Budget Help - Buying Tesla as first year attending

[Kamban]

I think the car to get would be a MY long range RWD after the battery update (if the new cells get to it). It's just the little design differences .

Have they started manufacturing and delivering the MY RWD yet, for those people who ordered it before it was pulled off the website?

[Nysoz]

Have they started manufacturing and delivering the MY RWD yet, for those people who ordered it before it was pulled off the website?

Not yet. No word on the rwd for deliveries I’ve heard aside from rumors that they started trial production in august.

[CBCwDiffpls]

Great advice here. If it helps your calculus, I think one highly underrated feature is the autopilot/ full self driving, if you have a long commute. I have a side hospitalist gig that is at a small rural hospital 140miles away from home that I drive to 2-4 times a month. The roads are mostly empty for 90% of the way and autopilot handles it perfectly. Allows me to completely zone ok the commute to /from this gig, which was previously the most stressful part of it (I hate driving.) in fact, this feature is pushing me to consider picking up more shifts, so in a sense it might pay for itself

[chocolatebear11]

Great advice here. If it helps your calculus, I think one highly underrated feature is the autopilot/ full self driving, if you have a long commute. I have a side hospitalist gig that is at a small rural hospital 140miles away from home that I drive to 2-4 times a month. The roads are mostly empty for 90% of the way and autopilot handles it perfectly. Allows me to completely zone ok the commute to /from this gig, which was previously the most stressful part of it (I hate driving.) in fact, this feature is pushing me to consider picking up more shifts, so in a sense it might pay for itself

Yes, that would be useful as I do have to make 250 mile round trip 2-3 times a month (roads also completely empty).

I had another question. What car do you recommend for a first time attending?

I currently only have 1 vehicle (mid sized SUV) in the household (family of 4) and will need another one in 1-2 years for mostly the children (school, extracurriculars, doctor's visits).

Again my situation, I have no loans to repay and will be renting an apartment for the first year or two. NW = 10k