mnx
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Tesla S - Daily Driver or Second Car?
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mknox
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Looks like we got our cars on the same date (March 9th). I'm about to hit 11,000 miles.
I'm afraid my Model S has bumped my Roadster out of the daily driver slot. Poor Tessie!
At the Race the Runway event this weekend, I had a couple of people ask me what my daily driver was. I pointed to the Model S.
One asked how it could possibly be practical as a daily driver. All I could do is give him an utterly baffled expression.
At the Race the Runway event this weekend, I had a couple of people ask me what my daily driver was. I pointed to the Model S.
One asked how it could possibly be practical as a daily driver. All I could do is give him an utterly baffled expression.
mknox
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One asked how it could possibly be practical as a daily driver. All I could do is give him an utterly baffled expression.
I agree... why would it not be "practical"? I wonder if he meant driving an expensive/high end car as a daily driver and not necessarily because it is an EV. I know lots of folks with (exotic/classic) cars costing in the ballpark of Model S who treat them as "Sunday cars" while driving old beaters to/from work.
I have used the MS as my daily driver since i picked it up in March. I just sold a 2010 Porsche Panamera 4S, and it sat in my garage for 2 1/2 months without being driven much before I was able to sell it. The Tesla driving experience is so much better than driving an ICE car that you don't really like driving other cars anymore! We have a large family and i occasionally have to drive our 2012 Honda Odyssey, but it is PAINFUL! As soon as Model X is available, my wife will be getting one as a "gift"!
Before i took possession of my Model S, my Roadster was the daily driver for nearly 100.000 miles an nearly 3 years. But i fear, i will loose my Model S to my wife, then i will return to my Roadster as the daily driver.
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Rowlock
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Another daily driver here.
I used to ride motorcycles to work most of the time, or a Ford F250 pickup when the weather was really bad. Now one of the bikes has been sold, the other hasn't been ridden much lately, and the truck sits mostly idle and will likely be sold soon too.
Couldn't be happier with the S as an "all day every day" car.
I used to ride motorcycles to work most of the time, or a Ford F250 pickup when the weather was really bad. Now one of the bikes has been sold, the other hasn't been ridden much lately, and the truck sits mostly idle and will likely be sold soon too.
Couldn't be happier with the S as an "all day every day" car.
cschock
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Daily driver, 1000 miles a month. Our second car is languishing as my wife says she wants to ride in the Tesla (VW Jetta TDI)
Amped_up
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When it arrives, plan is to sell the truck and use this as daily driver and only car. Work is close by (~10 mi) and plans to drive all over the place on the weekends.
MS is my daily ride. When I go back and forth to NY, we use the Prius. That will change if the North East gets supercharges on my route. When that happens I be riding an additional 600mi a week to my weekly ride.
I'm saving my old Prius to see how my MS does in snow on our hill. Some 4 wheelers can't make it up.
To clarify my msg above. Put the EZ pass to right of the rearview mirror.
I'm saving my old Prius to see how my MS does in snow on our hill. Some 4 wheelers can't make it up.
To clarify my msg above. Put the EZ pass to right of the rearview mirror.
Puyallup Bill
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Wife and I both retired, and often desire to go our separate ways. The LEAF was mine, but when the Tesla arrived and we sold her Buick, she claimed the LEAF. Wasn't that a shame?:wink:
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