Can You Really Get A Tesla Model S For Under 500 Dollars Per Month?

Re:Can You Really Get A Tesla Model S For Under 500 Dollars ... by hyperbovine on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @10:35PM (#5483843)

Fifteen minutes a week equals an hour a month, which probably has an opportunity cost of ~$100 for the average potential Model S owner. That's 20% of what your monthly payment under this new financing, which is not trivial.

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Re:Can You Really Get A Tesla Model S For Under 500 Dollars ... by twoodfin on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @11:09PM (#5483981)

Who takes 15 minutes to fill their car?

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Re:Can You Really Get A Tesla Model S For Under 500 Dollars ... by pc86 on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @10:50AM (#5486366)

It's assuming you make a separate trip to fuel your car (it mentions time to drive to the station, fill and return home). It's an idiotic assumption.

Changing it to five minutes (or less if you just top your car off at 1/2 or 3/4 tank) is much more realistic.

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Re:Can You Really Get A Tesla Model S For Under 500 Dollars ... by hyperbovine on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @12:53PM (#5487241)

I use that number advisedly. In LA (TSLAs biggest market, really) it really is more like 15 minutes. And think carefully before you employ the word "idiotic"--it does not reflect well upon you.

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Re:Can You Really Get A Tesla Model S For Under 500 Dollars ... by twoodfin on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @01:45PM (#5487673)

How does that work? Google Maps suggests that LA has a gas station at least every other block, which jibes with my memory of the place. Are the lines really 10 minutes long?

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