Re:Tesla cuts prices as Model 3 deliveries narrowly miss est...
by mlindner on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @08:04PM
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If you don't even understand the basics of electric car ownership you should really do some reading. People who don't have at work charging or at home charging are not the market for electric cars. A few people do, but very few Tesla owners I've heard of actually have neither. If you're buying a $35,000+ car why are you living in an apartment instead of using that towards a down payment on a condo or a house?
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Re:Tesla cuts prices as Model 3 deliveries narrowly miss est...
by beatgammit on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @09:13PM
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Because people are bad with money. Drive through an apartment complex and then drive through a neighborhood of starter homes; I'll bet the former has nicer cars than the latter.
I've seen plenty of $35k+ cars in ghetto apartment housing. People seem to look at the monthly payment instead of the total cost of the car can never seem to get enough saved to buy a house.
I don't know which is the main buyer of higher end cars, but they shouldn't completely discount people who prefer to buy cars than save for houses.
Re:Tesla cuts prices as Model 3 deliveries narrowly miss est...
by nomel on Thursday January 03, 2019 @03:55PM
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> using that towards a down payment on a condo
As I stated, you will have trouble charging at a condo. In the bay area, most new development is condos, and I don't think buying one means you're bad with money.