What type of car is Model 3 replacing for you?

[run-the-joules]

2005 Cadillac XLR with a hair over 60,000 miles. It’s been a good car honestly, but I need something that does more automation to keep me from wanting to kill people during my commute traffic. I’ll miss the air conditioned seats, though, and to a lesser extent the folding hardtop.

 

[C141medic]

The M3 will be an addition. Have 2 Subarus which we will keep until the Model Y becomes available. Then will sell one of the Subarus and expect to have the M3 and Model Y and a Subaru.

 

[tpatana]

Basically 2006 Chrysler 300C (which I loved very very much, best car I've owned), but sold it already last winter and got surrogate (2016 VW Beetle Turbo) to drive while waiting for M3 to arrive. VW will go for wife when M3 arrives, and wife's 2010 Mini Cooper S (worst car I've owned) will be sold.

 

[206er]

2014 Acura ILX.

 

[internalaudit]

2000 Jeep Wrangler

Wow. I thought my 02 Civic would be the oldest, lol.

You will likely be saving a fortune on not having to fill up with gasoline.

 

[jtpassat]

2016 Fiesta ST

 

[eCharcoal]

2008 Prius. Original owner. It still has original brakes and brake pads (50% left!) thanks to regen. By the time I take delivery of the Model 3 next year, it should reach 150k miles. It's an absolutely solid and economical car. No worries nor repairs whatsoever. But it's also absolutely slow. I thought I'd never find a fun AND economical car until the Model 3. I expect the Model 3's brake will last even longer given its more aggressive regen.

 

[Tonymil]

I'll be replacing my 2012 i-Miev. That sweet little baby has given me over 50,000 electric miles. I'll be sad to give her up, but I have a feeling the 3 will make that sadness short-lived.

 

[geometro]

2001 BMW 325it w/5spd manual

 

[siggyfreud]

2014 Jeep SRT. Like some others I have a temp car now as the SRT would have been hard to sell in an uncertain timeline. Will get the model 3 then a bit down the road another Rubicon, unless the Bollinger b1 pans out.

 

[mrfeb14]

Have 2 reservations. First one will be for my husband. He recently sold his 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ecodiesel to make room. When the m3 arrives the weekend Mercedes slk350 can go back in the garage.

When the 2nd car arrives for me it will replace a 2006 Mercedes E320 CDI.

 

[tony b]

1996 ford explorer with over 350,000 miles. can't wait for my model 3

 

[sdugan99]

2007 Toyota Tundra 170k miles(probably 190). Will keep it for towing boat and when needing to haul stuff.

 

[ElectricKiwi]

I was gonna say I had the oldest car that my M3 would be replacing, until I saw Tony B's post. I have a 1996 Ford Explorer with 190K miles on it. I've owned it since 1998 and kept it in good condition generally. For me, I was never interested in getting a 'luxury' car as it seemed like a waste of money, but I was interested even at the time I got my Explorer in buying an EV. I was originally looking at the GM EV1, but of course that pretty quickly became a non-starter. This will be without a doubt, the nicest car I've owned and I can't wait to have it! Will probably keep the Explorer around for a bit for hauling stuff.

 

[MarioOrtegon]

2007 Chevy Impala 95k, My first car and I'll end up owning it for a year by the time the Tesla Model 3 arrives (hopefully in april)

 

[GonzaloAR]

2015 Ford Fusion.

 

[stayfocus18]

2007 Infiniti M35X

 

[insaneoctane]

2009 Nissan Altima SL 2.5L with 180K miles. It's tired. I'm tired of it. Won't every buy another anemic 4 cylinder ICE fo' shizzle. I sure hope it makes it a few more months

 

[DenkiShinsha]

2006 Prius

 

[Zacster]

2007 Honda Odyssey EX-L here. Only 88k miles on it, and it still looks good but I just won't need a minivan anymore once my kids are done with college next year. That's the earliest I'll see a model 3 in any case and I'm guessing not until 2019 sometime. One of those kids has a Jeep Liberty so I'll still have a cargo hauler when necessary. It is nice to be able to just throw it in the back of the minivan without worrying about size though, the only thing that wouldn't fit over the years is a 5'x5' sheet of Baltic birch ply. 4x8 fits fine though.

I tagged this as an SUV since minivan isn't an option.