Zoom out a few years and you will see this is nothing new. Tesla has had many waves of drastic price decreases. Yes, it stings when you are a current owner. But it is only a problem if you were planning on trading your car in. The current blue book value on my car is of no significance to me since I plan to keep it.
I dunno about tech being old legacy models front doors far superior tech & apparently falcon wing doors work better they also have uss. When I bought model x I preferred the vertical screen over my model3 horizontal screen first of all the steering wheel blocks part of he screen also when driving you have to look real far to the right so see the entire screen. I understand why they went horizontal but I don't play games or watch movies in the car. Lot of cost cutting measures on the new ones it looks like too. I'm hoping new ones at least don't rattle as much haha.
Well, not quite. Some cars are actually investments. Vast majority aren’t, but there are some. I would say EVs are definitely not. Electric cars right now are the same thing as computers.
Plus, wouldn't you say that in most cases, it is difficult to know at the time of initial purchase that a particular car model might turn out to be a "classic" and hold its value? I think there are many cars that people bought and drove and later regretted they had not cared better for, because they unexpectedly became iconic. Certain Mercedes models come to mind in that regard.
Suspension better than S/X? How maybe smoother ride from all that air on those bulky tires. I doubt it’s smoother due to tires being knobby for all terrain use.
I am dealing with the exact same problem! I bought a 2018 a year and a half ago from Carmax for $80K when the prices in CA were soaring because of the mandatory EV thing. Fast forward 1.5 years I am into it for $10K in tires, brake pads, 12V battery, and other misc repairs. Now it is worth way less because Tesla decides to lower the price! I am so over it...but if I sold it I would be easily $35K in the hole. Not happy. Wish I would have stuck with my GMC SUV. :-(
Not sure how you used any brake pads already or 10k in tires. You must be an aggressive driver or slightly exaggerated.
Not sure why I had to replace brake pads either? It seemed crazy early to me as well and I posted to another thread and some people said it is not common but they have seen it...? I have the regen braking on standard. The Tesla Service center said the previous driver may have been a 'grinder' because I have only put 10,000 miles on the vehicle in the 1.5 years I have owned it. So according to Tesla service the damage was done by the previous owner. And the entire month of November it has been in repair due to a 12V battery replacement which lead to another connection issue which they are struggling to diagnose and fix. Plus I had to replace all 4 tires at 50,000 miles and through Tesla - in California - that cost me $2K. I wish I was exaggerating. I drive to the grocery store and back. Not aggressive. Unfortunately I learned a valuable lesson. I won't buy used again.
Buying tires after 50,000 miles is actually impressive (good) for any car. Also, you didn’t Have to buy tires from Tesla that was your choice. Anyone from Any car brand would never advise going to the dealer for tires. As your car is used (unknown miles) seems more like a previous owner issue then a Tesla issue. The trade off buying used unfortunately.
