I have a 2020 model Y. Consider it over all the best car I’ve ever owned. The new auto pilot is brilliant. Drives me to work and home every day. Much less distracted driver than I am. I also owned a Rivian R1. That was an excellent vehicle. But make no mistake, the auto pilot is nowhere near as advanced as Tesla. I’ve been in the car business my entire adult life, and I know a lot about cars. The model Y is very fast, handles well, stops well, and has the most comfortable seats I’ve had in a vehicle. I can’t wait for the upgraded model Y to come out. I will be a buyer.

How could you forget 2 things. First, the $7,500 tax credit for new Tesla's - buy new is a great value. Secondly, FSD v12 is amazing and NO ONE else has a similar product. And if you are thinking Waymo - you can't buy one of those.

I bought a used Red 2022 Model Y Performance. It's amazing, parking sensors and Ryzen processor. $40k back in January. It was $71k new on the purchase sticker they had in the car. It's an amazing car, lets me have so much more storage than the Model 3 LR I had previously. I needed utility but couldn't afford it until the price drops.

Model Y, a short-lived success, now to be replaced by the competition. Proof? Elon said so. He said tesla cannot compete with Chinese newer EV models built to compete with the model Y and model 3. More proof? The US just placed a 100% tariff on Chinese EVs - that means the US will double their price! That is the way you keep them out of US market so not to kill Tesla.

By what logic would you want to sell battery power back to the grid? The grid is most likely to fail during peak usage by the public at large. After spending all that money you now want to drain your battery back to the grid and be left with a partial charge when the grid goes down? The people who think this way are from the past when solar power couldn't be stored but it could be sold back to the grid. Sell your solar power to the grid by all means, but don't drain your battery back to the grid.

Ben! Go Cats! Been watching for years, learned a lot but I am in need of your assistance on a potential used Model X purchase for my wife. From a fellow Arizonan (South Tempe), never owned an EV or Hybrid. I have three kids, all 11 and under. Captains chairs and three rows are a must. Found a 2019 75D traded in at a local BMW dealership. 80k miles, one local AZ owner, loaded, they refinished the 22’s, they put on new tires, FSD Computer but no idea if it has the software upgrade. Anyway, I could care less about FSD, same as you. They are asking just under $36k. We don’t driver long distances. Just around PHX to cart the kids and run to Costco and shopping bs in Scottsdale. Maybe a trip to visit the in-laws in Tucson and maybe a trip to SDO once a year but that’s it. I think the 75D will work for our situation but I remember the video with your wife where you went over all of the models and said range is the most important thing above all else. It’s the first X we saw/drove and my wife could care less what we get as longs as it’s not a minivan and it fits in the garage. I appreciate your time and await your feedback if possible.

The one thing i really hate about tesla, the brake lights don't turn on when they are slowing down. Their re-gen is aggressive enough it warrants the lights coming on. So many close calls from this and bad drivers.

So you didn’t get the tax credit because the car was over the cost limit of the federal tax credit?

Tax credit for used vehicles is limited to vehicles costing $25,000 or less. I don’t think you can find a Tesla for that. In other words, the tax credit does not apply to used Teslas.

Just learned a new reason I hate black rims; when they get scratched, and they will, they look dystopian like cyberpunk. Just trashy looking. Silver rims only please.

thanks... a good video covering everything for new buyers.

It's Te"S"la, Te"S"la, Te"S"la!, not Tezla! The original founders of Tesla pronounced it with a "S", Elon is NOT an original founder. Are your front side windows, headlights and tail lights legal, they look dark. With all the money you spent on paint protection I'm surprised you didn't protect the wheels because they all have curb rash. On my Model Y Performance I changed out the 21" wheels for 18" wheels with beefier sidewalls. Now my car gets better range and curb protection. But I'm surprised you don't know what the order fee is, since Tesla has been charging that for a while now. It's a fee to prevent people from cancelling their order because if you cancel then Tesla keeps that fee. If you complete your order you get the $250 back. Don't buy a used Tesla because you really don't know how the previous owner's charging habits, which could have hurt the battery health/life. Buy the low end new Model Y and get $0.99% financing from Tesla!

I have a Model X, which is my first EV. I still miss Apple Car Play. I also bought used.

You can still get 310 miles from a full charge?! That's quite impressive after 4 yrs.

Thanks Ben, nice review!

rim rash kills me.......

I’ve been torn between used and new. With the tax credit and .99% financing the payments on the loans aren’t far apart. Tesla is offering 8.79% for used loan.

