We bought our Model X in 2017. It was an huge investment for us but thought that the running costs would be lower due to it being electric. Last year we had some big ticket repair costs with new front suspension, upper- and lower arms etc mounting to $10,000.
before that we had some items like new brakes of more than $1000
We thought it was just bad luck and that this year would be different. However, we started of the year with the car needing new brake calipers + disks and pads mounting to Over $3,000. Yesterday we drove and found out that the heater stopped working. We just received an estimate for another $2200.
I know we have driven quite a lot with the car and we enjoy it very much. However, these bills get out of hand and are unsustainable at this rate. We are now thinking of getting rid of the car and drive a simpler car. we just look at some input. Is this really out of the ordinary?
We have a cast with free supercharging and FSD. We we sold on the nice stories of Elon that the car would be an appreciating asset and that we could deploy it as a Robotax. It is now 2023 and Robotaxi is nowhere near in sight and our bills are mounting.
before that we had some items like new brakes of more than $1000
We thought it was just bad luck and that this year would be different. However, we started of the year with the car needing new brake calipers + disks and pads mounting to Over $3,000. Yesterday we drove and found out that the heater stopped working. We just received an estimate for another $2200.
I know we have driven quite a lot with the car and we enjoy it very much. However, these bills get out of hand and are unsustainable at this rate. We are now thinking of getting rid of the car and drive a simpler car. we just look at some input. Is this really out of the ordinary?
We have a cast with free supercharging and FSD. We we sold on the nice stories of Elon that the car would be an appreciating asset and that we could deploy it as a Robotax. It is now 2023 and Robotaxi is nowhere near in sight and our bills are mounting.