Recent content by naylorman32

the overall theme of this seems to be 2 things (which is making this a very, very hard decision for me): 1) if I can afford it, go for it because its an incredible car to drive... but be prepared for it to cost a ton (aka it wont make financial sense) 2) there's alot in the pipeline- meaning...

This is exactly what not only gives me hesitation, but confuses me. Why the huge jump?

Someone on here mentioned issues with the door handles. I would assume something like that is covered by Tesla? Like outside of damage from an accident, what could go wrong that isnt covered? I asked my sales rep this and he forwarded me the link from the website, but unless I'm missing...

Do most of you utilize the pre-paid service plan? I think its like $500/year. If so, what do you pay on top of that for other maintenance (estimate per year). I think this is the aspect I am so stuck on. Without having to take care of normal ICE issues, i'm just wondering what everyone is paying...

As an update, I put down the deposit Sunday night to take advantage of a financing offer- but as you know, i have 7 days to cancel the deposit. So its now crunch time to decide.

out of curiosity, are we to assume the cars will stay around the same price after the tax incentives go away? will cheaper batteries make up for this lack of incentives?

i'll also add- i apologize if it seems like my mind is running in circles over this decision, but I think given my specific situation with a "relatively" low mileage car, and the short window we all have for these tax incentives, i'm sure alot of potential tesla owners are thinking along the...

Ok so a couple things... I did do a test drive about a month ago... my god was it nice. thats kind of where i began to snowball down this road to the point where i'm now seriously talking with the sales team and trying to convince my girlfriend and even my dad why I SHOULD purchase one. 2nd-...

This thread has been a huge help to me. I feel like i still have so many questions. Alot of you have brought up many great points.... let me see if I can clarify my own thinking (basically talking to myself here): If my Audi gets up to 100K miles in the next 3 years lets say, i'm left with a...

So this is an interesting thought, as its one of the reasons i figured getting a Tesla would be a smart 10+ year "investment" in my mind. If new batteries wont work in the current models, lets say 5 years from now, am i left with a close to useless high millage model s, with no option but to...

If i leased the car, wouldnt that automatically negate any tax incentives if i wanted to buy it down the road?

so this leasing strategy is actually what my dad says i should do. you make a great point about battery tech constantly changing. But after the 5 year mark, my tesla becomes fairly cheap to maintain (again, knock on wood), vs me constantly paying for something I will never own. This might just...

ive looked at most of them to this point and i can confidently say i prefer the tesla over any of them :)

again, thank you everyone for the quick feedback! can i assume most of you plan to keep your model S (assuming its your first one) for hopefully 10-15 years? unless you want to upgrade to AWL or some feature that can only be added via factory, i'm having a hard time understanding why people...

well its not necessarily the savings from fuel that matter most to me, especially since its so insignificant... its more of a good excuse to finally be like "well i can charge my car while at work, so why wouldnt I get a Tesla :) "