Recent content by Eric S

Yeah, I see that the 3 is cheaper than the S and depreciates less. Renting seems to cost ≈$150/day, $1000/week. Doesn't make sense to me. Buying new won't work. First, that's where all the depreciation is. Second, waiting time is very long right now, doesn't work for my schedule.

I can't afford a Tesla. But I really want a Tesla. I've been plotting options for years, and have an idea: Buy a 2 year old used S and sell it a year later, eating the depreciation (≈$15K loss is relatively viable). Notes: I'm moving out of the country in a year...and can buy for cash...

If you thought my thesis was "Is Not!" then I suppose "Is Too!" makes an apt response. But, no, I was hoping for counter-evidence. So: which features do you use all the time? And how does it improve your life?

Just cuz it's a chowder shack doesn't mean you gotta get chowder.

Simpler to just offer a gift certificate for divorce lawyering.

It's funny. Me, too, for the most part. I love driving (in fact, one aspect discouraging my purchase is the lack of real, tight road feel in the steering). However, I'd also enjoy FSD at certain times. Late nights. While sleepy. Traffic jams. When I need to arrive fresh-feeling at a distant...

Got it, thanks.

Missile Toad, Godspeed in your quest. Now why are you interrupting my thread with this again?

Ok, thanks, folks. I've read up some on NoA, and, frankly, I'd rather take the wrong lane and backtrack if I occasionally miss an exit (adding maybe 40 minutes of needless driving per year) rather than pay $10K to let the car direct it - especially given reports, above, that even the car may get...

I love Savannah. But come to NYC, Chicago, SF, etc., where things are packed dense and everyone's in a big hurry and nobody likes to wait nor yield right of way. As-is, drivers are near homicidal maniacs and pedestrians basically recapitulate primitive society puberty rights, defying certain...

I was hoping for answers exactly like yours! I'm not trying to thrust my opinion in people's faces, I'm looking for correction. Maybe I am misunderstanding the tech! Which features only available via the $10K FSD buy-in do you find useful on long trips?

I'm inching closer to yielding to temptation and buying a 3 or S. Like all prospective new owners, I'm grappling with the FSD option, and have decided against. I realize many of you sprang for FSD, so I hope I'm wrong! But here fwiw is my reasoning for saving the $10K. If I'm missing...

So you mean just the standard highway feature, not the $10K upgrade? I can sense your enormous energy from your writing. I hope I'm like you when I grow up!!

I didn't know about Lucid till now. Interesting! Thanks!

I thought S had nicer (and more car-like) interior. Also, I see that 3 just introduced heated rear seats ("we kill them but we do not freeze them"), but what about the fronts on 3 and S?