[bdangubic]

I HAVE a Tesla :) Insurance is fine unless you are a bad driver, just like insurance should be.

I pay roughly 40% less for Tesla vs. my other car which is audi etron. KBB on both comparable.

Even if insurance was higher, the actual cost of ownership/maintenance is practically $0.00 so even if I was paying 25% more in insurance compared to some comporable I’d still choose Tesla every day of the week and twice on sunday

[aprilthird2021]

But the original question was about why Tesla prices drop on the used market. It is not about fear of batteries. It is due to real, documented cost increases in other sides: insurance and repair costs.

You having a Tesla doesn't mean all the statistics and articles I posted are false.

[bdangubic]

the reason prices drop is exactly the battery, not insurance or repair costs.

as most tesla owners will tell you there is no maintenance costs and insurance (if you are not a shitty driver) is not bad at all considering it is a luxury vehicle and repair costs are also not that bad. the real issue is the cost to replace a battery fear of which drives people away from buying used teslas. this is true for other EVs, if I tried to sell you 2018 audi etron your first thought will be “that is a 7-year old battery in that car”, not “ain’t going for it cause of insurance and repairs.”

if tesla offerred lifetime warranty on the battery (or if battery replacement was like <$2k) the used tesla prices would go through the roof

[aprilthird2021]

> as most tesla owners will tell you there is no maintenance costs and insurance (if you are not a shitty driver) is not bad at all

Statistically neither of these are true. Average repair costs for collision damage are higher than comparable MSRP vehicles. So is insurance, I already provided many sources for that claim.

Tesla owners can think the sky is purple. That doesn't make it so.