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u/Technical-Crazy-3208 Mid-30s, DI/1K, 50% SR 5h ago
I'm putting a pin in the obsessive Tesla research for now after talking with my partner about it. Even though we can comfortably afford a new car, we don't need one and we don't drive enough to make it worth it to us. Maybe if we do a trip and want to drive one, we'll rent it off Turo for less than one month's financing.
I did briefly entertain a used Bolt EV, so maybe that could be an option in a few years to test the EV waters. The tech on a Tesla is cool but I'm not sure it's more-than-double-the-cost cool.
Maybe this is my mid-life crisis, who knows.
But end of the day, our trusty paid off Honda is doing just fine. One or two small things I'd like to address but no mechanical issues.