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One Year - Complete Costs - M3 LR - 10k Miles

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Well it has now been about 1 years since I got my Model 3 LR and I noticed I had also hit 10,000 miles.

I thought I would share my complete costs so anyone making the same journey can understand the costs in front of them.

In Summary:
£3,663.21 before I got the car, including; Deposit / Accessories (Lots) / Insurance / GAP Insurance / Breakdown Cover.
£137.05 in supercharging (on a few road trips)
£311.24 in normal charging (mostly on 5p/kWh on Octupus Go)
£11,224.52 in Tesla Loan Payments

Giving me a total of £13,695.81 @ £1.33 per mile

This cost per mile is slowly going down over time, but as it is dominated by loan payments I'm not expecting it to reduce significantly until after the loan is paid off. IT would of been lower but I went on holiday back end of July for 2 weeks, so had less miles than I otherwise would have had.

I wonder how this compares to other peoples experiences?

[all data collected with after the fact using tessie)

Date:Mileage:Company:Reason:p/kWh:kWhCost:Running R:£ Per Mile:Days:M/Day:£ Per Day:Detail:
31/07/20211TeslaDeposit Part 1£100.00£100.00£100.000Initial Order Fee
24/08/20212TeslaDeposit Part 2£1,000.00£1,100.00£550.0024£45.83Finance Deposit
01/09/20213TeslaAccessories£202.00£1,302.00£434.0032£40.69Boot Liner, Spare Keys, Accesory Trays, 32A Chager End
01/09/20214AmazonAccessories£58.91£1,360.91£340.2332£42.53Bin, Organiser, Cup Holder, Mircofibre Cloths.
01/09/20214DVLATAX£0.00£1,360.91£340.2332£42.53Yearly Tax Date
02/09/20215AmazonAccessories£66.20£1,427.11£285.4233£43.25Tyre Pump and Punchure Kit.
02/09/20216AmazonAccessories£38.99£1,466.10£244.3533£44.43Boot Organiser
08/09/20217AmazonAccessories£27.99£1,494.09£213.4439£38.31Mudflamps - Front and Rear
08/09/20218AliexpressAccessories£57.32£1,551.41£193.9339£39.78Boot Baffle, Door Lock Covers, Lights, Stickers, Hooks, USB
09/09/20219TeslaAccessories£53.00£1,604.41£178.2740£40.11Model 3 Aero Wheel Cap Kit
09/09/202110AmazonAccessories£33.99£1,638.40£163.8440£40.96Special Bag for Keeping Aero Wheels Safe
09/09/202111AmazonAccessories£32.99£1,671.39£151.9540£41.78Anti-Glare Matte Tempered Glass Scrren Protector
12/09/202112AmazonAccessories£105.32£1,776.71£148.0643£41.321 TB SSD for Dashcam (Samsung T5)
17/09/202113AdmiralInsurance£42.78£1,819.49£139.9648£37.91Insurance between the 23rd of Sept and the 3rd of Oct
17/09/202114AdmiralInsurance£947.13£2,766.62£197.6248£57.64Insurance for 12 months starting the 3rd of Oct
17/09/202115TeslaAccessories£220.00£2,986.62£199.1148£62.22Iluminated Sill Covers
17/09/202116directgap.co.ukGAP Insurance£399.00£3,385.62£211.6048£70.534 Years return to Invoice, 2022-09-23 -> 2026-09-22
17/09/202117AABreakdown£139.00£3,524.62£207.3348£73.43Breakdown, National and Home for 12 months.
21/09/202118AliexpressAccessories£35.43£3,560.05£197.7852£68.46Boot Guard, Froot Guard, Exit Stickers, Metal Pedals
21/09/202120rimblades.comWheel Protection£40.00£3,600.05£180.0052£69.23Rimblades Ultra - Full Set - Black
