|
the lie is the funniest part, the bit about how everybody preordering these is all smug about it "yep put my grand down, it's not that much" like theyre some sort of deep pocket EV pioneer, some loving shadow investor or something. son the poo poo has been filtered down through the sieve of capitalism and you were only deemed marketable to when they convinced china to wipe away those last few environmental regs holding them back from dropping the 18650 price to ten cents a cell. this car is the opposite of a status symbol. it is a testament to one's mediocrity
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 04:18
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 4, 2024 20:36 |
|
|
Mister Fister posted:and the fact that i will have almost no maintenance and probably no repairs (assuming no accidents) is worth the one stupid aesthetic feature. lmbo just wait until you see the repair cost on a vehicle with 0.4% market penetration
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 04:25
|
|
|
you might be taking this car thing too seriously
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 04:26
|
|
|
I'd take a 35k purchase p seriously
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 04:32
|
|
|
my car was $3000
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 04:34
|
|
|
El Mero Mero posted:lmbo Work having 4 charging stations offsets my cost of ownership, besides that, Toyota sold like 450k camry's in the US alone, i thought the whole point of the Model 3 was final mass market adoption, which seems to be the case, they have to be up to 350k pre-orders already at least, by the end of the year that should be a much higher number. I admit i'm kinda banking on repair parts being cheaper with a huge influx of new Tesla owners.
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 04:34
|
|
|
The Management posted:you might be taking this car thing too seriously taking it seriously would be putting $1000 down on a plastic car that will be delivered by covered wagon in the hellnightmare that is america under Trump's second term
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 04:41
|
|
|
RICH AMERICANS: look lets just put a bunch of copper in the ground so i can have a space car and recharge it anywhere ACTUAL REAL WORLD: you've never met a tweaker before, have you?
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 04:42
|
|
|
Mister Fister posted:Work having 4 charging stations offsets my cost of ownership at $2.79/gallon and 12,000 miles per year and 30mpg you spend about $1000/yr on gas. in the best case with a tesla you'd spend about $250/yr on electricity going the same distance $750/yr is not that much money in the grand scheme
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 04:44
|
|
|
Jonny 290 posted:RICH AMERICANS: look lets just put a bunch of copper in the ground so i can have a space car and recharge it anywhere lol
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 04:46
|
|
|
Sagebrush posted:at $2.79/gallon and 12,000 miles per year and 30mpg you spend about $1000/yr on gas. in the best case with a tesla you'd spend about $250/yr on electricity going the same distance I plan on keeping the car at least 10 years, if not longer, so yeah sure. That, along with no oil/transmission fluid changes, air filters/belts/spark plugs/coolant, etc. just goes into the money i save for repairs associated with having a tesla model 3, which i hope is not much.
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 04:50
|
|
|
Jonny 290 posted:"guys we need 4x as many batteries, build more factories" tesla just has to buy the african nations that produce lithium that china has not already bought yet, and be willing to kill child soldiers or whatever to keep them, easy peasy.
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 04:50
|
|
|
Mister Fister posted:I plan on keeping the car at least 10 years, if not longer, so yeah sure. That, along with no oil/transmission fluid changes, air filters/belts/spark plugs/coolant, etc. just goes into the money i save for repairs associated with having a tesla model 3, which i hope is not much. if you want to know teslas attitude toward reliability, look at the mode s door handles.
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 04:52
|
|
|
Sagebrush posted:at $2.79/gallon and 12,000 miles per year and 30mpg you spend about $1000/yr on gas. in the best case with a tesla you'd spend about $250/yr on electricity going the same distance unless we hit peak oil, the main driver of the total cost of ownership for any tesla will be depreciation, just like every other car. it remains to be seen if teslas will depreciate more or less than other cars.
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 04:52
|
|
|
Mister Fister posted:I plan on keeping the car at least 10 years, if not longer, so yeah sure. That, along with no oil/transmission fluid changes, air filters/belts/spark plugs/coolant, etc. just goes into the money i save for repairs associated with having a tesla model 3, which i hope is not much. *buys car from company that has 8-year warranties on their $40,000 battery packs* Gonna keep it ten, just you watch. Imma drive it _real careful like_
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 04:54
|
|
|
your tesla battery pack may last 10 years, but is it really still the same battery pack by then?
