After a few months of heavy misfires, a month or so of losing coolant/overheating, engine died while driving before I could find a mechanic to do the headgasket job . then I finally found one on another forum but price for engine replacement. wasn't worth it. so it's gone to either junkyard or mechanic fixing for a new owner.

I got it used in 2019, put almost 100k miles on her. was probably my favorite car I ever owned.


Here she was, that model3 is gone too (sold in 22)

 

That's a shame. How many miles on it total when the headgasket failed? What is next?

 

Very sad to hear at your CT. Glad that you enjoyed many miles with your 2012 CT. What are your plans for your next vehicle?

 

~193K miles

 

2019 ES350 F Sport, got it for a week now.

 

Well, that sure is a huge bright side! Very nice

 

I'm also another that had an 7ES as a successor to my CT. Two 7ESes in fact =) Surprised given your green vehicle history, you didn't go for the hybrid. The hybrid ES is much more aggressive and potent than the CT... i think a lot of people avoid it thinking its the same. at times it felt too powerful!

 

Hah, I remember your informative posts about your CT on this forum, kinda surprised you've got a Tesla now.
Honestly the only things I kinda miss about tesla are the the tech/software and the performance - no ICE car will compare to it - , I don't miss charging, the seats, too minimal interior, no dash instruments/HUD, and the FSD where I felt like I'm beta testing a product that should have been tested already, nonetheless the FSD is way ahead of any other manufacturer's cruise control or autopilot I've experienced, but still not advanced enough that I would use it that frequently, I still trust my own instincts more than software.
I forgot to mention that we have another CT we got right before covid, a 2016 special edition(or is it black edition) fsport, that's mostly driven by my wife though,

As for getting the V6, I never had a car with one so that played part of it I guess, and I agree maybe I should have got the hybrid for the better mileage but I was mainly shopping for a sportier looking/sounding car this time around, I was actually cross-shopping mainly audi a5/s5/a6 and MB E-class. yet somehow I ended with a friggin' lexus again.