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by philmcc 3086 days ago
It's actually cheaper to own than a Honda Civic. These guys did a fairly solid breakdown of the ownership costs over 5 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR_ub5eL9n0

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No it’s not, the problem with Tesla is repairs or the lack there of pretty much anything above cosmetic damage gets a write off as total loss by the insurance companies.

Tesla should allow for proper repair of damages if it won’t, the insurance costs will sky rocket and the environmental impact is also there.

On the other hand people have been buying written off Tesla’s with very little actual damage and repairing them so you get a model S for like 10,000 dollars.

The review model in OP is 55k not 35k