You’re digging deep there.

I’m not here to defend Tesla, but I also think this anti-Tesla trope isn’t one that’s going to build a community of people who care about the content here.

If at the end of the day Jalopnik ceases to exist, that doesn’t change my life very much.

Nothing against any of the talented writers…

I wonder if Jalopnik would still be around if it weren’t for the ad revenue generated from anti-Tesla content. 

Ah - looking over the details of the phase out more carefully, I see that they phase out starting the second calendar quarter after the 200k mark is reached, not when it is reached. So that removes all ambiguity of whether or not you’d get the tax credit - because you know at a bare minimum you have 3 months’ warning…

Nonono. I’d rather deal with craigslist sellers, eccentricities, misrepresentation, and all, before trying to shop at a dealer. Poorly worded, sorry.

@marimvibe learn how to read financial reports, instead of posting such crap...

“The Best thing about the Model 3...”

The best thing? It looks like the car on my wheel cleaner spray bottle.

People hate the car buying process because no matter how much research they do, at the end of the transaction they often feel like they got taken by the dealer.

The sales model worked fine, Saturn ranked high in customer satisfaction. What killed Saturn was GM’s bankruptcy.

Sorry if that was unclear, buying a car from a Tesla store is basically this. You go to your local store and talk with a product specialist, you can conduct a test drive if you like. If you choose to buy you then order a car with your desired options. Car is delivered and you pay for it (or lease it). No haggling, no…

Disagree completely. Today I pre-ordered a Tesla Model 3 and I’m a 22 year old that is aware that I won’t pull in that income in one year. However, financing is something that most American’s have become accustom to. I currently drive an STi and realize that Tesla’s are a much better product overall and the…

And its commentors like you that drive away civil discourse.

This. So much this. Everyone misses the damn point, it’s not about lowering prices across the board it’s about walking away feeling like you didn’t get scammed, which is exactly how I felt after buying my first car and finding out after they said “this is the lowest we could possibly go without losing money!” That a…

I think a key distinction is going to be that the Model 3 is so unlike anything else you might find at a dealership elsewhere, that there is no basis for comparison. So the price for a Model 3 is the price, and you never really have a frame of reference on how you did because there aren’t vast swaths of all electric…

With Tesla there is no sales man in the middle making more money the more he charges you for a car called commission. It’s a shitty system. Tesla tries to circumvent the middle man through factory direct sales. For some reason buying a car has special rules over buying a boat or any other expensive appliance.

So in case you didn’t know, expensive cars are sold less than cheap cars. The Model S sells well for its price.

A car that costs over twice what I can afford to spend for a car?

You’re right, “no-haggle” pricing won’t reduce consumer pricing. Eliminating the middleman sure will, though.

Get in a P85D at full throttle. You’ll change your mind.

Yet millions prefer this style for their phones rather than the have it now crowd. There's large markets for both sides. As I typed this a Model S just passed me.