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Does anyone have experience with a Tesla that spends a lot of time near a tropical beach? I’m concerned about whether they would experience problems with corrosion of the electronics.

I have a TM3 in Canada. I plan that sometime in the next couple of years I will be spending six months of the year in a beachfront house near Zihuatanejo. I would like to have a Tesla there... ideally a CyberTruck, but maybe a TM3.

Much of my electronic equipment there lasts only a few years due to corrosion. I gave up on having a stereo receiver after several tries because the circuit boards rotted after a couple of years. My microwave oven sparked out after a year. Washing machine motors last, but the electronic control panels corrode out after three or four years.

Replacing kitchen and laundry equipment is one thing. Replacing vehicles is a whole different matter.
 
Does anyone have experience with a Tesla that spends a lot of time near a tropical beach? I’m concerned about whether they would experience problems with corrosion of the electronics.

I have a TM3 in Canada. I plan that sometime in the next couple of years I will be spending six months of the year in a beachfront house near Zihuatanejo. I would like to have a Tesla there... ideally a CyberTruck, but maybe a TM3.

Much of my electronic equipment there lasts only a few years due to corrosion. I gave up on having a stereo receiver after several tries because the circuit boards rotted after a couple of years. My microwave oven sparked out after a year. Washing machine motors last, but the electronic control panels corrode out after three or four years.

Replacing kitchen and laundry equipment is one thing. Replacing vehicles is a whole different matter.
Could try asking in the Hawaii section, as I would think there was decent overlap of conditions for some areas there.