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Amazing ownership experience
Posted by vvk (more from vvk) on Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:19:27
In Reply to: OT: Irrational Exurbance?, MI-Roger
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, Wed, 12 Jul 2017 08:32:56
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And yet someone I know has just sold a slightly newer Tesla S85 privately for $69k. With three accidents... Tesla offered him far less.
Look, we can all tell stories of low trade in offers. A few months ago I went to CarMax and got a $13k offer for my BMW. Sold it privately a week later for $22k with minimal effort. Having recently gone through ordering of a new Tesla, I have looked at the used market very carefully. It was not worth it, these cars hold their value like there is no tomorrow.
Now that I have driven the Tesla almost 11k miles in less than 3 months, I cannot get enough of. I loath driving my other (ICE) car, despite the fact that is is a 360 hp V-8 RWD German sedan with manual transmission and every performance option available. The Tesla objectively is clearly inferior to the price-equivalent German iron but subjectively it feels 100 years ahead. It is like driving the future.
Main points:
-- don't need to find gas. BEST FEATURE EVER! Driving about 150 miles per day, I used to get gas every day. It sucks.
-- drives itself. I cannot overstate how amazing the autopilot is on this thing! Especially important for my wife who has some lingering panic attacks due to surviving a major head on collision recently.
-- next generation user interface. You get used to it really fast.
-- 7 seats -- very useful for us.
-- free road trips!!!! Unlimited free supercharging for life!
-- not having to worry about finding open gas stations when we travel at night in rural areas! I always know where the next supercharger is...
-- not having to deal with oil changes, belts, etc. I just bought 10 quarts of oil for my ICE car... I am so not looking forward to changing it!
Driving and owning it is just so effortless. We save about $350/month in fuel costs.
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Posts in this Thread:
- OT: Irrational Exurbance?, MI-Roger
, Wed, 12 Jul 2017 08:32:56- Re: another interesting discussion n/m, Tom G
, Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:01:20 - Amazing ownership experience, vvk, Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:19:27 <-- Viewing This Message
- I still don't understand all of the attraction, MI-Roger
, Sat, 15 Jul 2017 14:40:18- Let me explain, vvk, Mon, 17 Jul 2017 05:54:35
- OK, now I understand your position, MI-Roger
, Tue, 18 Jul 2017 04:55:16 - Re: Let me explain, Tom G
, Mon, 17 Jul 2017 19:29:11- I know it is difficult to believe, I was in the same boat, vvk, Tue, 18 Jul 2017 07:44:41
- Man, spot on., Justin VanAbrahams
, Wed, 19 Jul 2017 10:15:00 - Re: thanks for the info, Tom G
, Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:56:10- Not me, vvk, Wed, 19 Jul 2017 04:04:29
- Electric vehicle recharging is shockingly inexpensive, MI-Roger
, Tue, 18 Jul 2017 05:07:52
- Re: I still don't understand all of the attraction, JerseySaab
, Sat, 15 Jul 2017 18:58:28
- Re: OT: Irrational Exurbance?, Dean, Fri, 14 Jul 2017 09:29:47
- Why I buy used cars... and never first model years!, Snowmobile
, Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:03:51 - Re: OT: Irrational Exurbance?, JerseySaab
, Wed, 12 Jul 2017 08:53:42- Electric car fee, Finch, Thu, 13 Jul 2017 11:39:11
- Re: OT: Irrational Exurbance?, Bill Homer
, Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:38:52- Re: OT: Irrational Exurbance?, JerseySaab
, Wed, 12 Jul 2017 15:46:57- Re: OT: Irrational Exurbance?, Bill Homer
, Thu, 13 Jul 2017 08:44:22- Substantial??, A1-turbo, Thu, 13 Jul 2017 11:54:31
- EPA mileage vs real world, vvk, Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:28:23
- Skewed comparisons, Bill Homer
, Thu, 13 Jul 2017 21:54:59- Re: volt, Tom G
, Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:00:09- Re: volt, Bill Homer
, Tue, 18 Jul 2017 22:10:44
- Re: Skewed comparisons, Snowmobile
, Fri, 14 Jul 2017 06:53:11 - Fuel cost savings changes by around $10, A1-turbo, Fri, 14 Jul 2017 06:28:26
- Re: OT: Irrational Exurbance?, JerseySaab
, Thu, 13 Jul 2017 11:46:12
- Re: OT: Irrational Exurbance?, A1-turbo, Wed, 12 Jul 2017 12:05:39
- You are using outdated information, Bill Homer
, Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:27:36- My premium comment was about the Audi, A1-turbo, Wed, 12 Jul 2017 17:21:58
- $0.06/kWh ??? Where does this come from?, dmz789qqq, Wed, 12 Jul 2017 17:07:53
- Re: $0.06/kWh ??? Where does this come from?, Justin VanAbrahams
, Wed, 12 Jul 2017 18:01:28- Re: $0.06/kWh ??? Where does this come from?, dmz789qqq, Wed, 12 Jul 2017 18:06:33
- Re: $0.06/kWh ??? Where does this come from?, Justin VanAbrahams
, Wed, 12 Jul 2017 21:13:59- Does 8 c/kWh include everything? Are you sure?, dmz789qqq, Wed, 12 Jul 2017 22:31:44
- Re: Does 8 c/kWh include everything? Are you sure?, Justin VanAbrahams
, Thu, 13 Jul 2017 03:14:52- Southern California's Rates Doubled Over North Central California, DnstrDan
, Fri, 11 Aug 2017 10:41:33 - Yes, we are getting hosed. Most of CA is too., dmz789qqq, Thu, 13 Jul 2017 16:16:33
- Re: Does 8 c/kWh include everything? Are you sure?, Bill Homer
, Thu, 13 Jul 2017 09:01:09
- Re: You are using outdated information, Snowmobile
, Wed, 12 Jul 2017 15:10:41
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