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Henrik Zetterberg posted:One thing I forgot to mention is the Tesla buying experience was 6 billion times better than literally every other car I’ve purchased in my life. No price haggling, no going back and forth over extended warranty, LoJack, oil changes, VIN etching, haggling about trade-in prices, and whatever else. The original purchase was made via Apple Pay on my phone, and literally everything else was done in the Tesla app: financial transactions, paperwork, delivery appointment setup, everything. Ridiculously easy. And picking up the car, I was in and out in probably 20 mins, which included 15 mins of a dude giving me a Tesla tutorial. My Jeep Avenger purchase experience was "which color do you want, do you prefer a free wall charger or a credit for public charging and do you want an extended warranty?" and that's it. You just need to purchase at zero discount, the moment you start haggling the dealer will push back with weird options and items to not lose out.
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Yes, if you willingly offer your anus up to a Jeep dealer it does, in a way, prevent them from raping you. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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bird with big dick posted:Yes, if you willingly offer your anus up to a Jeep dealer it does, in a way, prevent them from raping you. Every dealer I went to had zero room for discounts on custom ev builds and all the ready to purchase ones (with a small chance for discounts) were poverty spec. You will get tunneled in buying any sort of four wheel vehicle, even Ami get "list price or go gently caress yourself" treatment too. Nobody but Renault tried slimy upsells or mandatory financing so i wouldn't call it unpleasant. SlowBloke fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Apr 16, 2024 |
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You are in Europe and that is a very different car buying environment than most people in this thread who are in the US.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:You are in Europe and that is a very different car buying environment than most people in this thread who are in the US. poo poo dealers are not an us only prerogative and kia dealers are awful worldwide. You just need to avoid the few known offenders (i'm looking at you renault zoe and your loving mandatory battery rent) and live happily. Tesla here is infamous for being a luck of the draw, you get a good agent and everything is hunky dory otherwise it will be a loving mess.
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I'm not sure what this means, other than no one wants Bizzyforks:quote:Qualify for $17,750 TFS Lease Subvention Cash on a new 2023 bZ4X
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What the heck is Lease Subvention Cash Also yeah they are basically the only cars available on most Toyota dealerships around here
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priznat posted:What the heck is Lease Subvention Cash a fancy way of saying its a subsidized lease.
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priznat posted:What the heck is Lease Subvention Cash The Subaru backlot here is crammed with them
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Tesla cut the additional discount on a lot of model/trims for on-the-lot inventory yesterday. That $5200 was the only reason why I went ahead with buying my Y. Looks like I made it in the nick of time. Until the next discount, at least.
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raggedphoto posted:I was so excited for the Solterra when was first announced… Same
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Aw nuts, Tesla is changing the user interface AGAIN.
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raggedphoto posted:I was so excited for the Solterra when was first announced… understandable, the BRZ/GT86 was a pretty sweet collab iirc. Shame they laid a big ugly egg this time around.
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cruft posted:Aw nuts, Tesla is changing the user interface AGAIN. Their UI guy has to make themself look busy especially after the layoffs.
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Apr 17, 2024 18:23
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My LinkedIn feed is chock full of people announcing they got laid off from tesla, it sucks  Seems like a lot of the engineering staff got hit
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I’ve seen a lot of service techs are getting the axe too, which is pushing people’s appointments by a few weeks. That sucks.
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Tesla cut the additional discount on a lot of model/trims for on-the-lot inventory yesterday. That $5200 was the only reason why I went ahead with buying my Y. Looks like I made it in the nick of time. Until the next discount, at least. it's a quarterly business that discount will be back
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Are any other manufacturers offering some good incentives on EVs other than the toyota one these days?
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priznat posted:Are any other manufacturers offering some good incentives on EVs other than the toyota one these days? Ford recently dropped the price of their Lightning by a lot.
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priznat posted:understandable, the BRZ/GT86 was a pretty sweet collab iirc. Shame they laid a big ugly egg this time around. The 4 bizzy was not really a collab as much as Subaru getting to have Toyota's car so they can have an easier time with emission rules. Subaru can't afford to develop an EV.
