Goodbye Tesla! - Retirement Update

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Күн бұрын

In today’s vlog, we grapple with the decision of whether to sell one of our cars or trade it in as part of our retirement strategy. After having a car each throughout our working lives, the transition to retirement presents a new perspective on wants versus needs.
Join us as we struggle with our choices and reveal our final decision. 🚗
#themeparkbazza #orlando #retirement #retirementplanning #retirementstrategy

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@rickyfinlay3726 Ай бұрын

When you give the middle finger to the Tesla I laughed so hard 😂😂😂😂😂

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Sorry, it had to be done :-)

@anngilnack5011 Ай бұрын

Love your updates and your life experiences. Keep it goig, thanks.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

@davidgorman8722 Ай бұрын

Loved the farewell wave to the Tesla 😂

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

I was very emotional

@davidgorman8722 Ай бұрын

It showed 😂

@christinebarr7687 Ай бұрын

Really interesting. Liked the “vending machine” for the cars! 😂

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

I know , amazing right !

@Mxbarry Ай бұрын

Great Vlog, Mr. and Mrs. Bazza! And I can totally understand the "wave" you gave to the Tesla. LOL! As a good way to sum it up, "It's been real, it's been nice, but it hasn't been real nice." Since you are retired, you can take your time with finding something else to replace the Tesla.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Cheers, Barry, now it's sold the crazy depreciation losses do stop

@Mxbarry Ай бұрын

@@ThemeParkBazza Very true!

@TravelWTim 21 күн бұрын

Hi Mr and Mrs Bazza! Happy anniversary by the way!! We have been subscribed to you for ages and have enjoyed seeing your journey and learning about your successful retirement in the states. Such a dream for most people! Not surprised that Red 5 has been given the boot, what a palaver you had on that road trip!! We wanted to thank you for inspiring us to start our own channel travelling in our caravan and sharing our upcoming Orlando trips. We love Orlando and spent 7 weeks over there last summer during the crazy heat wave and we are looking forward to coming back again. Thanks for giving us the confidence to give this You Tube malarkey a bash, early days but we all have to start somewhere. Thanks for making us smile and sharing your adventures. 😊

@ThemeParkBazza 21 күн бұрын

That's great news, Tim .We have just subscribed

@robbflynn4325 Ай бұрын

My wife has a 2019 Forester. Bought new in Nov 2018 for $26k. I have a 2004 Sequoia. Bought in August 2020 for $4k, so $30k for both. Both vehicles have been faultless. Probably still be driving them 10 years from now. Chopping and changing vehicles is a great way to piss money up the wall, especially if it involves EVs.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Agreed

@heathertonovic585 28 күн бұрын

Great vlog & very sensible final decision 😊😊

@sheelaghdunne-ck4pg Ай бұрын

Best of luck with your choice I’m sure u will find it a lot cheaper only running one car. By the way very jealous of your fabulous pool that was a good choice to have done for your retirement enjoy

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

As I mentioned , it’s the best thing we did for the house

@Chrissyhappy Ай бұрын

When we went to one car, it freed up a lot of money for day to day living. No insurance or maintenance etc. Meant we had more disposable income each month. With your circumstances being what they are I’m sure it would be useful to free up money.😊

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

And we can invest it as opposed to it just depreciating on the car

@franmiller6270 Ай бұрын

Like the look of your Kia SUV. Love being higher and the space. 🙂🙂

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

We definitely forgot how good it is to be sat high

@fazerdude1965 24 күн бұрын

Great vlog very informative to a UK resident! Been coming to Orlando at least once a year since 2000, like to see what daily life is like, which you do very well.

@ThemeParkBazza 24 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@michellechristiesmith Ай бұрын

Informative and fun as usual.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@sharonsmith381 Ай бұрын

Hi Mr and Mrs Bazza, I think you made the right decision ❤❤

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

We think so, it was a hard one to make for some reason

@DisneyWorldFreak Ай бұрын

Crazy how malls have gone to hell here in the states. Just 10-15 years ago when Mikayla was young we’d be at the mall every weekend.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Yep, when we moved here in 2005 they were packed, I loved feeling all manly walking round Sears looking at all the tools :-)

@davidwelty9763 29 күн бұрын

Mall at Millenia still has good traffic. So does the International Mall in Tampa. The rest are dead. We will get to the point where every big city has one surviving mall.

