My April '18 build Model 3 has 115K miles on it. My 8 year / 120K mile battery and drivetrain warranty expires at 120K miles.
After that, if anything expensive needs repaired, it will be just like fixing up the old 1970s Chrysler cars I drove for many years up until around 2006 or so. Junkyards, ebay, get the parts CHEAP, do the repairs CHEAP, keep it all CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP, as much as possible. Ain't no way I'm paying Tesla's ridiculous per hour rate for work there in their shop!
It was much more fun 5 years ago, when as a newly inducted member (by way of owning my 3) of the "Tesla Elite", I had years of warranty coverage ahead of me. Anything need done? No problem! Warranty covered! Here, service center, handle it for free!
So anything that's gonna fail, it better do it in the next 4000 miles, or it had better last forever!
After that, if anything expensive needs repaired, it will be just like fixing up the old 1970s Chrysler cars I drove for many years up until around 2006 or so. Junkyards, ebay, get the parts CHEAP, do the repairs CHEAP, keep it all CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP, as much as possible. Ain't no way I'm paying Tesla's ridiculous per hour rate for work there in their shop!
It was much more fun 5 years ago, when as a newly inducted member (by way of owning my 3) of the "Tesla Elite", I had years of warranty coverage ahead of me. Anything need done? No problem! Warranty covered! Here, service center, handle it for free!
So anything that's gonna fail, it better do it in the next 4000 miles, or it had better last forever!
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