Prompt: Write about the best gift you have received.

 The best gift I have recived had to have been my truck. I choose my truck, and spend a couple months searching for one. My parents paid for my truck, which I'm extremely thankful for, since I wouldn't be able to have a car if not. My truck is a 1995 Ford F-150 XLT, its a long bed, super cab, 4x4, with the biggest engine they offered in it, the 5.8L 351 Windsor. It uses a TON of gas. Right now it has an exhaust leak and a vaccum leak which is causing me to get less than 5 miles to the gallon in city driving and around 9 miles to the gallon on the highway. The truck has a couple issues but I've been able to fix most of them. The truck I got is two tone; red with a silver stripe down the side. I'm glad I got a older car and not a new car for a plethora of reasons:

    1. Rapid depreciation

    2. Way over engineered

    3. Higher insurance costs

    4. Higher registration costs

    5. New cars are built so you can not work on the yourselves

    6. Unnecessary features you do not need such as heated seats, self driving, a huge touchscreen, and many complicated sensor systems.

    7.  The cars value depreciating outpaces the warranty

    8.  Car payments are an insane amount of money

    9.  Almost everything on newer cars is plastic even including most bumpers

Now, I will list reasons why you should not buy a Tesla new OR used.

Why buying a brand-new Tesla is a bad idea:

  1. Teslas lose value really fast. As soon as a new model or a price drop happens, the value tanks and you can lose thousands instantly.

  2. Tesla randomly cuts prices, so you could buy one and then see it drop $5k–$10k in value a few weeks later.

  3. Brand-new Teslas still have build quality issues like panel gaps, paint problems, rattles, and trim that doesn’t line up right.

  4. Repair times are long because Tesla’s service centers are overloaded and parts take forever to arrive.

  5. Repairs are expensive, especially anything involving the battery. Even small accidents can cost a ton.

  6. Some features are behind software paywalls or subscriptions, even if the car already has the hardware.

  7. Autopilot and FSD are overhyped. They’re still basically beta features and nowhere close to true self-driving.

  8. Charging can be inconvenient. It’s slower than fueling, Superchargers can be crowded, and home charging may need expensive electrical upgrades.

  9. Range drops a lot in cold or very hot weather, sometimes by 20–40 percent.

  10. The battery slowly loses capacity over time, and replacing it is extremely expensive.

  11. Teslas are expensive to insure because repairs cost so much.

  12. Software updates can introduce bugs, glitches, or changes people don’t want.

  13. Customer service is inconsistent and sometimes really slow.

  14. Independent repair shops don’t have full access to Tesla parts or software, so most repairs have to go through Tesla.

  15. Tesla makes quiet changes throughout the year, so early builds sometimes have issues that get fixed later without warning.

  16. The interior materials wear out faster than in a lot of other cars.

  17. Buying new basically makes you a beta tester because Tesla rolls out new ideas in real time.

Now why you shouldn’t buy a used Tesla either:

  1. You can’t really know the true battery health, and some used Teslas have already lost a lot of range.

  2. Battery replacements cost thousands and can even be more than the car is worth.

  3. Some previous owners may have fast-charged the car a lot, which wears the battery down faster, and you can’t easily tell.

  4. Used Teslas may be out of warranty or close to it, and repairs without a warranty are super expensive.

  5. Independent EV repair options are limited, and many repairs still require Tesla’s approval or their software.

  6. Tesla sometimes removes features like FSD or Autopilot upgrades when a car is resold.

  7. A lot of used Teslas have been in accidents and then repaired cheaply, just enough to sell.

  8. Salvage-title Teslas often lose Supercharger access permanently, even if they’re fixed perfectly.

  9. Mileage doesn’t tell the whole story. Teslas can have a ton of wear on things like door handles, screens, suspension, and the battery even with low miles.

  10. Used Teslas still lose value fast because new price cuts also drag down older models.

  11. Older Tesla tech becomes outdated quickly, especially cameras, processors, and sensors.

  12. Some previous owners change settings that might hurt the battery long-term without realizing it.

I'm extremely glad to have an older car powered buy a big v8. If I'm gonna be honest, nothing will ever convince me to go electric.
Summary: today in class we worked on vocab lesson 4 and a project due tmrw

reflection: I got a good amount done today

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