35, male, married, no kids, 12 cats.
Not an owner yet, but I went for an S90D.
Not an owner yet, but I went for an S90D.
CmdrThor
Active Member
I am 34, Wife 30, we have a 1.5 year old. We have a Model X though, not Model S, but at a recent Tesla gathering we went to we were definitely the youngest in the crowd by at least 5 years
CmdrThor
Active Member
There will be some of those, but I suspect even more working moms where both work in engineering/tech fields.
28, male and wife is 28 too. I've wanted one for 3+ years and have lusted over them dearly. Her car is in worse shape than mine and in need of replacement so I said she could pick a new car first. She chose the model S, so I guess we both win even though it's her daily driver, maybe I can drive it to the store
Rifleman
Now owns 2 Model S's!!!
MrLunch
Member
Tree-hugger, ex-programmer, guitar maker (100% electric, made in California, it's a trend) late 50's (kind of describes the guitars too) oil baron hater. There, that pretty much covers it.
Above the bar cited in the Edmunds study. Having a Tesla (Model S 85D), inspires in me the same awe I had when walking into the Bell Labs Holmdel building and/or when collaborating with a Bell Labs DMTS on something that had never been done before..
49 male. I bought mine to drill the first hole in my bucket list. Wrote my last tuition check Sept of 2015. Picked up my car 7wks later. Proud as hell of both of my grown sons. So I rewarded me for a job reasonably-well-done. (1/2 of their friends are done with college and starting out adult life...buying homes...getting engaged etc. The other 1/2 are walking in circles collecting Pokemon. Go figure.)
nexsuperne101
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Male. I was 24 years old when I bought my Model S. I'm 25 now and hopefully sometime before my 27th birthday, I'll have the Model X in my driveway! I also have a Model 3 on reservation.
I'm a chemical engineer, or I've been told I'm just a glorified plumber.
I'm a chemical engineer, or I've been told I'm just a glorified plumber.
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EKoS
Model S P85 “Classic”
37, male, with two kids younger than my Tesla. The oldest loves to ask for "blast off" on the road - she thinks all fast cars go "whirr" rather than "vroom"
wdolson
Well-Known Member
Well if you think about the types of people the Model S appeals to, it makes some sense. First off you have to be at least a bit affluent to buy one. I was only able to afford one because I don't have any child expenses as I never had any and even if I wanted to it's a little late to start in your 50s. (My parents were in the 40s when I came along and they really struggled with a kid that late in life, my father started social security when I was a Freshman in college.) Then the car initially appealed to early adopters of new tech and now it's beginning to move into the early mass market phase.
The types of people the car appeals to are
1) Car people (performance car people as well as just general car enthusiasts)
2) Eco conscious
3) Tech fans
I also found this interesting, though it's a little tangential to this conversation:
Gravity | What Your Electric Car Says About YouGravity
US new car buyers are also older:
Cars With the Oldest Buyers
The average age is close to 52. So if Model S buyers are average age 45, that's lower than almost every other brand out there.
The types of people the car appeals to are
1) Car people (performance car people as well as just general car enthusiasts)
2) Eco conscious
3) Tech fans
I also found this interesting, though it's a little tangential to this conversation:
Gravity | What Your Electric Car Says About YouGravity
US new car buyers are also older:
Cars With the Oldest Buyers
The average age is close to 52. So if Model S buyers are average age 45, that's lower than almost every other brand out there.
Xenius
Active Member
32 Male, will be almost 33 by the time my car arrives. Wife is 31, exactly one year younger (we share the same birthday). No kids, assuming she gets a new position this coming semester (she's a teacher) we'll be DINKS (dual incomes, no kids). So yeah, that's how we're managing the payments. That and she's agreed her Subaru is never getting replaced, we'll put all our miles on the S.
Peter Greis
Member
49 male, consulting company that I have had for 10 years pushed enough of a bonus to move to a P90D from a people mover (Mercedes Viano). Boys are 11 & 13; they were there for the test drive in Zürich. Needless to say, they can't wait
MikingCO
2021 MX LR+
37 and a half. Wife, no kids, no debt. We make tens of thousands of dollars a year.
artsci
Sponsor
My first question about these kinds of things is what's the source of the data? If Edmunds relies on state registration data that information is highly likely to underrepresent the number of women and overrepresent the age.