@janetstevenson3954 25 күн бұрын

👋 peeps 🤗🤗 so love your sharing of sensible spend and save 👍 as you get into retirement drive 👍 loved when lady M 🤗 said a quick goodbye 👋 to the Tesla 😂 ❤

@ThemeParkBazza 25 күн бұрын

Just a quick Goodbye :-)

@donaldlamaster3789 Ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining Carvana. I have watched a few vlogs, but did not trust them. I trust you. We have been looking for a "fun" car even though one is working fine for us. Renting for a trip makes so much sense though. Great vlog. Thank you

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

We have never had a bad experience with Carvana

@louaubrey5859 Ай бұрын

We went down to being a one car family with just an MG ZS EV. Unfortunately the range is terrible and the depreciation is even worse so we ended up back with two cars, with the second being a 2l Diesel Audi Q5 - which gets us a lot further than the 100 miles that the MG does! We will eventually return to one car only but it will definitely be a hybrid rather than a full EV.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Depreciation is the big reason we chose to loose the Tesla

@jamespetre 16 күн бұрын

One of the things I always remember from Floridian holidays was the pronunciation of Hyundai in the tv adverts sounding like ‘hon-day’. In the UK, we now have adverts telling us how it should be pronounced and I’d say we were both wrong as it’s supposed to sound like ‘he-un-day’. I was hoping that you’d keep ‘AYEUP’ and I was going to ask what happened to your original ‘BLYNCH’ plate. Thankfully it’s a lot easier in the uk where you can do everything online although you do have to wait for a new and updated V5C to come back before you can do the next step if you have a personalised number plate.

@ThemeParkBazza 16 күн бұрын

You can’t win

@ThemeParkBazza 16 күн бұрын

The old BLYNCH plate was registered in Virginia so was traded back in when we sold the car before leaving

@peterrose5746 Ай бұрын

When I was on holiday in the States, I was impressed with GMC & Dodge vehicles. Wish we had them in the U.K.!

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

I had a Dodge about 15 years ago it was one of the most unreliable vehicles I have owned . When we moved here I asked the locals what car we should buy expecting , Dodge, Ford and Chevy. They said Honda, Toyota and Nissan :-)

@OhanaOf3 20 күн бұрын

Such a shame on the Kia. We had a Kia for 7 years (never kept a car more than 2 years but this was brilliant) before swapping for a Škoda Enyaq ev this year (huge discount through work) On the Volvo, we had an xc90 and it’s still to this day the best car I’ve ever owned. We’ve had 2 Volvos and once you’ve had one nothing is ever the same! We only got rid because the fuel costs were stupid over her and we were doing £70 a week in fuel. I’d seriously encourage you to have a proper good look at an xc90 I promise you won’t regret it!

@ThemeParkBazza 20 күн бұрын

Cheers I am keeping an eye out on the used car market

@OhanaOf3 20 күн бұрын

@@ThemeParkBazza good luck. Hoping you get a Volvo! They seem boring but are so much fun.

@dambo8416 Ай бұрын

XC90’s are very good. I’d recommend a test drive at least!

@lesliereynolds4492 Ай бұрын

More people here are going back to the malls here in N. California. I noticed less people going to the malls, Amazon did that but now I’m seeing a lot of people not happy with them returning stuff and really disgusted. I like to see what I’m getting and hate returning stuff. I just went to our most struggling Macys and got great deals on clothes. One store told me I had to buy something on line cuz they didn’t have it in store. I just left, didn’t order it. I like these retirement vlogs a lot.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Thank you, and it's nice to hear the malls are getting busier

@marylynnconejo884 Ай бұрын

I had to stop driving a few years ago, and sold my car to Carvana. Not only did they offer the best price, but the customer service was superb.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

They have always been great with us also

@nansnotes415 Ай бұрын

I love your vlogs, home vlogs especially. They are so informative. I always wanted a Tesla, however no longer. Like you, I’m thinking hybrid. Keep up the good work.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@Markinkski 27 күн бұрын

We had a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV and that had regenerative breaking levels. Was a lovely car.

