....or whatever your equivalent cost vs. electricity, would you still buy a Model S? I think the car is worth the price, even without the cost savings vs. gas, but I'm curious if that's the consensus.
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....or whatever your equivalent cost vs. electricity, would you still buy a Model S? I think the car is worth the price, even without the cost savings vs. gas, but I'm curious if that's the consensus.
Knowing what I know now or what I knew back when I first looked?
Now, maybe. The S was a huge jump up for me as my typical car is in the $30k range. Given I keep my cars a very long time, fuel savings was a significant consideration, probably $20,000-$30,000 over the 100-150k miles I expect to get out of it (and who knows, maybe a lot more).
Knowing what I knew when I first heard about Telsa? Definitely not. The value proposition just wouldn't have been sufficient to merit further investigation.
I agree. I only drive about 5,000 miles per year and I still bought one just because of how it looks, operates and drives. It is twice what I normally spend for a car too. By the way, I live in Southern NJ and there are very few Teslas around here. I'm like a celebrity all of a sudden. I came out of the store yesterday and ran into the paparazzi. They were taking pictures of the car and were asking me all kinds of questions about it. One guy actually asking if he could shake my hand....seriously.
Knowing what I know now, the inconvenience of going to the gas station every four days has become the biggest factor to me. My wife is driving the Tesla daily, so I still have to commute in an ICE. You really don't realize how annoying it is to get gas until you stop doing it for a month. The time, the smell, the dirty pump handles, the weather (heat, cold, wind, rain), and the cost (not in this hypothetical situation).... Ugh....