Road Tripping 650 Miles to the Outer Banks in a Used Tesla Model 3 With 78k Miles!
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- čas přidán 14. 04. 2024
- In the very first Electrifying Insights video, you join Matthew on a road trip in an older 2018 Tesla Model 3 with 78,000 miles and some battery degradation .In this first vlog-style video, Matthew documents his experiences and shares what it's really like to take a long-distance journey in a seasoned electric vehicle. Get ready for an authentic look at the ups and a downs of traveling in an older EV!
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Nice video! Thanks for taking us along. Keep on posting!!
Thanks so much! Just filmed another video actually! I'm hoping to speed up the release of content soon
Sorry to break your 69 subscriber mark.... but Subscriber #70 here. :)
😂 All good! Thanks for subscribing! The more the merrier!
Thanks for the video! I just ordered a used 2018 M3LR with 75k miles. Really rare to see current videos with the older models. But this was great to see!
So I am looking at 2018 M3LR with 47k miles. I think it's a good deal but my concern was the battery warranty going to be gone in 2 years. Did you not worry about that when you placed your order? I'm just curious.
@@oaks123 something I definitely considered when purchasing.. I drive 20-25k miles per year. Figured my warranty time and mileage would run out at a similar time. I bought mine straight from Tesla and got the $4k tax credit and project to save $1500 a year in gas (or more if I use the local free charging station on base).. if the battery dies within two years, warranty has me covered.. if it makes it just beyond the warranty, I have “saved” $7k in tax and gas savings which I would put towards the battery. Also you could prioritize saving for two years to come up with the difference.. just $200 a month would come up with $12k total savings, which I think is what a battery cost now. That’s at least how I justified it to myself. Lol
That's awesome to hear! Thanks so much!
@@TheCrayonsMelt Battery costs are actually as low as $7k nowadays!
@@oaks123 I wasn't very worried about it at all because there hasn't seemed to have been very many early battery failures with Model 3's so far. Of course, like with any vehicle, there are some cases of premature failure. But those are far and few between.
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Thanks so much for your support!
The seatbelt system is good actually. You should strap in loose items on seats because you don’t want loose items hitting you in the back of the head or flying through the air when you have a front end accident. People have ended up in hospital that way.
That's a fair point. But I'm just comparing it to my previous vehicles. I just feel the seat detection in at least this generation of Model 3 to be a little too sensitive in my opinion.
So cool
The support is much appreciated 🙏🏻
So I am in the market to buy a used Model 3, possibly from Hertz. Great price, low miles. But I have some questions for you. On this trip, how much did it cost to charge at each stop and the total cost of charging for the entire trip. The last half of your video slowed down dramatically, with intermittent sound. Not sure what happened, but I initially thought that it was the Celcius wearing off. lol Great video though. Please keep up the great work my friend.
Apologies for the slowdown with the video! I got quite tired towards the end as the Celcius definitely wore off lol. Next time, I'll be sure to document the cost of each charging session during a road trip. For this specific trip, it's hard to figure out the exact cost per session until I take the trip again, but I can check the total cost in the Tesla app, which was $57. Do you mind me asking what year Model 3 you're looking at?
Could you please do a charging video with your vehicle I am on the fence about getting an older vehicle because of the charging curve? How long would it usually take to charge up the Tesla to 100% on a supercharger?
Great idea! I'll be sure and do a video about that soon! I've actually never done a 100% charge at a Supercharger because you almost never do that on road trips as it's less efficient to do so. But on a road trip, my stops are usually 10-20 minutes
How’s the build quality holding up? Squeaks? Rattles?
Surprisingly, there's only one small squeak coming from the passenger door trim. Not sure exactly where it's coming from, but I only hear it on really rough roads. Overall, the car is holding up much better than my previous BMW 328i with similar mileage. There were a ton of rattles and squeaks in my BMW.
Did you buy that Tesla used?
I sure did 👍🏼 I've only added about 10,000 miles to it since the time of purchase.
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