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I'm probably buying a new car this weekend. The 2007 Toyota Corolla has accrued more repairs than it's presently worth. Still drivable, but soon won't be, though it has earned itself 273k miles in its honorable time served.
So, got any car recommendations? Do you buy new, or lightly used? Hybrids worth looking at? If your car right now was summoned to the great car dealership in the sky right now, and you had to buy a new car, what kind of budget is sensible? Are you an old person who makes good car decisions, or a young enlisted man who makes horrible car decisions? I will refuse to listen to you, either way. But I still want to read your replies about car recommendations.
I am seriously debating buying a used Tesla, possibly after joining the retards drawing swastikas on them to lower the price.
Anyone have any experience with them? It's not my type of car, I just want something cheap and electric for local use that I can use excess noon solar on.
The Euros keep failing them in large numbers in their road-worthiness inspections at around 4 years. Depending on the exact country, it seems 20%-30% have "substantial deficits" which require major repair work. Worst EV in class, every single time.
The biggest problem is certainly brake rust from under-use (which you can mediate yourself, and Tesla could probably fix that by software update), but the reports I've seen also all mention suspension problems and faults with the headlight systems.
I wanted a used Model 3, but major repairs at 4 years is kinda scary. I've driven my Toyotas all well past 15 years of age, and I'm not confident the early generations of the Model 3 will get anywhere close to that.
I've been looking it up since you wrote this, and the number of common failures is stupid. Faulty charging port motor systems (why the fuck does it have a computer controlled electric motor for the fuel port anyway?!), the front suspension system needing to be cut off by the bolts and replaced, random error messages on the console that not even the Tesla service department can figure out, bricking from updates like a $40,000 Xbox...
Jesus I really want one of these things, but they're doing everything possible to turn me off.
Yeah, I was seriously considering picking one up for cheap in order to benefit from the image damage the brand took from the recent politics... but the cars just seem to suffer from inconsistent quality.
Some drivers really love their Model 3, have zero problems for the first 100k miles and give glowing endorsements to everybody who will listen. Lots of taxis use them, which is usually a good sign. Others are at the dealership all the time, and often for dumb expensive stuff.
Coming from Toyota, I don't like the risk. I expect my used cars to be solved problems.
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