I found the property tax for my MS is comparable to any make of car for the same $$The yearly EV tax is low compared to the yearly property tax you pay on the car.
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I found the property tax for my MS is comparable to any make of car for the same $$The yearly EV tax is low compared to the yearly property tax you pay on the car.
Both.Which is it, do you have them or are you planning to get them?
Colorado only gets $50/year right now. I did a calculation once and it’s within the realm of possibility that one could spend that much in gas tax every year with an ICE. But more than that seems like extortion.in GA that fee is $200.
O yeah, I'm not arguing that.I found the property tax for my MS is comparable to any make of car for the same $$
$80/year in Missouri for the "alternative fuels" sticker.
in GA that fee is $200.
Yes, quite a bit. It came from two point five ish sources:I popped over to the Model S forum from the Model 3 forum to ask a question to all you Tesla owners. Other than being ICE'd at a charging station, have you experienced any hostility because you are driving an EV?Thanks for any feedback you can provide.
Aha! Underlined text. My experience as well, even in Santa Cruz County and Santa Clara County. Gosh, I get less animus in the Central Valley.Most folks give me a thumbs up if they recognize the car. However, I have had at least two instances of folks presenting me with another digit over the course of the last year. I don't have any idea why, though I speculate that perhaps, since I am in oil country, that that may have something to do with it. As far as I know, I had not done anything else to irritate them. Two of the three times, it was a large pickup truck, but that may just be co-incidence.
I think I noticed that as well (in my Model S). But, I was trying to go home one day, and got a ticket for "racing" even though I wasn't (the cop even said "You Tesla owners are all the same, trying to show off your #$&*#$ expensive cars! I hate it!" -- pretty well paraphrased from memory. He was amped. It helped, because he wrote the ticket faster, and I didn't have to wait forever). I've substantially slowed down since then, since that was a wake up call.I would say that people are much more tolerant of my aggressive (but safe) driving in my MS than before with other cars. Some want to "race" once in a while though.
That makes me want to move to someplace like that. Then again, I can't afford it. I'd rather live in a forest of mountains, though, where it is really wild. I could own two houses: one in Palo Alto, and one in the forest mountains, and alternate between them, escaping from one to the other periodically.Been driving a Tesla for 4 years in San Diego, CA never a negative reaction. Of course, you can't throw a stone around where I live without hitting one .
Yes, I got a lot of that.Another incident is when I went to the HOA for approval of my charging plug installation. It was in 2013, about a month before I took delivery of the car. They sort of made fun of me, like I was doing something stupid. They were sitting on a raised platform and I was in the "audience" area. There were like six of them (board members) and just 2-3 people sitting around me. They were like - "why go through all this trouble of an EV!", "I just bought a hybrid, and it goes vroom, and I don't have to worry about all this charging etc. It has practically zero emissions", and so on. I figured it was just ignorance, and tried to correct them a little, but it only made it worse, and they almost started making fun of me. Then I just let it be. They were older than me, and I did not want to come out as disrespectful.
Yes, I got a lot of that.I was in Michigan about a month ago charging my car at a Meijer when a guy yelled at me..."keep buying foreign you a-hole". I laughed so hard I could barely contain myself. It still makes me chuckle today.
I'm not sure if he was mad that it was electric or "foreign".
That helps to explain coal powered electric cars, but there's some additional information:
Kids love my Tesla Model S. I can't tell you how many wide eyed, smiling kids point at my car driving by, and I can read their lips saying "Whoa, cool car." I've gotten a cat call from a packed car of 20ish girls saying, "We love your Teslas" to another dude and me while supercharging. I've had multiple people tell me that my car is their dream car, or their spouse's dream car. I live north of Boston, for what it's worth. I've owned an Audi A4 and multiple Lexus IS and RX cars, and only once to my recollection did I get the "cool car" as I was pulling into a lot.
Both are good reasons! I test drove a MB for my wife to potentially replace her old Lexus RX400h, and I must confess, I have been spoiled by Tesla. When I floored the three MB SUV models I test drove, it felt like a wet noodle compared to my 100D. So don't test drive a Tesla if you don't want to buy one, or you are toast! If you've already test drove one, and you're poking around Tesla Forums, seems to me just a matter of time before you're behind the wheel of a rocket ship, unless finances don't align. Good luck!!Unsure if those potential cat calls or my fanboy-ism are the reason that my SO is questioning the financial sensibility of swapping out my MB for a Tesla.
just curious? why are YOU test driving a car she is going to drive, that has rarely worked well for me, she tests any car I want her to drive before I buy it.Both are good reasons! I test drove a MB for my wife
Good question. She is mostly uninterested in cars, but saw a.couple of MBs that caught her eye. But she trusts my opinion so asked me to test them out. We'll consider sitting tight for the Y for now, or perhaps something else.not currently in existence or not on the radar.just curious? why are YOU test driving a car she is going to drive, that has rarely worked well for me, she tests any car I want her to drive before I buy it.
Indeed. A very long time. No rush on our end though.You may be sitting a long time waiting for a Y
[...] We'll consider sitting tight for the Y for now, or perhaps something else.not currently in existence or not on the radar.
Semi-understandable when people need to adapt and you know darn well most people can’t stand change.I've been seeing there are two major (kinda) hostility towards EV.
1. Condo HOA (for installing EV outlet)
2. State tax authority (for charging alternate fuel tax)
well.. it's not literally hostility, but it's kind of strong consideration when you buying an EV.
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I've been in semi-rural Wisconsin for a year (my permanent home is L.A.) and in that time I've gotten used to guys in huge ass trucks and baseball caps taking pics of my car, giving thumbs up, asking about it, looking amazed etc. it's pretty much all love even from the country folk.I popped over to the Model S forum from the Model 3 forum to ask a question to all you Tesla owners. Other than being ICE'd at a charging station, have you experienced any hostility because you are driving an EV?
Thanks for any feedback you can provide.