Title says it all..
Hi all, have been looking at a tesla MS for quite sometime; about 3 years ago I purchased a Chevy volt and have loved every part of it. The car it replaced was a Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi which averaged about 13MPG, needless to say on my 32 mile commute I have hardly used any gas in my Volt for three years (5 fill ups, no real service and 100% reliable). However, I'm ready to move up (wife knows this but is in denial as she doesn't really like to spend any money on
Here are my thoughts: Get rid of the Lincoln (I negotiated a great deal so the loss is only about $5-6K, still hurts within a year). I would then keep the volt for the long trips (wife can use it for local daily routines as she works from home) so no gas $$ except long trips which is a good compromise.
So, what would you do (I guess some of that will be biased)?
Anyway thanks in advance for your advice, I'm sure some of this resonates with the folks here and I look forward to being part of the community.
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Brittt1
Hi all, have been looking at a tesla MS for quite sometime; about 3 years ago I purchased a Chevy volt and have loved every part of it. The car it replaced was a Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi which averaged about 13MPG, needless to say on my 32 mile commute I have hardly used any gas in my Volt for three years (5 fill ups, no real service and 100% reliable). However, I'm ready to move up (wife knows this but is in denial as she doesn't really like to spend any money on
Here are my thoughts: Get rid of the Lincoln (I negotiated a great deal so the loss is only about $5-6K, still hurts within a year). I would then keep the volt for the long trips (wife can use it for local daily routines as she works from home) so no gas $$ except long trips which is a good compromise.
So, what would you do (I guess some of that will be biased)?
- IS keeping the Volt the smart thing to do (I'd lose like 20K on its three year purchase price if I sold)?
- How do I present this as a a good thing to my wife? :crying?
- I like the idea of a used model (around 70-80k) what would that get me 60 or 85 ? The TAX credit benefit really isn't that enticing for me to buy new as it seems to come off the price of a used vehicle anyway and you have to wait over a year for it.
- What about an inventory car, worth the look?
- financing, should I finance for like 75% and then pay a chunk off when i sell the MKX privately, no rush right when money is practically free these days?
- Fairfax county property Tax (NoVa residents would know this), urghhh, is it really 3K for year 1? I guess if i get a used one then its less? this could be a deal breaker with the wife (an additional $3K is a huge amount to pay in property tax for a car a year, especially on top of the 10K i already spend for my home county property tax) and the 4% sales tax.
Anyway thanks in advance for your advice, I'm sure some of this resonates with the folks here and I look forward to being part of the community.
Best
Brittt1
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