- All right guys, well, it's time to configure a Model 3.
I would have done this earlier, except this happened.
- We have a two-year-old Christmas party to attend
at a daycare.
Very important.
- And here we are.
So there's that.
A couple hours later, hopefully they didn't push it back
because the email did say that it, you know,
every minute kind of counts here, and for whatever reason,
it's sending it to my wife.
Maybe they know because she's the more frugal one,
whatever, but I'm here now, no on else watching
besides you.
Let's do this.
I'm just gonna go sign in directly to my Tesla account
instead of trying to find the email,
and look at that.
50 models, 50 Model S's delivered from,
wow, okay.
So I have two reservations.
I'm gonna click on the first one.
Your Model 3 is ready to be designed.
START DESIGNING.
Okay, First Production or HOLD MY PLACE.
So a lot of people have asked about this.
Yes, you can hold your place if you want,
you know, the standard battery option and things like that
or the dual mode or all-wheel drive.
I'm just gonna purchase that one when it comes.
Here it says delivery in four weeks.
Maybe it'll be here on my birthday.
My birthday is January 27th,
so if you guys want to send me anything, hit me up,
but this would be a great present, don't you think?
What we have here is the base price of $35,000
minus the reservation payment of $1,000,
plus $9,000 for the long-range version
which I am a big advocate for.
I would not get this car otherwise.
And the premium upgrade.
So we're looking at $48,000 before I,
yeah, do more stuff to it.
Okay, here we go.
Let's say GET STARTED.
We know what all the features are.
Those haven't changed.
You can go check this out on the website.
Long-range battery, check, premium upgrades, check,
delivery in four weeks.
Let's go, cash or loan?
And so I'm very curious about what that looks like.
Okay, let's go.
If they offer financing, because I might do that
if they have a really good rate or something.
Okay, now a lot of people have looked at this
and I know you guys are curious
and I do like the Midnight Silver Metallic.
I really do love white, but we're gonna go black here,
and I'm gonna keep the Aero Wheels.
I just don't love the Sport Wheels.
I mean, they are nice but I kind of want black wheels.
I want black-on-black for this look,
and so I'm gonna stick with the Aeros
and I'm probably just gonna replace 'em,
probably go up to LA and have some of my friends
at Unplugged Performance do it, so.
Next we're looking at some, the features here,
the autopilot stuff.
So I am getting the enhanced autopilot absolutely.
I think this fantastic.
Full self-driving, I'm a bit short on.
I don't think it'll be here for a long time,
and even if it's only an extra 1,000 bucks,
I'm fine paying it then.
I just don't think it's gonna be here for quite some time
so I don't think it's worth it right now.
I don't see the big incentive there
but definitely gonna get autopilot.
We're now looking at 54,000,
and let's see what the loan would be.
754 a month, so that's really not that bad,
but yeah, let's take a look.
I'm actually very curious about their financing options
and what they have here.
Okay, so a $2,500 payment is required to place your order.
Your total deposit will be non-refundable.
So this is kind of the moment of truth for everybody.
The price excluding sales tax is 54,000.
Savings, yeah okay, let's, there's so much,
so many assumptions in that.
Destination and doc fee 1,000 bucks,
so it's cheaper than I believe a Model S was.
Order payment due today 2,500, estimated loan payment 754.
See, this is the thing I don't, yeah, so
the loan they're talking about here would be 5,000 down,
72 months, 2.7% APR is not good.
I think I can do better on my own so I will.
I could also just buy it outright but I'm more interested
if I can actually leverage it,
especially since I'll be getting another one.
Now we're looking at the federal tax credit of 7,500 bucks.
Woo-hoo!
And the California EV rebate of 2,500 bucks.
That'll be great.
Estimated gas savings, five years, yeah,
that's where the assumptions come in.
Yeah, and let's go man.
Let's do this, let's order it.
I already have my Amex on file so I think yeah,
I just have to click one button and we're good.
All right, there it is.
The Model 3 has been ordered.
Now let me just make sure everything's set up for delivery.
Registration address, yep.
See, so let me see about
yeah, I'm very curious, payment method.
Financing will be confirmed in the following steps.
So if I do loan, I'm very, okay, I'm gonna do cash
because I don't like the loan option they've presented.
I am not gonna trade in anything,
so let's go from there.
Let's hit SUBMIT.
I'm gonna go sell my wife's car before we actually get this
so we'll use some of that money too.
Okay, look at her, she's a beauty.
Okay, we've got some incomplete here.
Okay, I don't know if we're there.
I just went and filled out all these things,
registration details, driver's license, insurance,
and trade-in.
We will reach out to you to schedule your delivery date,
it says, and payment method I chose,
I'm gonna do it through my own bank.
I guess we're good.
So there you have it.
There was my experience ordering my Model 3.
Delivery it says in four weeks, end of January hopefully,
maybe around my birthday.
And yeah, stay tuned for more.
If you guys have configured yours, tell me what options
that you chose down in the comments below.
I'm curious what colors and everything
and kind of what people are doing.
I know we've done a lot of research on that already,
and so I'm just kind of curious how your experience was
compared to mine.
So thanks for watching and I'll see you back here next time.
Cheers.