Drew57
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When I purchased my second Tesla, my US Son-in-law (who is definitely a Fan-Boy) encouraged his 7y old to call me Fan-Pa instead of Grandpa. Now whenever she wants to tease me she uses that moniker - regularly
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after 1 year ownership - need of SCs is a bit of overstated
also if Tesla don’t get on board with V2L/V2H that may strongly push me in another direction if an alternative car would give me a 50kwh battery to help drive a heat pump during the winter for instance..
Any popular SC location with restricted power should have a decently sized battery storage attached to counter peak periods and to allow more Tomb Stoned to be installed. It would work like a power supply multiplier and trickle charge overnight.
You are the maths man. How does that stack up?....Yes, there might be an even playing field by then and even then, Teslas will have favourable charging rates by default (Ive only used them twice in the past 2.5 years). Be that as it may, I would rather somewhere expensive to charge than nowhere at all. Personally Ive given up on the legacy automakers and it will need more than build quality for them to see me back but then again Im not anyones favourite customer since i pay the price in full but in return I'm in no time constraints to change either.there will be more options to charge as all SCs will be open to all
One of the joys of being 'older' is that I'm likely to retire in about a year, however that means my salary sacrifice M3P will be going back
Strange logic here.You are the maths man. How does that stack up?....Yes, there might be an even playing field by then and even then, Teslas will have favourable charging rates by default (Ive only used them twice in the past 2.5 years). Be that as it may, I would rather somewhere expensive to charge than nowhere at all. Personally Ive given up on the legacy automakers and it will need more than build quality for them to see me back but then again Im not anyones favourite customer since i pay the price in full but in return I'm in no time constraints to change either.
I was chosing between polestar, kia ev6, hyundai ioniq 5, mustang mach-e, skoda enyaq... And there is much more choice now in 1 year and I expect even more to come in next 3 yearsTbh Ive had a look at what is coming this year and regardless of where they will be charged there is nothing that stands out as a package to me...Ill wait and see but my best hope at the moment is what is yet to be announced.
The results fits the expected profile… small minorities of extreme positive and negative views and a large proportion of satisfied or neutral (who are much less likely to post).10% of votes so far echo your feelings.......Is this vote going as anticipated
But then not so many years ago Skodas were the joke of the motoring world. Now they produce some fantastic cars. Just look at how many police forces use them as pursuit cars.For some reason I just couldn’t bring myself to pay £50k for a Kia or Hyundai.
I’m also really interested in BYD. I’ve watched several reviews and all have been extremely positive. Their cars are likely to be very competitively priced when they reach these shores. People will say they are an unknown quantity and the infrastructure isn’t in place, but when Tesla first started selling cars here there was very little infrastructure and the build quality was dire. That didn’t stop people buying them.I really like my M3P, but it's shortcomings (in particular noise levels) are steering me away from a second one. I only so a few raod trips per year so the SC network is not a biggie for me. I'm seriously looking at the BYD Seal AWD version love the look of it and it's getting good reviews. It should be coming to the UK later this year. Yes, I know there are many unanswered questions on the BYD but they are a huge company and are making tens of thousands of Seals so I expect it to be pretty sorted by the time it comes to our shores.
When I asked a while back it was a definite "No", but that was when 2nd hand process were high, so maybe they thought they could make more? I'll ask again, but not hopeful.Will the lease company sell you the MSP when you retire?
Heat pump in the Y is really effective for cold weather. I had doubts at first, but heats the car quickly, no need to have it on more than 20C on even the coldest days, and I reckon is about a 5% hit to range.When I asked a while back it was a definite "No", but that was when 2nd hand process were high, so maybe they thought they could make more? I'll ask again, but not hopeful.
Also, when paying my own way I'd probably like to lose the expensive tyres and possibly get a heat pump and powered boot - better suited to the old bones .
Tesla cars are on the more expensive side now
legacy manufacturers catching up every day
When I asked a while back it was a definite "No"
Might be interesting to ask this question at different points in the ownership experience.After all the things Tesla has been doing lately to self implode, I was wondering if anyone would ever be able to trust them again and spend more of their hard earned on another of their products. This doesn't count for cars already on order but for totally new orders only.
Feel free to vote and expand upon your reasons, remember there are no right or wrong answers, everyone is entitled to their opinion and lets keep it clean please.
Do you think re-purchasing likelihood declines over time? Or something more complex? Genuinely interested.Might be interesting to ask this question at different points in the ownership experience.
I think the answers will vary markedly from 1 month in, 12 months in and say 3, 4, or more years. Like most cars.