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In the past when Teslas were more of a new thing and I was doing a lot of Tesla content on my channel I made a couple “reading viewer comments” videos. I have received some decent interaction with the new FSD videos so I decided to shoot another one. It’s a different style video for me. Different is good, most of the time.

I mentioned in a recent video how I had this dumb idea about upgrading my Model Y to a Model S. I looked at this from various angles, buying new and buying used from various sources. None of them made fiscal sense. I would have to invest an even larger chunk into my monthly car expense which honestly is large enough as is. However yesterday my brain locked on to another option.

Tesla recently announced a significant incentive on their Model Y’s, .99% financing, unheard of in today’s high interest rate environment. Tesla also has recently dropped the pricing on all of their Y’s as they are trying to clear out an inventory backlog. So I decided to start playing around. My thinking was my 2021 Model Y has nearly 39,000 miles on it thanks to two plus years of commuting from the old house after I got it. The tires will likely need to be replaced within the next year and I only have one year left on the four year comprehensive warranty.

So I ran numbers, including trading in my Y for a new Performance Model Y, yes the fastest Model Y you can get. The preliminary trade estimate plus the crazy low interest rate makes it realistic that I can move across to the brand new car without significantly changing the monthly payment I already have budgeted, sign me up! I laid down the $250 deposit with little hesitation and started filling out all of the electronic forms that are needed for the sale. The nice part of the way Tesla front loads all the paperwork is when you go to pick up the car it is a 5 minute process, which I love.

So the only potential hold up is my trade. To get an OFFICIAL trade figure I had to send in some pictures of the car yesterday and now wait for Tesla to confirm. If that all goes well I am scheduled to pick up the car in Fort Myers Friday afternoon. Last night I started removing some of the custom stuff on my Y like the wheel covers. I also have additional floor protection and some more custom things I will be pulling and reusing in the new car.

The Model Y Performance is a beast with a 0-60 time of 3.5 seconds and a top speed of 155mph. Do I need a car with those type of performance numbers? No, of course not. Will it be fun to have the potential to use that sort of power? Yes, yes it will be.

Last year I took a work related trip to Cape Canaveral and came home to a list of things to keep me busy. When I read these entries from a year ago I do so knowing some the dark behind the scenes things that were going on at the same time, none of which ever saw the light of day in the blog, of course. These little personal stupidity reminders do not make me feel warm and fuzzy.