What car/s did you come from?

[Austin Powers]

I'm coming from a 2000 Mazda Miata, which is my first and only car, purchased in 2010 with 45,500 miles. Six years, zero speeding tickets, a rebuilt engine, and 90,000 more miles and it's time to retire the Miata from its duty as a daily driver. The Model S is going to be my new daily driver with the Miata sharing weekends and track days with my Suzuki supermoto and Ducati superbike.

My wife has a 2008 Acura RDX that we plan to replace with an Audi Q7 next summer, unless we come around to the idea of an X (we're not sold on the styling quite yet).

We're still waiting on our delivery date, but it should be mid-September. We're getting pretty excited!

Once you start driving the S, you will soon forget about the Q7 and get yourself an X

 

[fallen888]

2012 Ford Escape

Congrats on escaping it!

 

[EV-lutioin]

2012 VW TDI and 2007 Prius. The Prius has been sold, the TDI will be claimed by VW soon. Now we have to figure out what to lease until the M3 arrives???

 

[fallen888]

2011 Acura MDX w/ Technology & Entertainment packages.

Loved that car, but new job commute made me hate the amount of gas I was burning through (financially and morally).

Had to give up the MDX early in a trade in. Got a shitty Hyundai Elantra rental to hold me over (hopefully just a couple more weeks).

 

[JediNinjaLady]

2011 MB E350 bluetec. Waiting on a CPO S85, and not very patiently...

 

[TheTechLink]

2013 Nissan Leaf and 2000 Volkswagen Jetta. The 2000 Jetta is the daily commuter on a 95 mile journey. Can't wait for model 3 to replace it. I use a cassette adapter to listen to Talking Tesla

 

[Pbaker]

2011 MB E350 bluetec. Waiting on a CPO S85, and not very patiently...

How long have you been waiting? I ordered a CPO S60 on August 5th, and I am also waiting not very patiently....

 

[eschummer]

I gave up my 2008 BMW M3 convertible to get my S90D (now just over two months into it). I'll never look back. The ease and seeming effortlessness with which the S moves me through every day traffic without any of the noise, harshness and fuel expense by far makes up for the very rare enjoyment of a sunny day with the top down on a smooth twisty road. We still have a 2012 MB 350 ML Bluetec, but someday soon, it too will find its replacement BEV. Model X not a practical option, very low garage ceiling height, let alone the expense ...

 

[CzTom]

Replaced my 2002 BMW M3 convertible; had 160K miles on it; loved the car but the repair bills were getting painful, so I got out before the SMG tranny finally died. That car was a great SoCal experience, handled beautifully, extremely well put together. I replaced her with a P85+ CPO that delivers better acceleration, same RWD handling (miss the e-diff, though) and same rear tire life!

 

[brucet999]

Hey I win the sh*tty prior car award - 2001 Toyota 4Runner. But to be fair (to myself) the car still only has 37k miles on it. When I bought it a couple years ago it had 26k miles.

You lose.
Mine was a 1999 Ford Econoline cargo van - two seats, 149,000 miles, 12mpg.

Suffice to say, Blue Max is quite an upgrade!

 

[Jurnimon]

2011 MB E350 bluetec. Waiting on a CPO S85, and not very patiently...

The E350 BTC was the best car I've owned. Our family grew so we traded it for a BTC ML but it just wasn't the same. I've always missed it until I got the Model S last month!

 

[beeeerock]

2009 MB E320 bluetec diesel. I thought it was all that and more... until Teslarossa arrived. Turns out I'd been driving a farm wagon...

 

[HHHH]

2007 911 Turbo sold in 08/2011 prior to Tesla 07/2013.

 

[JediNinjaLady]

How long have you been waiting? I ordered a CPO S60 on August 5th, and I am also waiting not very patiently....

I've been waiting about the same amount of time. Got a call today from my DS, he said they have to repaint the car, so I guess I'll be waiting longer. Not a bad deal though...

 

[hillestadk]

2015 VW Golf TDI here. Using the buyback money to pay half of the MS off The buyback pushed me to order a MS instead of waiting for the M3. Holding on to my M3 reservation for now. Early December delivery here, can't wait!

 

[Ormond]

I have a 2015 Mercedes S550 with lots of upgrades. Truth be told, I love it. That's why I haven't placed an order yet.

If it weren't for this lively site, I probably wouldn't bother. It's your enthusiastic testimonials that have interested.

 

[PtG62901]

I have a 2015 Mercedes S550 with lots of upgrades. Truth be told, I love it. That's why I haven't placed an order yet.

If it weren't for this lively site, I probably wouldn't bother. It's your enthusiastic testimonials that have interested.

Have you been for a test drive? How worried are you that Florida will be under water when your children are your age?

 

[Ormond]

Have you been for a test drive? How worried are you that Florida will be under water when your children are your age?

I did go on a test drive. I drove a MS twice and the MX once. I'm not worried about Florida. What me worry?

 

[Solar Impulse2]

I had a 2008 Prius till about 18 months ago. My wife needed an SUV around 2014 for her work, so we were forced to trade in the Prius (@120k miles) to get an ICE. I have been using her 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid since then.

When we switched to these two hybrids around 2007, our hope was that next cars for both of us are either PHEV or BEV. But things didn't quite work out that way.

So I decided to rough it up with Camry till I can afford an S or 3 comes out. I'm picking up my 60D next Thursday !!!

 

[Kaustran]

2006 Mazda 3 Sport GT
2012 Golf GTI
I said I wasn't going to get another hatch....and well....the MS is kind of a hatch LOL