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Comment by 11thEarlOfMar

When I purchased my last car in 2014, the order from mom was safety above all else. It had to have 5 stars in the 3 major categories.

Dad had to give up performance. The car is jumpy, very loud and sluggish when accelerating 50-60 mph and the stereo is just bad.

Tesla has satisfied both mom and dad by achieving both the safest and highest performance car ever mass produced, and, the total cost of ownership, factoring in depreciation, fuel, maintenance, insurance, is 1/2 an equivalently priced gasoline car over 10 years.

That is why they have >300,000 pre-orders for the Model 3.

Environmentally friendly, never have to smell gasoline again, drive in the car pool lanes, these are all icing on the cake.

parent 11thEarlOfMar 10 years ago

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