How long are you determined to keep your Model S for?

[gg_got_a_tesla]

Many of us are pushing our budgets to get a Model S so, it only makes sense that we would want to keep it for a loooong time to recoup the upfront cost in gas savings, etc. Assuming that Tesla or some third-party will make battery replacements / refurbishment options available as needed over the years, how long would you keep the car?

In theory, I want to keep the car 'forever' (atleast as a second car) but, practically speaking, I'm committing to atleast 15 years! I'll be 50 then and will surely have some midlife crisis that'll make me want to buy Model Z or whatever

This is inspiring stuff btw:

BBC News - For sale: 1964 Mercury, one lady owner, 576,000 miles

It has outlasted three marriages and 18 battery changes

[Yggdrasill]

I'm thinking I'll keep my Model X until they stop making batteries for it. But a minimum of 15 years.

The thing about high performance cars here is that they are taxed to death. There's nothing else on the market that can do 0-100 km/h in 4.4 seconds, that doesn't cost over 200 000 dollars. And this will probably be true also of electric cars in less than a decade.

So, I might as well keep it as long as I can, and when I get a better, newer car, just keep the Model X for weekend driving and the like. (It wouldn't surprise me if the car will have a 200 kWh battery when it is retired.)

[AnOutsider]

Not sure, I WANT to keep it forever, but being a tech junky, if they make something 5-6 years down the road that can't be retrofitted, I might be tempted to do a trade-in and upgrade (if Tesla allows that). Also depends on how the car holds up as well.

[grisnjam]

My plan is to keep it until the AWD performance version of the BlueStar is ready to be built

[ElSupreme]

I hope to get 8 years ~150,000 miles out of my 40kWh battery. Then assuming I can upgrade my battery I will be looking to get an 85kWh+ battery replacement and keep my car for 15+ years total. But depending on battery price, Bluestar price, and new Model S/Model "New Hotness" I may end up with a new car when my 40kWh pack runs out of steam.

[Larry Chanin]

I expect to trade it back in to Tesla (or an agent for Tesla) for a new an improved model. I guess the timeframe will be determined by how innovative Tesla is, but I could certainly conceive a trade-in in less than five years.

Larry

[mnx]

I'd like to think I'll keep my Model S until it dies, but I've never owned a car more than 3.5 years...

Of course the Model S is much nicer than anything I've ever driven before.. It should last longer than the beaters I've driven in the past, and I doubt I'll ever get bored of it either.

If I feel the need for something new down the road, I'll get a motorcycle again.

[de704]

I plan to keep my 85kw Model X for as long as it runs. In the future, (at the end of pack life) I will try to upgrade the battery pack if possible. There's nothing that says I cant buy another vehicle but I think I will always keep the Model X. It will be my Family Trip enabler as I am 35 and have not started one yet.

My hunch is it will take the rest on the automakers and consumers a good 10 years to catch up to Tesla Owners. So basically Model S/X will have new car prestige for 10 years.

[Zextraterrestrial]

I am hoping for at least 10 but hopefully more like 15 yrs. The 130K mi, 10 yr old lexus that I am driving looks and feels as if it will go another 200k miles or more so I'm hoping the S is built to last too!

Since my new car price limit is ~$30k and the performance S will be breaking all of my rules I better keep it a while!

[Sig698]

Planning to keep mine until Roadster 3.0 comes out, then we'll see how things pan out from there