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Hehe. So you'll be expanding to a 3 car garage?Soon, I'm going to be able to say, "I won it in a raffle."
I just tell the truth, but follow that up with the fact that I keep a car for a long time.
My current car I bought new in January 1999.
Most of my friends and colleagues have owned 3, 4 or 5 cars in that time and I use the savings to buy something nice.
My current car I bought new in January 1999.
Most of my friends and colleagues have owned 3, 4 or 5 cars in that time and I use the savings to buy something nice.
Good answer. Mine will probably be "4 years of US Navy service" as I attended medical school on a Navy scholarship. I'm rewarding myself now, since I don't have any loans to pay back. I'm calling it my "peace dividend".
I wish I could say that for real... but sadly I'm just an engineer in Humboldt
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I wish I could say that for real... but sadly I'm just an engineer in Humboldt
One of my wife's friends said to her, "that's like a two hundred thousand dollar car!" That made it easy for her to just say "it's not nearly that expensive!" As for the couple of work friends who have asked me, I just tell them what it cost, in round numbers. At the end of the day they know which version I got and it would take them 10 seconds to look up the price, if they hadn't already. I've found that very few people ask and those that do are people that I don't really care about telling.
laalan
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It's funny in that I haven't gotten the S delivered yet ( waiting for RED ), but get asked the price question all the time with my LEAF.
Odenator
Member
I agree, I do not find people asking me the price of the car rude because usually they don't care how much I paid. They have no reference to judge the car and usually just want to know the price in general.
My wife was pulled over yesterday by a Washington state trooper for doing 62 in a 60. He said she was doing 74 but the Escort 9500ci told exactly when he hit her with radar and she was able to convince him it was the other car that he had actually tagged. Regardless, he gave a warning and then she proceeded to spend the next 15 minutes doing Tesla time with the trooper. He asked how much the car costs and my responded with the stock $50k-$100k answer and he was surprised that such a nice looking and fast car could start at only 50k. The trooper didn't care how much we paid for the car, all he wanted was info on a beautiful car that he had never seen and never heard about. As an early adopter, I feel that one of our responsibilities is to inform the public about the EV experience and that includes the price of ownership. Just my 2cents.
I'm not fond of Olympia. Probably because when they pulled me over for speeding -- with cruise control set at 4 above the limit -- the officer never returned my license. That made the incident an even larger PITA.
Sometimes state capitals are worse than small towns for using traffic as a governmental income source.
Sometimes state capitals are worse than small towns for using traffic as a governmental income source.
I live in The Netherlands and still have to wait 10 months or so (p2853). Over here cars are more expensive (21% vat), fuel is more expensive (+/- 9€ a gallon, or 1.90 per liter) and we pay road usage tax (€100+) a month. So I get away with the purchase price by telling them: no fuel, just cheap electricity, no road tax, and for me as business owner, I can deduct VAT and use very interesting tax breaks that save me €25000 in business taxes. And the best: if you drive a business car for private as well, you have to add 25% to your income every year for tax, making you pay €12000 (in my case, being taxed 52% on my income) to the government for a car. But with EV's, you do not have to pay this. I'll save you the calculation, but in my case I'll drive it for free over a period of 6-7 years.
So you can imagine that I don't have a hard time explaining why paying almost €100.000 (inc VAT) makes sense. My current Lexus was 65k and costs me way more.
So you can imagine that I don't have a hard time explaining why paying almost €100.000 (inc VAT) makes sense. My current Lexus was 65k and costs me way more.
What you pay for things is generally considered nobody else's business, so asking is not only somewhat rude, it also shows a fair amount of laziness as the prices are posted on Tesla's website for all to see. Now there are some companies that keep their prices secret and to get them you have to deal with a sales critter--it's not nearly as rude to ask someone about prices for those kind of items.
hans
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#1 Rule on the Marketplace.org updated money etiquette list is "Don’t ask how much it cost, or how much someone earns."
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JackA
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Charlene and I have determined to answer this question along this line: "...we looked at several different cars like the 7 Series BMW and the S-Class Mercedes as well as replacing our Cadillac CTS-V these are all in about the same price range. We just really liked this car better..." In short, it is none of your business what we paid for anything we own. I am not "guilty" because I have managed my life well and can now afford what we want.
Owner
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I'm in agreement with you Mr X. It is publicly available information, so what's the secret? A few website clicks, and they will have the answer. Its a different category to me than saying "How much do you make per year?" or "How much do you have in the bank / stock market / investments?"
It is funny just yesterday a "die hard car person" asked me that, and I just answered in detail. Didn't flinch.
I might flinch if it was someone who I know simply could not afford it, but those friends probably would not ask. And I actually avoid talking about the car too much to them much anyways.
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