[ParksNet]

Better that excess demand is captured by the manufacturer, which can be reinvested into manufacturing, than the dealer.

I far prefer the transparent pricing of Tesla, and its now the only manufacturer I'd consider buying from in the USA.

[ribosometronome]

>I far prefer the transparent pricing of Tesla

An interesting comment considering this is above a story of Tesla cutting functionality via a software update for a customer years after purchase and demanding thousands to undo it. That sort of stuff, their lackluster QC and the erratic behavior of the CEO has me pretty skeptical of them as a company.

[BobLaw]

If you read the story or the comments the car had a 60kwh battery replaced under warranty but only a 90kwh was available. Procedure was to set the battery firmware to 60 kwh but for whatever reason that didn't happen. The car was then sold twice until someone found the discrepancy and fixed it. Nobody received anything less than they paid for from Tesla.

The current owner may have been deceived by one of the previous sellers but that's not something your can really blame on Tesla

[alasdair_]

If it shows up in Tesla’s software as a 90 kwh battery then it is absolutely something you can blame on Tesla.

[BobLaw]

What kind of insane argument is that?

If you order a Toyota Camry and the transporter drops off a Ferrari at your door screaming WELL IT SAYS FERRARI ON RIGHT THERE ON THE CAR isn't in any way a valid argument.

They're just going to tell you that's nice but so what that's not where the discrepancy is in the first place. The order says Toyota, the invoice say Toyota, the transport slip says Toyota, etc, etc.

[yellowapple]

Okay but Ferrari can't remotely turn that Ferrari into a Camry.

[BobLaw]

Nothing happened remotely, the discrepancy was noticed when the car was brought in for a service.

[yellowapple]

If you read the comments, you'd have seen the analogy to Apple repairing a laptop with slightly better parts and then deciding multiple years later to software-nerf it. I don't know about you, but I'd be livid - in both cases.

[BobLaw]

You would be livid you got exactly what you paid for?

[yellowapple]

In this analogy, I paid for the full hardware. That Apple or Tesla didn't charge some previous owner ain't my concern.

[pkaye]

Tesla has its issues but the dealers barely give any value to the customer.

[jnwatson]

Right now, pricing is the most transparent it has ever been among traditional dealers. For most new cars, you pay MSRP.