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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
(Post 10043462)
I drove the same thing several years ago, the acceleration is breathtaking and they are quite nice inside. They also have very spotty reliability (at least per the surveys) and depreciate like a rock.
Let's be real here though, you don't buy a Tesla because you are trying to save money. If you drive a lot and want to save money, you get an economical commuter. One of many hybrids, Bolt, Leaf, one one of many econoboxes with a 4-cylinder that gets better than 40 MPG on the highway. Hell, a new Miata gets close to 40 MPG. That math pencils out. Spending well over $100k on a Tesla does not pencil out in any way, shape, or form.
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That was what stopped me from going Tesla, even the Tesla Model 3, which you cannot even get, is too much money IMHO.
The i3 was over 50K new, that makes no sense to me at all. I was happy to pay 18K out the door for the 2014 i3 I have and that made total sense to me. I even have a unlimited mile 3 year CPO warranty on it.
We need a commuter car, I was supposed to get a R52 Mini, then decided to get a R53 because it would be more fun, then found a R53 JCW because why not?
25 MPG is why not. 2 tanks of premium gas a week is why not.
So we sold the JCW for 9K and bought that i3 cash. Now we do not need to fill the tank 2X a week only once and when we do it takes 2 gallons of premium. I laugh every time I fill it up.
That car is saving us $200 a month, insurance did not change at all and we would have been buying another car anyway. So this made total sense to us from a financial standpoint.
I also look at it this way the less crude we use the better it will make it cheaper in the long run.
You need to tell the buyer of you FD that I need to have it and just sell it to me. :D
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Originally Posted by slow&rusty
(Post 10043477)
Driving for me is an experience that includes an engine that communicates to me, the use of a clutch pedal and a lever in the center console where I get to chose the power band and ratio and I love me some engine braking too.
Based on this I will probably never own a Tesla or any electric \ hybrid vehicle.
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I used to say the same thing. Every car has its place, I love driving this i3, the acceleration is mind blowing, 0-40 in this thing is startling. I play a game at red lights, I will nail it off the line and laugh as the cars next to me struggle to catch back up, they never expect me to jump 5 cars ahead of them in the blink of a eye... silently.
This i3 is for in town commuting, I would never take it on a road trip and I would prefer for it to never see interstate conditions. That is not what it is for. I have it so we keep the miles off our pristine E30. Up until 2 years ago my wife daily drove the E30, when my son changed private schools to one 25 miles away, no way I was going to put those miles on the E30, it can do it no problem, I just want to keep the E30 for a long long time.
So we grabbed the JCW Mini and sold it for this i3. We use it as intended and love it we are putting over 500 miles a week on it and for the 5 months we have owned it, not one problem.