21/09/202121CostcoCar Washing£20.00£3,620.05£172.3852£69.62Car Shampoo, Drying Cloths and Screen Wash
22/09/202122AmazonCar Washing£43.16£3,663.21£166.5153£69.12Bucket, Grit Guard, Mit and Wheel Brush
22/09/202123DVLAMOT£0.00£3,663.21£159.2753£69.12MOT not required for 3 years from this date
23/09/202150TeslaSuper Charging3418£6.12£3,669.33£73.39540.93£67.95
24/09/2021127OctupusCharging18.421.77£4.01£3,673.34£28.92552.31£66.79
25/09/2021184PodpointCharging3122.62£7.01£3,680.35£20.00563.29£65.72South Causey
27/09/2021234OctupusCharging18.413.72£2.52£3,682.87£15.74584.03£63.50
27/09/2021272OctupusCharging18.411.3£2.08£3,684.95£13.55584.69£63.53
30/09/2021368OctupusCharging18.426.08£4.80£3,689.75£10.03616.03£60.49
02/10/2021443OctupusCharging18.427.51£5.06£3,694.81£8.34637.03£58.65
05/10/2021517OctupusCharging18.430.24£5.56£3,700.38£7.16667.83£56.07
05/10/2021540TessieDatalogging£36.55£3,736.93£6.92668.18£56.6212 months of Tessie Data Logging
10/10/2021563CostcoCar Washing£7.49£3,744.42£6.65717.93£52.74Special Glass Cleaner
14/10/2021626OctupusCharging18.438.15£7.02£3,751.44£5.99758.35£50.02
15/10/2021700OctupusCharging18.44.3£0.79£3,752.23£5.36769.21£49.37
16/10/2021700OctupusCharging18.423.63£4.35£3,756.58£5.37779.09£48.79
19/10/2021758TeslaService£0.00£3,756.58£4.96809.48£46.96Full detail to remove scratchs 0 MIS
21/10/2021826OctupusCharging18.431.91£5.87£3,762.45£4.568210.07£45.88
23/10/2021885TeslaTesla Loan - 1/72£864.77£4,627.22£5.238410.54£55.09
24/10/2021891OctupusCharging18.428.37£5.22£4,632.44£5.208510.48£54.50
25/10/2021968OctupusCharging18.435.3£6.50£4,638.93£4.798611.26£53.94
29/10/20211,120TeslaSuper Charging3528£9.80£4,648.73£4.159012.44£51.65
01/11/20211,203OctupusCharging18.457.26£10.54£4,659.27£3.879312.94£50.10
04/11/20211,318OctupusCharging18.416.68£3.07£4,662.34£3.549613.73£48.57
06/11/20211,382OctupusCharging18.498.97£18.21£4,680.55£3.399814.1£47.76
07/11/20211,623OctupusCharging18.49.07£1.67£4,682.22£2.899916.39£47.30
08/11/20211,648OctupusCharging18.413.89£2.56£4,684.77£2.8410016.48£46.85
09/11/20211,686OctupusCharging18.413.25£2.44£4,687.21£2.7810116.69£46.41
11/11/20211,743OctupusCharging18.418.71£3.44£4,690.65£2.6910316.92£45.54
13/11/20211,814OctupusCharging18.423.53£4.33£4,694.98£2.5910517.28£44.71
14/11/20211,848OctupusCharging18.411.02£2.03£4,697.01£2.5410617.43£44.31
16/11/20211,925OctupusCharging18.425.3£4.66£4,701.66£2.4410817.82£43.53
18/11/20212,000OctupusCharging18.426.14£4.81£4,706.47£2.3511018.18£42.79
20/11/20212,075OctupusCharging18.423.7£4.36£4,710.84£2.2711218.53£42.06
23/11/20212,163OctupusCharging18.431.74£5.84£4,716.68£2.1811518.81£41.01
25/11/20212,237OctupusCharging18.426.58£4.89£4,721.57£2.1111719.12£40.36
25/11/20212,238TeslaTesla Loan - 2/72£864.77£5,586.34£2.5011719.13£47.75
26/11/20212,275OctupusCharging18.434.25£6.30£5,592.64£2.4611819.28£47.40
28/11/20212,372OctupusCharging18.422.11£4.07£5,596.71£2.3612019.77£46.64
30/11/20212,452OctupusCharging18.433.95£6.25£5,602.95£2.2912220.1£45.93
02/12/20212,527OctupusCharging18.430.37£5.59£5,608.54£2.2212420.38£45.23
03/12/20212,565OctupusCharging18.40.63£0.12£5,608.66£2.1912520.52£44.87
