Thank you all for the input so far guys.
@Staviski - yes, unfortunately Tesla hasn't adjusted the Canadian pricing to reflect change in exchange rates over the last year. Even with import/export + other duties staying the same, MY should really be around 62-64K Canadian now, but that's a whole another topic
@WADan - I already do a lot to help the planet
but agree I can always do more. Thankfully I can purchase either car however just trying to figure out if paying EV premium right now makes sense
@Mathmatics - nice, great to hear this from an Audi owner. MY certainly takes the cake in tech
@kadify - yes, mechanic shops have visits are never fun nor cheap (mostly). I have had the A4 for about 5 years but above been lucky with no major repairs so far, except a steering column issue last fall. RS5 would've been fun but again MY is a much better and priced better at 70K (Canadian)
@BadAlien - QC *k rebate is fantastic but is it not limited to cars priced under 55K? Our Ontario rebate was phased out after last elections. TD quoted me $20/mth insurance increase for with MY. While that's not much, I had always assumed EV insurance was lower than ICE cars.
@richyrich - You'v listed some great reasoning for MY case. I drove MY for about 30 mins this week but yet to drive the 21 Q5. What an adrenaline rush with MY torque
. Tech was fairly easy to operate and liked how quiet it was but found the regen brake brake setting (HOLD) annoying. It wouldn't let me change to ROLL or CREEP for some reason.
Based on my research, I calculated approx $2000/yr for ICE gas and approx $400/yr for EV charging (only home). That's savings of $1600/yr which would take about 8.8 years to balance out the 12.5k+tax MYLR premium upfront. Factoring in ICE service visits or other unexpected repairs would certainly reduce that cash recovery time.
However, the fun factor of instant torque, the new tech, planet friendly driving, flat middle seat floor (back), more trunk space, OTA updates for new features make a pretty solid case for MYLR as well. Just trying to balance the sound financial vs ton fo fun here.
Choices, choices...almost feel sometimes we are spoilt for choices here