Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

I would be of the opposite opinion.

You should recoup some of the extra you paid for a non white P but you won't be able to recoup the cost if the wrap. You may even have to pay to 'unwrap it' when it you try to sell it.

Or is the price drop reflective of the cheaper cost of manufacturing the facelifted version?

What would be the cut-off point to order to potentially get a car in June, if indeed that cut off point has not already passed?

Base level M3.

Im not seeing much value in the second hand market and back thinking about this car again.

Hard to know - but I’d say you are close now! Failing that I’ll have a 231 M3 RWD with allots for sale once I get a delivery date for my M3P 😀

I’ve never done it, but believe it is easily removed - but get it done by the right person!

The reason for the price cuts is that Tesla is manufacturing more cars than they can sell. Once they announce the midlife refresh, demand for the current model will drop further, which is when you would usually see price cuts to shift the older ones already manufactured. For certain, the refresh model and the runout model won’t have the same price.

Look at demand and production for the ID3 since VW announced their refresh, they’ve dropped most of the production of the current version id3 and pushed hard on the id4. Tesla don’t have that luxury, as they only make 2 cars, unless they shift all worldwide production to the Y, but they wouldnt have enough demand then either.

Poor owner, sold my 201 blue SR+ for nearly that much a few weeks ago 🙁

Just like depreciation is a normal economic impact of car ownership, especially when buying new. Prior to the EV revolution followed by the impact of chip shortages / the Ukraine war it was pretty normal to experience a destruction in asset value of anything up to 20% in the first year or between 40% and 50% of asset value after 3 years. The usual line during this period was that cost of change was the important thing when changing a car as this is what hits a person cash flow. I think people have come to almost expect minimal depn over the last couple of years but it's likely the long term depn norm will reestablish itself in the short to medium term.

Dont get me wrong I fully understand why people are upset that the value of the investment in their new Tesla has been reduced following a decision to significantly reduce the price of new models but all I was saying is that if you stick with the Tesla M3 / MY, then the impact of that reduction is somewhat mitigated.

Tesla have shown over a number of years that they don't follow the motor industry norms when it comes to pricing and model updates. As one of the first to impliment direct sales via the agency model vs the dealer model, they have adjusted their pricing both up and down without notice.

Some peeps have lost out when pricing goes down. But others have benefited also as Tesla also allows potential buyers to lock in pricing at order time. Most other manufacturers will pass on price increases if the price goes up after an order is placed.

Also they don't follow a typical model update cycle like their competitors as well. Updates are introduced into manufacturing at times to suit themselves.

In my own experience, I ordered an SR+ in Sep 2020. Without any notification or advice, the actual car I received in Dec 2020 was the 21 refresh model which came as a complete surprise.

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Anyone else notice an increase in forward collision alerts since the recent software update or is it just a coincidence/my bad driving?

Had a few in first month of ownership prior to latest update, and since then a few red lights and sound warnings for parked cars. Surprise one was for a pedestrian waiting to cross the road at a turn. He was standing at the kerb so the car did the honourable thing and slammed the brake when it detected the human. (Human just looked on bemused and did not cross.)