04/12/20212,602OctupusCharging18.427.33£5.03£5,613.69£2.1612620.65£44.55
05/12/20212,620OctupusCharging18.45.97£1.10£5,614.78£2.1412720.63£44.21
07/12/20212,667OctupusCharging18.419.37£3.56£5,618.35£2.1112920.67£43.55
09/12/20212,711OctupusCharging18.418.32£3.37£5,621.72£2.0713120.69£42.91
11/12/20212,789OctupusCharging18.429.71£5.47£5,627.19£2.0213320.97£42.31
12/12/20212,834OctupusCharging18.416.33£3.00£5,630.19£1.9913421.15£42.02
16/12/20212,959OctupusCharging18.429.76£5.48£5,635.67£1.9113821.44£40.84
18/12/20213,034Octupus-GOCharging529.91£1.50£5,637.16£1.8614021.67£40.27
19/12/20213,046Octupus-GOCharging529.71£1.49£5,638.65£1.8514121.6£39.99
20/12/20213,202TeslaSuper Charging3427£9.18£5,647.83£1.7614222.55£39.77
20/12/20213,236TeslaSuper Charging3634£12.24£5,660.07£1.7514222.79£39.86
22/12/20213,352TeslaSuper Charging3444£14.96£5,675.03£1.6914423.28£39.41
23/12/20213,472Octupus-GOCharging529.5£1.48£5,676.50£1.6414523.94£39.15
23/12/20213,500TeslaTesla Loan - 3/72£864.77£6,541.27£1.8714524.14£45.11
24/12/20213,501Octupus-GOCharging521.21£1.06£6,542.33£1.8714623.98£44.81
24/12/20213,501OctupusCharging18.40.32£0.06£6,542.39£1.8714623.98£44.81
25/12/20213,513Octupus-GOCharging521.38£1.07£6,543.46£1.8614723.9£44.51
26/12/20213,606Octupus-GOCharging529.71£1.49£6,544.95£1.8214824.36£44.22
26/12/20213,606OctupusCharging18.41.97£0.36£6,545.31£1.8214824.36£44.23
26/12/20213,760TeslaSuper Charging3517£5.95£6,551.26£1.7414825.41£44.27
27/12/20213,815Octupus-GOCharging518.97£0.95£6,552.21£1.7214925.6£43.97
28/12/20213,816Octupus-GOCharging527.26£1.36£6,553.57£1.7215025.44£43.69
29/12/20213,836Octupus-GOCharging510.35£0.52£6,554.09£1.7115125.4£43.40
30/12/20213,839Octupus-GOCharging51.97£0.10£6,554.19£1.7115225.26£43.12
30/12/20213,844PodpointCharging014.31£0.00£6,554.19£1.7115225.29£43.12Free Charging in the Gate
06/01/20223,983Octupus-GOCharging529.84£1.49£6,555.68£1.6515925.05£41.23
08/01/20224,063Octupus-GOCharging529.59£1.48£6,557.16£1.6116125.24£40.73
09/01/20224,065Octupus-GOCharging514.52£0.73£6,557.88£1.6116225.09£40.48
10/01/20224,153Octupus-GOCharging527.96£1.40£6,559.28£1.5816325.48£40.24
11/01/20224,193Octupus-GOCharging513.54£0.68£6,559.96£1.5716425.57£40.00
13/01/20224,268Octupus-GOCharging525.03£1.25£6,561.21£1.5416625.71£39.53
15/01/20224,364Octupus-GOCharging526.7£1.34£6,562.55£1.5016825.98£39.06
15/01/20224,364OctupusCharging23.395.6£1.31£6,563.85£1.5016825.98£39.07
16/01/20224,402Octupus-GOCharging51.54£0.08£6,563.93£1.4916926.05£38.84
17/01/20224,443PodpointCharging018.09£0.00£6,563.93£1.4817026.14£38.61Free Charging in the Gate
18/01/20224,449Octupus-GOCharging520.39£1.02£6,564.95£1.4817126.02£38.39
21/01/20224,500TeslaTesla Loan - 4/72£864.77£7,429.72£1.6517425.86£42.70
22/01/20224,604Octupus-GOCharging529.91£1.50£7,431.22£1.6117526.31£42.46
23/01/20224,657Octupus-GOCharging529.99£1.50£7,432.72£1.6017626.46£42.23
26/01/20224,758Octupus-GOCharging528.89£1.44£7,434.16£1.5617926.58£41.53
28/01/20224,801Octupus-GOCharging529.9£1.50£7,435.66£1.5518126.52£41.08
29/01/20224,838OctupusCharging23.390.28£0.07£7,435.72£1.5418226.58£40.86
