Gift from Elon for those that reserved Model 3 first day

Discussion in 'Model 3' started by Kdawg, Oct 9, 2017.

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  1. jim

    jim Active Member

    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
     
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  3. GreenMachine

    GreenMachine New Member

    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.
     
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  4. WadeTyhon

    WadeTyhon Well-Known Member

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

    Pushmi-Pullyu Well-Known Member

    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:

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  8. WadeTyhon

    WadeTyhon Well-Known Member

    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. :)
     
  9. Pushmi-Pullyu

    Pushmi-Pullyu Well-Known Member

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

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    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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  10. WadeTyhon

    WadeTyhon Well-Known Member

    Yep, that's probably fairly similar in size!
     
  11. Pushmi-Pullyu

    Pushmi-Pullyu Well-Known Member

    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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