Boildown Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 So... who plans to get in line tomorrow? I figure, if I can put all this money on virtual ships that won't be ready for years, I can put that much on a deposit for a real vehicle that won't be ready for years. Speculation: http://electrek.co/2016/03/30/tesla-model-3-specs Truth will partly come out at 8:30 PM tomorrow (Pacific time I think). Gallitin and WarWulf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryGen Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Yeah what is the ETA for the 3, like end of 2017 or 2018? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boildown Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 9 hours ago, BryGen said: Yeah what is the ETA for the 3, like end of 2017 or 2018? Yes. GeraldEvans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boildown Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 Got my reservation this morning! Was around 30th in line at my store, got there 2.5 hours early. There was prolly around 400 there at 10am! I was the only one wearing the Drake Interplanetary hoodie I actually think Star Citizen and other kickstarters inoculated me to tolerate long waits like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boildown Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 Here's what they're officially telling about it: https://www.teslamotors.com/model3 One press reaction: http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/1/11344028/tesla-model-3-first-ride-impressions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeraldEvans Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I would buy this. Just need to stop buying digital spaceships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWhiskey Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 just had a look, and i would like to get this but i just sold my last car because of people breaking in and steeling my wheels off of it not a good area here since lots of people have had the same problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boildown Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 Man, how did you sell a car with no wheels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWhiskey Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 well they only took one oddly enough as i had a set of 4 alumnim rims, so i just put the spare on and why just take one? it's not like it's going to match anything else, still it's a bad area here to have a car unless you have good security for it, and i mean like cameras watching it 24/7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindphazer Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I'll wait for the next generation of e-cars. For me it seems like that tesla made a mistake with the model 3... Glass panorama roof looks nice, but I promise that u have to sacrifice at least 1/3 battery power to heat the cockpit up in winter and also to cool it down in summer. Let's wait and see what BMW and Audi has in the pipeline. Gesendet von meinem SM-G925F mit Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWhiskey Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 i agree, it's a nice looking car and it should be good in places with mild temperature ranges, but the places with more exetream temps are not going to be nice, scraping off all that ice or haveing all that heat traped inside because of all that glass is not fun to be in if you have to get in and go, though if you are able to park it under cover at both ends for the most commonly traveled of your destenations it's probably not that bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boildown Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 They've already confirmed that glass or metal roof are options you can choose between. Not sure which one is standard yet but both will be available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWhiskey Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 well, living here has taught me a very expensive lesson that before i get another car, i need a garage, cameras to watch it (and anything else that i want to keep) and a really good alarm system, more than one even Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWhiskey Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 heh, my car was a honda, well hopefully i remember some of this stuff years later when i decide to get a car again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarWulf Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 So 15000 of these buggers reserved by the time they made the release video, and I can only assume that it's going to continue at that trend. So with a manufacturing process that they're aiming to use which will allow 50k of these things to roll off the assembly line each year.... best get your orders in early lads. That could be a pretty tight supply/demand ratio. Edit: Just after I said it I found this article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35953817 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWhiskey Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 think your forgot a zero in there, and the numbers back then dont mater so much as the numbers right now, which i think are now over 250,000 i only saw a number for 232,000 but the timeline said a day ago so over 250,000 seem like a good guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boildown Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 Elon Musk answered questions on Twitter: https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/4d85md/elons_tweetstorm_summary Best thing I learned from those tweets: AWD instead of RWD will be less than the $5K it costs to do that upgrade on the Model S. That's money saved for me. I figure I'll be doing these upgrades: AWD, better battery for more range, auto piloting. Beyond that, not so sure. I'll get whatever roof design is cheaper, don't care much either way glass or metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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