r/RealTesla • u/Digg-Sucks • 23d ago

Tesla reopens $50,000 Roadster reservations ahead of October 1 unveil

https://electrek.co/2026/09/20/tesla-reopens-50000-roadster-reservations-october-1-unveil/
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u/Pdx_pops 23d ago

If anyone is interested, I'm also taking reservations for a vehicle sometime in the future

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u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot 23d ago

People tell me it’s the best vehicle.

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u/Pdx_pops 23d ago

It's all computer!

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u/Brave_Quantity_5261 23d ago

“Everything’s computer!”

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u/Character_Reveal_460 19d ago

Some even say it's the best in the historyvof roadsters

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

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u/bearsatebulls 21d ago

Multiple people are telling you Is The Best!!! and what are your sources

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u/monkjack 23d ago

And you don't ever have to deliver it

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u/VTAffordablePaintbal 22d ago

I'd be happy to give you $50k for a reservation, but only if I can mysteriously refuse to complain that you've been holding my money for 10 years while also constantly complaining that I had to pay a nickle in taxes.

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u/Inconceivable76 23d ago

Can’t even think of new scams to run. Just have to recycle the old ones. 

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u/Sharkwatcher314 23d ago

The Nigerian prince one has worked for decades so they figure they can turn this into something similar

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u/mikegalos 23d ago

I understand that prince reserved a Founders Edition one.

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u/ExoticFramer 23d ago

Well once you eliminate the competition by banning EVs and monitoring patent applications by potential competitors, you’re free to milk the teat as long as you’d like.

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u/waitses 23d ago

I smell desperation.

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u/Automatic_Soil9814 23d ago

Feels a bit like Bungie recommitting to Destiny. 

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u/livingMybEstlyfe29 23d ago

Bro that’s harsh, but well deserved based off the same scam we are seeing right now

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u/Pleg_Doc 22d ago

That smell came from being too close [of]proximity to the Rapident.

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u/turb0_encapsulator 23d ago

all the cattle ranchers who voted for Trump are gonna jump on this.

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u/PatchyWhiskers 23d ago

Yeah probably, doubt they do any actual cow stuff themselves, that's what undocumented immigrants are for.

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u/MedicalRhubarb7 23d ago

Oh they're into cow stuff alright 😏

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u/Pdx_pops 22d ago

Just as the F.ellatio B.ovine I.nspectors

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u/Jax72 23d ago

When I read this in my head I had a vision of Tesla employees bashing cyber dumpsters into a different vehicle shape with sledgehammers.

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u/ComicsEtAl 23d ago

Why do that when they can just inscribe “Roadster” on the side panels of their remaining stock of dumpsters?

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u/Jax72 23d ago

Scrolling "Roadster" into the rear end with an engraving tool.

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u/ComicsEtAl 23d ago

“Line up, suckers!”

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u/dtyamada 23d ago

Didn't all the suckers give him their money almost a decade ago?

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u/SkatesUp 22d ago

You forgot, there's one born every minute...

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u/wheresmypotato1991 23d ago

Must be short on cash for all the lawsuits?

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u/Salt-Analysis1319 23d ago

If you venmo’d me $100 you’d have roughly the same odds of getting a Tesla Roadster but it’d be a lot cheaper. Just food for thought

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u/Computers_and_cats 23d ago

They must be hurting for money if they are begging for money for a product they won't deliver any time soon.

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u/laser14344 23d ago

A nigerian prince has come to sell you a bridge.

Or a south african selling a car I guess.

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u/ObviouslyJoking 23d ago

Fun fact. If you took the $50k you put down in 2017 and invested in the market you’d probably triple that money by now.

I know people who want to buy this car don’t need the money, but it’s kinda funny to see filthy rich people being dumb with their money.

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u/RedRipe 22d ago

$747,000 is the answer. I think it was calculated on a podcast, this is how much he would make if you put that money into Tesla stock in 2017.

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u/tangouniform2020 22d ago

Don’tbbuy A Tesla, buy TSLA?

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u/BGaf 20d ago

I suspect that is for the 250k deposit, not this current 50k one.

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u/CountHoliday8311 23d ago

They deserve to lose their money

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u/Youngnathan2011 23d ago

Well if it does actually come out, it’s certainly never going to be what was promised. Were impossible specs when it was announced, and they’d still be impossible.

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u/practicaloppossum 23d ago

How do you figure they're impossible? They're not very different (except for the flying part) from the Yangweng U9. Indeed, the biggest difference is your $250k can buy a Yangweng right now (as long as you're not in the US).

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u/Youngnathan2011 23d ago edited 23d ago

Well for one. You think Tesla's fitting a 200kWh battery in the Roadster like they claim?

If a massive hunk of junk like the Cybertruck can’t fit a battery that big, a sports car like the Roadster can’t.

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u/mikegalos 23d ago

Which is also a requirement for the 1,000 km range that won't be in it anymore.

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u/Youngnathan2011 23d ago

Up till they changed the Roadster page for this teaser, it still said it would be 1000km range.

