Recent content by AGARubberDuck

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I don't see how that is fixed for $1200. Labor to straighten it + paint will definitely be more. Cutting and replacing would be more still. Beyond that, tesla tax puts porsche tax to shame.

Suspension is one of those things people ignore, but they get weak and degrade the quality of the ride. All things equal, it is one of the cheapest bang-for-the-buck things you can do to a higher mileage vehicle to make it drive and feel like new again. 80k miles is my number. By then, the...

The lease paperwork bases the payments off of the purchase price, less the 'residual value' they've assigned and is not negotiable. That number is plainly written on the lease agreement. In about 10 different locations I read a buy at the end of the lease was not available, and I am OK with...

I received this email today. Judging by the residual value, compared to what used examples are selling for.. I'm DEFINITELY buying at the end of the lease if it is offered. Always figured they should be paying me for leasing a model 3 if it is indeed going to be worth $300k due to robo taxi...

0%, in one of the colder nights in Minnesota, -28 degrees. Limped into a public charger and spent the next 2 hours cycling between using the heat and pulling a charge (couldn't do both at the same time)

Anyone else getting odd, seemingly-random text notifications while driving only to find no message when looking at the phone? I've had on 4 occasions now where I'll be driving and a text notification comes up and I respond, only to have the other party confused. Digging in a little, I've found...

From MN here, and 'registration' is a weird one for me. "License and Registration, Please" is a phrase I've heard all my life, but never have I ever needed to present the vehicle's title, or the paperwork that comes with the registration tabs. The tabs go on the plate, and the paperwork goes...

IMO the sound isolation is VERY worth the difference, and if you haven't driven the performance, you won't miss it with the LR. The LR is no slouch at all.

We had a CPO Chevy Bolt with all 4 rotors that looked like this. Dealership is calling it "lot rot." Apparently if the brakes aren't used for a very long time, the rotor rust gets bad enough that it will actually eat groves into the pads. Then, where the pad is making decent contact the rotor...

Tesla as a vehicle is an 11th hour effort - they are a technology company. IMO, the level of enthusiasm for the actual car is in equal, opposite correlation to the vehicle a person is coming from. This is narrow and anecdotal, but owners I know that are completely enamored with a Tesla have...

Delete this please. Remove from Youtube is even better.

On this day, September 29, 2021~~~~~ "it's too much work to take the truck.. just load the landscaping mulch in the car. Trunk, Frunk, back seat, front seat.. I don't care"

What are you guys doing that makes the alignment go out of adjustment? Everyone getting coil-overs? Maybe letting autopilot mash every pot hole in its path? Finding edge of the road by bouncing off of curbs? Letting your wives drive?

My 2020 model year 3 wipers are pretty terrible as well, specifically when trying to utilize the fluid. I can hear the pump only activating at the bottom of the arm action, which means it never gets the window wet enough at the top of the swing to actually clean anything. It leaves streaks all...