shit quality vehicles

No way in hell is regular unleaded $3 and the premium $4 at the most it's 30 cents more per gallon not a dollar

I'm sold!

Seems it's more being an early first gen Tesla than it being a high mileage Tesla.

Tesla’s are great for 7 years. Just dump it before the battery warranty expires. Its not worth keeping after that. Save all the money from not having to buy gas or maintenance and buy a fresh Tesla.

After the battery was replaced you won’t stat the battery degradation of the new battery only saying you don’t see huge jump in degradation..? So there is and as everyone knows electricity, degradation gets worse and worse the more you charge. In 10yrs you’ll have 35% degradation.. Brutal.. I’m not going electric until 2034… Electric cars are a joke and a gimmick. I see people waiting hours to charge. Lmao Idiots

It's 5 years later battery replacements still seem to cost $20k with labor.

Any vehicle will go 300k miles with a replacement engine

Original owner of a 2015 Model S P90D. Here's my story, which happened today (May 21, 2024). Hello Friends and/or Fellow Tesla Enthusiasts, I come to you today with electrifyingly bad news. This will happen to you! Cruising along I5 today in my fully-charged 2015 Tesla Model S P90D with only 45,000 miles on it, I started to notice a faint humming or "milling" sound coming from the wheel area. I had never heard this sound before -- it was a brand new phenomenon with this car and came out of nowhere. The noise was ever so faint, yet definitely detectable. I became curious and decided to test it out -- it would "rev" subtly as I hit the accelerator, and subside as I took my foot off the pedal and coasted, so I knew my ears were not playing tricks on me. Then, all of a sudden, cruising at about 80 mph on the freeway, the screen glitches out, flashes an error message in blood red, and the car completely loses power. I have absolutely no acceleration and can only coast and steer and brake. I tapped the accelerator -- no power. Pumped it hard -- nothing at all. It's "dead in the water", so to speak. At that point, it's a matter of safely getting over to the side of the freeway, but ideally off the freeway entirely and onto a side road where traffic isn't whizzing by at 70+ miles an hour, if at all possible. In my case, I was able to coast all the way over from lane four through moderate traffic to the nearest exit ramp and luckily had a green light at the bottom of the bend, and coasted right into a lot that happened to be within my coasting range. Once at a complete stop, the car was completely undrivable -- a 5000 lb. paper weight. I got it towed to a Tesla service station, where they proceeded to tell me I was the latest victim of the all-too-common rear wheel drive unit failure, and I was free to go talk to a specialist inside about trading it in. Cue the "record scratch" sound. "Wait, what? Trade it in? Why?" "Oh, because....here." He hands me my quote to fix it. It's $7500. "Holy crap!" He nods. "Is this a common thing?" "Yup. And most likely it will happen again. And probably again after that, in time. But if you do want to replace the drive, it comes with a one-year warranty for parts and labor." So, in other words, he's basically telling me, two years from now let's say, when (not if) this happens again, it's another $7500 (minimum). Ya, I'm pretty sure none of us when we enthusiastically bought our Teslas had any notion whatsoever that this is what we were getting into. But this is the reality of the situation. When it happens to you -- and it will, eventually, according to this specialist with the big "T" on his cap who deals with it everyday -- I hope you're not actually sitting in traffic with no means to get off the road. As for me, I'm over Tesla. Stuck with it for now, enjoying it while it lasts, will always love the instant torque and quiet ride -- but it comes with too a heavy price on many levels, and my heart has moved on. I close these thoughts with a famous Thomas Sowell quote: Friends, "there are no solutions, only trade offs." Good luck to you when this happens, and be safe!

Yugo’s seem reliable compared to your Tesla!

I owned a ford edge for 9 years. I spent only about 2000$ in repairs. I do my own repairs when i can. But thats all cost in parts. Makes me wonder if i should even consider a EV now.

Thanks. I was surprised how many repairs were needed on Tesla. I have a Lexus hybrid SUV with 200k miles. The only major repairs so far have been a radiator replacement ($850) and at exactly 200k miles, the catalytic converter ($3500).

