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My friend now runs 8 Teslas in his company fleet. Their oldest one is 5 years old with 160k miles on it mostly motorway miles, they have kept it for staff car now. Its had a few things replaced under warranty, but otherwise just tires which he says last about 30k miles a set. I went in it to the airport the other day and the interior is still solid, and runs like new and battery is at 92% still. I think they are proving to be reliable cheap to run cars.
He reckons the savings over running diesel equivalents are around £8000 per year when fuel, servicing, and tax benefits are considered.
Another friend of mine just bought a 3 year old M3LR with 15k miles on it for £19500. It represents exceptional value for money in my opinion.
My wife and I also run a Tesla M3 Highland and a MYLR for our businesses and find them to be reliable and easy.
He reckons the savings over running diesel equivalents are around £8000 per year when fuel, servicing, and tax benefits are considered.
Another friend of mine just bought a 3 year old M3LR with 15k miles on it for £19500. It represents exceptional value for money in my opinion.
My wife and I also run a Tesla M3 Highland and a MYLR for our businesses and find them to be reliable and easy.
They seem insane VFM given how much depreciation they've been hit with but its the same for other EVs - Polestars and Audi eTron. Loads around 3 or 4 years old for sub £20k. I guess its uncertainty around EVs and thousands of them all coming off lease at the same time and the market is absolutely flooded...
Ankh87 said:
LivLL said:
He's a car salesman that specialises in Tesla. I'd take it with a pinch of salt.
He did do a video showing all the data of all makes and model EVs and their batteries. So there is some sort of validation about it. Even if it is at 80% at 200k that's actually really good. They tried to make it sound like everything on the model S is pennies to fix. You need to be real careful especially with a pre 2020 car otherwise that “cheap” maintenance free car could become a wallet draining monster.
Buyer beware that’s all. Model 3 seems a little less spendy but they do have lots of common issues that can rack up the £££.
Good thing is there are thousands to choose from.
Sorry OP for the thread drift, hope you enjoy the new car when you pick one.
RSEV sell a nice kit if you fancy updating the wooden bits inside with a nicer alcantara set.
Edited by LivLL on Friday 28th February 09:56
Edited by LivLL on Friday 28th February 09:57
I brought one with my own money in June and it’s been fantastic and ridiculous value for money.
Prices seem slightly higher now than in June so imagine people are starting to catch on that they are highly competent cars. Real world very fast, comfortable and practical.
I think as more people start actually driving Tesla’s a lot of the bulls**t posted is going to be filtered out and the car will speak for itself.
Been very impressed with ours and I’d happily have another one. Had no interest when I first got it but have grown to love it. Easily best daily driver I’ve ever had.
Prices seem slightly higher now than in June so imagine people are starting to catch on that they are highly competent cars. Real world very fast, comfortable and practical.
I think as more people start actually driving Tesla’s a lot of the bulls**t posted is going to be filtered out and the car will speak for itself.
Been very impressed with ours and I’d happily have another one. Had no interest when I first got it but have grown to love it. Easily best daily driver I’ve ever had.
To add some balance to the previous post - we run a Model Y LR through the business. It does 45K+ a year of mainly local running around with occasional longer trips.
It's been a bit of PITA reliability wise being honest - it's now on about 110k miles and since the warranty ran out at 50k it's needed £7k worth of repairs. £3k of that was just because of a failed inverter that resulted in the car completely bricking itself and locking my parents inside on a local High Street. The bill included replacement front windows because of the moronic design of the door release system. The rest was replacement rear knuckles and hubs and 2 sets of front suspension arms. We've given up using Tesla themselves for repairs but even our trusted independent has struggled to get parts - waiting several weeks for suspension arms for a common and fairly mundane car isn't really on in my mind.
The car also feels pretty shagged with various creaks and rattles, probably not helped by the borderline unacceptable ride quality and road rumble. We previously used diesel E classes for the same job and they aged much better, with very little aggro even at 200k+.
I'm a great fan of EVs if they fit your use case, this one has saved a fortune in diesel, less so the Tesla bit.
It's been a bit of PITA reliability wise being honest - it's now on about 110k miles and since the warranty ran out at 50k it's needed £7k worth of repairs. £3k of that was just because of a failed inverter that resulted in the car completely bricking itself and locking my parents inside on a local High Street. The bill included replacement front windows because of the moronic design of the door release system. The rest was replacement rear knuckles and hubs and 2 sets of front suspension arms. We've given up using Tesla themselves for repairs but even our trusted independent has struggled to get parts - waiting several weeks for suspension arms for a common and fairly mundane car isn't really on in my mind.
The car also feels pretty shagged with various creaks and rattles, probably not helped by the borderline unacceptable ride quality and road rumble. We previously used diesel E classes for the same job and they aged much better, with very little aggro even at 200k+.
I'm a great fan of EVs if they fit your use case, this one has saved a fortune in diesel, less so the Tesla bit.
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