Recent content by ac_power

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It does not really matter what we assume. As the matter of fact, Honda got certified for Level 3 (and Waymo already has limited clearance for fully autonomous driving for two years or so, in commercial application though), while Tesla recently admitted that Level 3 certification is not in close...

Mmm ? Are you reading news ? https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a35729591/honda-legend-level-3-autonomy-leases-japan/

So, it went one-way to Carvana for 27K (could be 29K in trade-in scenario). Just to remind, Tesla offered 21K for trade-in, no one-way buyout ever possible. I think the picture is pretty clear here. At the end of the day, the car was in good shape - ~230 mi full charge, cell disbalance 0.015 V...

2012 P85 - MCU died completely, no preceding symptoms except eventual network loss and overall sluggishness (was always like that since I've got it 2 years ago though). In SC right now, being replaced with P/N 2728212-S0-B. Wondering what's the difference against Rev. A, because most likely...

The price cut has nothing to do with competition which 1) doesn't exist yet; 2) has a huge issue with charging network.

This. Just a fair business practice TSLA has no idea about.

Same story again. If TSLA has resources to lower price for all future purchases, why not to do it in more fair way for those few recent buyers, like prorating the discount back, say 3% per day. All around looks like Mr. Musk is just playing with the price tag, dropping it randomly and doing...

Fantastic news. Anybody's in line to get a preowned outdated short warranty TSLA for whole few $K less than a new one ?

About same number here. But Tesla doesn't buy out one way (that would probably be a good option though), trade-in only. While I'm thinking of taking a break into high grade ICE or I-PACE.

This is a fantastic example, look at this: - all Apple-specific components are strictly controlled, you cannot buy them on open market (reminds anything ?); - soldering iron won't do the job, you need hot air reflow station and decent SMT skills; - there's a chance of damaging the main board -...

I would probably stop right here ^^^ It seems the depreciation curve is getting steeper for older Teslas, so you're losing money more rapidly, still driving an outdated car.

Global resellers usually offer warranty, and have enough resources to smoothen the situation if the deal goes wrong. This is why they're paying less for the incoming cars, and buying without detailed inspection left and right.

I think I saw somewhere that you've got battery replaced. Nevertheless, congrats on your brave experiment. The list of repairs on my car in less than 2 years is probably worth $40K. Edit: I already made my mind that I'll keep it if they do the same