I've been a Model S owner for 3 years now and am on my second one. I am very familiar with that model and Tesla and love the car. My wife has traditionally leased cars every 3 years and her Infiniti QX60 is up in a month and we are car shopping. She is looking at the Acura MDX, Lexus RX350L and today she is going to look at the Cadillac XT6. So far, she's very undecided and isn't in love with anything. The Lexus is not cheap coming in at $659 a month and the Cadillac will be similar. She feels the Acura MDX is too similar to her car now (which she hates), so even though it's much cheaper, she doesn't want it.
I woke up this AM thinking, why not look at a used Model X? If I am going to spend $650 a month, why not put 20k down and get a used X instead? I would get the 20k back in 3-4 years when I sell it if I wanted (or keep the car for 6-7 years and then the car pays for itself as opposed to leasing again). My wife drives very little, only 7k miles a year, so we don't anticipate a lot of wear and tear on it. She would save about $80 in gas a month and the used models come with with a 4 year warranty.
I realized the CPO program ended and cars are sold as is now. The pics of one model I am looking at look pretty good, and they aren't showing any significant scratches as opposed to other models. One thing to note, my wide does get motion sickness with my Model S, but after changing the regen braking to Low, she has gotten used to it. I do want her to test drive the X, but that does concern me a bit.
We are looking at the 6 seater as we do want a third row as my kids are entering the ages of car pooling (5 and 7).
I'd love anyone's feedback who might have been in the same predicament I am in. She's considering my idea, but does want to look at it more, which I would want as well. We have until end of March till we turn her lease in.
I woke up this AM thinking, why not look at a used Model X? If I am going to spend $650 a month, why not put 20k down and get a used X instead? I would get the 20k back in 3-4 years when I sell it if I wanted (or keep the car for 6-7 years and then the car pays for itself as opposed to leasing again). My wife drives very little, only 7k miles a year, so we don't anticipate a lot of wear and tear on it. She would save about $80 in gas a month and the used models come with with a 4 year warranty.
I realized the CPO program ended and cars are sold as is now. The pics of one model I am looking at look pretty good, and they aren't showing any significant scratches as opposed to other models. One thing to note, my wide does get motion sickness with my Model S, but after changing the regen braking to Low, she has gotten used to it. I do want her to test drive the X, but that does concern me a bit.
We are looking at the 6 seater as we do want a third row as my kids are entering the ages of car pooling (5 and 7).
I'd love anyone's feedback who might have been in the same predicament I am in. She's considering my idea, but does want to look at it more, which I would want as well. We have until end of March till we turn her lease in.
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