In an attempt to “allow even more people to experience what the Tesla Roadster has to offer” and to get ready for the “springtime Roadster rush,” Tesla has just announced a brand new lease option for the already iconic electric car.

The lease will run for 3 years/30,000 miles, includes access to Tesla’s Rangers mobile service team, and starts at $1,658 per month for the base model. Of course, you also have to plunk down $12,453 just to get the lease started. Wow! Let me just sell my house and I’ll be right over.

Seriously, I know Tesla’s long term plan is to make EVs that are affordable to the average person, but I wish they wouldn’t do themselves a disservice by saying that $1,658 per month will make the Roadster more accessible. Sure, that deal will probably bring in the bottom-of-the-barrel rich folks—the kind that actually have $1,700 a month to burn—but it certainly brings Tesla nowhere near the aforementioned goal.

Just bring on the Model S and future spinoffs already!

Reprinted with permission from Gas 2.0