even though most people don’t do it, on more expensive cars it actually makes serious financial sense to replace the battery but on cheaper cars it does not!
It dropped because Teslas in general have a high maintenance cost associated and a high insurance cost (because insurers also see it as costly to maintain). High maintenance cost tends to sink a car's resale value.
I know the car does not need oil changes or have the possibility of various failure modes an ICE car has, but when it does have an issue, like a dent or a scrape, etc. the cost to repair is much higher.
https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-maintenance/the-cos...
Doesn't much matter how good the cells are when the wires in the pack just magically corrode
I personally thinks it makes financial sense to get extended warranty for things like this, $15k used to be a price of a new car, getting a warranty to cover that past Tesla’s warranty I think makes financial sense.
My wife recently bought pre-owned eTron and I made her get extended warranty after doing research online about maintenance costs on them
I appreciate that you didn't call me a liar, which has been my past experience anytime I mention something negative about that company
Is the supecharger capping a thing? Like for any refurbished battery? I didn’t know about this!!
It stings. Can't even write it off in my head as supporting the EV movement with how soured that's all become.
again, even if this was true, you are shitty driver and have to pay premium for tesla insurance, given virtually $0 in maintenance you’d still come out on top
> insurance and collision repair works out not much different from other luxury cars
No, it does work out differently than other cars of a same retail value, that's very well documented. See my other comment
if you know you are going to F sh*t up with the car and have bunch of claims on it and have it at the shop all the time - I agree with you Tesla is not for you. But if you are a good driver insurance and maintenance is not a thing you need to worry about at all...
You also ignored repair costs.
- new internal battery $220 - new modem when switch to “5G” was made - $250-ish - new tires
that is it. after 80k miles I am still on original brakes cause with regerative braking I seldom-to-never use the brake (as my wife would say if I use a brake on Tesla it is always followed by F-bomb at another driver)
not sure who told you all these things but they are all 100% wrong - no exception
> but when it does have an issue, like a dent or a scrape, etc. the cost to repair is much higher.
This is why insurance on Teslas is higher. It is not uncommon for bodywork on Teslas to be far more expensive than on other cars, and since bodywork is the majority of insurance claims, it factors in.
You can read about why insurance and repair costs are higher at many sites:
https://www.compare.com/auto-insurance/vehicles/tesla/why-is...
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-car-insurance
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/sep/30/the-quotes-wer...
https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/insurance/tesla-insurance
I pay roughly 40% less for Tesla vs. my other car which is audi etron. KBB on both comparable.
Even if insurance was higher, the actual cost of ownership/maintenance is practically $0.00 so even if I was paying 25% more in insurance compared to some comporable I’d still choose Tesla every day of the week and twice on sunday
You having a Tesla doesn't mean all the statistics and articles I posted are false.
as most tesla owners will tell you there is no maintenance costs and insurance (if you are not a shitty driver) is not bad at all considering it is a luxury vehicle and repair costs are also not that bad. the real issue is the cost to replace a battery fear of which drives people away from buying used teslas. this is true for other EVs, if I tried to sell you 2018 audi etron your first thought will be “that is a 7-year old battery in that car”, not “ain’t going for it cause of insurance and repairs.”
if tesla offerred lifetime warranty on the battery (or if battery replacement was like <$2k) the used tesla prices would go through the roof
Statistically neither of these are true. Average repair costs for collision damage are higher than comparable MSRP vehicles. So is insurance, I already provided many sources for that claim.
Tesla owners can think the sky is purple. That doesn't make it so.