Bruh. Transmission fluid change every 30k miles??? Lololol 👍🤡🤡🤡

Weird how Tesla owners just accept crap quality cars

The key word '...should...' OK got it, legendary parts quality, avoid at all costs! 👍

11 cent per kWh expensive? Pfft. I’m paying 43 cents off peak.

Hertz gambled and lost when it placed its big EV bet on Tesla a few years ago. It was a chance for the rental car company to shake up the industry, instead the company bought 30,000 Teslas, got scared away by depreciation and expensive repairs and now wants to get rid of them. While all those used Teslas looked to be great used car deals, it turns out high mileage EVs that were formerly rentals are horrible to own as New York Magazine reported. Hertz had ambitions to make 20 percent of its rental fleet EVs, and it was going to start with a massive Tesla deal that saw the company purchase over 30,000. Expensive maintenance that the company didn’t account for spooked the company enough to start to sell off its fleet. This made for incredible used EV buys, especially when you factor in the used EV tax credit of $4,000. People scrambled to Hertz dealers buying them up. One salesman at a Hertz dealer in Smithtown, New York told New York Magazine that they were selling as many as 30 Teslas a week at one point. A slowdown came when buyers finally started to realize just what they got themselves into. Take Bijay Pandey of Irving, Texas. He went and purchased a 2022 Model 3 Long Range for just $25,000 for his wife earlier this year. Problems with it started not long after he purchased it.

This is to rich for me adios

Ive had a chevy volt for 8 years, repairs: i had an oil pan and gasket, new windshield, battery control module, user interface module, and thats it! Definitely didn’t need a new traction battery 2 years in! Warranty covered all mine, except deductible of $100.

Pos electric cars i wouldn't recommend it if it has zero miles 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Thank you so much. I do not want to cross my fingers for reliability. For a person that just does not do a lot of miles, I think I will go with a used Toyota.

Tesla model y performance . Just took delivery in April . My Tesla just satalled on freeway total system failure , any thoughts . Did I get a lemon? What happens next? Would I get a new one or they just fix this one ?

Of course all of this anecdotal and nobody should think their EV will last as long. California who has the most electric cars, electricity rate is $0.27 kw per hour, so cost to run an EV is almost 2.5 times more than your electric rate which is among the lowest in the nation. And in comparing the fuel costs it would have been a little less biased if you compared a Prius Hybrid, Camry hybrid or Accord hybrid.

Lots of expensive defects

Assume that Audi repairs will Y least be another 10000 to 20000 for audi

Wondering about the model 3 long range with the LFP battery.. i calculated and if i buy a model 3 for around 25k euros used, I'd need around 200k kms without issues to recover the cost for it, compared to (yeah i admit crappy but reliable and cheap) my 2009 Ford Fiesta 2009. Really hesitating

The interesting thing is most people don’t get a new engine for a gas car no matter what. I think the mindset is changing based on the simplicity of the drive system.

Trust me, I had an Audi you get to 60,000 miles. You’re looking at some major repairs. I had a Subaru as well it was a great car 120 thousand miles. Nothing major now I have a Tesla so we’ll see.

My 2017 S75 is @ 55000 , runs perfect makes NO squeaks or odd sounds almost zero defects , just beautiful . One problem only so far . The current resale value is 17 to 20 K and its value is in free fall , so I’ll just drive it till the first big repair then junk it. Sad , I love this car.

Cost of ownership is sky high for Tesla. What cheap hype brand, borderline fraud

Thanks for the meticulous expense report. This is very useful for us, the internet. :)

Can you please do 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, and 70 please?