29/01/20224,846Octupus-GOCharging518.16£0.91£7,436.63£1.5418226.63£40.86
01/02/20224,922Octupus-GOCharging527.33£1.37£7,438.00£1.5118526.61£40.21
03/02/20225,011Octupus-GOCharging529.86£1.49£7,439.49£1.4918726.8£39.78
05/02/20225,087Octupus-GOCharging525.04£1.25£7,440.74£1.4618926.92£39.37
08/02/20225,167Octupus-GOCharging530.13£1.51£7,442.25£1.4419226.91£38.76
11/02/20225,257Octupus-GOCharging530.03£1.50£7,443.75£1.4219526.96£38.17
11/02/20225,257OctupusCharging23.3911.14£2.61£7,446.35£1.4219526.96£38.19
11/02/20225,296OctupusCharging23.3912.87£3.01£7,449.36£1.4119527.16£38.20
12/02/20225,499Octupus-GOCharging530.14£1.51£7,450.87£1.3619628.06£38.01
13/02/20225,507Octupus-GOCharging525.49£1.27£7,452.15£1.3519727.95£37.83
14/02/20225,508AdmiralInsurance£27.88£7,480.03£1.3619827.82£37.78Addition of Business use to Insurance
15/02/20225,544Octupus-GOCharging56.59£0.33£7,480.36£1.3519927.86£37.59
19/02/20225,642Octupus-GOCharging530.13£1.51£7,481.86£1.3320327.79£36.86
20/02/20225,685Octupus-GOCharging522.74£1.14£7,483.00£1.3220427.87£36.68
23/02/20225,750Octupus-GOCharging529.77£1.49£7,484.49£1.3020727.78£36.16
25/02/20225,794Octupus-GOCharging517.26£0.86£7,485.35£1.2920927.72£35.82
25/02/20225,800TeslaTesla Loan - 5/72£864.77£8,350.12£1.4420927.75£39.95
27/02/20225,854Octupus-GOCharging520.43£1.02£8,351.14£1.4321127.74£39.58
01/03/20225,953Octupus-GOCharging530£1.50£8,352.64£1.4021327.95£39.21
05/03/20226,080Octupus-GOCharging529.2£1.46£8,354.10£1.3721728.02£38.50
06/03/20226,102Octupus-GOCharging518.21£0.91£8,355.01£1.3721827.99£38.33
07/03/20226,109Octupus-GOCharging57.01£0.35£8,355.36£1.3721927.89£38.15
11/03/20226,175Octupus-GOCharging529.88£1.49£8,356.86£1.3522327.69£37.47
14/03/20226,191Octupus-GOCharging512.68£0.63£8,357.49£1.3522627.39£36.98
17/03/20226,265Octupus-GOCharging529.1£1.46£8,358.95£1.3322927.36£36.50
19/03/20226,305Octupus-GOCharging524.61£1.23£8,360.18£1.3323127.29£36.19
19/03/20226,305OctupusCharging23.397.97£1.86£8,362.04£1.3323127.29£36.20
19/03/20226,423TeslaSuper Charging4014£5.60£8,367.64£1.3023127.81£36.22
20/03/20226,542Octupus-GOCharging530.04£1.50£8,369.14£1.2823228.2£36.07
21/03/20226,542Octupus-GOCharging529.86£1.49£8,370.64£1.2823328.08£35.93
22/03/20226,588TeslaTesla Loan - 6/72£864.77£9,235.41£1.4023428.15£39.47
24/03/20226,602Octupus-GOCharging529.84£1.49£9,236.90£1.4023627.97£39.14
29/03/20226,664Octupus-GOCharging529.56£1.48£9,238.38£1.3924127.65£38.33
01/04/20226,705Octupus-GOCharging526.01£1.30£9,239.68£1.3824427.48£37.87
04/04/20226,772Octupus-GOCharging529.04£1.45£9,241.13£1.3724727.42£37.41
08/04/20226,851Octupus-GOCharging529.94£1.50£9,242.63£1.3525127.29£36.82
14/04/20226,938Octupus-GOCharging529.94£1.50£9,244.12£1.3325727£35.97
19/04/20227,031Octupus-GOCharging530.06£1.50£9,245.63£1.3226226.84£35.29
25/04/20227,100TeslaTesla Loan - 7/72£864.77£10,110.40£1.4226826.49£37.73
26/04/20227,116Octupus-GOCharging553.45£2.67£10,113.07£1.4226926.45£37.60
30/04/20227,217Octupus-GOCharging537.8£1.89£10,114.96£1.4027326.44£37.05
02/05/20227,270Octupus-GOCharging514.14£0.71£10,115.66£1.3927526.44£36.78
08/05/20227,341Octupus-GOCharging529.53£1.48£10,117.14£1.3828126.12£36.00
