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Tesla is already offering low 1.99% financing on six-year loans for customers looking to buy the $48,990 long-range, all-wheel-drive Model Y, the series production version of the newer car that debuted in early April. Gone are the days when Tesla had to keep hiking prices to avoid being hopelessly swamped by demand. Now CEO Elon Musk has to fight for every new customer.

Just weeks after the launch of the Model Y refresh, a slightly newer version of the five-year-old crossover, Tesla informed buyers on Sunday they can already have the car at a discounted financing rate. Interested buyers can qualify for a six-year loan at 1.99% if they put down $3,999 for the purchase of a long-range all-wheel-drive version. By contrast, financing rates for some of Tesla’s upscale models top 6%.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not sure why anyone expected a new facelift would improve sales. It's clear the overall decline is associated with Musk going full mask-off fascist, given this, driving around in a car that looks unlike any previous Model Y just makes it completely obvious that you knew this and decided to buy one anyway. If they want to bolster sales, maybe they should have kept producing the pre-facelifted versions for a while.

Full disclosure, I used to own a Model 3. I had it for 5 years and was generally very happy with it - it was a great daily driver, cost very little to run and maintain, and (aside from a few issues later in my ownership, which was one of the reasons I decided to sell it) in general it was very easy to live with.

There are clearly some very skilled engineers at Tesla who know how to build a great product. It is a shame their efforts are being undermined by a fascist lunatic with a narcissist complex.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

aside from a few issues later in my ownership, which was one of the reasons I decided to sell it

I'm curious, what kind of issues did you face?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The main issue was a catastrophic failure of the VC_FRONT module which is one of the critical onboard computers that manages things like the 12v battery and low voltage power distribution (basically a "smart" fuse box). Without it the car is bricked and cannot be driven.

That took several weeks and some back and forth around the extended warranty to resolve, and then even after that module was replaced, on my first drive after the repair it went straight into limp mode and then spent another week at the service centre having that diagnosed.

During this time I decided it might be time to start looking for a new car, ended up selling it a few months later and took delivery of a new Polestar 2.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

"But the low sales numbers were just potential buyers delaying their purchase, because the new Model Y will release soon."

Safe to say that we finally have evidence that people weren't delaying. It's also not the car either, the car is fine and very competitive. I drive a Model 3 and I drove a couple competitor cars, therefore I know Tesla is up there with the competition. That is Volkswagen, Toyota and the large volume brands, I don't view Tesla as a luxury brand like BMW and Mercedes though.

So what else is there? I'd wager having a Nazi as CEO doesn't help sales at all. I'm in a mid class bubble in The Netherlands where many in my bubble can afford or even actively looked at purchasing a Tesla, all of them say the same thing: I do not support Nazi's and by extension try to buy as little US made products as I can. This is the same customer base that 5 years ago would definitely have bought a Tesla in a heartbeat. Tesla will continue to lose with Musk at the helm.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you gave me a Model Y for free, I'd take it to the junkyard and have it crushed, just to make sure no one drives that shit.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I'm constantly floored that institutional investors are keeping the TSLA stock price from cratering. They dont think of the pressures on the brand like we do. I think they are pricing in future patronage by trump.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

i suspect PUTIN/msb/qataris are sitll keeping the stocks afloat too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Don't live in the US, but you'd probably have to pay me to be seen driving one of those. I can afford not to and dignity has a price

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

$3k, $5k, $20k. What's democracy mean to you?

I say let's make him the next Juliani.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

No thanks Leon Hitler, you can shove your vehicles where the sun does not shine. I will stick with my Leaf and it will not burn down my garage.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Just seeing a Tesla reminds me of the arrogance of musk saying he "deleted" jobs. The choice of words tells you what he thinks of us.

Eff him. Never again.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yep, he killed the brand. He probably doesn't care in the end. But everyone working for Telsa will.

If Musk really cared about Telsa he would have never sided with a Republican lol.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

i think he only released the truck because he needed to show the board/shareholders hes worth that 56billion package hes been eyeing since '18

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Same. I look at all them in disgust.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago
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