On 2 Mar 2021 at 3:22, paul dove via EV wrote: > You will never regret buying a Tesla
Actually, that depends on who "you" is. If you earn significantly less than the US median wage, and/or live paycheck to paycheck, you might indeed regret it, just as you might any other $40-100k vehicle. That also includes ludicrous $60k+ luxury ICE pickup trucks. It's not just the purchase price. A Tesla 3 costs almost twice as much to insure as a basic medium size ICEV. >From what I can tell, out of warranty repairs are likely to be pretty eye- watering too. For those of us who keep cars 12-15 years, that's a major consideration. I keep saying that we desperately need a simple, modest, driveable, easily maintained, smallish, efficient, AFFORDABLE electric vehicle. It doesn't have to zoom from 0 to 60 in 6 seconds, or corner like a race car. It doesn't need silly looking high-inertia oversize wheels that look like they belong on a bike, or heated leather seats, or sophisticated automated driving features. It doesn't have to be "connected" (and some of us would rather it wasn't). Good grief, give us roll-up windows, manual door locks, and a normal ignition key. We'll survive. Tesla isn't listening. Fortunately for the world, other automakers are. You're not likely to ever see them here in the US, though, just as we've never gotten Toyota Aygos and VW Ups. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That's how prayer works. -- Pope Francis = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
