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Re:$35,000 Tesla Model 3 Available Now by viscanti on Friday March 01, 2019 @10:32AM (#19281504)
How often are vehicles returned before zero payments? It sounds like you had that case on a vehicle before this where presumably you could have test drove the car.

This move makes sense to me. They're able to shave off thousands of dollars for each buyer. Presumably most people aren't returning cars immediately or if they really care about checking the car they rent one for a day instead of the limited test drive from the dealer. So I think most buyers will think it's worth it to save a couple thousand at the cost of having a slightly harder return process.

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Re:$35,000 Tesla Model 3 Available Now by BoorishBears on Friday March 01, 2019 @06:49PM (#19286434)
The car was 400 miles away. I had the check in hand when I went down to see it and it wasn’t as described simple enough.

You’re essentially saying people should fork out hundreds to test drive a Tesla (that’s the going rate for rentals unless you’re saying they hunt down someone to just give them a car) or buy it sight unseen, neither of which is reasonable for a mainstream buyer when you start talking about the “affordable” Model 3 this change supposedly allows.

I also don’t get what you mean by buyers saving a couple of thousand. They’re still paying delivery fees and such.

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