12/05/20227,431Octupus-GOCharging531.2£1.56£10,118.70£1.3628526.07£35.50
17/05/20227,508Octupus-GOCharging535.5£1.78£10,120.48£1.3529025.89£34.90
21/05/20227,585Octupus-GOCharging535.28£1.76£10,122.24£1.3429425.8£34.43
21/05/20227,769TeslaSuper Charging4922£10.78£10,133.02£1.3029426.43£34.47Grantham
21/05/20227,868TeslaSuper Charging4830£14.40£10,147.42£1.2929426.76£34.52Potters Bar
21/05/20227,872PodpointCharging33.1724.3£8.06£10,155.48£1.2929426.78£34.54Elstree Way
22/05/20227,990TeslaSuper Charging4934£16.66£10,172.14£1.2729527.08£34.48Granthem
22/05/20228,089TeslaSuper Charging4718£8.46£10,180.60£1.2629527.42£34.51Knottingley
22/05/20228,167Octupus-GOCharging533.5£1.68£10,182.28£1.2529527.68£34.52
23/05/20228,167Octupus-GOCharging522.93£1.15£10,183.42£1.2529627.59£34.40
24/05/20228,180TeslaTesla Loan - 8/72£864.77£11,048.19£1.3529727.54£37.20
29/05/20228,274Octupus-GOCharging534.87£1.74£11,049.94£1.3430227.4£36.59
30/05/20228,380Octupus-GOCharging529.32£1.47£11,051.40£1.3230327.66£36.47
04/06/20228,482Octupus-GOCharging533.72£1.69£11,053.09£1.3030827.54£35.89
09/06/20228,567Gosforth AcadCharging034.97£0.00£11,053.09£1.2931327.37£35.31
17/06/20228,688Octupus-GOCharging540.62£2.03£11,055.12£1.2732127.07£34.44
17/06/20228,834TeslaSuper Charging4813£6.24£11,061.36£1.2532127.52£34.46
18/06/20228,981Octupus-GOCharging551.19£2.56£11,063.92£1.2332227.89£34.36
19/06/20228,984Octupus-GOCharging59.01£0.45£11,064.37£1.2332327.81£34.26
22/06/20229,114Octupus-GOCharging539.89£1.99£11,066.36£1.2132627.96£33.95
23/06/20229,124TeslaTesla Loan - 9/72£864.77£11,931.13£1.3132727.9£36.49
28/06/20229,191Octupus-GOCharging528.27£1.41£11,932.55£1.3033227.68£35.94
29/06/20229,222Octupus-GOCharging524.08£1.20£11,933.75£1.2933327.69£35.84
06/07/20229,296Octupus-GOCharging529.21£1.46£11,935.21£1.2834027.34£35.10
11/07/20229,389Octupus-GOCharging529.32£1.47£11,936.68£1.2734527.21£34.60
18/07/20229,500Octupus-GOCharging524.48£1.22£11,937.90£1.2635226.99£33.91
19/07/20229,532Octupus-GOCharging528.27£1.41£11,939.31£1.2535327£33.82
20/07/20229,547Octupus-GOCharging512.78£0.64£11,939.95£1.2535426.97£33.73
23/07/20229,647Octupus-GOCharging529.43£1.47£11,941.42£1.2435727.02£33.45
23/07/20229,647Octupus-GOCharging512.88£0.64£11,942.07£1.2435727.02£33.45
24/07/20229,669TeslaSuper Charging5132.65£16.66£11,958.73£1.2435827.01£33.40Motherwell
25/07/20229,669TeslaTesla Loan - 10/72£864.77£12,823.50£1.3335926.93£35.72
08/08/20229,988Octupus-GOCharging50.11£0.01£12,823.50£1.2837326.78£34.38
09/08/20229,988Octupus-GOCharging513.72£0.69£12,824.19£1.2837426.71£34.29
10/08/20229,996Octupus-GOCharging529.22£1.46£12,825.65£1.2837526.66£34.20
11/08/202210,020Octupus-GOCharging522.1£1.11£12,826.76£1.2837626.65£34.11
16/08/202210,152Octupus-GOCharging529.33£1.47£12,828.22£1.2638126.65£33.67
17/08/202210,171Octupus-GOCharging520.53£1.03£12,829.25£1.2638226.63£33.58
20/08/202210,281Octupus-GOCharging529.22£1.46£12,830.71£1.2538526.7£33.33
21/08/202210,281Octupus-GOCharging56.59£0.33£12,831.04£1.2538626.63£33.24
22/08/202210,287TeslaTesla Loan - 11/72£864.77£13,695.81£1.3338726.58£35.39


