The way the pre-order queue is growing it almost feels like the pre-orders for the Tesla Model 3. People are willing to book their 450X even before they have a first look at it. 
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Why would I pre-order if i donāt know the specs of the new vehicle ?
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I pre-ordered tooā¦! I am curious about the upgrade option. If itās enticing enoughā¦ Who knowsā¦?
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Pre booking is open for every city ??
I am from Mumbai . Can i pre book ???
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Donāt worryā¦ Ather will never disappoint you !
Yes!
Why not! Its basically a place in the queue! If you donāt like the specs or for any reason you want to cancel, you get the full refund, if you preorder later, the wait is going to be quite long and frustrating, knowing that you had the chance to preorder earlier!.
But i get the sentiment, the earlier you are to buy, the more experiments on you! Its the risk of being an early adopter!
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Waiting sucksā¦ so better pre-orderā¦ you can get privileged access and if you donāt like it take the refundā¦
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I hope more power means electronically tuned existing motor ā¦ other than that if physical battery changes are there then iād definitely go for it ā¦ would not go for more power(as it already have sufficient IMO, plus more power comes with a cost 
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I know. I change phones every 6 months to one year. I pay a huge premium and get the best and most updated tech. But thatās technology. I still treat my Ather as a vehicle. Thatās why I feel bad about it.
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Please check the FAQs:
https://forum.atherenergy.com/t/announcing-the-ather-450x/4624/2?u=abhishek.balaji
Thanks for the amazing response folks! Other cities, time to pre-order and show support for Ather 450X in your city!
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Thats the exact thing going on in my mind too. I got mine in November !!
But this is the case with all the early adopters, same thing happened with Tesla when they released the Model 3.
In some corner of our mind, werenāt we aware of what we were signing up for ?
No no. Please donāt compare this to that. Tesla launched their roadster. Got some money. Launched the Model S Model S was a premium and for that they still have the fastest Tesla on the market. The 450X is going to be faster. And Teslaās plan for the model S, X and 3 were reveiled when the model S was out. People who got their scooter today or are about to also didnt know about this upgrade. I donāt like the company model Ather is going with. I know it was a necessity. Defintely. I said it myself that Ather canāt scale the present scooter. Has quite a few shortcomings. Just donāt like the way they did it, and when they did it.
Only thing that is keeping my hopes up is this above sentence. But my thoughts are. The new scooter will be the same price or a little cheaper. Considering that the OLD 450 THAT I HAVE. Is about 1.4L, if Ather is willing to buy it back at 1.1 or something and swap it for the new scooter, then that will be a good deal. But if we are asked to pay 20k or something to upgrade. Itās a hard decision. Also if they just give a swap theyāll need to exchange everyoneās scooter theyāve delivered in the past 1 yr. Thatās never happening. So Iām sure the upgrade programme is going to come with a not so encouraging price tag. Well those our my doubts. So the 450 is the next 340. Soon enough itāll be less than 90% the sales and they will stop it too. Iām just upset, Iāve had my scooter for 3 months and Ather has ALWAYS AND ALWAYS SAID that they will be scaling the product that they have now and no new products will be released. Iām sure a lot of people would agree they said that
I know itās a *Variant * but a variant which is faster ? A variant which is more intelligent. Thatās a new scooter for sure. Now I understand why they never really found a solution for all of us 450 owners about the 3G getting zoned out slowly. The new 450X will definitely have 4G I donāt mean to be rude at all but this isnt really good news for us early adopters who trusted Ather in their early years.
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Hopefully it has the ludicrous mode XD
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Wow nick of a time 450x got announcedā¦ my payment window opened Last Saturday for 450 , Applied for lease Saturday eveningā¦ being Sunday next day saved me from the Application process time , just sent a mail to Autovert to stop processing my lease & pre booked 450X 
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You got really lucky!!
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Yes, I completely get the point and even I am disappointed that ours will be OLD 450.
I did not expect my new vehicle to be old within a month of getting it. I honestly expected it to be new for at least an year.
The most saddest part for me is I havenāt even clocked 1k on mine 
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Youāll possibly clock thrice that by the time we get to āexchangeā our 450s
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