No gas makes driving a lot "easy" -- are you concerned about mileage?

Without having to shell out a lot for gas and simply plugging in every night, I've found that it's easy to drive a lot in the car and not think much about it. In my first month, I put almost 2000 miles on the car. High mileage on cars traditionally lowers their resale value. A lot of moving parts and a lot of wear and tear in traditional ICE cars makes mileage a good reason to decrease the car's value over time. With the Tesla and significantly less moving parts and wear and tear, maybe it does not correlate as much. On the other hand, the Tesla's battery range can/will decrease over time. Keeping mileage relatively lower could prolong battery life. Last concern is still the 50k mile warranty.

All of that said... do you ignore the mileage you're putting on your Tesla and rack the miles up, or are you still mindful of it? I'm torn. I'm sure it varies by person.

Wow, thanks for the overwhelming response with the poll! I really appreciate it. A lot of people take the EV and go-wherever approach. I'm learning that I'm racking up the miles in the car also.

mkjayakumar said:

And I can easily see that the resale value will largely be dependent on the available range rather than the miles on the odo.

A 100k miles S with 220 miles range is preferable to a 70k miles with 190 miles range.

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This is a good point. I had assumed that two Model S's with the same mileage left in them would have roughly the same amount of rated range left. I'm sure that how many "range charges" used or how often the battery was close to 0 will have an impact on this. I'll have to spend some time over in the battery subforum.