Hi everyone,
First, I want to thank you all for the hours of wonderful reading you've provided me over the past few weeks. This is my first post, however. Sorry for the long story.
I am going to be placing my order for the MS 60 this week, for delivery in April when my lease is up. I am totally infatuated with everything Tesla, like most of you here. I've debated over several of the options for the past month, and thanks to the posts on these forums, my only remaining decision will be about the financing - Tesla's banks with higher rates + buy-back guarantee versus lower rate and no guarantee buy-back.
I've done the math, and over 72 months, the interest savings can be quite substantial. Therefore, I'm trying to figure out if I will even be tempted to trade the car in 3 years from now (and have to spend $$ on down payment again). My car history...
2002 M3 - I waited for nearly two years to get that car, and so it was one of the first ones off the line in late 2001. I absolutely loved it! While driving a manual transmission in Atlanta traffic got tiresome, I hated to sell it in 2006 (I was expecting and didn't think it made for a good family car)
2006 Lexus RX350 - mommy-mobile... Couldn't wait to turn it in at the end of my lease, boring to drive
2009 ML350 - beautiful SUV, but not sporty enough and guzzled gas, so after 18 months, I traded it in for a 2-door coupe (my son was 4 yrs old now, and I was divorced)
2011 BMW 335i coupe, M sport pkg - fun car, fast and beautiful. However, while I've enjoyed the great handling and performance, it's not so practical.... I started looking for an SUV again, but something on the smaller side like an Audi Q5... and then I found Tesla! And the rest is history. I don't think I was this excited even for the M3!!!
I think I was getting bored with my last three cars at the 2-3 year mark because they weren't perfect, a least that's my hypothesis. The Tesla on the other hand seems perfect in every way... Sporty, fast, incredibly beautiful, 4 doors and room for my growing kid, plenty of cargo space, coolest car around, and the list goes on.... So will I be tempted to trade up in 3 years for the latest gadgets/improvements, or will this car stand the test of time like my M3 did, and therefore, I should save money with an outside financing option? Anyone else have similar tendencies with past cars? What do you think you will do with your current Tesla?
Thank you for your thoughts!
Julie
First, I want to thank you all for the hours of wonderful reading you've provided me over the past few weeks. This is my first post, however. Sorry for the long story.
I am going to be placing my order for the MS 60 this week, for delivery in April when my lease is up. I am totally infatuated with everything Tesla, like most of you here. I've debated over several of the options for the past month, and thanks to the posts on these forums, my only remaining decision will be about the financing - Tesla's banks with higher rates + buy-back guarantee versus lower rate and no guarantee buy-back.
I've done the math, and over 72 months, the interest savings can be quite substantial. Therefore, I'm trying to figure out if I will even be tempted to trade the car in 3 years from now (and have to spend $$ on down payment again). My car history...
2002 M3 - I waited for nearly two years to get that car, and so it was one of the first ones off the line in late 2001. I absolutely loved it! While driving a manual transmission in Atlanta traffic got tiresome, I hated to sell it in 2006 (I was expecting and didn't think it made for a good family car)
2006 Lexus RX350 - mommy-mobile... Couldn't wait to turn it in at the end of my lease, boring to drive
2009 ML350 - beautiful SUV, but not sporty enough and guzzled gas, so after 18 months, I traded it in for a 2-door coupe (my son was 4 yrs old now, and I was divorced)
2011 BMW 335i coupe, M sport pkg - fun car, fast and beautiful. However, while I've enjoyed the great handling and performance, it's not so practical.... I started looking for an SUV again, but something on the smaller side like an Audi Q5... and then I found Tesla! And the rest is history. I don't think I was this excited even for the M3!!!
I think I was getting bored with my last three cars at the 2-3 year mark because they weren't perfect, a least that's my hypothesis. The Tesla on the other hand seems perfect in every way... Sporty, fast, incredibly beautiful, 4 doors and room for my growing kid, plenty of cargo space, coolest car around, and the list goes on.... So will I be tempted to trade up in 3 years for the latest gadgets/improvements, or will this car stand the test of time like my M3 did, and therefore, I should save money with an outside financing option? Anyone else have similar tendencies with past cars? What do you think you will do with your current Tesla?
Thank you for your thoughts!
Julie
