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Cost to Tesla Model 3 for 100k miles?
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RayK
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ucmndd
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Yikes. I assume you don’t have solar and/or don’t drive much? That plan would be murder for me.
RayK
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I do have solar @ about $0.14/kWh (small system almost 13 years old, about 3.2kW optimum - currently there's two 185W panels offline). And yes I don't drive much but if you've been reading my posts over the last couple of years, I charge at a local ChargePoint with my CHAdeMO adapter at $0.19. That's why I haven't installed my Gen2 WC and I'm on a non-EV rate.
Beware - CarMax (and most online places) does NOT honor online quotes.
BTDT last fall.
They give you an attractive "trade in" price, then invite you for an "inspection". Then the offer drops by $5-10K due to "market conditions".
Also, if you do nationwide search on CarMax for Model 3's under 100K miles ... you wont find anything that has more than 59K miles.
That is because CarMax does not buy high-mileage cars, defined as anything above 60K miles:
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zoomer0056
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Yup, CA has the fourth highest cost of living by state. One reason is the electric companies were responsible for deadly wildfires. They get fined and the customer gets stuck paying the fines for them. I dont know if thats really true but does seem plausible.
fholbert
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zoomer0056
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Need another data. Cost of living versus income. Data below is from an article written 3 months ago. Don't know how old the data is.
I wouldn’t dare to say that in Canada - Quebec and Ontario - we pay about half of that … meaning $ 0.06 / kWh or even lower.
zoomer0056
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No offense intended, but I'll stay in SoCal for the weather. I could get in my Tesla and drive to the snow if I wanted.
One thing I haven’t seen mentioned is a the crazy price fluctuations and the affect of the tax credit. I bought a brand new model 3 for $28220 a few weeks ago (including tax credit). A year ago during the insane EV pricing bubble that same vehicle would have been nearly $50k. Prices have fallen steeply and tax credits are in full force now, that will have an effect on the market.
Or at least, it should. I still see used 3s listed for $35k on marketplace every day.
Or at least, it should. I still see used 3s listed for $35k on marketplace every day.
Makes sense. They're utilities, the state can't let them go out of business, so costs eventually get passed to the consumer, including fines and penalties.
Cost of Living Index by State [Updated June 2023]
From that same website, I sorted the state ranking by Utility Costs. Looks like coastal states get the highest utility costs.
ucmndd
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I have had nothing but positive experiences with CarMax, both buying and selling.
They pretty famously will buy practically anything - even if they just wholesale it and don’t resell themselves.
As for the 60k number, I just bought a Subaru Crosstrek from them last month with 75k miles and there are countless vehicles available on their site well north of that number so this claim seems fabricated.