The trade in value of the car that he paid $63k for is currently about $25k and dropping quickly. Any savings on gas and maintenance are insignificant compared to depreciation. Buying used was good advice.

Thank you for the share

How many time you got a flat tire and what you have paid to replace one?

Nice video - One thing you didn’t mention is the number of trips to the gas station avoided by driving an EV. In the example you outlined we might estimate 120! trips to the gas station you avoided over the last 4 years and 45,000 miles (assuming an average of 15 gallons per fillup). This is a significant amount of time and hassle saved by owning an EV .

Return of the douche!

Owned my model 3 since 2020 July and just had the front end repaired under warrant. Have 52,923 km on it. I am thinking about the extended warranty but not sure. I live In the GTA area and bought the FSD (Supervised) and not impressed. It still goes down the wrong highways and misses exits. Bought it because had a bad accident and wanted something to assist with driving. Love the car and would buy it again

Nice honest and accurate video - agrees well with our one year model Y experience. A small point, but please read up on the difference between a watt and a watt-hour. A watt is a rate of using energy (its like a gallon per minute in the fluid world), and a watt-hour is an amount of energy (like a gallon in the fluid world). For a technical person hearing them used wrong is like fingernails on a chalk board :) If you drive 2 hours at a constant power level of 240 watts, then you have used 480 watt-hrs of electricity - about 0.5 KWH.

thank you for this info. We are actually a Tesla family. M d newest to own one in the family but we still have a non EV cars just in case of emergency.

You are totally wrong about FSD dude. Everyone should have it on their car

Apple Music, Spotify and now audible. I have zero FOMO of Car Play. Had my MY for almost three years. The best car I have ever owned. Still love driving it. The software updates keep it fresh. The only money I have spent in maintenance is new tires and that was after 30K miles. I never charge over 65% unless I am going on a longer trip. Only supercharged twice in three years. Battery still showing the same range as when it was new.

Why are you lying about the new Model y prices?

I have the 2023 Model Y LR as you do and enjoy it very much. I am Retired, I don't do any long trips or get on Expressways, and just do short daily trips around town. I did not subscribe to the Premium Connectivity being single and only drive around town. I do use the Radio while driving. and that is all I need. I did not get any added special protection on the car. My short slow area driving, I feel the car will not get damaged like people would with more high speed driving roads. i am single and the only one driving the Tesla, so I just bought seat covers for protection. The rest of the vehicle should stay like brand new The Tesla stays protected in a home garage and only do home charging when needed - saves money doing this. I do not need or use public charging stations. I am currently doing the FREE FSD 30 day trial till June 9th. it is an interesting feature, gets me to do short trip destinations, but at this time I will not subscribe for the FSD feature. I feel I can drive the Tesla better myself. To me FSD is just a luxury Play Toy to tell everyone, "Hey, my car can drive itself." If I need anything, I will use Auto Pilot or Cruise Control. Thanks for the video. Take care.

Sorry, not a fan of headlight or taillight tinting. See if you can guess why.

I'd be curious on the math for someone driving a high amount of miles per year. In my case, my one year average is your 4-year. I daily a Toyota Camry and can see high 30's average due to a lot of highway mileage. My commute is such that I end up at home every night, so home charging would still apply. I would definitely benefit from an electric car, provided I owned a home (still renting). My main issue of worry is battery replacement for someone like myself. I am trying to get 400-600,000 miles out of my commuter car, and I know an electric car could easily go that distance or more with less maintenance. I'm not seeing much for reviews from people with that high of mileage in such a short timespan that haven't supercharged their batteries to hell constantly.

I'm sorry your wife got blindsided by these things on the updates, but we need to kind of be a little more open and up front with the audience instead of getting them to fear this or think that it's a negative. In reality, every time you get an update, the information of that update is right there for you to review. I would assume everyone would want to review what just changed on their vehicle before they even drove it? But I also encourage that. Most of us get excited for updates and then we actually look to see what is updated. Also, I bought a used one but with 0.99% APR available on a new model y, I'm considering upgrading from our model 3. Along with the fact there's a $7,500 rebate that you can use for your down payment up front when purchasing .Also, you can see exactly how much your car has saved or used on the app.

I have had a model 3 about 4 years now and I consider it head and shoulders above any other car I've ever had. And after this time I still enjoy every mile.

I used FSD 12.3.4 and it drove me from escondido to ponto with zero interventions. It's insane how good it is now. I was skeptical but there is definitely something there now. The past is the past on that, seems FSD is moving forward finally.

