Quote Originally Posted by Jer View Post
Like I said, there already is a massive availability of used parts. The amount of people buying totaled cars to part-out has been rapidly growing for quite some time now. This isn't new either. There really isn't any part you can't buy from known and trustworthy sellers now.

Again, I think you're basing a lot of your opinion on information that was relevant six months to a year or more ago. This Tesla is rapidly evolving for the better and that's part of the point of these posts is to bring new and accurate information to a group that probably isn't actively seeking out this information every month or two on their own.

You keep talking about committing to labor that post-warranty Tesla ownership requires which is comical because you don't factor in the labor you invest all of the time of your ICE car. How much time you spend going to or at gas stations. How much time you invest to change your oil or take it someone who have changed. How much time you invest on timing belt changes or taking it somewhere. Even less complex maintenance like changing an air filter takes time, more on some cars. The list of maintenance items you have to deal with or pay someone else to deal with is long and this all takes time. Even with an ICE car there is a time commitment and it's actually much greater but we're so used to it that we don't consider it. But investing an hour to fix a door handle every quarter million miles... nah, that's just too much time commitment.

You only say it looks more complicated than a 911 GT3 because you don't understand it anywhere near as much as you claim you do. Simplified: thousands of moving parts versus dozens/hundreds of moving parts. EVs are FAR less complex than ICE vehicles. Guns are also scary things to those who don't understand how they work. Same concept.

You would rather own a McClaren 650 out of warranty than a Tesla Model S 100D? Now I know you're just being anti-EV because those things are in the shop more than they're on the road and the repair bills are ALWAYS in the tens of thousands of dollars. Engine rebuilds are the norm and good luck keeping a transmission under it. If that's your honest stance then you really know nothing about Tesla or it's reliability and maintenance or you're just trying to be argumentative.
I spend a lot of time on Ebay. The Parts needs to be more readily avaialble.

You keep talking about gas station time.
Opportunity cost plus the cost of gas.
Gas station time vs charging time.
I will take gas time.
No charging while parking at most of parking lot yet.

I watched a lot of videos of Tesla rebuilds and diy.
I haven't had opportunity to work on major Tesla stuff from 2 guys who own s out of warranty, but we all know it would be b1txh to work on.

I am not trolling because my preference is 650s over 100d out of warranty.
(Like some prefers diesel broDozer over ev)