# Why Buy a Tesla these days?

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-buy-a-tesla-these-days/5465>\
**Category:** EV Small Talk\
**Created:** [October 21, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-buy-a-tesla-these-days/5465 "2015-10-21T17:36:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![johudson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@johudson](https://community.electricforum.com/u/johudson)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-buy-a-tesla-these-days/5465/1 "2015-10-21T17:36:14Z")

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Hello Everyone,

I just want to ask two simple questions:

The first is how old are you? (You do not have to answer this question if you don’t want to)

The second is: What are the barriers holding you back from purchasing a Tesla? If any exist. Pick 3 in order of importance. If “Not confident in brand” is any of your top 2, please provide a brief reason why.

- Affordability
- Lack of charging stations
- Not confident in brand
- Prefer gas-powered cars
- Long wait periods to obtain a Tesla

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Old\_Houseboater](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/old_houseboater/32/544_2.png) [@Old\_Houseboater](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Old_Houseboater)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-buy-a-tesla-these-days/5465/2 "2015-10-21T17:44:59Z")

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Hmmmm

First off I’m 75

2nd nothing is stopping me other than I have 2 vehicles that are no where near being ready to be traded off.

You need more choices. All your choices project negativity.

The TESLA is an OUTSTANDING car maybe asking for 2 choices would suffice. Asking for 3 of yours casts the car in a bad light.

Positive polls are more likely to get response than Negative.

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**Author:** ![johudson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@johudson](https://community.electricforum.com/u/johudson)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-buy-a-tesla-these-days/5465/3 "2015-10-21T20:42:48Z")

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Thank you,

This was very helpful!