@ThemeParkBazza 27 күн бұрын

We looked at that but we want bigger cargo storage

@juliablowfield6069 Ай бұрын

Another great vlog! Thank you! 🇬🇧x

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching

@ilsehunt6338 29 күн бұрын

We used to love west oaks mall in its hay day ! Loved the Phili cheesesteak and gourmet fries so yummy ! It had a Parisian and I loved that store ! It was never really busy ! Now it’s mall of millennia for us and winter park lol ! Great vlog

@ThemeParkBazza 29 күн бұрын

They had some very different food options there

@wakeywarrior 27 күн бұрын

Great very interesting Vlog. These are actually better than theme park Vlogs as they are unique- Brits retiring in the US. I’m in Hawaii at the moment and got a brand new never driven Expedition from Alamo, nice car and so high- I agree you miss the height with Teslas. Just come from LA and had a Kia van. Nice car, but it had a defective auto closing door and it was dodgy and got stuck draining the battery overnight. Nightmare morning getting it sorted last Sunday. At home my Tesla is also going and I’m getting a Renault Scenic EV (nothing like an old Scenic, European car of the year). This is the first Tesla beater in my view, great value, half the price to lease compared to a Y, longer range, and the tech in it is great (they developed it with Google). Can’t believe I’m buying a French car but they knocked it out the park with this. I’ve had Tesla’s for 6 years, buying an S from new and a 3. Suspect they’ll come up with something really good in the next few years and I’ll go back. I couldn’t live with one car, my wife and I have our own interests, would be worse in the US. Why not just get a cheap runaround so you both have independence? You can’t go anywhere in Florida without a car, so we couldn’t do that and will have to have 2 cars in retirement.

@ThemeParkBazza 26 күн бұрын

We had the Scenic ICE car when we lived in the UK and loved it, I was also watching about the new Grande Fiat Panda last night. We are giving the one car a try for a while, yesterday was the first day I was home alone

@chrisb389 Ай бұрын

Excellent vlog Bazza and Mrs Bazza on deciding about your car decisions. It's probably the right choice to be a one car family. Hang on until Maxine's car is due to be changed. Bye-bye, Tesla.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

That’s the plan for now

@danbron Ай бұрын

Why did you keep the Hyundai over the Tesla? At least the Tesla is somewhat usable for longish trips outside a long road trip. I think even with the Volvo you’ll struggle to get anywhere near the level of one pedal driving in the Tesla. The hybrid part of cars is normally a very small battery and can only charge slowly, so regen can’t put anywhere near enough power in quickly, so the only way they can really achieve it is by a fake regen when it is actually using the brakes instead of

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

The Tesla used prices are tanking, that’s what made me chose that over the Hyundai . If we keep an EV it will only be for Florida trips. If we do a long roadtrip we will hire a car. If We trade the EV for a hybrid it will have to have full one pedal driving and to my knowledge only the Volvo XC 90 and XC60 do this.

@CraigKell Ай бұрын

We just did CarMax a few weeks ago, offered $1500 more than Carvana. But we did Carvana a few years ago, easy!

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

I was pricing them both up

@shirleymclean5895 Ай бұрын

Just loved the car vending machine - great fun! I would be there all day!😂

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

A very unique experience for sure

@vickimccollum2537 Ай бұрын

I have a Sportage. It's smaller, but I love it. My daughter has a Sorento. It doesn't work well with small children in car seats. The oldest has to sit in the back row, and it's difficult to get out of the car because of two car seats in the middle seats. He has to go out the back door. Not really safe. They plan to get the KIA van.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

The KIA van is supposed to be good

@1947bigdave Ай бұрын

Hi if you go for a hybrid then go for a plug style one. I have a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV and although the battery has now only a 22 mile range (36 when new) I can go to the supermarket, restaurants etc and use no petrol. Its also got brilliant regen. If fact sometimes I get the 2 month warning to use fuel or it will get stale in the tank! We have followed your site and progress for ages now, all the best Dave & Jan from sunny Torquay UK

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

You know I have considered that but the car depreciates so much in the USA for some reason. They are selling some only 2 years old and the car has lost 50% of its value . That has kind of scared me off a bit

@jamesclark1603 Ай бұрын

I’ll miss the Tesla. I understand the thinking behind having 1 car though

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

It was a harder decision than I thought it would be

@sarahthompson5066 Ай бұрын

Interesting video. Makes me glad I didn't get on the Tesla bandwagon. Fine for others but I am not interested. Thanks for sharing honestly and openly your opinions. Appreciate it!

