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Old 01-19-24, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Alan K
I find it puzzling, to say the least, that someone who is buying a new Tesla by spending (or borrowing) ~$60,000 or more would not have enough common sense to familiarize himself or herself with characteristics of its battery and how to charge it properly.
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Agree.

I have bought one new vehicle in my life, I drove it for 17 years, about 170,000 miles. But there were quite a few used ones before that.

I replaced that one with a used vehicle that was 3 years old, drove that one for about 15 years but since I am retired now and only average 4,000 miles a year, I put a lot less miles on that one. I did a lot of internet research on that one before I bought it.

And the most recent one I bought, did a lot of research on that one too, but have less than 3 years on it and less than 10,000 miles so can't comment much on that one yet. It is not an EV, bought it used. I will find out later if that one was a good idea, but so far it is exceeding my expectations.

If you are spending many months of your income on something, I would expect a lot of research to be done.

I apologize to the OP for continuing this off-topic discussion further.
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