So I am hitting 2 months with the Model 3 and must admit that the "newness" factor is really long lived with this car. For example, I had noticed that the steering wheel seemed to shake every once and a while. It did not seem like a serious "malfunction" but the other day I did Google the issue and realized I was really just experiencing haptic feedback for drifting out of my lane! Its these small, gradual and pleasant surprises that really make the car a lot of fun to own.

I must have been 3 when my family got me an Atari, and that was probably my first experience to an expansive and revolutionary new technology that seemed to grow along with its users. Consequently, it seems very fitting for Tesla cars to get Atari games.

Great, what car do you drive? Why not debate with facts and add value to the Internet rather than fill it up with more shit?

The quality of your posts indicate that you likely lack the financial means to purchase either car. . . therefore, you also lack standing to have a serious and meaningful debate on this topic. I hope you live somewhere with decent public transportation. . .

Rei, all good points, but I think you are playing Chess against an Anon who was eating his own Checkers pieces. . .

My proof of this:
1) He does not think Tesla makes cash from selling cars. Here are the journal entries for my purchase:
Dr: Cash 56K
Cr: Revenue 56K
Dr: COGS 39K (based on this
Cr: Inventory 39K
Hey, look. The Cash account went up by $56K. . . they DO make cash when they sell a car. . .
2) He makes Tesla sound like a college student that partied too hard and is about to get cut off by his parents (perhaps he is projecting?). . . yeah, let's pay no attention to what they actually _used_ the investment funds for. . .
3) He seems to imply that Cash Flow From Financing Activities is some kind of dirty little secret. . . perhaps he is writing from North Korea where they don't have capitalism?
4) He inflicts us with some kind of Self-Righteousness-Fallacy.
5) He thinks that you inject _investors_ and not CASH into companies. . .
6) He thinks that companies need to "show continuous positive cash flow" (I assume he means "cash from from operating activities") . . . so I guess no more capitalism. . . nobody tell Jeff Bezos that his wealth is a complete lie. . .

Never mind, Rei. . . I can see how obliterating posts made by Checkers eating Anons can be fun. . . please carry on. . .

That's a shit post. . . why not offer a car that you think is better and then we can have a meaningful debate. . . ?

OMG. . . you mean I did not have to pay for my Tesla!?

Damn. . . you caught me. . .

You see, not only do I have time to revolutionize industries like energy and transportation, but I also have time to fabricate elaborate clusters of posts on Slashdot. Here, check the date of this post almost a month ago (hint, "next Monday" = 7/2):https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=12295668&cid=56867884

I even have time to reply to Anons!

Obviously, based on your own logic, I have time to post anywhere and everywhere at once!

It really is an amazing car. . . I feel like a requirement to short the stock is one of the following:
1) You have never test driven a Model 3
2) You are a shill for some competing industry/company
Yes, I am sure there is some kind of "rational" intrinsic valuation argument out there for shorting the stock, but, at the end of the day, Tesla makes cash from selling cars, not stock. . . and their latest car is amazing. They will sell as many as they can make at the current price point. If they manage to get the price down (which tends to happen at high volume), no army of Montana Skeptic shills will be able to save the oil industry from having to write-off huge portions of their fixed assets. . . Buckle-up and get ready for a crazy ride. . .

Thanks, I enjoyed your post. You hit many good points, but I am compelled to add one more: purchase experience. . .

I do not think I will ever be able to get near a car dealership again after experiencing how buying a car should be. . .

I guess there is a first for everything. . . "I can’t say for sure, but I would guess it’s currently the only vehicle assembly for a high volume car going on under a tent right now,"

The thing is, there are estimates that the difference in moving parts are 20 vs 10,000!!! Perhaps once EVs take over, all cars will be assembled in tents?

For those of you debating whether to order now and splurge on the long range model, waiting for the 35K model likely means you will not get the full tax credit. The impact of this may be more than you think. Not only do you get to take the tax credit for this year when you buy now, but if you wait until the tax credit expires to sell your (now used) car, the resale value should increase by close to the tax credit amount. So it really does make sense to buy now (35K + 15K = long range Model 3 now).

Of course, now that they are opening orders to everyone. . . you probably want to closely look into the probability of getting your car in time to take advantage of the full tax credit. . .

and then there is Kim Jong Un to worry about . . .

- John Burdette Gage (1996)

Actually, this IS exactly the recipe for corporate longevity. . . Gross Margin ((Revenue - COGS) / Revenue) includes fixed costs in its calculation so the primary goal is to improve that number by increasing production volume. There is a common confusion between US GAAP COGS (which includes fixed costs) and the Economics concept of variable costs.

I agree, if their variable costs were greater than the revenue per unit, then they should stop producing immediately (actually, Economics likes to use a concept of "marginal costs" to predict economic behavior because people make decisions based on changes to "opportunity costs", but lets stick to the basics for now. . .).

Anyway, besides the negative hype motivated by huge short positions, this is business as usual.

That seems like a long time in blockchain time. . . Isn't proof of space supposed to take over at some point, in which case the demand for computational and power resources in this space will be dramatically decreased?

Then again, it is mid April, 2018 and I still cannot buy web storage hosted on file coin's network. . .