Gift from Elon for those that reserved Model 3 first day

[jim]

Or free Supercharging for a year, maybe?

This would be nice. It has been mentioned and it has great value yet doesn't cost Tesla much and is MORE free advertising for them.
The sketch was also very cool. In fact getting our delivery will be a real nice gift and it's because we ordered 1st and they don't play games with the 1st come 1st serviced.
In fact remember how other automakers mark them up with big demand? IE Mustang, NSX,MB SLK etc

 

[GreenMachine]

I love it when automakers give owners a gift with their vehicle. I just saw somewhere that Ferrari used to give owners a wooden box with a sculpture of their car inside and something like a certificate of authenticity.

 

[WadeTyhon]

Hey, some people are getting their scale Model 3s when picking up their car this month! Unfortunately it is hot wheels sized. Not a large, detailed replica.

Oh well, still pretty cool! My Volt and Bolt replicas are about this same size.

https://insideevs.com/tesla-model-3-early-reservation-holders-get-diecast-replicas/

Image from user on TMC:

Teslarati:

 

[Domenick]

Nice! I want one of these, since that's about as much Model 3 as I can afford.

 

[Pushmi-Pullyu]

Hey, some people are getting their scale Model 3s when picking up their car this month! Unfortunately it is hot wheels sized. Not a large, detailed replica.

I suppose Hot Wheels does make larger models, but that's certainly a lot larger than the classic Hot Wheels cars that I collected as a boy! Those were this size:

 

[WadeTyhon]

I suppose Hot Wheels does make larger models, but that's certainly a lot larger than the classic Hot Wheels cars that I collected as a boy! Those were this size:

Yeah, after I typed that I found out that the actual scale size is 1:43 instead of 1:64 or 1:18.

So bigger than a hot wheel at least.

 

[Pushmi-Pullyu]

Some stores around here carry fairly cheap die-cast model cars in a rotating display case, like this:

They're not that expensive; I think they retail for something like $10-20?

When I read the news about Tesla giving away a die-cast car, I settled on that as my best guess for what Tesla would be sending out. Not something as small as a Hot Wheels car, but yet not one of those highly detailed die-cast models costing hundreds of dollars.

I'm not sure the scale is the same, but it looks like my guess was pretty close.
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[WadeTyhon]

Some stores around here carry fairly cheap die-cast model cars in a rotating display case, like this:

They're not that expensive; I think they retail for something like $10-20?

When I read the news about Tesla giving away a die-cast car, I settled on that as my best guess for what Tesla would be sending out. Not something as small as a Hot Wheels car, but yet not one of those highly detailed die-cast models costing hundreds of dollars.

I'm not sure the scale is the same, but it looks like my guess was pretty close.
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Yep, that's probably fairly similar in size!

 

[Pushmi-Pullyu]

Yep, that's probably fairly similar in size!

At a scale of 1:43, my math indicates very close to 5" in length for that size, which agrees with what my memory says about the length of those rather inexpensive die-cast models.

I looked on ebay for similar die-cast models, and what I saw confirms my $10-20 estimate for pricing. Of course, Tesla will pay less by buying in bulk.
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