$25,000 for a two year old $47,000 car with 70,000 miles already on it may not be that great a deal. A brand new one is that price so you're basically paying 31.5 cents a mile to buy the newer ...
(have over 200k miles collectively on three Teslas)
I earn too much to receive any incentives, so keeping an eye on the used market to buy another Tesla or two (preferably Ys, but would take a 3).
Edit: I enjoy spirited driving, and do so frequently on roads of many different quality across the eastern US and Midwest.
Tesla Model 3 - Curb weight 3,627 to 4,072 lbs Audi A4 - Curb weight 3,450 to 3,627 lbs BMW 3 series - 3,582 to 4,010 lbs
From here: https://www.quora.com/Is-a-Tesla-heavier-than-an-ICE-car-of-....
They are equal in weight to a lot of ICE cars. Surely components will be spec’ed according to weight requirements?
> In theory, wheel bearings could last as long as your Tesla. Unlike oil changes or tire rotations, there’s no standard maintenance schedule for replacing them.
I do not disagree that inspections should be done to ensure things that move between motor and road are in good repair, but all vehicles in the used car market experience this. EVs have less moving parts, less than 20 typically for propulsion, leading to higher reliability.
When was the last time you had your wheel bearings inspected? Probably never. You know when it’s time to replace them when they fail.
> You know when it’s time to replace [bearings] when they fail.
Fail? They last forever!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2022/08/01/electric...
> “It’s the complete opposite of what people feared when we first launched EVs—that the batteries would only last a short time,” he reflected.
> It’s clear that most EV batteries will outlast the vehicles they were installed in, and even then, they have a worthwhile second life before they need to be stripped down for recycling.
> “At the end of the vehicle’s life—15 or 20 years down the road—you take the battery out of the car, and it’s still healthy, with perhaps 60 or 70% of usable charge,” said Thomas.
-- Nissan executive Nic Thomas.
(and these are early gen battery pack designs that were, frankly, not very good compared to Tesla's)
Your car will go way out of alignment first. It will handle like crap, and if you try to align it at an alignment shop they won't be able to.
You can easily test yourself, jack the car up, see of there is slop in the wheel.
https://www.bellandbell.com/service/service-and-parts-tips/h....
I too have had cars that went far longer than this without replacement, but they probably should have been replaced.
Just because you didn't have to, doesn't mean you shouldn't have.
I'm as good of a mechanic as a diy gets. I've rebuilt entire auto transmissions instead of just sticking in another unit. I've regearied rear ends (which did get interior bearings while there). I do head gaskets as favors to friends.
I'm fairly certain all of my 200k+ mile vehicles have had perfectly safe and functional bearings.
When we lifted our 4runner I did it myself with tape measures. 40k miles later tires wearing better than most new vehicles.
But are you implying that a bearing can be so bad that it throws off alignment, yet I wouldn't feel that massive play while it's going down the road??