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

@JonLovejoy Ай бұрын

My dad and I were on holiday in the States last week watching baseball, drove 1000 miles between Chicago and St Louis in a Model 3 SR+ and it cost half the price of petrol. I understand going down to one car in retirement though, we'll likely do the same when we reach that point but after almost ten years driving EV, I'd never go back to ICE.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

I know , that why we are keeping the EV instead of a Hybrid for now

@sixcastleswish Ай бұрын

It's pronounced "He-un-day". We had a Kia on one of our trips and we were very happy with it but you'll only be able to make a decision once you've sussed out and compared the running costs. Wishing you all the best with it.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Yes we are not against swapping the EV for a Hybrid at some point , but as you say we need to work out the costs

@FLgurl100 Ай бұрын

Good decision. I’m with ya !!

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Thank you !

@ALifeintheParks Ай бұрын

We’ve only ever had 1 car because someone never took her test 😂 For you this is probably the best decision, cars are getting far too expensive to run. Seeing the Mall looking run down is quite sad, they were always a popular way for us to spend a non-park chill out day at.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

A busy mall is a rare thing these days

@howywatts Ай бұрын

Enjoyed that vlog, definitely made the correct decision, very sensible

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Sometimes the correct decisions are the hardest ones to make :-)

@howywatts Ай бұрын

@@ThemeParkBazza aint that the truth!

@Perfectly_happy Ай бұрын

Great vlog! Thank you 🙏

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Thank you too

@chrisisjustme7546 25 күн бұрын

Hi Mr and Mrs B! Enjoyed the vlog... car buying seems quite different and much quicker in thd US! Will you miss the Tesla do you think? It was a lovely looking motor... all the best 😊

@ThemeParkBazza 25 күн бұрын

I did until I worked out how much we were saving, coming in a vlog next week

@chrisisjustme7546 25 күн бұрын

@@ThemeParkBazza Look forward to watching!

@Tracey_Read Ай бұрын

Love the vending machine gimmick

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

It’s a very expensive gimmick for sure :-)

@supposedly1-2 Ай бұрын

the sorento is Kia and kia and hyundai are the same company essentially. so not too off lol also i think when you were in the pool you said "theme park bazza is over there" pointing at i assume mrs bazza was confused there for a second hahahaha

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

I think so lol

@Muzza75 Ай бұрын

Always better being cash rich than car rich. If you only need 1 car for 90% of the time then take the money.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

We did just that

@Muzza75 Ай бұрын

@@ThemeParkBazza we have just done exactly the same thing 👍

@debsym62 Ай бұрын

We made a trip to that mall a couple of years ago, shame to see how they are now. It was very quiet then as well though.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Many are like ghost towns now due to online shopping options

@matthewsavidge6248 29 күн бұрын

Very interesting vlog definitely best idea to get the money out of the Tesla for now , I do like Maxine’s car though but definitely think the way to go would be a mid size hybrid suv, Volvo would be a good option just check on the maintenance costs and consumables things like wiper blades can be expensive as the jets are built in. Am curious how you did cash wise on the Tesla but appreciate it’s personal I’ll assume $25-30k 😉👍🏻🍻

@ThemeParkBazza 29 күн бұрын

No we got a lot more than that for the Tesla, but it was depreciating $1000 a month so time to say adios

@THErealBRITSofFlorida Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Awww thank you, there is no need to do that just having you enjoy the vlog is reward enough xx

@THErealBRITSofFlorida Ай бұрын

great vlog. Interesting to see how Carvana works. Keep telling Ash I'm going to sell mine and she can drive me everywhere, which she does anyway LOL but I do love my car...having something of my own after the divorce is kind of nice. Have a great week.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

