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It’s been awhile but I’ll never forget turning in a five year old Range Rover. The axil most have been mis aligned or something because the car vibrated so bad
by taf2 5y ago
It’s been awhile but I’ll never forget turning in a five year old Range Rover. The axil most have been mis aligned or something because the car vibrated so bad we were worried the thing would fall apart. This issue among the many other monthly 2k service visits is why I’d never by one again… contrast that with my two model x - 2017 had to replace the computer which was inconvenient but cost me 0, but did take two weeks to arrive . The driver window would not roll up unless I inched it carefully but was fixed in my office parking lot while at work and was never an issue again. Now my 2020 model x has the same window issue but no computer replacement needed. Before those my model s 2014 - had one recall check on the seat belt. Total service cost of a Tesla for my three cars over 7 years … 0… Range Rover, bmw and Benz all in the thousands many times over… it’s been 7 years so maybe those “high” brands improved? But for me I’ll probably never know
- MontyCarloHall 5y agoMeanwhile my Lexus has never had a single issue over its 12 years. Why do people settle for “luxury” cars with anything less than perfect reliability?
- toomuchtodo 5y agoI elected to give my money to a company that is rapidly accelerating the transition to electric vehicles. Traded all of our Toyotas in for Teslas, wouldn’t look back. What would I tell my kids? “I was waiting for perfect fit and finish, sorry about the climate change.” Our 2021 Y is flawless, and have no problems doing work myself on our older S and X. Your Lexus will burn petroleum forever, and Toyota has no interest in moving to EVs rapidly (and there is evidence they are actively lobbying against moving to EVs).
- MontyCarloHall 5y agoI’m referring more to the parent’s BMW/Mercedes/Range Rover. I totally get why people would put up with Tesla’s teething problems. I don’t get why people put up with shoddiness from other car brands, unless they’re so rich that they can afford to buy a new car every couple years.
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- bdcravens 5y agoMany get them on 3 year leases.
- tqi 5y agoAssuming your Toyotas were hybrids, your carbon footprint would almost certainly have been smaller if you had just continued to drive them instead of buying multiple brand new cars.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoThose actions wouldn't provide capital and margins to Tesla, and whomever bought them from the used vehicle marketplace is likely receiving the lower emissions benefit of one of the vehicles that was a hybrid (the other was a pickup truck). The economy runs regardless; those with capital must vote with their fiat. Sitting out leads other capital to make decisions that might be suboptimal. Think in terms of systems.
- tqi 5y agoBy that rationale, you should be buying new cars every time they release a new model.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoI agree.
- tqi 5y agoLol good luck saving the environment
- diveanon 5y agoConsume more to save the environment.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoConsume the right products that spins up a flywheel to create and deploy products that destroys demand for things that harm the environment. EVs and stationary storage gets humanity off of petroleum for mobility and fossil fuels for electricity. The more battery demand and manufacturing capacity spun up, the faster the transition occurs. Telling people not to buy cars or electricity will get you laughed out of the room.
- tqi 5y agoNo one is telling people not to buy cars or electricity, they're telling people not to buy new cars just to look cool/feel condescendingly smug when they already have perfectly good ones at home.
- diveanon 5y agoYeah my bicycle and bus pass find this all hilarious. But by all means explain to me how strip mining the planet is saving it.
- grvdrm 5y agoPerfect reliability isn't the only reason why people buy luxury cars. Also, lots of leasing. So you stay inside the warranty period. Economics aside, you can lease a BMW for 3 years that, in my opinion, is WAY more fun and interesting than nearly any Lexus.