I've tried to explain this to people but it's hard unless you've had a lot of time behind the wheel. Either ICE cars are so much more inferior or the model s is so much better. I submit it's a blend between the two. But the smoothness of the acceleration, the simplicity of just starting the car (getting in, that's it), one pedal driving, knowing that I am in control off how far the car can go (within reason), knowing that slowing down isn't just wasted heat and brake pads, the costs associated with operating the car (excluding purchase price of course), the prestige (admit it, we like the attention), furthering the environmental cause, the software updates, the intuitiveness of the controls/screen, the storage, the utility, the performance, the lack of hagleing over price, and maybe most importantly the service. You add all those up and there is a synergistic effect. That's what people mean when they say they won't go back to ICE.
And as far as your reliability concerns. I'll reiterate even though I know others have not been so fortunate. None of the two dozen "issues" I've had made the car undrivable yet.
As for the hefty price tag, that's the calculation each owner has to do themselves. What I was willing to pay and what you are willing to pay are based on the acceptance of these concerns in this thread and to some extent, all the other concerns on these forums.
Which leads us to regret. That is also something that probably isn't accurately represented on the forum since ex-owners would be unlikely to hang around. But I would submit the attrition is low. Is like to think my sample size of ownership being 5 months (in winter no less), allows me to say that I personally have no regrets at this time, and I would be extremely surprised to find myself behind the wheel of an ICE car as a daily driver. And even beyond that, my midlife crisis car, Supra, hasnt seen the road since the model s came.
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