I would encourage you to review the release notes. You won't be surprised by changes to the car.

I'm coming up on 4 years of MY ownership as well. Are you going to do the 2-year manufacturer warranty extension for $2?

Thank you for your review. I got my 2021 TMY long range a couple of months ago and I love it, just one thing really annoying is the squeaky sound coming from my driver's seat every time I turn or the road is bumpy, almost like an old mattress, yours have that problem? Any way to fix it? It just started about a week ago and it's driving me crazy!!! Thank you again.

Hmmm, I have a 2022 Model 3, and I just link my phone via Bluetooth, and I can play music directly from my phone with all of my preferences - and it links automatically (wirelessly) when I get into the car to my last music/news source. That's nothing short of amazing in my opinion - it just works! Also, I find Tesla's version of Google Maps far better than Google's version. For example, it shows you what your next two turns are that are coming up. Google Maps doesn't do that. The graphics and information on Tesla's GPS are also far better than Google Maps. I am just learning to use the text and phone call functions, but the car downloaded all my contacts when I connected my phone to it, which is spectacular compared to other new cars I have driven. I have NEVER liked Google's Android Auto, even though I have used it on several vehicles. I own a Galaxy S22 Ultra, which is an Android phone. I really don't get why you think Android Auto and Apple Car Play are superior to Tesla's software but to each their own. I have worked in other states several times over the last five years and have rented numerous brands of new cars. I have tried the GPS/Entertainment/Phone/text center in Nissan, Hyundai, Toyota and other brand cars, and frankly, their UI features are dinosaurs compared to Tesla's. The only feature that doesn't work quite as well on Tesla's software as on Google's Android Auto is voice command, and that is only because it is somewhat limited. However, I have found that once you learn the commands, it is BETTER than Google's voice assistant. It is also much easier to use than Google's assistant and more reliable. From what I have heard, Rivian's software is second-rate compared to Tesla's and their trucks have all sorts of bugs in them which would frustrate the living hell out of me. If Rivian can address several problems with their trucks, I would like to get one after solid-state batteries become mainstream in the next three years. I love many of the features on the Rivian truck, but it is FAR too heavy and it's software is poorly rated by many reviewers. With solid-state batteries, Rivian could easily shave 1500 -2000 lbs off of the curb weight of their trucks because they will be at least 50% more efficient. That would make the physics of the truck much more reasonable. Still, for their first attempt, Rivian created a game-changing truck with some amazing features.

This guy said if your rocking a iPhone 12 no my guy I don’t have phone fomo

You did count in the instant 7500

I am waiting for the Model Y refresh. I don't need it right away. It just doesn't make sense to me to buy used. The Model 3 refresh proved to me how good the Model Y refresh could be. Also, when you get access to FSD 12.4 or 12.5 you may want to try it again. Buying FSD may prove to be the best purchase you made.

Surprised you even managed to spec a current LR AWD as high as $61k, that must be with all possible options! Just bought one two months ago and BEFORE $7500 Tax credit it came to basically $48k total (no paint/seats/wheels/FSD options, only added Mobile Connector). I get that this was to match the specs of your car exactly but I think you kind of buried the lead on how affordable these amazing cars CAN be

Keep in mind that it's not only software changes, but hardware that changes how these cars ride or safety in a collision has improved with newer Ys:)

Your $135 monthly electricity cost is 4 times to high. You took the 4 year cost and divided it by 12! Nice video though!

Very informative. Thank you!

240W/mile really? do you drive 30miles per hour?

I ended up leasing a dual motor model Y for work. Regular wheels, free paint color, no FSD. If I paid cash at the time, it would have been $37,780 with the $7500 tax credit and a $4K markdown - a great deal! But at the current interest rate, and not knowing where the technology and even the Model Y will be in three years, the lease made sense to me. It’s barely been two months and I love the vehicle and so does my right foot. 😂👍🏾. Wifey wants one, too. 😂

I have Android Auto, and I hate it's not integrated with the car.

You lost 25 to 30 miles anyway . That battery degraded by 10%

After watching your video and hearing your comments on FSD I assumed this was an old video. Once I saw this video is new I was really surprised about your comments on FSD. Since the total redo eliminating 300,000 lines of code and using AI to learn and get better, FSD is amazing. So much better than anything out there. It’s obvious to me that TESLA will solve this completely very soon now. I have to admit 6 months ago, I wasn’t so sure. Have you tried version 12.3? I’m curious what your thoughts are.