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what is fascinating about your comment to me is thag the value of your car has dropped precisely because people fear battery issues. my friend had a 2015 Tesla S in pristine condition, just a ridiculous car. replaced the battery so now we have 50k miles new battery like-new Tesla S that he could not sell for more than $30k. wild stuff…

even though most people don’t do it, on more expensive cars it actually makes serious financial sense to replace the battery but on cheaper cars it does not!

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aprilthird2021 18 hours ago | parent [-]

Your friend's Tesla did not drop in resale value because of the battery. If anything a new battery would make those who fear battery degradation more willing to buy this used car.

It dropped because Teslas in general have a high maintenance cost associated and a high insurance cost (because insurers also see it as costly to maintain). High maintenance cost tends to sink a car's resale value.

I know the car does not need oil changes or have the possibility of various failure modes an ICE car has, but when it does have an issue, like a dent or a scrape, etc. the cost to repair is much higher.

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bdangubic 32 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

with all due respect every single reason you listed here is 100% wrong… I have had Tesla S 2014 for now over a decade - the cost of “maintenance” exactly $0.00. here’s what my costs have been (I have free supercharging so we can say this has been total cost of ownership)

- new internal battery $220 - new modem when switch to “5G” was made - $250-ish - new tires

that is it. after 80k miles I am still on original brakes cause with regerative braking I seldom-to-never use the brake (as my wife would say if I use a brake on Tesla it is always followed by F-bomb at another driver)

not sure who told you all these things but they are all 100% wrong - no exception

	▲	aprilthird2021 15 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Please read this part of my comment: > but when it does have an issue, like a dent or a scrape, etc. the cost to repair is much higher. This is why insurance on Teslas is higher. It is not uncommon for bodywork on Teslas to be far more expensive than on other cars, and since bodywork is the majority of insurance claims, it factors in

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cobri 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

As of 11/13/2024, Consumer Reports rates Tesla as the lowest maintenance and repair costs over the first 10 years of ownership, not factoring in insurance or collision repair.

https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-maintenance/the-cos...

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aprilthird2021 15 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

But you are not factoring in the exact things I'm talking about: insurance and collision repair, which are both higher on this make

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thejazzman 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They didn't ask me about my $15k battery replacement that occurred the day after my warranty expired

Doesn't much matter how good the cells are when the wires in the pack just magically corrode

	▲	bdangubic 28 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		outliers always exist, you were dealt bad hands. I think also if you pushed hard you could have gotten this covered, just needs a whole lot of yelling and if that doesn’t work going social and trying to get some publicity behind it, especially if it was 1 DAY after warranty expired. I personally thinks it makes financial sense to get extended warranty for things like this, $15k used to be a price of a new car, getting a warranty to cover that past Tesla’s warranty I think makes financial sense. My wife recently bought pre-owned eTron and I made her get extended warranty after doing research online about maintenance costs on them