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As far as ICE vehicles go, most mechanics will advise you to lease a BMW / Audi over buying one. After 60k miles, the maintenance costs and electrical gremlins
by givemeethekeys 2y ago
As far as ICE vehicles go, most mechanics will advise you to lease a BMW / Audi over buying one. After 60k miles, the maintenance costs and electrical gremlins are noticeably frequent.
German EV's are probably better built - fewer electrical issues over a longer duration (I hope), and fewer moving parts to replace.
I think this is a product differentiation / segmentation problem. People who wanted the current Tesla offering are being outnumbered by people who want buttons / information displayed front and center.
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- ghaff 2y agoI've never owned one but the folk wisdom I've always heard is to have a good foreign car indie mechanic (or do a lot of your your own work I guess) or just plan on keeping a BMW/Audi/etc. to the end of the warranty period because dealer bills add up fast afterwards.
- coryfklein 2y agoSurely the dealers leasing those vehicles are factoring cost of maintenance into the lease, no?
- Too 2y agoSee it as an insurance. It's not likely something will break, if you are the unlucky one though, those spare parts aren't cheap. A dealer can distribute that risk over many more cars.
- sangnoir 2y agoEven if German cars don't last, when they roll off the assembly line, they don't have panel gaps and loose or missing parts. There's also a difference in brand positioning. If I know nothing except the car one drives, driving a Tesla, BMW, Audi or Mercedes conjures up different stereotypes in my mind. Which manufacturer wpuld you associate with the following: a Senior VP at Goldman, a petrolhead who does occasional track days, a Bitcoin millionaire, a suburban mom, a FAANG L5 SWE in the SF Bay?
- givemeethekeys 2y agoYour reasoning is based on 5 year old data. A lot has changed since then.