Current stage: I'm driving it

I bought a Tesla from America. Is it worth it?

It's on the road now. Everything that happened is here. YouTube is for the longer version.

Nothing is hidden. Everything I go through is here.

Kilometers driven

1,176 km

Since entering service

Days on the road

38 days

Active use

Total investment

€21,483

Purchase + transport + repair

Project days

167 days

Since project start

Cost / 100 km

€9.6

Charging costs only

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950+ km in the Tesla: Plovdiv → Cape Kaliakra and back
Update22.09.2026
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950+ km in the Tesla: Plovdiv → Cape Kaliakra and back

About 950 km over a few days: Plovdiv, Burgas, Varna, Balchik, Kaliakra and Aytos. Public DC charging is in the diary: 222.90 kWh for EUR 90.92.

From the auction hit
to driving in Bulgaria

Before repair
After repair
BEFORE
AFTER PENDING

This is how it looked at auction. I still don't have the after photos here.

The stages I went through

From purchase to driving

Current stage · I'm driving it
1
I bought it at auction
13.04.2026 → 17.04.2026
4 days
2
To the port
18.04.2026 → 13.05.2026
25 days
3
Across the ocean
13.05.2026 → 10.06.2026
28 days
4
To Bulgaria
10.06.2026 → 18.06.2026
8 days
5
The repair
18.06.2026 → 20.08.2026
63 days
6
Registration
20.08.2026 → 21.08.2026
1 days
7
Software conversion and clearing the errors
25.08.2026 → 15.09.2026
21 days
8
I'm driving it
Started 15.09.2026
13 days+

What did I pay?

In the last 30 days, 10 expenses totaling €1,444 were added. The biggest recent category is Import repair.

Diary

Public charging 19–22 September

category:Chargingtimeline step:In use · 22.09.2026

€91

Ordered a 5 m Feyree Type 2 → NACS cable

category:Accessorytimeline step:In use · 16.09.2026

€97

Ordered a second Feyree CCS2 → NACS adapter

category:Accessorytimeline step:In use · 16.09.2026

€92

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