Posted on 10/06/2025 1:07:19 PM PDT by Controlling Legal Authority
I bought a Tesla 2 months ago, still learning new things about it. I didn’t do it “for the environment”. Strictly a transportation issue. I get the, uh, impression that more of us here than not are not a fan so I thought I’d throw out my admittedly brief personal experience if anyone here is curious.
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I sooo get it!
Ok, I think I got lost on the timeline. Your trip was a few years ago, right?
I got that mixed up on my last reply. I hope you had a fun trip when you went. Both of those states are beautiful!
Please let those of us with no clue know what this “FSD” thing is.
Full service department?
Fake sponge delivery?
Far schooled dipsticks?
Federal spending division?
LOL! Yep. Couple years ago. It was a great trip and lots of natural beauty in that area for sure!
And we may have been super hungry that day, but just about the best Mexican food we have ever had was in a restaurant in Cave City, Kentucky!
My 2007 F350 6.0 was still going strong at 300K when it got stolen, the only changes were regular maintenance and EGR delete.
My current 2012 F350 6.2 is just fine at 200K, no changes just maintenance.
My B class Mercedes CVT died at 35K, at -35 degrees.
My 2002 Suzuki Grand Vitara is doing just fine at 200K.
Your dislike of a vehicle just for its name is rather shallow, n’est ce pas?
Reminds me of some of those stupid stories from “Unsolved Mysteries”.
“When Jim died mysteriously no one suspected his wife Alyssa. Then the police discovered that she had taken a life insurance policy out on Jim ONLY 17 years earlier!”
Full self-driving.
Best Mexican food in Kentucky? I’m sure it was delicious, but also I’m sure y’all were hungry!! ;)
The tech I am not against. The contract agreement, got problems with.
But right now, hybrids make more sense for the average person that total electric.
LOL! Yep, that was after 2 cave tours. We were hungry! But the restaurant was authentic and ingredients were fresh, so that definitely helped!
Make sure you and your family members know the ways of opening the doors if the battery goes dead or you will be dead in an accident. Tesla likes to hide the controls.
Also check carfax to see if the vehicle was in an accident as one guy did not and found the Tesla truck he bought that was blocked from the Tesla superchargers due to possible damage to the batteries.
In short Tesla does not want their supercharger stations set on fire but is ok with you and your home being set on fire.
I’ve never had any auto trans last more than 175000 miles. I am glad you got that many miles.
Hope it wasn't for driving alone in the HOV lanes. The Feds forced the states to stop this perk on Oct 1 for EV owners.
My home owners insurance (bundled with car insurance) went up not because I bought an EV, but because I added value to the house with solar and other energy improvements to the house like more efficient appliances. In other words, it’d cost more to replace all of that and, thus, I asked for more coverage. To be honest, I should have asked for more coverage even before I began the home energy/EV project simply because my home had gone up in value anyway over the years.
My car insurance went up not because it’s an EV but because I changed my insurance coverage from liability only (for the old used gas crossover) to full coverage for the new EV crossover. The $60/month increase is part of the expenses I mapped out for having an EV when calculating how many miles one has to drive for the gas savings and oil change savings to be worth having an EV. That came to 12K miles per year of home charged miles based on EV prices vs gas car prices in 2022 and power rates vs gasoline cost in Alabama. For me with solar and how much I planned to add to my solar to charge the EV for free most of the time, that threshold came to 8K miles per year.
We drive ours 18K miles per year on home charged miles, not counting when we charge it away from home. And solar provides 80% of the power our house consumes every year, including the power to charge the EV.
But you must do your homework before replicating what I did. Your weather patterns and/or your power consumption habits may not be conducive for solar to be feasible. And I wouldn’t get an EV as an only car or if you take most trips up north in the winter or if you take most trips through areas that have few fast chargers. This assumes the EV will be the newer and most comfortable car for long trips (or you’d hate to always take the older gas car on long trips).
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