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'15 S 85D (Titanium) vs '15 85D (midnight Silver) vs '16 90D (midnight silver)
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If this helps, California Sales tax(including local city tax) is 9.25% (Fremont pickup location) while WA (Seattle) sales tax (Including local city tax) is 10.1%. I am thinking of getting it delivered in Fremont and drive it up to Seattle on a weekend. Save on 2k and also experience the car first hand. Then I can deal with WA state within 30 days for registering and paying the difference in tax.
You and my brother have the same dilemma. I bought my 75D new and I would recommend to buy new .... if you can afford it. However, you should consider buying the newest Model S that you can afford, and with generation 2 auto-pilot hardware.
Let put it this way ..... as I told my brother if I do it again, I would buy the basic dual motor Model S with no glass roof (it gets hot in the summer) and auto-pilot hardware 2 but not SW active. Why? It's so darn fun driving the Model S so I rarely use the auto-pilot feature.
I would use the $$$ you saved on a dash camera, snow tires and wheels, and the extended (bumper-to-bumper) warranty that stretchs to 8-year or 80K miles.
Good luck. If you really need someone to drive your new Model S from California to Oregon, let me know. I can make the trip for you and see my son in Salem and take the train back. I do this round trip in my 75D all the times.
Let put it this way ..... as I told my brother if I do it again, I would buy the basic dual motor Model S with no glass roof (it gets hot in the summer) and auto-pilot hardware 2 but not SW active. Why? It's so darn fun driving the Model S so I rarely use the auto-pilot feature.
I would use the $$$ you saved on a dash camera, snow tires and wheels, and the extended (bumper-to-bumper) warranty that stretchs to 8-year or 80K miles.
Good luck. If you really need someone to drive your new Model S from California to Oregon, let me know. I can make the trip for you and see my son in Salem and take the train back. I do this round trip in my 75D all the times.
Piggybacking on this thread. I am thinking about upgrading my 2014 S85 to either a 2016 85D or an AP2 75D. AP1 has been great to me but would also like the upgradeable AP2 for future proofing the car. Right now this is a $10k delta. I am also worried about losing some range. Anybody want to chime in?
If you are still in the market, I'll give you a small formula I use (one of several but this one is my key reference):
[Current Asking Price] / ( [End of Life] - [Miles Already Driven] ) = [Cost per Mile Ratio]
I like to use 100,000 miles but that's just me using a stable number. Maybe you drive X miles a year and plan to keep the vehicle for Y number of years? That could be your "End of Life" mileage selected.
For your 4 vehicles, the cost ratio is:
1. $50,200 / ( 100,000 - 45,000 ) = 0.91
2. $49,600 / ( 100,000 - 40,500 ) = 0.83
3. $50,200 / ( 100,000 - 45,700 ) = 0.92
4. $52,000 / ( 100,000 - 49,000 ) = 1.02
I'll pick on the 4th one... Vehicle 4 has 49,000 miles used of 100,000 (so 51,000 miles of value is remaining) and Seller wants $52,000 for it. So, that equates to a lifetime driving cost of $1.02 per mile.
If you chose say, 200,000 miles for the [End of Life], then it would be $0.34 per mile.
Either way, Vehicle #2 comes out to the be cheapest purchase across the Owner's anticipated life of the vehicle.
I just wanted to thank everybody on this thread. I ordered a November 2015 S 85 D with 37k miles for 51.7k. It had all the features i was looking for. Thanks for the help.
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