90,000 Miles On My Tesla Model 3 — Maintenance Costs Higher Than Expected

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 14:24:10 +0000

I am a huge EV and Tesla fanboy. I know that in principal EVs are much less complex than cars with internal combustion engines. An internal combustion engine (ICE) replacement cost is ~$7000. It is much more complex than an electric motor. In addition, ICE cars have very complex transmissions (replacement cost ~$5000). You also […]

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3 Years & 80,000 Miles With My Tesla Model 3 — Battery Degradation, Maintenance Costs, Etc.

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 17:36:00 +0000

We were totally excited on October 22, 2019 when we drove our Tesla Model 3 Long Range away from the Tesla Salt Lake City Delivery Center. We’ve just passed our 3 year anniversary! Our odometer as I write this reads 80,821 miles. I wanted to determine how much battery degradation had occurred over that time […]

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Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Maintenance Cost Update at 3 Years & 27,000 Miles

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 01:41:55 +0000

One of our writers, Fritz Hasler, recently wrote a short review of his Tesla Model 3 Long Range after 75,000 miles and nearly 3 years of ownership. We’ve had our Model 3 Standard Range for just slightly longer than Fritz has had his, but we’ve driven ours far less. I’ll wait to write a full […]

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75,000 Miles With My Tesla Model 3: Maintenance Costs, FSD (Beta), Hauling, Etc.

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 03:10:35 +0000

My wife and I are still just as thrilled with our Tesla Model 3 in almost three years of driving since we took delivery on October 22, 2019. My odometer just hit 75,000 miles. The ultra-smooth, quiet, rocket-like acceleration as well as multiple software updates, culminating in Full Self Driving (Beta), have kept us excited […]

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My One Year Service For My Tesla Model 3

Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2019 15:28:21 +0000

I got my Tesla Model 3 in June 2018 and have about 18,000 miles on it, so it was recently time to have my one year service

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