Isn’t that... all of them? =P

Agreed. It’s like having Rick Scott write a global warming blog for ‘Mother Jones’

Yeah, something a lot of people overlook is that a great many Tesla buyers are early adopters and enthusiasts who are willing to deal with problems without much complaint. Fact is that Teslas are far from perfect, especially by modern car standards. It’ll be interesting to see what happens when mass-market consumers…

No no, I completely agree that the $1k down payments isn’t a way to just raise some cash. I will say that some of the top analyst firms (rated by Institutional Investor Magazine) have lower price objectives on $TSLA than where the stock is right now. I was simply pointing out that one spot in your argument.

You really think there is a .000000000000001% chance Audi is going to buy your A3 back?

company that never made any profit, not a single dollar, has only 2 options. 1) die 2) keep living on some sort of Ponzi scheme financing and die later.

They are burning through cash and will be running out of tax credits to put on the hood of their cars. This seems like a dash for cash to help fund the development of this car. Tesla seems to be one giant kickstarter right now. Its interior is terrible and if it was any other brand on earth people would bitch. this…

Not to mention several other options from other well established brands will also be on the market by then. I’m sure GM has several other vehicles in the pipeline for the Bolt’s basic platform.

This... Is unacceptable. I’m not sure why so many people are crying foul with people that have a problem with this. Most if not all other car companies introduce a model and you can expect to see that model either in a few months or the year after its produced. Tesla introduces a model and deliveries aren’t expected…

Just to clarify, $TSLA’s stock valuation has nothing to do with the company’s viability.

Exactly people are dumber than ever, they just know how to act and argue to make themselves look smarter. Take away the internet and will all be squatting in ditches with berries up our noses.

I think you overestimate the peoples’ intelligence.

Elon Musk finds yet another way to get hundreds of millions in interest free loans, and you suckers are praising him for it. They’re strapped for cash and the car is still over 2 years away, so they cook up this “reservation” deal and everyone bites. I’ve never seen someone run such a blatant ponzi scheme in plain…

So in other words, all the people who put down deposits have enough time to complete a Chevy Bolt lease before their Model 3's arrive.

It is so glaringly obvious something is wrong here. This isnt how production works. Any other manufacturer announces a new vehicle and you can expect that within a year, if not months, youll be able to drive away with one.

This. They haven’t sold any Model 3s. All these orders are refundable deposits for a slot in line sold so that they can book some cash (non GAAP of course because under GAAP Tesla would be unviable as a going concern) and generate hype for their overexposed celebrity CEO. They did exactly the same thing with the X -…

Either way buying a car you’ve neither driven nor seen is a dumb move. There’s just no arguing that. People gave Musk a thousand dollars interest free for probably two years. Bad financial choice.

$7500 tax credits + state credits is a pretty good incentive to get in line early. Also, the CA buyers will probably alright, but everyone else might be in for a wait. The amount of Teslas you see in Silicon Valley is on par with something like a 5 series, so I suspect if geography comes into play for order preference…

This is a last ditch effort to generate more cash to spend before they go belly up. Their burn rate is far too fast.

Calling a Toyota a POS? Musk couldn’t even begin to sniff the farts of Toyota.