My grandson is waiting on the SR. He works at Gigafactory 1 and drives our Leaf to work. He likes our LR Model 3 but laughs at thinking anyone needs so much range since he never drives out of town anyway and couldn't with the Leaf. The cost is another big factor that is probably affecting his decision since he is only 20 yo and still lives with us so hasn't really built a credit history yet.
He laughs at people who want to be able to drive their car out of town? Most people would laugh at someone who buys a car that they couldn’t take out of town.
Very true but I find it's not that uncommon among this younger generation to not even want to drive or own a car. Doesn't make sense to me since having a car meant freedom to go where and when I wanted and I had 2 cars before reaching 16 yo or a license to drive them. Of course I paid for them myself and as soon as I got on a payroll, I bought a new car that I also paid for myself. Maybe they are actually onto something with no auto expense like insurance, repairs, loan payments, safety, etc. Some think that in the future that no one will even need or want to own cars. Guess if we live that long, we'll see.
Today with so many working from home, home delivery of almost everything, and services like Uber for the occasion Dr. visits, there may come a time when people just prefer staying at home all the time. Even medical services are poping up for in home needs. Going to a movie is not even a consideration for some with streaming everything. My grandson doesn't even care about having regular TV in his room since he watches everything on streaming services for free that he cares about. The future may look different than we think and sooner than we expect.
That's the way he feels and he knows he could rent or borrow another vehicle if he needed in a rare instance he might need one. Us being retired and having the time and money to travel, I didn't want to wait and the extra range will be appriciated for our own use.
