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Elon Musk says Tesla workers will be sleeping on the factory floor when new $25,000 EV goes into production next year (www.techspot.com)

submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] SparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Some people pay like $60-80k for those big trucks you see

[–] magnus@lemmy.ahall.se 3 points 10 months ago

Big bucks for big trucks?

[–] xpinchx@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I live in a shitty neighborhood. The amount of Audi, bmw, Porsche SUVs is crazy.

[–] greybeard@lemmy.one 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The trick is, luxury cars drop in value insanely fast. A 2 year old Audi is often about the same price as a new Honda. The problem these people don't account for is maintenance costs. They think they are getting a deal, then they are getting dragged down by an unreliable vehicle that they can't afford to fix.

[–] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They think they are getting a deal, then they are getting dragged down by an unreliable vehicle that they can't afford to fix.

If memory serves, the outliers here are Lexus and Audi which both score high on reliability ratings. I could be wrong though, is been a couple of years since I looked into owning a car.

[–] greybeard@lemmy.one 2 points 10 months ago

True, Lexus is a Toyota brand, and at least historically shared a lot of parts with Toyota cars, so maintenance wasn't always crazy. In the case of Audi, they might be quite reliable, but I know repairs/maintenance, when needed, is very expensive.

[–] WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Lexus is probably highly reliable but Audi's have the same problem as other German makes- tons of cheap plastic under the hood that disintegrates at around the 5 year mark. There are lots of YouTube videos about it.

[–] macrocephalic@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah I've been keeping an eye on old beaters just to drop my kids to school and a 20yo Volvo SUV is as cheap as a 20yo Mazda.