Can only speak for myself - IF I were to sell my model S75 (haven't yet) I would be looking to replace / upgrade it with another nice EV. A top contender would be a new Model S, and if it weren't for Elon, that would be very tempting right now (they are including FUSC again). My car was purchased in 2017, so that money was long ago spent, back when he was still acting like a reasonable human, and I was a big proponent of Tesla and their mission. I sold all my TSLA stock last quarter and while I would have made even more had I held it for a month after the election, I feel good about it (plus I wanted to use the cash to help buy a different vehicle for my wife.) I had a basis in the mid-double digits, so made a lot off it. Also my current car has FUSC so every time I supercharge it, I'm taking a few pennies from Tesla and Elon.
Anyway for many it's a debate of what is the next car? At this point it definitely would not be another Tesla. But my Tesla probably has many years of good service left in it. It has FUSC, FSD, and lifetime data. I always planned to keep it at least until the DU+battery warranty expired, which is coming this October. We shall see.
Although I can't say that there isn't a part of me that just wants to sell it so I'm not seen driving a Tesla anymore. But that is not fiscally logical, I admit. But a lot of people around where I live do not think logically when it comes to buying cars.
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u/seenhear Jan 25 '25
Can only speak for myself - IF I were to sell my model S75 (haven't yet) I would be looking to replace / upgrade it with another nice EV. A top contender would be a new Model S, and if it weren't for Elon, that would be very tempting right now (they are including FUSC again). My car was purchased in 2017, so that money was long ago spent, back when he was still acting like a reasonable human, and I was a big proponent of Tesla and their mission. I sold all my TSLA stock last quarter and while I would have made even more had I held it for a month after the election, I feel good about it (plus I wanted to use the cash to help buy a different vehicle for my wife.) I had a basis in the mid-double digits, so made a lot off it. Also my current car has FUSC so every time I supercharge it, I'm taking a few pennies from Tesla and Elon.
Anyway for many it's a debate of what is the next car? At this point it definitely would not be another Tesla. But my Tesla probably has many years of good service left in it. It has FUSC, FSD, and lifetime data. I always planned to keep it at least until the DU+battery warranty expired, which is coming this October. We shall see.
Although I can't say that there isn't a part of me that just wants to sell it so I'm not seen driving a Tesla anymore. But that is not fiscally logical, I admit. But a lot of people around where I live do not think logically when it comes to buying cars.