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priznat posted:Are any other manufacturers offering some good incentives on EVs other than the toyota one these days? Looks like Hyundai is still doing $7,500, or at least my dealer is.
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Any NJ goons know about EV registration going up in July? I have a rep telling me the registration fees will increase from $250 to $1200 for four years starting 7/1. Shenanigans? edit: guess he was right https://insideevs.com/features/714686/new-jersey-annual-ev-fee/ drhankmccoyphd fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Apr 17, 2024 |
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priznat posted:Are any other manufacturers offering some good incentives on EVs other than the toyota one these days? $3000 off an Equinox if you're a current Bolt owner
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Wow that's a surprising number of incentives! Debating going to a different Kia dealer to have a look at the EV9, the one near me is more of a fleet type place and it really sucks to go to, no parking anywhere, hard to get in, sales guys all out in front of the entrance smoking/vaping away.. it's a miserable experience tbh. (standard kia dealership experience probably)
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Nissan may be adding another $7500 off the Arya. Same with Chevy and the Blazer EVs. Unless they've each come up with their own names for the federal incentive? Speleothing posted:$3000 off an Equinox if you're a current Bolt owner Gonna need a lot more than that to pry my Bolt from me. Also the Equinox EV should probably be for sale first.
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Failson posted:Gonna need a lot more than that to pry my Bolt from me. Yeah, I have to wonder how many Bolt owners are drooling at the chance to move into a big ol' SUV. As an extreme example, if somebody offered me a Hummer EV in exchange for the LEAF, I'd wonder who was doing their market research.
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Speleothing posted:$3000 off an Equinox if you're a current Bolt owner Ew priznat posted:My LinkedIn feed is chock full of people announcing they got laid off from tesla, it sucks The whole Model 2 development team, I'd imagine.
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Elviscat posted:The whole Model 2 development team, I'd imagine. I bet.. I guess they're not planning on any new follow on models? Hmm.
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Speleothing posted:$3000 off an Equinox if you're a current Bolt owner They keep trying this angle, pushing it really hard. Somebody at Chevy thinks it's a winner or wants to make it a thing.
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American automakers really really don’t want to make small cars to the point of dangling 3 grand in your face to size up.
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priznat posted:My LinkedIn feed is chock full of people announcing they got laid off from tesla, it sucks Yea the Tesla Austin facility laid off about 10% of staff.
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Tesla sent a mobile tech out to my house today to install the HomeLink module, and he said it felt like 30% got laid off from his site. My company did the same last year and it was awful.
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I saw a cybortuk last week for the first time that thing really really uh.... really collects fingerprints i guess. Looked like a refrigerator a dozen grubby kids had been leaving hand prints all over. priznat posted:Wow that's a surprising number of incentives! I lhad a look at one maybe a month ago out of curiosity, i don't know what I was expecting but it was somehow even bigger in person than I even thought it would be. I get thats the point, and it was nice looking inside and cavernous, but man thats a big non truck EV.
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Yeah I was charging a few weeks ago and wound up next to an EV9 and it was like the limo in Aphex Twin's Windowlicker video
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Lol I saw one in the parkade at work and it didn't seem that big! Grand highlander is probably bigger.
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priznat posted:Lol I saw one in the parkade at work and it didn't seem that big! Grand highlander is probably bigger. I have no idea how big a Grand Highlander is, but it doesn't sound like a small vehicle.
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Finger Prince posted:I have no idea how big a Grand Highlander is, but it doesn't sound like a small vehicle. It's not but it's still more reasonable than a tahoe or escalade or F150 The EV9 is a three row crossover I wouldn't expect it to be little
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GlassEye-Boy posted:Yea the Tesla Austin facility laid off about 10% of staff. Henrik Zetterberg posted:Tesla sent a mobile tech out to my house today to install the HomeLink module, and he said it felt like 30% got laid off from his site. My company did the same last year and it was awful. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/17/elon-musk-pay-tesla-to-ask-holders-to-reinstate-voided-stock-grant.html
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