| Sometimes I wonder how much careful / research is appropriate for questions like this. To wit: For me, thinking in broad strokes seems sufficient here: (1) Tesla has a reputation for lengthy, extremely costly repairs. (2) Tesla is led by Musk, whose leadership strikes me as erratic and unreliable in the best of times. (3) Tesla seems to be in financial trouble, which I'd expect to only exacerbate (1) and (2). (4) Tesla just called into question the availability of their U.S. charging network, which reminds me that a Teslas are local-only vehicles unless you're confident there's a charging network to support your trips. (5) I can't afford to spend $30k on an unreliable vehicle, nor a reliable one with $5k+ repairs. I'm curious if looking at this more carefully would change my mind. And if so, is there a way I could have recognized that before contenting myself with the broad strokes mentioned above? |
Then you should get a Tesla, because once you get past the FUD on HN, Reddit and the media, in the real world Consumer Reports found that Teslas had the lowest repair and maintenance costs compared to other car brands. Yes, even Toyota and Honda.
https://www.kbb.com/car-news/consumer-reports-names-cheapest...
The submitted story is passing off one anecdote as if it applies to all used Teslas sold by Hertz, and it already showed up multiple times on HN's front page from different media outlets. You can make a story out of that for any brand, but curiously there's a pattern there. There's a lot of anti-EV propaganda in the media and social media in the past year. And it's working very well, given comments like yours.