My wife and I are toying with the idea of getting a model s while we wait for a model 3. We live in Idaho where we get a lot of snow, so duel Motors seems like a must have. It must be supercharger enabled! My wife would love to have autopilot, but if it breaks the bank we can wait. I don't care about the size of the battery pack as long as it's SC enabled. Thank you!
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Browsing for SC/Duel Motors around $40K
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Thinking $40k is a stretch - that's "classic" pre-ap with very few options and higher mileage price territory.
To get dual motors it would have to be a late 2014 85D or 70D with 100k miles and possibly a salvage title (no warranty).
To get dual motors it would have to be a late 2014 85D or 70D with 100k miles and possibly a salvage title (no warranty).
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It has been a few weeks, but I have seen more than one MS 60kw rear wheel drive CPO offered at high 40s.
Otherwise, I agree with above.
Thanks for the input! I have a few questions. How does a salvage MS work? If it was SC enabled does it still work? I've read different posts saying to goes either way. I would be worried about having no warranty. Also, cars with high mileage, how are they doing? Do you lose a lot of battery life? This car wouldn't necessarily be a 'in town' car. It will go on some pretty decent drives that would require superchargers.
You'll probably see a lot of higher mileage cars - folks seem to drive Teslas more (with no other changes till my circumstances, I look to be on a path to drive the Tesla twice as far as the last few cars.)
The good news is they seem to take the miles very well. I know about a couple cars that are over 200k already, with few issues. Less vibration and thermal stress makes for a better service life. You should expect 5-10% capacity loss on a 200k car it seems.
The early rear drive cars have had a lot of drive unit replacements, mostly for conditions that didn't stop the car, but the smaller motors used in both axles on the D cars haven't needed replacing at all that I've seen (and the rate of replacement on older cars seems to have gone way down in recent months.)
The good news is they seem to take the miles very well. I know about a couple cars that are over 200k already, with few issues. Less vibration and thermal stress makes for a better service life. You should expect 5-10% capacity loss on a 200k car it seems.
The early rear drive cars have had a lot of drive unit replacements, mostly for conditions that didn't stop the car, but the smaller motors used in both axles on the D cars haven't needed replacing at all that I've seen (and the rate of replacement on older cars seems to have gone way down in recent months.)
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