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When i got my car in August, 2018 maximum was about 300, well officially 310, but i never seen that. Going from 300 to 270 is exactly 10% Not to shabby.

My guess or hope, "soon" we can replace batteries without too much issues. https://electrek.co/2024/03/14/tesla-offering-lfp-battery-retrofits-earlier-model-3-under-warranty/ One question would be, by then, would it be worth replacing a batter on X years old car? I am almost at 50k miles...

Oh nice. Tesla only allows warranty if car' basic one did not expire. Those cars from 2018 did expire, therefore at least for now, Tesla is not an option sadly.

It is XCare EV Protection. In my opinion (very debatable) - it is better to set certain $ (roughly cost of warranty) aside in High Yield Saving/SP500/Bonds/Mutual funds to gain money over time and if you ever end up needing it, you will have the $ to cover it. At least that is what i used to do...

Thank you kindly linking it! rather than making me search for it. My car was build around that time per TSB July, 2018. So far charging at 48A using Wall Charger been okay, but now i know if something happens. Really appreciate it.

Really? I need to i guess keep couple of $k in the bank for Tesla if thats the case.

OP's history is very interesting. It is well outside a bell curve of issue. While a lot of them, not many major and there is also no cost shown for the 5 year ownership. I am like you, few problems here and there. I also got 45k miles on 2 of my original tires (other two got punctures) and i...

2018 M3 AWD 44,500 miles 70 highway/30 streets averaging 260 Wh/Mile Charging to 80/90 % at home and very little Supercharger 100% charge is 270 miles 270/310 is 13% loss :(

When i travel long distances in my model 3, i charge to 100%, put in my final destination and Tesla will automatically route me to the SC and will automatically start to precondition the battery. Since in your trip it is the same, maybe do 90% to get better efficiency. I am in SoCal, so even if...

nice to hear. Never heard of this before happening.

I got my car around the same time as you and got about the same miles. I already changed my 12V battery last year, but i got a warning about 12v battery explicitly. You chatting with Tesla implies they can't diagnose an issue remotely? Errors kind of point towards your HV battery not 12V, but i...

No Dashcam footage? I hope it works out for you however this goes. and glad you are ok

I did not read into details, just rules applied from 1990 to current. I guess i was under wrong assumption that "any" car that has a battery in California (EV, hybrid, plug-in hybrid) are warrantied to 150k miles or 10 years. Good luck

Yes, i agree. But what prevents Tesla saying no outside warranty? Since, at least for now, only Tesla can do this minus couple of shops here and there.

Just curious since you are in California, battery should be warrantied up to 150k miles https://www.kbb.com/car-advice/hybrid-ev-battery-warranty/ California goes even further, requiring a 10-year, 150,000-mile warranty on EV and hybrid batteries. Toyota has adopted that standard in all 50...

Some people would say is to keep this car until death and then some as it has free charging for the rest of the life of the car. One of my friends has it and will keep it until the end. My guess, speculation, once/if battery dies outside the warranty, Tesla will not fix it as they would not want...

That is a lot money over $9,200. Batteries never really help with ROI, but will with NEM 3.0 here in California in couple of months. Very pricey to have peace of mind.

I replaced my 3 tires one by one in my 2018 model 3 over a course of a year or so due to flats. I believe, its advisable to put tires with most thread in the rear. Otherwise no issues here. And yes, they are expensive. I take it to a local place, American Tires who repair flats for free and you...

seems like a solid buy for that price. check out what others are selling their Teslas here in the market place.

I got 2018 LR AWD, maybe i saw 300 miles once at 100%, but i rarely charge up to it. Now just like yourself, 100% charge is about 270 miles. The farthest I driven on one charge was about 236 miles one way with efficiency of 252Wh/mi and i got to the supercharge at 16 miles left over. This is the...

Yes, these are an excellent choice and have tons of space. and on "sale" now

not my money, but i love my Long Range AWD Model 3 with extra range, more power, and better handling. is $10k worth it? If you plant to keep the car for a long time, its worth it and if you drive often long distances.

