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Yes the biggest advantage of it is I don’t need to pay a maintenance fee for it
Or should I say only a few spare parts need to be replaced
and those spare parts are very cheap
Maybe only several thousand ( NTD) not like petro cars
Which needs to be maintained
after dozens of thousand of kilometres running or after half a year
Model Y doesn’t need to maintain?
No
Maybe you just need to pay one or two thousand for spare parts replacement
For example the brake blocks, they are very cheap
Yes so on average, it is pretty cheap
But there is a problem in Taiwan
There are a lot of old houses
and most of the residents live in buildings
It is inconvenient for them to recharge their car in the evening
So maybe many people like electric cars
But they may not buy them How do you recharge your car?
I am living in a relatively far away place from the downtown
I am living in a townhouse
so I never come across the difficulty of car-recharging
Have you bought your own charging pile？
Yes, I have one in my own garage
Yes
Maybe from last year or this year
some buildings started providing
charging piles
So for residents in some old buildings
they always need to recharge their cars somewhere outside
that is a little bit troublesome
Is there a big difference between driving
on an expressway and an ordinary road
Is there
a big difference?
I think there is no difference between
driving on an expressway and an ordinary city road
but it is relatively more relaxed
when driving on a highway because I can use automatic driving
I can eat something or chat with my children
while driving
Do you mean driving the model y?
For example
on an expressway
or a highway in Taiwan
while it is automatic driving
you can handle something else
Yes
But I did not buy any extra features like FSD
I only used its presets to drive straight forward
Anything you
doesn't like it?
He asks you if there is anything
you don’t like
Yes I think the automatic driving feature is not good enough
not intelligent enough
when handling some sudden cases
It is not able to judge the situation very well
So it is a little dangerous sometimes
For example, last time when I was driving
another car inserted a little in front of me suddenly
The automatic driving system thinks that the car in the front stops
so it determined to stop my car suddenly
I was lucky there were no other cars behind me
otherwise, I might be crashed by the rear-end
It is not good at dealing with this kind of situation
so I would pay more attention to this situation
Yes
At that time, the car in the front was ready for driving out of the interchange
A lot of cars were queuing up
and driving out of the interchange slowly
Suddenly a car inserted ahead of me
Then the automatic driving system thought that it was an unnormal situation
so it stopped my car
Doesn’t it need any maintenance?
Yes very few maintenances are needed
Maybe there are some tiny breakdowns
but the repair price is very cheap
I noticed the price was only around several thousand
very low
Just one or two thousand like that
Do you like to recommend
this car to others?
Yes but to be honest
model y is a little expensive
How long to get after you
order
How long do you have
to wait that long
lonely older
If you order online
Online
Did you need to wait for a long time?
It took me around one and a half months to get the car after the order was placed
One and a half months
It is ok in Taiwan
for car delivery
Now in Taiwan
the model y can be delivered within
roughly a month in Taiwan
He asks you which aspects of the car you like
I think it should be the space you mentioned
Actually many Taiwanese like the sense of luxury of a car
But for Tesla, I prefer the
concise style
Its self-containing design
All its lines and interiors are very concise
I think it depends on different tastes
For me， I like this kind of concise
Yes clean I have never seen it
You can take a look later
In addition, it is really very money-saving
For example, in the past, I needed to pay 6000 for petro
But now only 800 is enough
any last thought
anything last
thing to say
anything else
would like to
mention That's
just a lot
Any more?
Any more?
No more The most important reason for me
to buy this car is for camping
Because I can use the air conditioner
for cool or warm air for a whole night
Wherever you go
you can place a tent behind the car
then enjoy the cool or warm air for a whole night
While the electricity consumption is
only or even less than 5 pa
Yes it will not be broken down
There will be no cooking smell either
In addition, electricity consumption is low
so it is very suitable for the environment with a gentle breeze and moderate rain in Taiwan
Yes okay
Thank you
What are your
thoughts on it is
the model y
let me know in the
comments below
a big thanks again
to Jane for the
interview
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