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I've had mine for 5 years. I wanted an EV and at that time (in the US) there really was no option even remotely close with the combination of range, charging convenience and technology.
Elons downfall sometimes makes me slightly embarrassed to be associated to it in any way, but its still a great car, not perfect but great. 5 years and I've had to replace a set of tires, wiper blades and fluid, and 2 sets of cabin air filters. That's it.
Its popular to hate on Elon and its rightly deserved but come the fuck on.
Tesla pulled a hattrick by making people who couldnt give a shit about the environment want to buy an EV, and they did that by making the car pure fun.
With all the major brands announcing support for the NACS connector I will be keeping Rivian in my sites in a few years. If they can get the price right for their next generation, lower cost models they could be a compelling package.
I was living in Los Angeles at the start of the pandemic. I was really enjoying my $0.11/Kw charging when gas was approaching $6-7/Gallon.
For most drivers, the math can make a lot of sense.
@feld @SlicerDicer @Redonkulation This part of the Bay Area, yeah.
Good point. My car has 55K miles. Recommended lifespan for the factory tires being 30K, I was dumb and ran the original tires till 34K miles.
Just curious, did you have to replace them at 30k even if they were fine treadwise?
They where pretty toast at that point. they wore down pretty evenly, only rotated once.
4 new OEM tires at a tesla service center hit me for about $1250.
I've got 92k miles on mine but my experience mirrors @Redonkulation@lemmy.world. On my 3rd set of tires