Current ride: 2010 535i, tuned, 14mpg because I beat the snot out of it.
So now that we're in LA I'm driving a lot more and I'm not entirely sold on my current car situation. The smart money would be on selling the car and getting a Prius but I'm just not going to do that. So let's scratch that.
So I pose a challenge to TCG. I'm looking for something quick (sub 5.5 second 0-60) that gets excellent gas mileage, that is a luxury car. I don't need to sell my car and I'm not sure I even want to but an $600 gas bill every month is hard to look at.
Call me predictable but I keep coming back to the Model S. It checks all the boxes for me. Luxurious, handles amazingly, get's amazing mileage (when converted to traditional calculations) and most importantly, if I beat the snot out of it it really doesn't lose a lot of range and even if it does, it costs almost nothing to fill. I did the math and it would save us about $4000 - $5000 a year to own one. That's taking into account cost of the vehicle, gas, insurance, etc.
I'm not sure it's worth committing to a $90,000 car for a savings of $4000 a year though.
So what are my other options? Something comparable to the BMW, comparable to a Tesla. Higher end, great mileage, not dog-shit slow. I don't think there's a car but if there is tell me what it is.
So now that we're in LA I'm driving a lot more and I'm not entirely sold on my current car situation. The smart money would be on selling the car and getting a Prius but I'm just not going to do that. So let's scratch that.
So I pose a challenge to TCG. I'm looking for something quick (sub 5.5 second 0-60) that gets excellent gas mileage, that is a luxury car. I don't need to sell my car and I'm not sure I even want to but an $600 gas bill every month is hard to look at.
Call me predictable but I keep coming back to the Model S. It checks all the boxes for me. Luxurious, handles amazingly, get's amazing mileage (when converted to traditional calculations) and most importantly, if I beat the snot out of it it really doesn't lose a lot of range and even if it does, it costs almost nothing to fill. I did the math and it would save us about $4000 - $5000 a year to own one. That's taking into account cost of the vehicle, gas, insurance, etc.
I'm not sure it's worth committing to a $90,000 car for a savings of $4000 a year though.
So what are my other options? Something comparable to the BMW, comparable to a Tesla. Higher end, great mileage, not dog-shit slow. I don't think there's a car but if there is tell me what it is.