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 04:58
|
|
|
you seriously have to be loving kidding me
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 05:03
|
|
|
Mister Fister posted:I plan on keeping the car at least 10 years, if not longer, so yeah sure. That, along with no oil/transmission fluid changes, air filters/belts/spark plugs/coolant, etc. just goes into the money i save for repairs associated with having a tesla model 3, which i hope is not much. true, you'll really save a ton of money not having to buy four $1.37 spark plugs every 80,000 miles
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 05:07
|
|
|
Food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 Coolant $3,600 Utility $150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 05:16
|
|
|
insert bmw joke here
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 05:17
|
|
|
Sagebrush posted:true, you'll really save a ton of money not having to buy four $1.37 spark plugs every 80,000 miles hey if you need plat plugs it might be $50 every 20k miles, or like $4/month.
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 05:24
|
|
|
Mister Fister posted:Eh, I can live with it, it's just an aesthetic annoyance. *glances away from road at night to look at bright ipad speedometer, eyes take a moment to readapt to darkness, dies from a deer through the windshield*
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 06:02
|
|
|
If I wanted a luxury car with good performance, I'd buy a BMW M6.  Model 3 advantage:
M6 advantage:
Jonny 290 posted:Food $200 hey now you forgot to factor in that rotella t6 is dang expensive atomicthumbs fucked around with this message at 06:19 on Apr 12, 2016 |
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 06:13
|
|
|
the economic argument for buying one is absurd. also mega lols if you think it will really be anywhere near $35k. and you will never be able to find the base model, so enjoy paying the extra $4k for the glass roof and $3k for the fancy leather and whatever else super expensive package they can tack on there.
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 06:13
|
|
|
atomicthumbs posted:If I wanted a luxury car with good performance, I'd buy a BMW M6. counterpoint grand coupes are for suckers.
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 06:16
|
|
|
The Management posted:counterpoint grand coupes are for suckers. take this back
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 06:17
|
|
|
what would you rather have, a sedan? are you hauling around children? this is the tesla thread
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 06:18
|
|
|
teslas are for people who think they like cars but don't get what actually makes cars cool
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 06:22
|
|
|
triple sulk posted:teslas are for people who think they like cars but don't get what actually makes cars cool the same people who are "looking forward to self-driving cars being outlawed" so that they can "get to work faster and relax" and say that "you shouldn't be selfish, they'll still allow you to drive a car on a closed track"
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 06:25
|
|
|
so tesla got $350 million for promising to let people buy their cars for $35,000 (with no guarantee on wait time) that's almost something i would have expected uber to do
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 06:28
|
|
|
Totally a car guy. Mom bought me a fit out of college and I looooooved that, then all my buddies were getting them so I picked up an evo VII. Now i'm a grownup though and my taste has.....evolved
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 06:29
|
|
|
atomicthumbs posted:*glances away from road at night to look at bright ipad speedometer, eyes take a moment to readapt to darkness, dies from a deer through the windshield* This. I can deal with a giant iPad controlling everything but who the hell thought it was a great idea to have the speedometer as part of the test of the interface that's in the middle of the screen.
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 06:31
|
|
|
triple sulk posted:teslas are for people who think they like cars but don't get what actually makes cars cool this is a very good way of putting it
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 06:33
|
|
|
 the bmw i3 is about the same price and has buttons. it's only a little bit more, drop 4 figgies for some buttons and a second ipad on your dashboard
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 06:35
|
|
|
fermun posted:
I'm going to drop 4 something. 4 anvils on your computer keyboard!
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 06:36
|
|
|
fermun posted:the bmw i3 is about the same price and has buttons. it's only a little bit more, drop 4 figgies for some buttons and a second ipad on your dashboard problem: the bmw i3 from the back looks like it's pooping out a different car  also those wheels are like wagon wheels. good luck finding a replacement tire anywhere except the bmw dealership e: ahaha lol. they're 155/70R19s
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 07:07
|
|
|
Ochowie posted:This. I can deal with a giant iPad controlling everything but who the hell thought it was a great idea to have the speedometer as part of the test of the interface that's in the middle of the screen. "blaring warning siren and alert on iPad" SENSOR FAILURE, AUTOPILOT DISABLED *startled driver looks over at screen, swerves car into oncoming traffic*
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 07:12
|
|
|
i like cars
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 07:24
|
|
|
you all are very angry about toy cars for bay area children
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 07:36
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 4, 2024 20:36 |
|
|
Awia posted:you all are very angry about toy cars for bay area children you seem angry about people angry about toy cars tho?
|
|
#
?
Apr 12, 2016 08:04
|
|