Comment by bdangubic

15 days ago

I have 2014 Tesla S which which I recently had drive unit and battery replaced ($20k total). my friends all think I am nuts, but they all have $1k+ payments (some for 72m) while I haven’t had a car payment since 2017 and won’t have another one till 2036 :)

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Aurornis  15 days ago

If your friends dumped $20K into paying off those loans they’d be a lot closer to paid off or maybe paid off completely, though. And that’s on a newer, lower mileage car.

I’m all for maintaining vehicles and keeping them on the road, but I don’t think you’re in a place to criticize your friends with $1K car payments after putting almost 2 years worth of those payments into a car that’s over a decade old.

  • bdangubic  15 days ago

    I put in two years worth of payments for 18 years driving the car (9 since my last payment and 9 more after the maintenance) :)

    • Aurornis  15 days ago

      > I put in two years worth of payments for 18 years driving the car (9 since my last payment and 9 more after the maintenance) :)

      Plus paying for the car itself

      You can’t estimate your future repair bills to be $0

      I get it that you like the car, but there are some major mental gymnastics happening with your math

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cosmicgadget  15 days ago

What are you thinking about getting next?

  • bdangubic  14 days ago

    nothing till 2035 and even then I might just replace the battery again. people look at EVs as like some disposable thing, when battery deteriorates you chuck it (shows in the pricing of 'used' EVs, my friend bought a 3-year old eTron that was originally purchased for $93k for $35k - 19k miles on it). my tesla is rock n roll now and will be good for the next decade