if you are regular consumer, i.e. do not take a race track as the commute route. Satisfaction is different, though. But satisfaction is in the eye of the beholder, it is not property of the vehicle itself. in the way, BMW as business does not produce cars, it produces satisfaction, car is irrelevant to their business model.

so, quality of life is not different in honda or BMW ones it has bells and whistles.
tesla, like any other pure electrical vehicle DOES improve quality of life due to sharply reduced maintenance. so time spent driving the vehicle is irrelevant. what is relevant is time and money spent to maintain it.

I have 2008 Altima (13K value), and I spent dramatically less time servicing it than you for your tesla (90K+ value), as you spent time to change wheels, plastidip, etc. so, comparably altima provides higher quality of life to the owner in this comparison study.

now, if I am to own tesla, it will provide higher quality of life, as I definitely won't do as much maintenance as you and LESS maintenance than to my altima, especially considering fuel and repair costs.

so, tesla vs non-tesla is pure economics: when savings in fuel and maintenance (money and time) will jsutify the price difference - I buy in.

as per my calculation, pure electrical vehicle has to cost around 65K to have economical viability vs gasoline car (45K level) at the same content level.

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