To answer a few questions raised by different posts.
Tesla state that servicing is not required. The only issue is consumables, tyres, washer fluid, perhaps wiper blades. I have never had to get brake pads yet!. It is worth getting the 4 wheel alignment checked from time to time (especially if you hit a pot hole) as bad alignment can mess up range.
Superchargers are for long journeys. Unless you live in an apartment building or have no off street parking, then you have the ability to start each day with a full tank! How often to you use more than 200 miles in a day . I don't think there are many of us that live more than 150-170 miles from a Tesla supercharger in Uk or Western europe (I haven't driven the Tesla in Spain or Portugal so might be an issue there).
Ask yourselves this: If my car has a full tank of petrol, how often will I need to fill it up today? Unless you are leadfooting it in my Vanquish, then probably very rarely would you need to put petrol in. The only reason would be so you can have an almost full tank when you got home, ready for the next day. My fuel supply is at home and at current retail electricity prices I get the equivalent of about 200 MPG (I actually get substantially more because the majority of my fill ups are solar generated, but if I relied just on E7 night-time rates that would be my equivalent cost).
As mentioned previously, long trips will require stopping and charging. I would say that people who do not stop at least once in a 300 mile plus drive to be bordering on negligent. from the moment you pull up to a pump to the moment you drive out can take up to 10 minutes if you pay inside. But how long if you stop for a cup of tea, water the plants and have a stretch? 15-20 minutes? In that same time, I will have added close to 100 miles more range. Does anyone have lunch these days when travelling? I do. What is nice about the EU Tesla chargers is they tend to have a lot adjacent to some nice restaurants etc. In the UK, more are services but some are at nice hotels and of course there are slower destination chargers at quite a few nice eateries around the country. As I said before, its a different mindset but I can do most 500 mile plus journeys in a broadly similar time in a Tesla to a regular vehicle. Where I wouldn't would be down foolishly driving on in my 500mpg range diesel with no stopping.
In 6 years of ownership I have had to wait about 5-6 times to charge. When I got the first one, it would take 1hr40 minutes to get a full charge on the road. Software updates to the car and hardware updates to the charging network have reduced that to circa 45-50 minutes and my battery is 15-20% bigger on my current car.