Good move, even better move would be to "sell" your reservations like many do who changes their mind assuming when you got it price was lower, but that train left. dont get yourself into debt

If when i bought my model 3, model y was available i would likely picked model y for extra cargo space. unlike many here, i did not care for sportiness of model 3, just wanted affordable Tesla. model 3 is fine for majority of smaller trips where cargo space is needed, but not for bigger like...

my opinion is to go with the newest one, delta $ is a lot but since now you can wait, worth it. glad you are ok

I am a bit confused with abbreviating tires. PS4 -MICHELINPILOT SPORT 4S or no S PSAS4 - PILOT SPORT ALL SEASON 4 CC2 - MICHELINCROSSCLIMATE2 It seems PSAS4 is a good choice for SoCal, not much efficiency lost, mileage warranty, not too much louder and great grip?

Wonder if waiting a year and paying $2,250 is questionable but better invested into the market to make up for future potential price increases.

Too bad for future potential Tesla owner, this is a considerable price increase. Since this was not announced ahead of time like GMC Hummer EV, this is not a lever pushing but just the current circumstances.

I have 2018 LR AWD but only 30k miles. I would not recommend buying 100k EV for $40k, i dont think its a wise decision. Whatever you might be saving will go into repairs whatever those might be (suspension and other trivial items that will need a look at after 100k miles no matter what the car...

Model 3 are too new to know the cost beyond 5 years, but so far overall no major issues. I am planning to make appointment with Tesla to get car checked out before warranty expires (4 years). Downside is that Tesla is the only place so far to service the car and generally repair it

So it seems, Tesla increases prices throughout whole lineup, its cheapest electric car now starts at $47,000 I suppose this was coming. I wonder if any reserved betting for it to go up and now we will see more reservations being sold in the market place here?

yep, thats happening across most products these days. so for those that are on the line, place your order.

unlikely if nothing got trigged with the battery and if frame is ok. just 3-4 months of repair time maybe

If you going for Model Y, then you are very close at the new batteries as some are produced. But if you are going after model 3 and want new tech, there is unknown amount of wait time. I have model 3 and if i were to buy a Tesla now would definitely got for the Y as its a bit bigger and newer...

OP likely honks a lot and dont want that evidence to be saved ;) But yeah that sucks that Dashcam is not perfect

Agree on this for sure! While LA is spread far apart, it is likely a city/county with most Tesla Chargers as absolute number of any major US City, I think there was an article by Electrek sometime ago about it. Anyways, it is nice to see some good experience with getting EV from rental places.

$58K is a better pick as that one is Performance with 20 inch wheels, bigger brakes and depending when bought extra $5k for the package. Good luck with sale, this car is very clean. new one now costs $71k, so for 62k is a nice discount.

Glad you got a deal. Did you lose out on $250? I assume Tesla does not like transfers like this?

If you can afford it and its worth it to you. I think cars are too expensive due to the situation. if you can wait, perhaps wait until cars might come down in price or inflation kicks in and be more expensive. As far as value, they are still pretty good compared to other ICE cars and markups.

for item 2, you want $2k, and the car is $2k cheaper, so the Net amount will be the same for the buyer? Also can a buyer change color?

while i dont agree with selling reservations, but also if thread crapping is poor taste. If he can sell it for $15k great. If not, then buy the car and sell it for the same/similar profit. As others mentioned, likely thats what some are doing, buying reservations, buying cars and selling for...

like a boss. Now that you uploaded footage to youtube, you backed it up just in case. We are not going to talk about if the lady was too old, lying, should not been driving, etc. but she clearly ran a red light. Green came on and not like you gunned it. It is too bad you can will be worked on...

looks clean, is that your residence in background? If so, nice place

Glad OP is ok, you did not ask if your car is totaled? Got Dashcam footage?

likely by then, there will be so many EVs on the road, it wont matter. Maybe by then there will be new restrictions such as 3-4 people in ICE and 2 people in EV. I have not read to see if there is a roadmap.

agree, upgrade in year, space, performance.

nice. I guess if it bothers one, and they mess up, it costs $$ to get it fixed. I know myself with power tool, i dont have surgical precision. will wait or not have turn signals on.

sell it while the market is hot, you are not doing anything unethical unless you are lying about a sell.

nice info here.

Perhaps contact Richie Rebuilds to see what he has to say, he has a lot of experience with Teslas https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfV0_wbjG8KJADuZT2ct4SA