Cost and service (call it reliability) were my biggest issues. I have a long commute and needed to buy an economical car a little over 2 years ago. I live in a

Cost and service (call it reliability) were my biggest issues. I have a long commute and needed to buy an economical car a little over 2 years ago. I live in a rural community and anticipated that it would be difficult to get a Tesla worked on. I pass multiple Chevy dealers on my way to work, so I bought a Cruze diesel. For the difference in up front cost, I can buy a lot of diesel -- at least enough for the first 200k miles and probably more. And if it breaks, I know I can get it serviced locally. Teslas are really cool cars, but the math and potential ownership hassles still don't work for me.