tinm
2020 Model S LR+ Owner
A counterpoint to the OP's post. I bought my Model S in August 2013 and with taxes and fees it came to about $98,000. Almost twice what I'd ever paid to buy a car ever before. Nuts. But gas where I lived at the time was $4.30/gal and was costing $100 per fill-up, twice a month. So I said goodbye to ICE and went Tesla.
Five and a half years later, my S has 93500 miles on it. My S is pre-AP, pre-dual motor, pre-everything including parking sensors. I suspect the car has lost at least $65,000 in value and if I tried to sell it today would go for something in the $20,000s. Bummer, right? But I love the car just as much as I did the day I bought it. Every single day I get in the car it's a marvel all over again. I still want to drive it all over the place, and am willing to do errands all over town more than ever, just so I have an excuse to drive it.
Do I think about the fact that its value has plummeted? Sure. Does it ruin my day? Nope. Will I buy another Tesla? Yep. Looking forward to that. I figure I'll hold out for a while yet though -- am expecting the Model S to have another major refresh including turning the interior dash into a Model 3-style dash, with landscape-mode screen, and maybe with HUD. HUD might push me over the line
Five and a half years later, my S has 93500 miles on it. My S is pre-AP, pre-dual motor, pre-everything including parking sensors. I suspect the car has lost at least $65,000 in value and if I tried to sell it today would go for something in the $20,000s. Bummer, right? But I love the car just as much as I did the day I bought it. Every single day I get in the car it's a marvel all over again. I still want to drive it all over the place, and am willing to do errands all over town more than ever, just so I have an excuse to drive it.
Do I think about the fact that its value has plummeted? Sure. Does it ruin my day? Nope. Will I buy another Tesla? Yep. Looking forward to that. I figure I'll hold out for a while yet though -- am expecting the Model S to have another major refresh including turning the interior dash into a Model 3-style dash, with landscape-mode screen, and maybe with HUD. HUD might push me over the line