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Old 04-27-18, 04:11 PM
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As with you guys, seeing quite a few around here in the Seattle area as well.
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Old 04-27-18, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by rominl
decent number of model 3 have been delivered around here,
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As with you guys, seeing quite a few around here in the Seattle area as well.
Yes, not surprisingly, they seem to be doing well in areas where the Toyota Prius did earlier.
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Old 04-27-18, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by JDR76
One of my friends and her husband recently took delivery of their Model 3. I look forward to hearing how they like it.

For what it's worth, they both work for Microsoft and for whatever reason, Tesla just seems like a car for the "softies".
Not for me, thanks. I will wait for one from an established automaker, and one that has a autonomous driving system that has been more completely tested before being released.
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Its seem like my Tesla Model 3 order will not be available this year. In addition, I highly doubt the $7,500 Fed Tax break will still available & I will not get it if my order will not qualify.
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Originally Posted by grabber2
Its seem like my Tesla Model 3 order will not be available this year. In addition, I highly doubt the $7,500 Fed Tax break will still available & I will not get it if my order will not qualify.
so you’re green but not if there's not enough green back from the govt
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Old 04-29-18, 03:14 AM
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Originally Posted by grabber2
Its seem like my Tesla Model 3 order will not be available this year. In addition, I highly doubt the $7,500 Fed Tax break will still available & I will not get it if my order will not qualify.
Give the IRS a call (their representatives will freely answer questions over the phone, and identify themselves with their IRS-employee number) and see if they will allow you to use the date you actually ordered the car for the tax-credit, not the date the car will be delivered. It's not your fault (nor, if applicable, that of your tax-preparer) if Tesla can't get its act together and actually fill customer orders.
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna


so you’re green but not if there's not enough green back from the govt
You got that right. In the end, I'm just another consumer......
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Give the IRS a call (their representatives will freely answer questions over the phone, and identify themselves with their IRS-employee number) and see if they will allow you to use the date you actually ordered the car for the tax-credit, not the date the car will be delivered. It's not your fault (nor, if applicable, that of your tax-preparer) if Tesla can't get its act together and actually fill customer orders.
Actually, mine still in "Reservation" status as I opted for the AWD version. It is not available for configuration yet. Maybe August 2018?

Tesla is getting close to their 200,000 limit
https://insideevs.com/top-6-automake...-credit-limit/
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Old 05-02-18, 02:10 PM
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  • Adjusted loss per share: -$3.35 per share vs. -$3.58 per share forecast by Thomson Reuters
  • Revenue: $3.41 billion vs. $3.22 billion forecast by Thomson Reuters
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/02/tesl...-earnings.html
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A change in Tesla's accounting makes it impossible to directly compare Tesla's year-over-year and quarterly numbers, including automotive revenue and gross margins. The company is now required to report lease transactions as sales, with all the revenue, income and costs for each lease recorded at once, rather than in monthly increments over the term of the lease.

"Now they are basically listing more of their leases as direct auto sales, and if you look at the difference between the margins of the leases and the automotive sales, in 2017, lease margins were 36 percent and automotive sales margins were 21 percent," said Vertical Group analyst Gordon Johnson on CNBC's Halftime Report on Wednesday. "So we think there is going to be a hit on the automotive margin line."
I am sure it is purely accidental.
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They cut off analysts and started asking for question from youtube supporter... lol.

Tesla stock drops as Elon Musk gives bizarre earnings call

  • Tesla stock dropped more than 5% in after-hours trading as executives cut off Wall Street analysts in an earnings call dubbing their questions on Model 3 gross margins "boring."
  • CEO Elon Musk took several questions, instead, from Gali Russell, a 25-year-old retail investor in Tesla and Youtuber.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/02/tesl...ings-call.html
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Click bait. No it is not.
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Originally Posted by spwolf
They cut off analysts and started asking for question from youtube supporter... lol.



https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/02/tesl...ings-call.html
elon musk is even more eccentric than steve jobs himself, the way he cuts off that boring analyst and call him a "bone head" is funny as hell.
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Originally Posted by Stormwind
elon musk is even more eccentric than steve jobs himself, the way he cuts off that boring analyst and call him a "bone head" is funny as hell.
I would not call that eccentricity, I would call it arrogance.

Are the analysts finally realizing that Tesla stock is very much overpriced?
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Originally Posted by Bright
Click bait. No it is not.
That definitely wasn't click bait. It absolutely was down 5% after hours... it started off down 1% or so during the call and then when Musk started dodging questions it sharply moved down to 5%. And it's down almost 8% so far today. So...
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