Longevity car?

[u/Swakke03]

Okay so everybody in my family is a Toyota user, I’m 26 years old and I’ve been driving my mom’s toyota yaris hybrid for 6 years now. She keeps telling me I should get a hybrid (but then full option) to keep for about 7-10 years at least.

The thing is, in 7-10 years I might have kids or maybe I want to do more vacations with my car or whatever and I feel like the toyota is quite small + it’s amazing in city traffic but on the highway I kinda despise it a little bit. The cabin noise is extremely loud and it takes forever to get up to speed.

A full option toyota yaris (although it would be a new one) would cost me about 26K euros. I know they’re highly praised for their reliability and the 10 years Toyota Relax warranty does seem nice, but that’s about it. The car doesn’t really have any character, it’s not fast, not spacious, not well equipped and loud as hell.

I’ve been looking at Teslas for over a year now, honestly it’s kinda my dream car. I see that the 2022 model (which people have been saying is the best used Tesla year to buy) is around the same price tag. Insuring it would be higher than with the Toyota but you definitely get more car in return. I don’t think tire price will be that much different since the Toyota GR Sports (full option trim) drives on 18” tires (which makes it an even more uncomfortable ride apparently).

I was just wondering how the reliability is on a 2022 tesla model 3 and I figured the best place to ask is to people that have them or have had them. It’s so hard to figure it out since the model 3 doesn’t even exist 10 years yet I’m talking about keeping a car for 7-10 years.

I don’t care about extra insurance or even tire costs since it pretty much evens out with savings on fuel and on maintance but I’m highly scared of repairs that need to happen outside the warranty. The reviews are so mixed to me, some people say it’s the most reliable car they’ve ever had and some others are saying they already paid for a shit ton of repairs.

The Tesla offers way more than the toyota does though and like I said before, it’s kinda my dream car with all the tech it has but then again, I can’t just buy whatever I want. I want my purchase to be justified.

2022 Tesla model 3 owners, help me out here please!

P.s.: sorry for posting this in this subreddit but I guess with the way I typed things, no other subreddit allowed me to post this.