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Regrets [Anyone regret trading in their ICE for their Tesla?]
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The market is flooded with used Tesla's right now. Once those used vehicles start selling off you should see prices increase again.
Another words; the slower you drive the lower the number
Always driving on the slow lane and getting passed up by everyone; That’s how the EPA got the 300 mile range # on the MYP 
Lol ain’t happening. But I drive on the highway pretty often and I ended up with a 299kw/h number.Another words; the slower you drive the lower the number
I have a toyota pickup. No, it is not a good way to make money, although it holds its value pretty well. I don't recall it every being worth more than it was when I bought it.
I have a brother in law who used to buy junkers and get them running and then sell them at a profit.
I actually have a pair of old Toyota Landcruisers from the 1960s that are in fair shape now that I've put a little money (ok, thousands) into getting them running reliably. A little body work and paint and I can probably sell them for 10 times what I bought them for. A friend just did that (paid for his home solar!)
But no, I was saying don't buy a mass market car of any sort expecting to turn a profit unless you really like gambling. The situation with EVs was never going to last.
I’m not talking about making money. I’m talking about a car that lasts. Reliability.
There's alot of high mileage Teslas out there that are still going strong, I think some of the reliability talk is a bit overhyped. Once the intial issues are dealt with. These cars seem to roll on for a long time with minimal repairs compared to your typical ICE vehicles. I'm not saying that Tesla is making a better product, there just simply less moving parts to break.
OK. Gotcha.
Toyota is reliable because they have been making basically the same vehicles for the last 20 years. There's very little new. This year's Tacoma is basically the same in terms of drive train and engine as my 2011. Once they hit on a pattern that works they keep doing it. But at the same time, the tech in my 2011 was 5 years behind other manufacturer's vehicles. And Toyota did have some initial major issues with Tacomas and had to rewrite the program after the first few years. So they aren't perfect.
I agree with what @804son said. Other than a few up front tweaks there's no reason to think that Teslas won't last for 300K miles (and some have) because besides battery life, there is so much less to break.
Teslafi?Certainly hoping mine will last for a long time. I don't know if I've got the guts to keep them past the battery warranty, as I still obsessively watch the battery degradation on Teslafi.
www.teslafi.com
You can sign up with Teslafi, it will pull a massive amount of data about your vehicle. You can search here on TMC as well there are probably many threads about it. Sorry I probably just cost you $50/year once you sign up hahaha
K, now I'm wondering if you're just trolling? You talked about Range and we educated you on that and now you bring up reliability with seemingly no particular points about why you would think a Tesla would be unreliable? It has a fraction of the moving parts that an ICE car has to break.
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