We found It is actually quite hard to give something up, even if it’s makes sense

@HollyWinget Ай бұрын

Land Rover Orlando were doing a $25k dealer markup on the Range Rover after covid times. Went back to them in May (this year) AND THEY ARE STILL DOING IT 😵‍💫 That’s on top of the full ask on the car. Let’s see how they fare doing that in the next few months 😂 Unfortunately people seem to be paying it 😬

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

That’s crazy

@danabe3220 Ай бұрын

After that stressful range anxiety ridden road trip you took in the Tesla i cant say I blame you for selling it. I blame Tesla for their failure to build a car that can compete with a gas car on range. Maybe someday batteries will get better. I still think electric motors are superior to clunky internal combustion.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Agreed and they are great for round town trips, just road trips I am not sold on yet

@amybirt4686 Ай бұрын

This car dealership is awesome never seen that before lol

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Neither had we

@mustafadurmaz375 Ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@JPNYC315 Ай бұрын

Volvo is good. Google based operating system. I have the V60 wagon.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

We were looking at the XC60

@GeorgeAusters Ай бұрын

What is the need to rent a car for road trips? Could you not just have one gas powered or hybrid car and use that for everything?

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Yes, that's one of the two options we may do

@allendavid4139 Ай бұрын

RIP Bed Bath ‘n’Beyond 😢

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Indeed

@rainshine3457 Ай бұрын

Love your videos.quick question did you say you drink Barry's Tea which is from Cork in Ireland my stepdad who's from Cork got my mum onto it and won't drink anything else now. Living in the UK now hard to get but we now get it direct from Barry's and wait for the St Patrick days sale on the website and get 17% off . Keep up the great vlogs. Nick 😊

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Yes Barry’s tea is from Cork, as is my ancestry for the Lynch family

@rainshine3457 Ай бұрын

@@ThemeParkBazza I know it is lol read my comment again lol. Where do you get your Barry's tea from? We get ours direct from Barry's.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Ahh sorry about that , you can buy it in Publix here in the USA

@rainshine3457 Ай бұрын

@@ThemeParkBazza good to know. Have you ever been to Cork lovely city much cheaper and better than Dublin? 😀

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Yes I used to visit regularly on business trips when I lived in the UK

@SamanthaSmith-tv1jl Ай бұрын

Yes Kia

@franmiller6270 Ай бұрын

How many times do you do a road trip. Maybe have one car that does both, a hybrid. Much cheaper xx

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

Probably one big roadtrip a year

@Katy-wq4tr Ай бұрын

I enjoy all of your videos! I am a bit confused though. I know you had a lot of problems on your road trip with the Tesla and I thought the reason you wanted to get a hybrid was the convenience of using gas or electric. It appears you have a Hyundai EV only?

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

The choice was sell both EVs and get a hybrid for local and long road trips…….or keep one EV for local trips and then rent a car when we want to do a long roadtrip. We chose to do the latter for now

@TD-izAbxy Ай бұрын

Hyundai makes a Sonata that's a sedan.. KIA makes an SUV called a Sorento... are you thinking of a Hyundai Santa Fe?

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

No the Kia Sorento

@SheardTV1 Ай бұрын

Right, I’ve been thinking. Bazza, you just retired and have now lost your car as you wind down. Now, that got me thinking…..Mrs Bazza has kept her car, what does she do, and what is she packing in that handbag? So I think I’ve solved the mystery. Mrs Bazza is an undercover cop, and races around in her car sliding over the bonnet (in between TPB vlogs of course!) catching baddies and has a Magnum 45 packed in her handbag. What a cool job, and a brilliant disguise as a vlogger. See you latter, punk.

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

It makes a great cover for her “business trips” :-)

@scottdenham848 Ай бұрын

Perhaps you mentioned it on a previous podcast but why get rid of the Tesla just to get another car? Why not the other car?

@ThemeParkBazza Ай бұрын

It was to do with the disastrous roadtrip we had that we vlogged

@scottdenham848 Ай бұрын

@@ThemeParkBazza Now I have to go back and look at the vlog I missed. I look forward to it. We will wave when back in Kissimmee in two weeks. Keep up the good work.