Looking at going Tesla

[SpiritMr89]

Anyone got one?

More and more looking into them.
The price to finance a model 3, is still less than am paying in fuel a month.

For:
£400 finance,
£10p/w to charge.

It really is a no brainer.
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[Pete.]

My mate has got one. He's a real petrolhead got 3 vehicles with nitrous on them but he loves it.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[SpiritMr89]

More looking at the savings.

Little A3 is costing £110p/w on fuel.
Where as a Tesla wouod cost £20 to charge.
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

what's your weekly mileage?
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[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[SpiritMr89]

Roughly 600mile.

Driving like a granny I get 47mpg. But the missus driving it she gets 25.

380mile range would only need to charge it twice. Or not be lazy and use the charge points at work and walk a mile to the yard.
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[SpiritMr89]

Perwonally I think the only way electric cars will work are on swapping them every few years.
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[Polarbear]

I saw some article about a bloke who bought a second hand electric merc for some large sum only to be lumbered with a battery bill for 15 grand a short time later.

I would like an electric car for the running costs but I can't afford a new one and I'd never buy 2nd hand because of the risks.

Found the article....

https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2022/01/26/mercedes-owner-horrified-new-battery-will-cost-him-15000-more-than-the-car-is-worth/
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[Skudd]

Will you be delivering Bread as well as milk?
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[mentalboy]

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[SpiritMr89]

[Tarmacsurfer]

[Easy-X]

[doggone]

This what bothers me about electric vehicles in general.
Your five year old trade in is potentially almost worthless because for most cars, changing the battery will not be economically viable.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/mercedes-owner-horrified-new-battery-6545540

[Robby]

I have an electric hyundai ioniq, after having two of the hybrids. I wouldn't go back to petrol. If you can get a tesla for £400/month (possible through company car schemes and the like), do it.

I'm not sure where all the battery worries are coming from, unless it's a selective news feed looking for the negatives. Tesla batteries are lasting incredibly well. The only ones showing serious degradation at 10 years are early nissan leafs, which had a fairly shit battery from new.

The range will be reduce quite a bit in winter, using the heater knocks off about 10-20%. If you have a home charger, you get in the habit of charging up once the battery is down to 50%, rather than waiting until it's nearly empty as with a petrol car.

[P.]

[SpiritMr89]

Going to have to look at the govt stuff. See what benefits they give hen buying one.
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[Skudd]

I understand the hybrid vehicles and they have merit, but full battery vehicles aren't appealing at all. As for 10 year battery life and the cost of a new one, it's ok saying that the new ones are better, but they aren't ten years old yet. In reality battery cars haven't moved forward much from the old milk floats, yes they have taken on the look of a proper car, but the basics of battery life and weight hasn't moved on. I would have expected a battery to be the same size as a normal car battery and motors not much bigger with power output being far greater.
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Petty Anarchists look at "1984".............. The Visionary looks at "Animal Farm".

[A100man]

Going Tesla sounds to me like going ski-ing.

Eveyone tells me how great it is but I refuse to believe them.
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[Skudd]

[WD Forte]

Why dont they just put electricity meters in them
so you can keep a tin of fifty pence coins in a tin in the car
and top it up when it's getting low?

when I were a lad we always kept a few two bob bits next to the meter
just in case
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[Pete.]

[Polarbear]