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cobri | 1 year ago

As of 11/13/2024, Consumer Reports rates Tesla as the lowest maintenance and repair costs over the first 10 years of ownership, not factoring in insurance or collision repair.

https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-maintenance/the-cos...

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thejazzman|1 year ago

They didn't ask me about my $15k battery replacement that occurred the day after my warranty expired

Doesn't much matter how good the cells are when the wires in the pack just magically corrode

bdangubic|1 year ago

outliers always exist, you were dealt bad hands. I think also if you pushed hard you could have gotten this covered, just needs a whole lot of yelling and if that doesn’t work going social and trying to get some publicity behind it, especially if it was 1 DAY after warranty expired.

I personally thinks it makes financial sense to get extended warranty for things like this, $15k used to be a price of a new car, getting a warranty to cover that past Tesla’s warranty I think makes financial sense.

My wife recently bought pre-owned eTron and I made her get extended warranty after doing research online about maintenance costs on them

aprilthird2021|1 year ago

But that's not factoring in the exact things I'm talking about: insurance and collision repair, which are both higher on this make

bdangubic|1 year ago

insurance and collision repair works out not much different from other luxury cars. if you think tesla’s repairs are high see about owning a mercedes or audi…

again, even if this was true, you are shitty driver and have to pay premium for tesla insurance, given virtually $0 in maintenance you’d still come out on top