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This. For any new car really, but especially the Model 3.Until the end of time.
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This. For any new car really, but especially the Model 3.Until the end of time.
That's in large part because Tesla wanted to have some new goodies (fancy seats, falcon wing doors, a glass roof, probably some other things I'm missing) that weren't tested in a larger vehicle with less time for development than in the S. They've suggested that they're going the opposite direction with the 3 and are trying to simplify things.Agree. Just look at Model X. One would think they've learn all the mistake from Model S. And Model X is even more expensive than the model S.
The fact is, they have to use new parts, train new robots, use new additional programming, etc. Lot of new component to cause new issues.
I'll be looking to move onto something else at the 5 year or 100,000 mile marker. That's the point in time where I start noticing that shocks need to be replaced, rubber bushings are degrading, wheel bearings might be making a bit of noise and some of the gaps around doors and windows have started to whistle. On the inside the driver's seat isn't quite as firm as it once was, there are some rattles and creaks and my heal has started to wear through the carpet on the center drive tunnel. What I'm getting at is that even though the battery might be fine and the electric motor should run for decades, other things wear and I get bored.
I disagree. The reason Model S is so different in three years is because Tesla's EV tech was brand new and still developing. Hell, we didn't even have AWD on the first models! But the rapid development of new core features is over. There really aren't any more radical changes to expect and that's why Tesla is now focusing on the 3: to take what they learned and developed and make it cheaper.I hope so as well, but experience has taught me that no first gen version of any car has ever been even close to "perfect", and certainly not in the long run. And it's not just potential reliability issues. Build quality, available features, everything evolves, and with a BEV, ever so quickly.
I take the 2013 Model S I drove back then and compare it to the 2016 one I drove a couple of months ago. A world of difference, the current one was better in every aspect, every one. And even since then it has evolved dramatically. Facelift exterieur, AP 2 hardware, to name but two aspects. Now imagine my prospective 2018 Model 3 versus a 2021/22 one. Going by the experience with Tesla over the last few years would expect the latter to be so dramatically better that the former pales in comparison in almost every aspect also.
One of my big concerns with an early Model 3 would be that AP hardware would undoubtedly improve a few years later. This is no longer the case which greatly improves my confidence in buying a new 3.
Likely to buy and keep the 2018 Model 3 for 4 years, and sell it before comprehensive warranty is up in 2022.
In 2022 potentially buy a 2019 three year old CPO Tesla Model X 100D with towing capability so we can travel with a trailer.
Our current Tesla Model S was 2.5 years old and 60,000 km when we bought it CPO.
We will have added 2 more years and 50,000 km more before we get our Model 3.
We have no problems buying CPO given our very positive experience so far.
We don't care about a few scrapes or bumps, or km driven by previous owners, we care about the driving and safety, so CPO is more suited to the kind of consumers we are.
Hope you don't try to take the tax credit with your public post that you're only getting it to resell it.I hope I don't have it more than a week to 10 days. I'm going to flip mine as soon as possible.
I plan on keeping it for the next 4 years, until the comprehensive warranty is up. Will likely replace it with a Model Y.