20 mph - 176 Wh/mi 25 mph - 166 Wh/mi 30 mph - 163 Wh/mi 30 mph + Autopilot - 173 Wh/mi 35 mph - 168 Wh/mi

Nice unbiased comments. My thoughts on non-EV cars(ice): it’s very true that 300k to 400k is the end of most durable ICE cars and most ICE cars don’t last 200k. I change motor oil on ICE cars and cost is down a bit and in NYC cost of electricity is 35 cents/kwh yes $0.35/kwh and too many cars and very few public chargers and unless you have a driver or garage, and not practical in crowded cities to own an EV. I currently own 2012 Honda Accord V-6 and Subaru Outback 2018 and insurance cost in NYC is the biggest expense owning a car. If I sit down and do an honest estimate on an EV, Tesla model 3 or model Y, with $0.38/kwh, insurance for me being an older person maybe cheaper. A 28 year old married man with child/children annual premium for a model Y is $7,000. I don’t know the insurance in Austin but I don’t think it would be $5,000? My real concern of owning an EV, let say your EV is 2016 and in 8 year your cost of maintenance is (n) dollars which is very low/cheap. My issue is insurance cost in 8 years the extra comparing to non-EV: ICE cars. Collision? There are more cars in NYC and therefore much easy to be hit and damage any car. Will a $10,000 damage ICE car’s damage be repairable without totaling the EV? I know I try very hard not to be in a car accident but major cities in the Northeast, BAU: business as usual. I have seriously considered an EV but my unbiased decision on just insurance cost alone, swayed me away from owning an EV. Definitely I will rent an EV from Hertz or Avis in the near future if my hotel has charger even at a markup cost.

I've had zero service items on my 2018 Miata with 60,000 miles on it. 9:48 the reason they're doing that is because of the Model S rear tire issue.

The fact that you can’t buy new parts for this car is reason enough to avoid it.

I honestly think many of the "improvements" were not. I prefer the old AP0 nosecones, although the MCU2 computer upgrade is a must. The pre-AP speed and energy gauge is the best design ever.

This confirms that I’d rather drive a Camry. Costs of repairs on this Tesla is absurd.

The Tesla S is the problem car for them. Understandable as it is their first serial production as a new car manufacturer.

There's one reason for buying 21" wheels: bling. Everybody and his brother is into the largest diameter wheel under the mistaken notion that they give better acceleration which is totally wrong. With the same engine, a smaller diameter wheel accelerates more quickly. The 19 inch wheel is less expensive and offers better acceleration. Handling and ride between the two is no different. Curb rash is attributable to the driver.

Gee, 2022 Ioniq 5 has the same display/software and I cannot fin what the annoying features that this person mentions. There are nothing required to do items before driving. Just start, gear selection, go. There are SETUP options like any car that can be selected as preferences, mostly convenience items like when using navigation and cruise control the speed can be adjusted automatically to 5 miles less, posted speed or 5 miles faster. Great car and preferred over Tesla Y.

Good grief Batman. No thanks Elon. And I'm an EV guy!

Interesting thing, I have a model S with over 110,000km and the 3rd set of tyres, and I have never had to rotate the tyres, they wear so evenly it's not funny. It may have to do with the fact that mine is a dual motor.

Not bad. But a Toyota will be barely broken in by the time the Tesla's batteryr has already needed replecement at least once or is otherwise being driven in a severley degraded state. Once they sort out the battery to be at least as long lasting and reliable as a good combustion drivetrain they will surely start dominating the market. But right now it looks like they might be taking a big hit as more and more early model's start failing and thus putting off potential new EV buyers

If you think Evs are going to save planet, ive got some ocean front property in Nebraska to sell you.

With the Subaru you never factored in what you could have done with $20k difference against the Tesla with investments. It would easily cover fuel for $20k AND you'd make actually MAKE money reinvesting dividends in a blue chip stock over the time frame of ownership. An EV of any type is negative immediately and won't beat a similar sized ICE. Just call it a fun car to drive. And enjoy your roads not paying taxes to use them and maintain them. Enjoy for now. EV's are going to get taxed soon. Just wait.

How about re-sale value? Who would buy a tesla with 300k miles knowing that youd have to buy new batteries for it?

any car giving me 300K miles, im recommending it..

Its not the car, it is literally everything but the car

Looking at getting a second hand high mileage Tesla S for a bit of fun. I own a Mercedes 220d AMG Premium Line estate which I love driving and will keep. I’ve got solar panels so free miles. Good info on what to ask about buying.