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Re:Tesla Model 3 fault rate is the highest of any car: report by codeTired on Monday November 20, 2023 @11:51PM (#38359420)
You have to be kidding. The prices have dropped massively. Just Google model Y history over last 3 years from $63k to $52k.
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Re:Tesla Model 3 fault rate is the highest of any car: report by thejazzman on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @10:09AM (#38364638)
Before $7500 rebate which is the real used market killer

I check all the time and the used market (on 3 and Y) isn't nearly cheap enough to opt out of a brand new model with full warranty

And because of the reliability issues, the full warranty is quite valuable (in the short term at least)

-- my 2015 S battery dies literally the day after the 8y warranty ended. $15k to replace with a refurbished battery AND forfeit my battery to them to resell it. The trade in value of the car, assuming it worked, was only $20k.

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