That's the trick. By using technology companies as their business model, Tesla produces fantastic cars, but they're not reliable (yet). True Delta lists the Model S as having close to the most repair trips per 100 vehicles for pretty much every year it's been released. I imagine if the company continues to innovate and improve, they will eventually make very reliable vehicles that also have the latest features. But I wouldn't want to pay tens of thousands of dollars to be a beta tester in the meantime.
Yeah but the hassle of having a vehicle in isn't. I had a 2008 smart fortwo and I took that car in for more problems than all of our Toyotas combined. Sure it was under warranty but it was more of "I have to take it in again?!?" moments. Granted, the service folks at MB were fantastic.
Yea, after enough inconveniences, I could see those visits wearing thin. I have to admit, the Prius C at over 57k miles has been a dream maintenance-wise. Best car ever in that regard.
trips into the warranty shop can be a blessing. Why put over 1,000 miles on your OWN car's trip 1/2 way up the Cali coast, when you can do it in a loaner. It's called working the system - and makes getting that air suspension module replaced much more pleasant. I gotta few more ticky tacky warranty returns up my sleeve too. Now - i just gotta plan the road trip out to the grand kids in Nashville.
I haven't had a loaner in ages. The contract was silent regarding distance. The rental agreement on the Prius did not have a mileage restriction.
If someone doesn't specifically tell me, well, it's much easier to get forgiveness than permission. EDIT Back on a serious note, the major drag about software updates for AP2 is that it sometimes takes a couple days or more for the on board processors to assimilate all of the new functions. For example, when our upgrade today happened, it supposedly reactivated self parking. however, & in reality, shortly after the OTA update, the warning screen comes up displaying the following; "Warning - Safety features are not available." With so many updates, it starts to feel like there are more updates (thus inoperable features) then actual drive time. The logic behind all of this operational delay is Tesla requires literally millions of collective miles to be driven before the next set up features are deemed reliable. One starts to feel like a bunch of Lab Rats. Or as they would refer to it on Star Treck/Borg references - you feel like you're part of the collective but you haven't yet been completely assimilated. .