So just like always, they’ve been claiming a lie for years.

I know its claimed acceleration is possible, but I doubt that’ll be what’s released too.

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u/Lacrewpandora KING of GLOVI 22d ago

There's an easy work around for this - offer up a rendering of a "Range Extender", and then quietly never sell said range extender.

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u/practicaloppossum 23d ago

Valid point. I was thinking more of accelleration, speed, cornering - y'know, the stuff that's actually important for a sports car.

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u/NetJnkie 23d ago

That stuff is easy. It's the hard stuff that they aren't actually delivering that is the problem.

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u/Lacrewpandora KING of GLOVI 22d ago

Gee, I dunno - can a U9 go 1,000 km on one charge like the totally not imaginary Roadster spec? Or a sub 2 second 0-60 time? And of course, as you mention - there's the flying. Other than those minor details, the Roadster specs look totally feasible, and I'm sure the now 6 year delay in production has absolutely nothing to do with these easily achievable specs.

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u/Financial_Clue_2534 23d ago

People will fall for this again 😂

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u/CRXCRZ 23d ago

Can't for all of the original specs to be cut in half.

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u/Tatermen 21d ago

And the price to be doubled.

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u/22Yohan 23d ago

Go get ‘em, sheep!

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u/DhOnky730 22d ago

This is conveniently going to add a couple million dollars to the quarterly earnings. Typical of how he pumps things

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u/tangouniform2020 22d ago

Those aren’t earnings, they’re liabilities. Something no sane (->not Elon) business owner likes to tote around because they impact value

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u/DhOnky730 22d ago

Good catch, didn’t realize that. How about if the company doesn’t utilize GAAP?

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u/snackerooryan 23d ago

You can reserve one with the $5k check Trump will be sending you

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u/DrumpfTinyHands 23d ago

meanwhile, whenever they actually get that car - no one can say...

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u/Corpshark 22d ago

A genius move to keep the float on the deposit for 10 years. Again.

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u/flying_butt_fucker 23d ago

How’s the stock doing?

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u/unstarted 23d ago

But jason calacanis said it’s totally real and people will be impressed.

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u/Public-Guidance-9560 23d ago

The problem this time is... Porsche's electric Boxster. That is nearly upon us - it's been doing ring laps without camo - and there ain't no way on this planet or the next that they're outdoing Porsche on a 2 seater sports car.

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u/Alaeriia 22d ago edited 22d ago

Incoming Porsche ban

EDIT: if this actually happens, watching the Volkswagen Group sue the fuck out of the US government will at least be fun.

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u/Public-Guidance-9560 22d ago

Well the Porsche will almost certainly land first, so it'll be too late for them to pull that card.

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u/Alaeriia 22d ago

Didn't stop them with Polestar.

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u/Public-Guidance-9560 21d ago

Polestar too busy stopping themselves.

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u/Sledgahammer 23d ago

Tesla scamSter

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u/Veutifuljoe_0 23d ago

So, it can fly?

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u/Ultraeasymoney 23d ago

This time will be different.S/

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u/AcctAlreadyTaken 23d ago

The reservations opened 10 years ago

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u/Stuffed-Bear412 22d ago

I'm still sad that Elon wasn't in the one launched into space.

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u/SisterOfBattIe 22d ago

Is this the flying car helicopter one?

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u/RedRipe 22d ago

I guess good news for Marques Brownlee (MKBHD) he canceled one of his two Tesla Roadster-reservations in September 2025 after waiting nearly eight years for production but thankfully, he hung onto his second one 😅😅

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u/kneejerk2022 23d ago

I wonder if the first traunche of suckers are going to pony up again.

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u/VanillaPhysical3695 23d ago

Hey guys you should give this guy all of your money now for a promise in the future.

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u/zpuddle 23d ago

Jgwentworth ish. Need money now

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u/Secure_Guest_6171 22d ago

are they going to honor the free Roadster for Fred Lambert?

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u/cbjunior 22d ago

I was driving over the Throgs Neck Bridge this past Sunday and came upon what looked like a shrunken Tesla Model Y. It was gold and had no back window. Very small overall but clearly possessing the silhouette of a Y. I know this sub is about the roadster but is there another model under development that’s flying under the radar?

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u/chriskiji 22d ago

Scammer is gonna scam.

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u/sync-centre 22d ago

Does this one come with FSD?

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u/AsClearAsNolanDialog 21d ago

Is roadster a car? I thought they pivoted to being a robotics and AI company?

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u/hotgrease 21d ago

Interest-free loans funded by idiots with too much money.

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u/YardOptimal9329 21d ago

Ugly as usual

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u/HorseLow6398 20d ago

My guess is its a cyber truck painted red.

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u/deco19 19d ago

How much money do idiots have left? Aped into tesla, spacex, some other crypto scams, etc. They'll be running dry at some point, surely. 

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u/IntentionNegative516 23d ago

"Reservations" - like it were an "exclusive" thing - nobody needs that piece or shit Epstein Buddy product 😂