I was thinking about this the other day. I have a 2016 S90D and I know there have been much longer Tesla owners than me and I'm curious to gauge Model S and X owners experiences and thoughts on the cars and the entire Tesla experience.
Do you still like/love/hate your car? Would you buy another Tesla? If so, why or why not? Any thoughts on Tesla the company and Elon?
I am VERY conflicted and I'm wondering if there are others out there like me and what they plan to do in the future.
For me... I will start by saying, after more than 5 years of ownership, I still love my car (you can see "fanboy" under my avatar...and yes, I'm still a fanboy of my car). My wife continues to drive an ICE Suv so when I need to be reminded about why I fell in love with the Model S, I just drive hers. Again... strictly for me, I have never enjoyed a car so much. That hasn't changed.
I do miss the days of only seeing S and X owners at superchargers and having the experience of seeing familiar faces and exchanging stories about our "novel" cars. However, that is not to say I wanted it to stay that way... I love the progress of seeing so many 3's and Y's on the road. It's awesome to see that advancement.
Here is where my conflict begins...I am former Lexus owner and simply put, my cars never broke. The flipside is that I've spent about $2,000 in repairs on my vehicle since January. Obvjectively speaking, from a reliability perspective, my car is a piece of junk. I have spent more on repairs for this Tesla than I did for my 10 year old IS350 (with double the mileage), my wife's last two RX's and our Honda CR-V (combined).
Additionally, Tesla customer service is almost non-existent in my experience. My last two service appointments were "changed" by Tesla the morning of the appointment with NO apologies and no real explanation other than "this service must be done at the service center". That's fine, but I couldnt' have been told that a day, two days or a week in advance?
On top of that, I've come to really dislike Tesla as a company (I just don't think they really value their customers) and I think Elon has become (or maybe always has been) a real jerk. The latter isn't a huge deal, but it's hard to support a company where you think the head honcho is a douche.
Having said all that... It's coming time to get a new car and frankly (other than maybe a Lucid and their abysmal charging network), I have NO desire to buy anything other than another Model S. My wife will also be in the market for a new SUV and we test drove the Y, but it wasn't for us, so she's most likely to get an X. This time around, I'll probably buy an extended warranty (for both) but is it crazy that I still LOVE this car???
Do you still like/love/hate your car? Would you buy another Tesla? If so, why or why not? Any thoughts on Tesla the company and Elon?
I am VERY conflicted and I'm wondering if there are others out there like me and what they plan to do in the future.
For me... I will start by saying, after more than 5 years of ownership, I still love my car (you can see "fanboy" under my avatar...and yes, I'm still a fanboy of my car). My wife continues to drive an ICE Suv so when I need to be reminded about why I fell in love with the Model S, I just drive hers. Again... strictly for me, I have never enjoyed a car so much. That hasn't changed.
I do miss the days of only seeing S and X owners at superchargers and having the experience of seeing familiar faces and exchanging stories about our "novel" cars. However, that is not to say I wanted it to stay that way... I love the progress of seeing so many 3's and Y's on the road. It's awesome to see that advancement.
Here is where my conflict begins...I am former Lexus owner and simply put, my cars never broke. The flipside is that I've spent about $2,000 in repairs on my vehicle since January. Obvjectively speaking, from a reliability perspective, my car is a piece of junk. I have spent more on repairs for this Tesla than I did for my 10 year old IS350 (with double the mileage), my wife's last two RX's and our Honda CR-V (combined).
Additionally, Tesla customer service is almost non-existent in my experience. My last two service appointments were "changed" by Tesla the morning of the appointment with NO apologies and no real explanation other than "this service must be done at the service center". That's fine, but I couldnt' have been told that a day, two days or a week in advance?
On top of that, I've come to really dislike Tesla as a company (I just don't think they really value their customers) and I think Elon has become (or maybe always has been) a real jerk. The latter isn't a huge deal, but it's hard to support a company where you think the head honcho is a douche.
Having said all that... It's coming time to get a new car and frankly (other than maybe a Lucid and their abysmal charging network), I have NO desire to buy anything other than another Model S. My wife will also be in the market for a new SUV and we test drove the Y, but it wasn't for us, so she's most likely to get an X. This time around, I'll probably buy an extended warranty (for both) but is it crazy that I still LOVE this car???