DaveinOlyWA said:
You are seriously comparing the available supply of a car that has been out 7 years verses a car that has been out 6 months and over a year late to boot not to mention the SR that WILL BE 2+ years late?
I think this talk about Tesla delaying over and over again is beating a dead horse with a stick.
Yes, Tesla is late.
Yes, we can buy a Leaf, a Bolt or an i3 right now.
But isn't this thread "a comparison table" between the M3 and the Leaf? If we throw the $35,000 M3 out of the comparison because it's late, then the title should be:
"2018 LEAF: A Table for the USA"
That's what everyone here wants, right? A table just about the Leaf, and only the Leaf. Don't even mention that T word. They are late. There's no sense in comparing a late car with one that exists now. I mean this is the rabbit and the tortoise paradox here, isn't it? The rabbit will never reach nor pass the tortoise because it can't mathematically. So Tesla will never sell another car. Right? I mean, obviously they're through because they are late. They've missed the band wagon. Nobody will ever buy a Tesla because they are late.
Or how about this:
Comparison table:
40kWh Leaf vs. Tesla M3 SR:
Available now vs. Late.
You know, people won't buy a Prius simply because
they don't like the way it looks! Yet they'll drool over the next 25mpg crossover because "it's an SUV with car-like fuel mileage." I knew a big family of 10 that needed a van. Yet the mom wouldn't let dad buy a van, not even a minivan, because "she'd look like a soccer mom or something." So they had to drive two gas guzzling SUV's instead.
Now we have people that won't ever buy a Tesla because "they're late." Come on! Really? If there's something you don't like about a car doesn't mean everyone else thinks the same way. Yes, whatever you buy there will be people that will scoff at your choice. But if you let every little thing get in your way of choosing a vehicle then I guess you won't be driving.