TESLA test drive anyone?
They are going to be slammed between now and the end of the month with tax credit expiring, so shoot for after October 1 to minimize your time at the dealership. You'll need to give them your license for the test drive, so give a burner email that matches your name. This company is known for aggressive marketing once they get your contact info. If you are interested in test driving because you are thinking about an electric vehicle, there are far better options.
I believe you only have to have your EV documents started by the end of the month. So backlog could go well into Oct.
Yes, the most recent guidance I've heard is that a signed contract with a payment is required, but you can take delivery after the deadline. I wouldn't be surprised if they were still very busy next month as well. Maybe shoot for a weekday if you take the assignment.
I wouldn't do any dealership for less than $100. Not worth the time and after effects. Also, considering the price and status if these cars, I found the fee that I saw insulting.
I am not interested in buying a Tesla... I have enough cars including an EV I purchased not too long ago (never in my wildest imagination I thought I would ever buy an EV... oh well). I just have never driven a Tesla and wanted to try it.... I am not spending more than an hour at the dealer including the test drive. I only want to experience the drive and at some juncture I will make that abundantly clear and leave. The shop is to test drive the car and maybe listen to some bullcrap talk about how did I like it. It is not a negotiation. Im not looking at numbers and all that stuff. Last week I did similar test drive only shop and was done in an hour and 15 minutes..... that long only because I was interested in something that was said and actually learned something. This Tesla shop, I am basically going to drive and leave. I got other test driving to do.
Thanks for the tip about their aggressive followup. I have a email address just for that purpose.
Thanks for the tip about their aggressive followup. I have a email address just for that purpose.
I’ve done a couple of them. I also wanted to see what they’re all about. Very impressive cars. I also just like to test drive cars so I was happy that I got paid a little bit of money to do something fun. My salesmen were aggressive. Their pricing is what it is so they don’t do the haggling and such. It was straightforward.
There is NO negotiation on Tesla. The price is the price and you pay for nicer rims, or white leather interior. It's a build your own (design your own model). It's not like a traditional dealership where you are buying off the inventory on the lot and some might not have the exact features you want.
I have had 2 teslas now. It is quite an impressive vehicle. I would NOT buy another untll the range is significantly increased. I have performance Y and it's so damn fast it's scary. But I love the single-pedal driving. Never having to touch the brake pedal (except an emergency) is quite nice.
My next EV needs to have a range of 500+ miles minimum. actual miles vs stated miles is quite different too. If ti's stated 500 miles (or more), I could realistically count on 350 miles which would be fine.
I know nothing about the shop. I see LUCID has test drives as well. I do like the top of the line LUCID and would be curious to drive one of those.
I have had 2 teslas now. It is quite an impressive vehicle. I would NOT buy another untll the range is significantly increased. I have performance Y and it's so damn fast it's scary. But I love the single-pedal driving. Never having to touch the brake pedal (except an emergency) is quite nice.
My next EV needs to have a range of 500+ miles minimum. actual miles vs stated miles is quite different too. If ti's stated 500 miles (or more), I could realistically count on 350 miles which would be fine.
I know nothing about the shop. I see LUCID has test drives as well. I do like the top of the line LUCID and would be curious to drive one of those.
I can't lie well enough to convince a salesman that I'm interested in driving or owning a Tesla.
@hbigdaddy... Actually, reading your comments about Tesla is what really prompted my interest. I am going to test drive the Y. I did test drive the Lucid Air (Dont think the top of the line was an option). They are OK. Nothing stands out about them to me. Typical EV driving experience. I would not do that shop again though.... Too much work. I had no interest in driving the Lucid. I mistakenly thought I was going to test drive a Lyric, which I did have some interest. In general, I find the power in EV's can be scary. At first, more than once my head jerked back when I accelerated... in comfort mode... I never use sport or any of those other extra umphf modes... Sheesh
I don't like the never touching the brake thing, Can that be adjusted in the Telsa to a normal "brake regeneration" drive experience. It feels like a tug of war when the brake regeneration is not set to normal. I could get used to it I suppose, but I dont want to. However, I do like the no creeping aspect.
I read Mercedes has models coming out in 2026 or 2027 with a range of nearly 800 miles. I am sure significant increase in range is the next big move by all EV car makers. It is probably the only way they can increase new consumer interest and maintain their current driver base.
I don't like the never touching the brake thing, Can that be adjusted in the Telsa to a normal "brake regeneration" drive experience. It feels like a tug of war when the brake regeneration is not set to normal. I could get used to it I suppose, but I dont want to. However, I do like the no creeping aspect.
I read Mercedes has models coming out in 2026 or 2027 with a range of nearly 800 miles. I am sure significant increase in range is the next big move by all EV car makers. It is probably the only way they can increase new consumer interest and maintain their current driver base.
@MoreLedZeppelin.... I bet at the right fee... you could lie well enough.
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@MoreLedZeppelin.... I bet at the right fee... you could lie well enough.
I tried to do a KIA shop a couple different times. I had one salesman laughing at me trying to lie myself into a KIA.
...behind the scenes...in a PM...someone is sharing their Tesla referral code right now.
Can you guess who?
Can you guess who?
There are regenerative braking features just like their are acceleration options.
It feels so 3rd world to have to move your foot back and forth between the gas (power) and the brake pedal. :-)
It doesn't take long to get used to driving in such a way that you don't need to bother with using the brakes.
I also like the design simplicity of basically just talking to the car to do most of what you want and not having a ton of buttons all over the dash board. All the controls are on the computer screen. I'm not wanting to get into an airplane cockpit and having tons of buttons and trying to figure out what they all are.
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It feels so 3rd world to have to move your foot back and forth between the gas (power) and the brake pedal. :-)
It doesn't take long to get used to driving in such a way that you don't need to bother with using the brakes.
I also like the design simplicity of basically just talking to the car to do most of what you want and not having a ton of buttons all over the dash board. All the controls are on the computer screen. I'm not wanting to get into an airplane cockpit and having tons of buttons and trying to figure out what they all are.
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I have had several Teslas and love them. Go do it to drive one. It's not a dealership shop. There's no pressure. The price is the price and the car sells itself. I currently have a Model Y Performance.
I've done (2) I felt it was reasonable. I felt sales process was just tablet toting kids who didn't care if I bought or not. My first one the kid was a piece of cheese at room temperature. 2nd one, at least I got greeted and at least he asked me to buy (within 3 minutes of my arrival).
As far as "no haggling" it was refreshing to see people willing to stand around and wait....for the privilege of paying full sticker price. Good job, whomever devised the system. It is raising profits all over the industry......
As far as "no haggling" it was refreshing to see people willing to stand around and wait....for the privilege of paying full sticker price. Good job, whomever devised the system. It is raising profits all over the industry......
MAO was enabled. I was surprised that my first offer got accepted. It was an easy shop. I have driven a Tesla before and was interested in seeing the changes in the Model Y. There are four or five questions that require narrative. Three sentences suffice. There is also the option at the end of the report to request that your information be removed from their system. I was considering buying the vehicle for a while. If I didn't already have paid off vehicles with many miles left on them, I might have bought one.
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I can't lie well enough to convince a salesman that I'm interested in driving or owning a Tesla.
Same, I don't think I could wipe the smirk of disgust off my face long enough to do a shop. I just cringe at going to the lot. Hard pass!
The Kia shops were more my thing, although, I wouldn't buy one of those either.
More of a Mazda or Subaru girl. Give me some of those shops!
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