[BobL]

Trust me, I have more fingers on one hand than the number of non-warranty times I’ve let a dealer or any other ‘mechanic’ touch my cars. Literally. And that is over a number of decades.

I was trying to be a bit generous, in thinking that most people actually do let mechanics work on their cars (kind of like sending one’s kid to public school, or one’s daughter to Jeffery Epstein, as far as I’m concerned).

So I was figuring tires are at least half of that cost (you’re showing 3 cents per mile on the charger), then your assorted scheduled maintenance items, and then one or two significant things break towards the end, like AC or some buried sensor. So I can see $10k.

But the BIG VARIABLE for Tesla kooks is what happens to them when their car is off warranty. Camry’s have DECADES of excellent reliability history. Tesla’s, well, I guess they have Musk’s word that they’ll hold up...

[Ikeon]

Ive actually only had 2 sets of tires guess I counted the first set that came with the car. so about 1600 in tires which is about 2 cents per mile. I had a older camaro that neeeded a transmission at 50k and a aerostar that needed a transmission . I just cant see 5k in maintenance per 100k miles if you buy a reasonable priced car. being at about 3 k at 84k miles, i may hit the 5k, if the ac or something goes out.

The homeless are smart, You know why they're homeless? they said f it, im not driving anymore - Bill Burr.