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I'm about as interested in servicing a Tesla as Hertz is, especially considering the exploding suspension parts.
Ring me when I can buy it with $3k-5k in cash like I've been doing most of my damn life or I will continue to not give one fucking shit.
$18k, what a fucking joke and a half, for a vehicle that's way more costly to repair.
My fiat 500e is worth ~$5k.
Simple car, minimal extra features when compared with new. And as of this year a decade old.
I Love it, never had issues with it, and since I bought it 5 years ago has saved me it's current value in not buying gas alone, not including oil changes, brakes, etc.
I'm not saying ev is for everyone right now and I agree the current ev available new don't seem to be likely to be good used cars. Just that this one seems to be one that doesn't fit a lot of your complaints.
This one is finally going to be available in the US in 2024, but I have a deep dread that import costs are going to make it not so cheap of a used vehicle in the US.
Europe and China have blown the US out of the water on affordable EVs and I guess maybe I should make clear I'm speaking very, very Amerocentrically on this issue.
There's literally a number of affordable Chinese EVs that don't have a bunch of extra features, but the cost of getting one to the US and making it street legal is basically more than a conventional EV.
I think you misunderstood me. I have the gen1 500e. Not the facelift model. Mine is a 2013 model year.
They were sold in California and Washington almost exclusively.
Wild, I was unaware of that. Looking at the Seattle craigslist, it looks like the Seattle area has a handful of used ones in that price range, 2015 models.
The older 500e was a “compliance car” that only gets about 80 miles of range and doesn’t charge very quickly m. Fine for going to the grocery or maybe work if it’s nearby. That’s about it.
The 2024 model isn’t much better. Only about 120 miles of range and hella expensive for what it is. You’d be better off getting something else with fast charging and 200 miles or more of range.
I mean that's fair about the earlier model, 80 miles would be tight, even for a local commuter.
However, I really am a local commuter, it's part of how I keep low miles on my vehicles post-purchase, and while 80 miles of range feels a little tight for a busy day. 120 miles, well... I think I've maxed out a daily trip of "getting shit done" at 100 miles, so in my particular use-case, 120 miles would leave me about a 20 mile buffer on my busiest of days.
So, for me at least, the newer model is actually relatively in-line with my needs, but still several years away from being affordable used, considering the cheapest 2015 model I see is $5000 (with more of them in the $7k-10k range), and its a 9 year old vehicle. I'll still be pushing my sixties before I can really afford one, likely. Which is in line with my original point: most poor people will spend their lives still driving ICE vehicles.
Funny because my local craigslist has fucking plenty of 2000-2010 vehicles in that price range. Plenty of private sellers still go in that range.
My Pontiac with less than 110k miles on it (only just broke 100k last year) begs to differ but you do you.
Tesla didn't even start making the Model S until two years after Pontiac was killed off.
The 1970's called - they want the idea that cars are worn out at 250k miles back.
Modern cars with 250k miles are just broken in. They are not in perfect condition anymore, but with minimal maintenance most still have a lot of life left.
That's just buying a used car. No new cars have ever been in the 3k-5k range...my car from like 10 years ago was in the 18k range.
I'm seeing ~$33k for Model 3s. I thought that's what they were supposed to be new. No way I'm paying that for a former rental.
Yeah, Hertz's pricing on their EV sales seems to be at the absolute upper end of the market, which is crazy for rentals. I was hoping their 20,000 unit sell-off would drive down used prices, but if anything it's going to cause them to go up.
What?!? I've never paid $18k for a car.
the used car market is still so borked that I can't afford one at all.