Tesla drops Model Y price by $3k
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0. https://www.businessinsider.com/ford-exec-gps-2014-1 (comment from 2014)
Most other luxury cars will throw a million lights and warnings on the dash for a missing module, and the warnings must be coded out with specialty software.
BMWs tend to only throw a lot of lights when there is a specific module error, or the module acting up is vital to powertrain operation.
This also has the unintended consequence that nearly every light you end up seeing on a BMW will be a costly repair rather than just some nuisance error message.
This feature is a godsend when making a BMW based race-car and ripping out miles of wire.
If you opt out of the data collection, I don't know if the 3g modem will still be active. There are people who have turned it off. The tesla is one car that actually has a ton of useful software apps (even though they never realized the promise of their own app store, they have useful things).
I love the homemade mapping and traffic site that combines maps, weather, waze updates and many other things at https://teslawaze.azurewebsites.net/.
Tesla’s are good, not great. They are fun to drive and not having to fill up is great but if you have any problems expect a lot of pain.
With Tesla more so than with other companies, you have to take negative things you hear online with a large grain of salt, because there is an extraordinarily active group of short sellers of the stock who are highly motivated to spread negative rumors online in desperate attempts to lower the stock price. Model Y build quality issues are one such rumor.
Model 3 did have some issues early in the production cycle but they have learned a lot and tightened it up, and Model Y benefits from those learnings, though the rumor is still easy to spread due to its resonance with the earlier, but also exaggerated, Model 3 issues.
I know another guy who could not abide having concrete in his patio, and had to have it replaced with tiles!
Point is there are always people who get obsessed with strange things. Including panel gaps. Like your coworker.
Someone showed me an imperfection on my Model 3 panel gaps once and I hadn’t even noticed it. And now I couldn’t even tell you where on the car it was. It was so minor as to be unnoticeable unless you are actively looking for it.
Meanwhile the factory is only getting better.
But I will take a Model 3 with panel gaps over a Skoda or a Corolla without them 10 times out of 10.
BTW the long term costs are equivalent because of gas and maintenance savings and the lifetime of a Model 3 being 3x longer, and it also keeps your family alive unlike the Skoda or other cars which are not as safe.
The same argument have been used for VW/Audi diesel cars since the 90s, alongside resale value. It doesn't hide the fact that Tesla are extortionate outside the USA, and have used some questionable practices to survive in this cut-throat market against long established corporation.
Even if you go by total shares rather than float, TSLA has over 2x the short interest.
http://shortsqueeze.com/?symbol=tsla http://shortsqueeze.com/?symbol=aapl
This is a Life changing car. Put 1100 miles on it already and no plan to stop.
I cannot see anyone in my house buying a non-Tesla car ever again.
It was like going from a Blackbery to an iPhone times 100.
How do you a) handle charging in that case (given 120 RV hookups) and b) haulage?
So the included mobile adaptor needs a little dongle to hook up to an RV charger. You can’t use a standard dogbone, as Tesla charges hot to hot. In a standard dogbone that would be 0V. Easy to make your own, or the paid version is
https://www.evseadapters.com/products/tt-30-adapter-for-tesl...
For hauling a small trailer, the Y can have a hitch added for $1000. 3500 pounds towing capacity gives you a few choices. For a huge huge trailer you would need to wait for a Cybertruck.
However, the little noises makes it feel like a cheap build. Been multiple times to the shop to fix the squeaky seats, steering. Now the steering has started making some creaking sounds. The only solution is to drive with music turned up.
But yes some people have had some terrible service experiences. But mine have been better than any dealership for any car I have ever owned
Tell me about it. I have to drive about 100 miles to the nearest Audi dealership to get my Audi fixed. The nearest Tesla service center is 180 miles away. I really want a Tesla, but I'd pretty much have to do all of the servicing myself.
I am curious if people would have lived with so many build issues if it was any other car - people buying traditional cars seem to expect much more.
I currently have a Leaf and Model 3, neither has any unusual noise but the lack of engine noise makes everything more noticeable.