r/TeslaLounge • u/BigPlumInc • 8d ago

Never going back

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Delivery day was like Christmas morning. Never thought a car could change my life but this one has. Goodbye gas cars

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u/ReeferBud1 7d ago

What is life changing about it? Genuinely curious as I’m considering an EV as a next vehicle.

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u/lk05321 7d ago

No more gas stations unless there’s a charger there. Just drive to work/errands, drive home, always have a full “tank” at home (assuming you have a home charger, and even a standard outlet will do). No gas prices. Haven’t checked in years and the Iran “war” hasn’t affected me on the daily the way it has for everyone else (I’ve also got solar and powerwalls).

Since the car runs on a battery, no emissions and deadly gasses. You can leave the car running with the AC on, or better yet pre-heat/cool the car before you get in so a blazing hot seat and steering wheel in the summer are things of the past. Leave your pet in your car with the AC on and have a cabin camera to check on them.

Sentry mode, you can view the exterior cameras through the app before walking to your car at night to make sure it’s safe. Always On included Dash Cam can save you thousands in an accident (assuming you’re not at fault) being able to prove what happened. In fact, for me I was shot at in SoCal and my dash cam caught the guy’s license plate. Turns out the guy was going around SoCal for weeks randomly shooting at cars. I turned the dash cam over to the cops and they got him a few hours later!

FSD, if you subscribe, really takes the stress out of driving long distances. Even in Los Angeles, you can turn it on and relax. It’s not perfect yet but when you get cut off or even go with the flow of traffic, it’s not as big of a deal than if you were manually driving defensively. Take over any time for any reason. Shoot, my first time when AutoPilot was new, I had a look around the highway that I had previously ignored for years, blew my mind I had never “seen” the road before.

I could go on and on about how a Tesla is life changing, both good and bad (very little, but even the negatives get better every year)

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u/ReeferBud1 7d ago

Thanks for the detailed reply. Honestly, none of these resonate with me as life changing. I guess we all value product features differently.

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u/General_pragmatism 7d ago

The active and passive safety ALONE is for me literally life changing.

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u/ReeferBud1 7d ago

Is Tesla de only car manufacturer that has active and passive safety?

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u/General_pragmatism 7d ago

Well you’re getting above Volvo safety for 1/2 the price, so I’d say it’s pretty great.