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Tesla S - Daily Driver or Second Car?
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I drive mine just about every day. I even look for reasons to drive. I downsized from 3 as well: 67 Mustang (my 1st car), Maxima & a Highlander down to the Tesla and the highlander. I would love to swap the SUV for an X once I'v saved enough pennies again.
It was agonizing to let go of my Mustang, I had many bouts of remorse between it's sale and the delivery of the Model S... but now what I've got the Model S, 20/20 I don't miss it at all.
We have a local car show, and this year I brought the Tesla, the '64 Mustang, and the '65 GTO - and I needed a third driver beside my wife and I to do so. It's sad to say this, because I love my old cars, but all the attention went to the Tesla. I've been wondering whether I should keep the Mustang anymore. A big shame, but I'll likely have to make the same decision.
irishstoutaz
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I would say it is more than a daily driver for us... We used to have a 2007 E550 and averaged about 6,500 miles per year. We have had our MS for 10 weeks and have put 4,800 miles on it (with almost two of the weeks where we were out of town and it was not driven)
hey me too! upgraded from Rav4 - but daily commute is only 8 miles (r trip) and picked up my S Dec 1st
it is the most used car and the one we take on road trips
+ all these and many Hardware store trips for lumber / dirt .. etc. I like the S too much more than the old, leaky pickup truck!
strider
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Roadster is my daily driver and Model S is my wife's daily driver. We still have our diesel Jeep Liberty for towing and ski trips.
caddieo
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Daily driver except when I have to go to Walmart or scruffy areas. Ditto for the Mrs. Our agreement is that the solo trip for the day gets the S. If both of us have to leave the house, the one with the longer trip gets the S.
JPP
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ken830
Model S 85, Model 3 Performance, Model X LongRange
Not sure why this got so many replies. Isn't it obvious no one with a Model S would willingly drive an inferior car that costs more to run?
Actually I appreciate all of the replies. It seems as though almost half do have an ICE vehicle that they keep around or use for other things.
I am a) debating buying a Tesla S ; b) which cars should I unload (have 3) to do it
Thank you again for all of the replies.
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MitchL
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Daily driver here too. We kept the minivan for long out-of-state trips and Home Depot runs (5 people in the household, my father-in-law lives with us). About 1K miles per month on the Model S, I think I've bought at most 4 tanks of gas for the van since last November.
My wife's due for a new car - if Tesla already had their Gen3 she'd go for it (she finds the Model S to be too big), or if there was a volt-like series hybrid that appealed to her sense of style (there isn't). This means no dual EVs for the time being -- instead, she's looking to get a Boxster - I'm torn on that one, it _is_ an ICE but it does look like a fun car
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/Mitch.
My wife's due for a new car - if Tesla already had their Gen3 she'd go for it (she finds the Model S to be too big), or if there was a volt-like series hybrid that appealed to her sense of style (there isn't). This means no dual EVs for the time being -- instead, she's looking to get a Boxster - I'm torn on that one, it _is_ an ICE but it does look like a fun car
./Mitch.
Instant daily driver for long commute and kid hauler for me. Used it so much aka couldn't share so replaced wife's car with a second daily driver/ kid hauler from Tesla IMHO one of these cars is better than a separate sedan, sports car, minivan, wagon or mid-life crisis mobile. YMMV.
The only reasons I can think you need something else: 1) you regularly tow something big (we kept the old SUV for occasion boat duty) 2) you need a pickup for hauling stuff 3) lots of 200+ mile daily r/t with no charging options (sucks, sorry 4) Oh yeah! the sticker price, but if you can get into it, you'll get over that
so replaced wife's car with a second daily driver/ kid hauler from Tesla IMHO one of these cars is better than a separate sedan, sports car, minivan, wagon or mid-life crisis mobile. YMMV.The only reasons I can think you need something else: 1) you regularly tow something big (we kept the old SUV for occasion boat duty) 2) you need a pickup for hauling stuff 3) lots of 200+ mile daily r/t with no charging options (sucks, sorry
4) Oh yeah! the sticker price, but if you can get into it, you'll get over that
Jsvette56
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My wife drives a Leaf. I drive the S daily. We've sold our Prius after we discovered the S will go everywhere we want to drive to. Just got back from a mini vacation drive to LA from San Jose down on I5 and back using 101. I love this car!
nspollution
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More than daily. My wife and I both got new cars at the same time. Prior to this, we had "his" and "hers" cars. With the Tesla, it's evolved to "primary" and "secondary". We drive the Tesla unless someone else already has the Tesla out, and only then do we use the BMW.
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