Why didn’t I do this sooner?
I had a GTI that I drove like I stole 6 days a week, 200+ miles a day round trip. I meticulously maintained it, but due to the miles I did weekly I was spending hundreds monthly on maintenance. Not to mention I had to mod it and the big turbo and E85 eventually took it’s toll right at 200k miles. Put a rod through the block.
My boss at the time had a Lightning and his wife has a MY. We both always got the new tech the other did. I put off getting a Tesla until I had to. I found this 2023 MY LR AWD with 13k miles and HW4 for $34k. I chose used to get more for my money over a new Standard. It had everything I wanted so I bought it on the app while on PTO. I picked it up at the dealership when I got home. The process took less than a minute. He handed me the key. Asked if I had questions. I said no. He said “Enjoy your new car!” and I drove off.
In the past 6 months I’ve used FSD to take me from home in Central Florida, and my new job in Northern Illinois, then Southern Michigan multiple times, 16k miles worth of self-driving. I’ve even camped in it for a few months to save on hotels. I have the frunk and subtrunk LOADED with stuff for being on the road. Plus a lot in the back seat while I travel. It doesn’t seem to impact the range nearly as much as I thought.
I love this car. Being in the oil and gas industry a lot of people give me shit. But a lot of them change their mind after asking questions about it.
Best part is I’ve only bought one gallon of windshield washer fluid in all this time. I wish I’d done this years ago. If it wasn’t for the high insurance cost it would be the perfect car.