Cow farts cause a large mount of atmospheric damage, should I turn vegan? Will you? I like my BBQ too much
Telsa is an expensive car with the world's most expensive DLCs. I'm not the only one that thinks so. To me its too expensive to jump on the bandwagon this stage. I will look at CPO M3 in the future but not now.
Also buying new things damages the environment as well. Updating to a new Tesla has significant environmental impacts, more so those clowns here that upgrade Teslas like Iphones then throw shade at ICE owners for "killing the environment"...
You're disillusional if you think otherwise.
Only significant saving with a Tesla is
fuel, here is about half for me. I run about 300km a week on average. My car is modified and chews 9L/100km (26mpg) there about. Which equates to about $50 a week vs $20 for Tesla, So I save $1.3K a year there.
Road tolls, registration costs are the same.
But my
insurance will increase by at least 5 times, I pay $600 comprehensive for my 15 year old WRX. Last time I want an expensive V8 that was around the $60K mark that was jump to $5K in insurance, so decided against it. Teslas are seen as expensive to repair in terms of accidents, so this might be higher. Another Subaru for a $30k will be $1.2K in insurance.
Servicing, I service my car myself. Cost me about $100 a year, I used cheap filters and use Diesel truck oil i buy in bulk. In terms of failures, nothing major in 15 years apart from toasted clutches but thats me being silly. say $300 a year on average including tyres and brakes.
Repairs, small accidents, sky is the limit for Tesla. My ICE, I can DIY most repairs by buying parts off wreaked car (recycling).
Depreciation, rate of Tesla 50% in 100,000 mile (160,000km). On a $70K car thats $35K for me. My WRX I bought at one year old for $29K, 15 years later I can sell it for 15K, net depreciation of $15K over a longer period of time. This is why I'm going for a Subaru again over a Tesla.
TL;DR, ownership of a Tesla over a ICE in 10 years
-$13K fuel
+$30k in insurance costs
- $3K in servicing
+ $20K depreciation.
= loss of $35K over 10 years over a ICE + $40K cost of a model 3 over a Subaru.
= -$70K + ???? in accident repair costs.
above In Kangaroo dollar (x0.77 to USD)
ref:
1.
https://www.choice.com.au/transport/cars/eco-friendly/articles/tesla-model-3-costs-versus-savings
we pay around 0.30per KwH now, so its about $20 a week to run for arguments sake.
2.
Tesla Model 3 to have best-in-class depreciation, report says