Even though I’m working from home, having access to a car is still important. I drive myself to dialysis three times a week, and also need to drive to other medical and dental appointments. Occasionally I drive to my sister’s house and also out to get food. I see dialysis patients that depend on third party medical transport and it severely limits their freedom and mobility.
An electric car saves you on regular maintenance (no fluids to change) and brakes (regenerative braking), but puts a lot of wear on the tires. This is due to the high torque output of the electric motor plus having a very heavy car. I changed all four tires at around the 30k mile mark, and now I just changed the rear two tires at ~60k miles. The front still has 5 mm of tread which is >50% life.
I scheduled service early this morning through the Tesla phone app and there was a 9:15 am opening in Santa Ana. The service center is pretty new (10 months), and mostly services the Model 3. They did have my tire in stock, which was some kind of extra quiet Goodyear Eagles, for $230 each. They also charged me $100 to mount and balance both rear tires so the total with tax was ~$600. I saw the tires on the Goodyear website for $232 so the price was fair. I though about getting the regular Eagles for $160 each but stuck with the OEM tires. Originally they said two hours but they were done only after an hour. Br0wsing r/teslamotors on Reddit, there seems to be quite a few bad service experience posts. My car has been serviced 5-6 times and each time it has been a good experience.
Life with chronic diseases 