This Tesla 3 lease deal is not great by LH standards but my other options in current conditions are:
At this time Tesla M3 makes more sense than a BMW for me personally.
My real fear is that Tesla will come up with $299/mo lease at the end of March to push Q1 sales.
i4 35e recently got a $3,000 lease credit if you can get a dealer to play ball on the front end.
You can get there now with a $7,800 down payment aside from TTL.
That’s a risk you take each and every time you sign on the dotted line, regardless of captive.
Buy a civic. Way lower TCO
Imagine those who bought a house in the last 12-15 months. Today those houses cost thousands less.
For those who can still qualify under the income limit for the new $7,500 rebate, purchasing/financing a base Model 3 isn’t such a terrible proposition with the current pricing.
This is also highly dependent on the region… And prices haven’t dropped as much as they’ve stagnated. No one wants to sell, so inventory is artificially suppressed, not many want to buy, but those that do or need to don’t have a lot to pick from.
Not any of the other trims? They just need to move quantity?
TCO - Down, Lease Payment, Sales Tax, Other Fees, Charging, Insurance.
One Pay can make my lease $0 per month.
Careful of the luddites opining on this. Many (perhaps most LHs) think GM and F are the only ones allowed to market aggressively with their retail-faced promos. Tesla’s are a lot more fun to drive and safer than the competition. The fact that you can get into an entry level M3 for effectively $549 is pretty darn good if cost isn’t the only consideration.
A few months ago I may not have agreed, but honestly I now concede that for the $ these are very nice cars. I dont know what else I would like better (from an overall perspective) for this type of payment.
So much safer when they try to kill you!
They’re quick in a straight line with garbage quality control and falsely advertised range.
Every manufacturer seems to lie about this to some degree, unfortunately 
Interesting Sir, How do they “try to kill you”?
And Im reaaaaallly trying to find the issues with mine (BTW…not a Tesla apologist…I dont care about the politics of the CEO of Tesla, Ford, GM, etc…just build the damn cars), but I just havent seen any diff between my (single) sample and any other car in recent memory.
One of them already has one but can’t see over the wheel though.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a29267031/arnold-schwarzenegger-greta-thunberg-electric-car/
As an owner of two teslas, run away. Worse than a corolla and charging is now $$$
“More fun to drive” compared to what?
a Bolt?