Love the model Y but its up there as far as monthly cost
Throwing mine up here. Insane torque on the m3p. Also can’t rave enough about how it handles as a daily driver.
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You do realize that you are taking an unrepairable car on a 72 month finance right? And please don’t give me the battery is covered, there is plenty of things to break, and no one to fix any of it. Since you are saying Y is too expensive for you, I’m going to assume that you cannot afford to piss random amount of money away, therefore hoping that these cars are going to not lose value in the next 3 years is a bit of a gamble, and if you get stuck driving it for longer, see my repairability comment.
unrepairable car?
Hyperbole, but the repair network isn’t as mature as established automakers. There are some horror stories, but it’s usually excessive delays.
I’d apply @njc ’s comment to any stretch financial purchase. A BMW may be fixable outside the warranty period, but doesn’t mean it’s affordable to someone stretching to make the payments in the first place.
Not so much of a hyperbole really. I can take any car to virtually any mechanic and get it going to some extent or other. Can you even buy Tesla parts yet or are you stuck with their repair network that can’t keep up with in warranty cars
I’m not aware of a large segment of Tesla owners whose cars are unusable due to inability to repair. Granted I haven’t explicitly looked, but it’s one of those things we’d all hear about through many sources if it was widely happening.
There are no old model 3 and y yet. The “tent” cars couldn’t be bought out. There is every indication that this is a giant mess in the making. We can review this thread ina few years
Lots of public reporting on repair delays and issues. As long as they don’t need a body shop, they’ll be great.
If it can’t be fixed with an OTA update, hopefully it can be buffed-out:
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I know the press likes to report on Tesla mishaps, but nothing I see is a systematic inability to repair cars. Some delays, for some people. If you’re affected you might be understandably furious, but the vast majority of buyers won’t be affected by major repair delays.
Hell, I just got on a three week waiting list to get a slot at my local indy Porsche mechanic.
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I’m talking about first-hand accounts, like the kind people share here:
It has definitely improved in the past couple years, both “certified” repair shops and parts availability, but Tesla never reached anything close to normal supply levels before the shortages. And as I understand it from my body shop friends, most of the body parts can’t be moved from one car to another (even if someone would accept that).
How Tesla handled Roadster parts and repairs is wayyy more of an issue to me personally (stopping the flow of repair parts at all, and trying to sue people who made them), but that’s not the issue here.
I’m not sure if we disagree or not, but if you lurk on any brand/model forum you’re going to find some bad stories. Tesla more than most. Trying not to be a Tesla apologist here, but it’s pretty easy to sound like one when you say things like you most likely will be able to fix your Tesla in response to someone saying (without attempting hyperbole) Teslas are unfixable.
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Tesla usually gives you a loaner vehicle (most likely a better model than you turn in) if in warranty repairs are needed… when I took mine for a paint blemish they gave me a $100/day Uber Credit since they were out of loaners at the local shop (that’s why I got a cheap BOLT lease as a back up car 
) alas I probably wouldn’t keep it past the warranty stage anyway just like any BMW or MBZ vehicle
you wouldn’t keep the tesla past the lease stage? why not?
Not leasing-I purchased, was referring to the WARRANTY stage… because it will cost a LOT to fix if anything breaks (they have a extended service but only on X and S models) and planning on buying the Cybertruck when it is released
It probably depends on location-but watch this TFL video of their Tesla repair ordeal… maybe Metro areas will have a lot more approved shops- I wouldn’t really worry about repairs etc cause I have a second vehicle already to use…
how long have you owned? and what term did you go with 72 mos?
I bought it Sep 2020, 72 months $8K down, through Tesla website for seamless transaction (Wells-Fargo 4.65%)-just refinanced in May at 2.81% with Capital One
I never knew you can refi, I thought you’re stuck with tesla from the start… how did you go about refi?
That’s the common thread that always excuses Tesla BS repair strategy. That and $100 uber credit. Where I live I can go through $100 credit before noon, few weeks ago took an Uber to a meeting because I didn’t feel like driving, cost me twice that one way. Any other dealer I’ve dealt with if they had no loaner, they got a rental on their dime, but for Tesla it’s ok to give Uber credit? I want to see posts if a BMW or MB dealership pulled a stunt like that.