I'm not saying that features like NoA deserves an "automatic check mark". It's definitely got tons of issues. I just have grown to learn which areas it makes sense to use it and which segments of road it just cannot handle at all. I do not believe the current iteration of NoA is ready for confirmation-less automatic lane changes and Tesla is going to have to show some substantial improvements with it before I would ever trust it.
Geez, electricity rates in MA are that high?? I pay $0.12 per kWh on average for the whole year in NJ. So compared to my previous car, 2012 Ford Mustang, my 3 costs a whole 2/3 less to fuel for the same driving distance per month. And insurance varies so greatly from person to person so you can't really count that as a strike against the 3. Compared to my Mustang my 3 only costs around $15 more a month to insure for the same coverage. Not too bad since it's almost twice the MSRP.
I'm not living in a bubble and totally recognize that there are some glaring major issues Tesla still needs to fix. But it used to be much worse. A year ago I had to regularly reboot the screen, the display would crash constantly or there would be other strange behaviors that would require a reboot. A year later the systems in the car are much more stable. In my opinion there have been many more improvements and fixes introduced than new bugs over the past 12 months.
Yeah, I never realized how much more electricity is in MA compared to other parts of the country. I obviously didn't do my homework. A friend ran the numbers shortly after I got the car, he owns a Prius, and said there is no way he could financially justify it, even the base model. BTW Electricity rates are worse in CA. There are some towns in MA that are cheap that somehow have started their own utility companies.
I got the car shortly before V9 and they also put in some horrible hacks for cold weather, which I really wish they made optional. It made things 10x worse. So you may have seen a better progression from your starting point than mine.
You're numbers make sense to me at $0.12 / kWh compared to a running a Mustang. Mustang's probably are not cheap to insure either
I looked past the insurance etc. thinking I'll get it all back in fuel savings. Ugh.
So the only big "bonus" left on the car, for me, is Auto Pilot. And I think we agree where that stands right now.