Another benefit is you can use stored energy in your battery during utility peak hours. 4-9pm in California costs [a lot] more than any other time of day.
That's unfortunate. I got my 8.25KW system + Powerwall installed through Tesla for ~$26K in 2021. Just got my 26% tax credit this year. Also added a Tesla Model 3 in 2021 to complete the Tesla Ecosystem. Truly a dream come true.
My loan payments are less than $140/mo and I plan to completely pay off the system in the next year or so. Living off the sun is great.
Comments from owners are very important. It seems like the people who do not use FSD/own a Tesla have more complaints than people who use FSD/own a Tesla.
Anecdotally, I know over a dozen people who own a Tesla, use FSD daily, and have zero complaints. I use FSD daily with no issues. I get updates every other week or so that makes little improvements that I actually notice and feel while driving.
My biggest stress while using FSD is deciding what music to listen to.
I graduated with a Psychology degree. I worked at a lot of BS jobs after college from recruiting and customer service which lead me to pursue sales for more money. Did sales for about seven years for various industries, left sales about two years ago, and now I work in totally different field that funny enough isn't customer facing. Being under 40, I'm proud to say that I am very close to what I feel is financial freedom.
Anecdotally, one of my friend circles consists of some engineers, doctors, lawyers, CEOs - you get it, the book smart people. Very well educated, went to prestigious universities, earned their highly respected degrees, etc. Most of them today are solidly traffic jammed in the rat race like the majority of society.
I have another friend circle, not nearly as educated as the friends highlighted above, who some are sitting on multi-million stock portfolios/assets/whatever. One of them who really stands out paid one of our other friend to write all his papers in college. Think he barely squeezed out a C average.
It really depends on the person. I work for an Elon Musk company if anyone cares.