You infer what was not implied.
Then I am sorry. I was trying to point out (apparently not very well) that most people who are in the Tesla range of income see the Tesla as a status symbol, that buying one has nothing to do with the price of gas.
“I was trying to point out (apparently not very well) that most people who are in the Tesla range of income see the Tesla as a status symbol, that buying one has nothing to do with the price of gas.”
It may be that currently, Teslas are more of a status symbol than a means of transportation. I don't know. No one has ever accused me of being a slave to fashion. I have suits in my closet that are twenty years old.
However, what I was trying to point out is that many people who buy expensive cars actually DO care about the cost of running and maintaining them, and that fuel cost is a consideration.
This is especially true for folks who, like me, drive a lot of miles every year. In fact, one of the things that motivated me to buy a Mercedes diesel was 1) I could keep the car for a very long time, and put a lot of relatively trouble-free miles on it, thus seriously mitigating the high initial cost of the vehicle and 2) the very low cost per mile, fuel-wise. I have a nice, comfortable, mid-sized luxury car that is peppy, fun to drive, carries a fair amount of luggage, and gets 30 mpg mixed driving, and 40 mpg on the road on long trips. AND, I don't have to replace a multi-thousand-dollar battery every 100,000 miles (which, at this point, I'd have to have done about twice).
As well, even though the car is getting older, and even with 200,000 miles, it feels, runs, and rides like new. If I can get the leather upholstery to hold up, or if I can do some minor restoration relatively inexpensively, I can give it to one of my sons in a couple of years, when my driving requirements will be dramatically lighter, and HE can run it for another couple of hundred thousand miles.
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