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Originally Posted by Badhobz
which corolla is 35k!?
Ill just go with the most popular ratrolla, the LE CVT. 25k base, 29,752.80 w/ taxes pdi, etc
then throw in Model 3 base, with no additional options. 60k base, $68189.00 w/ luxury taxes pdi, etc
the difference there is already $38,436.
maintenance on the ratrolla (i had 2 of them before) isnt 1k a year, but sure 1k a year.
10 years, 10k, now your difference is 28,436. Add in the gas you figured at 3k a year (higher estimate) 10 years, you at 30k worth of gas. YOU JUST BROKE EVEN to the loaf of bread model 3. IN 10 years. 10 FUCKING YEARS.
call a spade a spade okay, if youre buying EV's in this climate, you arent saving money unless your doing uber-ish miles everyday.
Just rerun your math with the actual price of the cars today
Corolla: 30,000+(2688*10)+(1200*10)=72,000
Model 3: 68,200+(504*10)+(450*10)= 77,400
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That's the price for a Corolla with most of "luxury" options we wanted back then when Model 3 came standard. Even today... the top 2 tier Corolla (either Hybrid or non-Hybrid) that basically has those options included runs for 33k and 37k before taxes respectively before any dealer markup.
Again, you can go really cheap and find a barebone car that would have nothing but something to get you from point A to B... but for a full option car, which all Tesla come standard, you are not going to get anything for 30k after tax. And if you really want to update the pricing to today, the gas today is 163.9... so, the yearly gas figure becomes 3147/yr. Or 31470 for 10yrs. You are not really coming out ahead.