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My biggest cost is depreciation.
My M3 LR has depreciated somewhere between £3-5K in 3 years and 25K miles.
Which is ridiculously low for a new car. Of course the fact that a new one now costs £11K more than when I bought mine might be a factor!
After that its fuel probably at £600-700 and tyres at around £500
and that's about it save for a set of windscreen wipers and a few pretty cheap accessories.
 
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That's always the biggest cost, either as loan/lease/PCP costs etc.

Our X was £71K in 2016, we've done 65K total since, so even assuming the car is worth £0 now, cost per mile = £1.10

With depreciation as its current rate though, more like 30p per mile.
On a new car yes almost certainly.
Prior to the Tesla I was driving used Octavia VRS's diesels 20K miles a year. Fuel was my biggest cost.
Having said that if I had done all my charging at public chargers over the last 3 years fuel would be running depreciation a close second on the Tesla as well and at current electricity prices would be outpacing it.
 
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OH bought her Model 3 LR in 2019 when there was still £3500 grant and before all the recent increases. Result was that she only lost around £2500 in depreciation - sold it last week to WBAC. For a new car to retain 95% of value after 3 years is bonkers!

Over those 3 years there was no servicing costs, no accessories (*) and almost all SuC free thanks to referrals. Even allowing for some home charging on Octopus Go total cost per mile was less than 14p. Compared to a similar performance ICE the M3 was effectively free as that would be cost of petrol 😀

* Free wheel cap kit due to delivery issue.
 
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I can give you an idea based on my last M3 as a company car now gone
30k miles
3.5k Depreciation
4k other costs including public charging, tyres, BIK payment excluding insurance and charger

Overall cost per mile 22p

Perhaps an alternative way to compare would be to get a current estimate of the price now and how much the car has depreciated and use that figure
 
OH bought her Model 3 LR in 2019 when there was still £3500 grant and before all the recent increases. Result was that she only lost around £2500 in depreciation - sold it last week to WBAC. For a new car to retain 95% of value after 3 years is bonkers!

Over those 3 years there was no servicing costs, no accessories (*) and almost all SuC free thanks to referrals. Even allowing for some home charging on Octopus Go total cost per mile was less than 14p. Compared to a similar performance ICE the M3 was effectively free as that would be cost of petrol 😀

* Free wheel cap kit due to delivery issue.
You sold to we buy any car ???
 
i do have a luxury of free charging at work.

so in 6 months I already did ~10k miles (extrapolated annual 20.5k miles) - and charging only costs are £0.03 per mile). It includes few superchargers I had.

would need to add my loan, insurance and deposit payments on top...
 
Thanks for all of the info. Amazing. I feel like our Tesla Model3, 2020, is being ignored by us--not much in the way of accessories. But we haven't driven it all that much. Just around 8, 00miles right now. Planning a few trips in the near future. What have you all added to help with softening the ride a bit? It really picks up all the bumps in the highways here in the Southwest US.