The problem is repairs, you are held hostage by Tesla, so even a fender bender turns into a write off, or months without the vehicle whereas a normal shop could fix it up in a day with regular parts.
Just don't buy tesla and you should be ok.
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And, after those people burned up inside one. just don’t get inside a Tesla either
I'm all for hating on Tesla for legitimate issues, but the driver of that car crashed into a concrete pillar doing in excess of 120MPH, which probably has a lot more to do with why they died than anything else. Fires and being trapped inside mangled wreckage can happen with any vehicle, especially at speeds like that.
I felt like making a sarcastic comment about "all that extra safety tech".
But 120mph is pretty fucking ridiculous.
Except, that's a head on collision on a 60mph road.
So, I'm not sure how to feel.
Still don't think I'd get in a Tesla just on principle, tho
They're offloading like all of their EVs, they have a bunch of Chevy Bolts for significantly less than the kbb value.
And I still don't want one. They could sell them for $1000, and I still wouldn't want to be seen in one.
Tesla is now the official Trump-mobile.
He got all the left with money for a new car to buy one. Now it's the right's turn to be milked.
A high depreciation cost is a benefit to the company, since it can otherwise offset income earned elsewhere in the company, thereby increasing profits over what they would have otherwise been.
They're selling these for another reason than depreciation, but the comments here already seem to get that.
High depreciation is only valuable if there's no additional cost associated with them. Teslas have high repair costs (and opportunity costs as it sits idle waiting for the dealership to get to it) and, since they're selling them, there's now a replacement cost.