Tesla wants to sell you a used Model S

larrys wrote: post #3

I want someone to explain HN's obsession with anything Tesla related. Is it the technology, the disruption or just Elon Musk's involvement? I understand articles appear that get upvoted I'm just wondering why this type of news would get upvoted.

Great car, great company, lots of good publicity lately, obviously tech related.

Re: Tesla wants to sell you a used Model S

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Post by arenaninja » Mon, Oct 06, 2014, 9:47 PM UTC

larrys wrote: post #3

I want someone to explain HN's obsession with anything Tesla related. Is it the technology, the disruption or just Elon Musk's involvement? I understand articles appear that get upvoted I'm just wondering why this type of news would get upvoted.

I'm excited for the advancements in battery technology. Personally, I upvoted this one because it could put it in my price range

Re: Tesla wants to sell you a used Model S

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Post by seanflyon » Mon, Oct 06, 2014, 9:55 PM UTC

larrys wrote: post #3

I want someone to explain HN's obsession with anything Tesla related. Is it the technology, the disruption or just Elon Musk's involvement? I understand articles appear that get upvoted I'm just wondering why this type of news would get upvoted.

> Is it the technology, the disruption or just Elon Musk's involvement?

Yes, yes and yes.

Re: Tesla wants to sell you a used Model S

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Post by pkorzeniewski » Mon, Oct 06, 2014, 9:59 PM UTC

arenaninja wrote: post #5

larrys wrote: post #3

I want someone to explain HN's obsession with anything Tesla related. Is it the technology, the disruption or just Elon Musk's involvement? I understand articles appear that get upvoted I'm just wondering why this type of news would get upvoted.

I'm excited for the advancements in battery technology. Personally, I upvoted this one because it could put it in my price range

Affordable to buy, but to maintain? It's not like you can go to the first mechanic around the corner to fix something in Tesla, and I'm quite sure original parts are ridiculously expensive. It's the same thing as with luxury, old cars - you can buy, for example, an old Porsche 911 quite cheap, but you will pay twice the price for repairs.

Re: Tesla wants to sell you a used Model S

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Post by toomuchtodo » Mon, Oct 06, 2014, 10:00 PM UTC

pkorzeniewski wrote: post #7

arenaninja wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm excited for the advancements in battery technology. Personally, I upvoted this one because it could put it in my price range

Affordable to buy, but to maintain? It's not like you can go to the first mechanic around the corner to fix something in Tesla, and I'm quite sure original parts are ridiculously expensive. It's the same thing as with luxury, old cars - you can buy, for example, an old Porsche 911 quite cheap, but you will pay twice the price for repairs.

Tesla has an 8 year, infinite mile warranty on the power train (not sure what the rest of the vehicle is covered by). It also requires very little, if any, maintenance (tire rotations every 5K miles, brakes every 100K miles, battery replacement every 150-200K miles). For battery replacements, they just drop the pack and lift a new one in. For motor replacements, they just lift the 80 lbs motor out and drop a new one in.

Re: Tesla wants to sell you a used Model S

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Post by general_failure » Mon, Oct 06, 2014, 10:04 PM UTC

larrys wrote: post #3

I want someone to explain HN's obsession with anything Tesla related. Is it the technology, the disruption or just Elon Musk's involvement? I understand articles appear that get upvoted I'm just wondering why this type of news would get upvoted.

If I had a downvote button I would.

I think the main reason is that people think the mere fact of associating themselves and reading anything Tesla and anything Elon Musk related makes them feel cool and modern. It's basically like a cult. How people who know "music" will always disparage pop music and think this random indie alternative band is the best.

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Post by sliverstorm » Mon, Oct 06, 2014, 10:20 PM UTC

seanflyon wrote: post #6

larrys wrote: post #3

I want someone to explain HN's obsession with anything Tesla related. Is it the technology, the disruption or just Elon Musk's involvement? I understand articles appear that get upvoted I'm just wondering why this type of news would get upvoted.

> Is it the technology, the disruption or just Elon Musk's involvement? Yes, yes and yes.

In increasing order of importance to HN'ers, I think.