Just a few weeks ago, you could buy a brand new Model 3 in the US for ~$30k with incentives. I don’t consider that to be particularly expensive for a new vehicle.

> can just buy another

There is already commenter here claiming that all 4 Teslas they owned were reliable.

That's stupid in more ways than one. These breakdowns sometimes cause accidents.

Perhaps used to be true. Other car prices have caught up with Tesla.