I drove the Model 3 for a couple of hours and it's now my favorite Tesla

[joshcryer]

12. The vast majority of the pre-orders will be the $35k model.

What they do is they "upsell" to the higher end model so people, who are impatient, will just shell out another $15k so they can get their car "earlier" (even though their cars are not even in production). If people wait it out either Tesla will have to deliver or there will be a class action.

Tesla and Solar City have very shady upselling practices and misrepresention in their products. Solar City in particular doesn't just sell you solar panels, they continue to own them for the duration of the contract, which is many years. They act as a "utility" and you lease them from Solar City, this complicates things if you want to sell your house, because the buyer has to then take over your Solar City contract. If they won't, you have to eat the cost of the full install up front. It's very shady.