That trade in value for your MY is rough........
I’m surprised the early settlers with horses weren’t pissed off that they couldn’t travel hundreds of miles without having to setup somewhere for a break. They knew the limitations of their transportation and adjusted accordingly like many EV drivers do. Not everyone wants or needs to drive hundreds of miles at a time. If I’m on vacation going on a trip, that’s the absolute last thing I want to do is be sitting in something for 3-4 hours without a break. You’re right in that you have to decide if that’s a deal breaker for your use case. For many people it’s not.
This is why my first lease ever was a Tesla M3. I really like it but 3 years and I am out. Hopefully the $25k Tesla will be available to purchase as my daily driver.
Well the settlers got a free homestead at the end of their journey and the CT currently costs $113k so there is that
You can get used Model 3s for 25k now.
Yeah, the list of disappointments is huge. Years ago I said I would switch to an EV when they made one with 400 miles of range. Along comes the Cybertruck announcement. Tri-motor range is going to be 500 miles (Model S with 400 miles range came after this). Now that it is out, I am paying twenty thousand dollars more to DOWNGRADE to a dual motor so that I can barely get more range than the 320 miles of range that the Tri-motor gets. And no FSD ready and I am guessing a year (or years) judging from Tesla time-frames. Not even AUTOPILOT is available. Build quality is garbage from what we have seen in the videos. External panels separating from the truck, headliners that the out of spec guy said not to touch because it felt like it was going to fall off, squeaky rear seats, no heated center rear seat, and what ever happened to the exoskeleton? Are we just ignoring that this is now just a bunch of heavy steel panels attached to a unibody? Remember all that talk about moving the structure to the exterior via the "exoskeleton"? I think my mind is pretty much made up about cancelling because I know I can't trust Tesla to be fair or prioritize the customer in any way. Once they have the extra $20k for FS, they will be good to go and actually providing what you are paying for is up to their leisure to decide when to deliver. Right now you are paying for a laser etching that I honestly think is tacky and I wish it wasn't there. I am guessing that FS owners experience is going to be that of a poorly built, poorly performing beta-test model of a truck that will have to be completely updated and reworked a few years from now to ever come close to what was expected. I think FSD will take a year or more and make FS owners angry and impatient and after a year or so, decent Cybertrucks (still with terrible performance but acceptable build quality) will start rolling off the production line. FS buyers will be sitting there in their crooked, creaky, rattling Cybertrucks, cruising down the highway with the motors vibrating and making noise, waiting for FSD and maybe even autopilot to someday be activated. I have uge remorse for buying into the hype and FOMO and I wish I hadn't put the deposit on FS.
I feel for you and I am in the same boat with my 2023 Lightning and 2022 MY. We purchased in the strangest car market I have seen in my 64 years. No cars on lots, people with money and willing to pay through the nose because resales were netting more then people had paid for them.
I certainly have in the past BUT it has to be a VERY solid situation in that I know there are several plugs and high probability of it being open. I don't need to add frustration to my adventure.
I keep a spare charge cable, an appropriately rated "extension cord" and every adapter known to man in the frunk. But I've found in a pinch, just renting a spot at any RV park and camping in the back is a great way to get around rough areas. RV parks are everywhere. I use RV Parky app to find them (can filter by 50amp).
I'm being a little silly. I'll never drive my FSCT 588k miles. I'm 71 years old! You know, half dead!
