'll still have service centers and other physical locations unless there's a source somewhere that says they're closing all physical locations...
- Judgmentality 8y agohttps://www.theverge.com/2019/2/28/18245296/tesla-stores-closing-online-only-car-sales https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/28/18245296/tesla-stores-clo...
- dpkonofa 8y agoLooks like I was right.
- natch 8y agoYou can if your friend has one they will let you drive.
- emptyfile 8y agoLove comments like this. Everyone has a friend with a Tesla. You can also steal one and drive it around for a bit if you don't mind.
- natch 8y agoThis kind of comment isn't helping. There is also Turo, a service where you can rent various cars including different Teslas. Pricier than normal rentals but not a bad investment if it helps someone make the right choice for them.
- BoorishBears 8y agoI drove a Model S. None of my cars is a Model S. I remember the “salesperson” talking about how quiet it was as wind noise whistled through the cabin like we were in a Corolla. The A4 I was driving at the time was immensely quieter at highway speeds but I nodded and played along. I’m convinced the aspirational status of Teslas means people who haven’t experienced actual luxury vechicles are buying into the hype that Tesla is somehow peak luxury, or even deserves to be called luxury outside of pricing (especially when you compare a Model S to it's price-mates) Which leads to hyperbolic statements like this one.
- brianwawok 8y agoThough a model 3 does not compete with an A4, it competes with a Honda Civic or similar...
- smolsky 8y agoNot really, a Civic starts at 20K in the USA.
- FireBeyond 8y agoFor an absolute base model. Most of the models start in the mid 20s, and you can find a $33,000 Civic (as in one that's available to buy, not "I clicked every single option in the Build menu") easily enough.
- thetinguy 8y agoNo the Tesla 3 does not compete with cars that can be had for 20k. The closest things to civics are the leaf and bolt.
- BoorishBears 8y agoIt was a Model S we were in And even so, the comparison of Teslas to other cars just highlight the absurdity of their MSRPs relative to the luxury they deliver. I’m assuming you mean Model 3 is the size of a Civic or similar so it competes with them. I mean technically sure, but the pricing doesn’t reflect that! Until today it cost as much as an A4 at A3 levels of room, and honestly maybe not even A3 levels of luxury. Now you can pay for a Model 3 with no heated seats for a price that no “normal” Civic reaches. I mean it ties with a Type R! That’s a sports car that you might compare to a what, 60k Model 3 Performance trim?
- gamblor956 8y agoOne of the reasons I will likely never own a Tesla is because I have driven all of them...including the limited edition Roadster (courtesy of an old boss that liked collecting fast, shiny things). Other than the impressive acceleration, the handling and ride other ride tangibles of every Tesla model is below-average for both its price point and its class.
- seattle_spring 8y agoCouldn't agree more. Handling is so much more valuable to me than fancy stitching and 0-60 times in a straight line.
- dave1619 8y agoHandling below average on a Model 3? Really?