Why do wealthier people buy anything but Tesla cars?

Green cars for people who have huge carbon footprints from flying all over the world. I wouldn't buy a Teslsa even if I could afford it, ugliest thing on the road.

- you have no guarantee that the thing will still work or be worth anything in 5 years.

ORIGINALS ARE ALREADY 5 YEARS OLD AND GOING STRONG. BATTERIES HAVE 250K ON THEM AND ONLY HAVE 2% DEGRADATION. MEANING, THE BATTERIES COULD EASILY GO 1MILLION MILES, THE CAR MIGHT NOT MAKE IT THAT FAR, BUT THE BATTERIES WILL!!!

- it spies on you all the time - SILLY

- you have no ownership or control. You can't repair it or modify it. YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. BUT LIKE AN IPHONE, DO YOU WANT TO VOID YOUR WARRANTIES.

- if Tesla comes out with a software update you don't like, too bad for you- IPHONE OR OS SOFTWARE ANALOGY AGAIN

- basically you're leasing a vehicle but paying full price for it - SILLY AGAIN

There's no savings for using an electric car here unless gasoline prices go up more than my electric rates.

TRY SOLAR PANELS!!

How much do you pay for a gas a year, since you drive so much?

3k, 4k?

how much is your electricity bill a year, 1k?

Lets say 3k + 1k = 4K.

Large Solar Array for 20k.

Solar system is paid off in 5 years.

Solar panels will last 30+ years

25 years of 4k a year you aren't paying for gas or home electricity = 100k

Sounds like a pretty nice return on your 20k solar panel investment.

Embrace the future!!

I recently bought a new BMW X series rather than a Tesla even though I could afford the Tesla. (We have the money, in part, because my wife insisted that we support a new local green company called Tesla by buying its stock when it was $19/share. Stock now at $340/share.)

I went with the BMW because:

1. Range anxiety. When I leave the Bay Area by car (which I admit is not often) I do not want to be cooling my heels waiting for the car to recharge.

2. I haul my bicycle in my car. The bike slides right in the BMW. Not true with the Tesla.

futuresense wrote:

There's no savings for using an electric car here unless gasoline prices go up more than my electric rates.

TRY SOLAR PANELS!!

How much do you pay for a gas a year, since you drive so much?

3k, 4k?

how much is your electricity bill a year, 1k?

Lets say 3k + 1k = 4K.

Large Solar Array for 20k.

Solar system is paid off in 5 years.

Solar panels will last 30+ years

25 years of 4k a year you aren't paying for gas or home electricity = 100k

Sounds like a pretty nice return on your 20k solar panel investment.

Embrace the future!!

Try calculating those costs for a latitude if 61 degrees north, with low angle light and 6 hours of daylight in the winter.

Or spend $30k and get a Pontiac g8 - gtx save your money and get all of the performance in a stylish sedan that will kill any of the BMW's.

Gas is nominal compared to bulk battery replacement.

A better question is: why do people who buy Tesla cars also get personalized license plates that usually attempt creatives ways to express that their Tesla is zero emission? Lame.

well if you are in Alaska, 2% of the US population, then you better use a combo of solar and wind.

but for the other 300 million in the contiguous states, this can be done.

its a no brainer.

the same people that argue against this tend to call the news fake, climate change uncertain, and science heresy. haha.

i've given you a real economic model that makes sense, is easy, and doable right now. if you choose to ignore, i hope for $5 a gallon gas soon!!

plug that number into the matrix and you'll probably save 130k in the same amount of time.

Good luck.

Rich people buy classic Ferraris. Not Teslas.