Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds

Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds by dgzl on Monday June 04, 2018 @07:42PM (#17233696)

My first and only question: have you never owned a car before? Your message makes me think you jumped into the decision of buying a new car without much thought, or a lack of understanding of what car ownership entails.

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Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds by hn_throwaway_99 on Monday June 04, 2018 @07:47PM (#17233722)

But he didn't really jump into that decision. He put down money for an easily refundable deposit, and then got his money back.

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Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds by dgzl on Thursday June 07, 2018 @12:11PM (#17257149)

He seemed surprised about general needs and maintenance of vehicles, or was I misreading his comment?

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Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds by on_and_off on Monday June 04, 2018 @08:54PM (#17234091)

Not op but I used to own a car and I could not be happier about not owning one anymore.

My daily commute does not necessitate a car, nor does grocery shopping.

I have a boosted board for when I want to shorten my commute or explore the city a bit.

I sometimes use Lyft or rent a car but the cost is ridiculously smaller than what owning a car would cost me.

It is dependent on many factors, for example a job change might force to buy a car but right now it works extremely well for me.

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Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds by Buetol on Monday June 04, 2018 @08:38PM (#17234004)

Yes, I currently have a cheap diesel car (bought it for 1500€) and I planned to resell it when my tesla would arrive. Nonetheless, I agree with you that it wasn’t well planned, but I guess is surely true for many other people whi pre-ordered out of excitement like me.

EDIT: Also at the time I was earning 3 times more than now, making it an affordable option

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