RegGuheert said:
If you lose the $7500 tax credit in the process, is that really much of a savings?
I've actually gotten to the point where I'm not sweating the $7500 tax credit anymore. My delivery date for a base Model 3 has been pushed off until "Late 2018". Worst case, the full $7500 tax credit will run out September 30, 2018, but that also means that there will still be a $3750 tax credit in effect until March 31, 2019. So, $36,000 - $3750 = $32,250, still a fantastic deal for a Tesla, and about the same I paid for my 2012 Leaf with the full $7500 tax credit. The Model 3 will have 3X the range of my Leaf, much higher highway efficiency, a proper TMS system, much faster 0-60 than my Leaf, and it will be Supercharger enabled so I can actually GO somewhere, whereas the Leaf has never strayed more than 90 miles from home. I don't think that I also need to mention that the Model 3 handles like a sports car and is BEAUTIFUL, something no one has ever said about Pearl. I have pretty much made peace with the fact that I won't get the full tax credit if I wait for a base model, unless something comes along that changes my mind. They *might* make the AWD model available before that without the now-mandatory PUP, which could make me bite sooner.