Recent content by CMoZ

Add me to the list. Had trunk retrofit put in last summer, started seeing the occasional charging error over the past few weeks thought nothing of it then no HVAC yesterday. Unplugged the canbus cable and did a power off for about 15 minutes and have full HVAC back again. guess I’ll just leave...

Just buy a pair of these problem solved $19

There’s a significant subset of pickups with similar sail panels it’s far from a usability killer

I thought they were super easy to install. Didn't have to lift the car just turned the wheels to gain access on each side. if you're not using 1/4" shorty socket you're doing it wrong and will have a bad time. I will be removing them to pull off the long part of the flap because they do drag...

This is the status quo. Most people don't only fill their ICE car with just enough gas for their trip. The benefit I see here is EV's have effectively the same weight full or empty. If you're that concerned about weight reduction you can start ripping out seats

Not sure what your argument is here. Top of the line truck interiors use at best 100% Full grain leather or top grain leather (and most with a few exceptions use Top Grain not full grain for seat upholstery at least). The couches I referenced were Full grain leather. Not sure what you think the...

I hear what you're saying and completely understand. But the idea (wether it matches reality or not) is that Tesla wants to be ahead of that curve and given that livestock is such a large contributor to greenhouse gasses it should be reduced so Tesla wouldn't want to be dependant on the...

Well that's inaccurate. To harvest leather at scale you have to raise livestock and raising livestock is extremely impactful from outsized water and crop usage to feed and maintain the livestock to the fact that livestock alone is responsible for about 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions. As...

Beliefs are hard to change. I went through 4 different real leather couches over 10 years all destroyed by pets and kids, convinced of REAL leathers "toughness". After finally switching to a faux leather I've had now for 7 years that still looks good as new. Material Science has been quietly...

Ehhh no on the warranty thing. That's where the difference is. If you use genuine Chevy parts for example and have the work done at a licensed dealership it will not and cannot void the warranty. Whereas Tesla has outright blocked and refused swapping parts in software in many cases

And the Batteries aren't the only thing that makes a 2021+ Model 3 a 2021+ Model 3 I fail to see what the point is in relation to the argument I was responding to. The original ZR1 argument was against retrofitting current Model 3's with potential post Battery day batteries. "What happens when...

Sorry disagree completely. This may have been true in the day of write the product put it on disks and ship it, but as a current software developer I can say the cost of maintaining an active piece of software is exceedingly expensive with bug fixes, feature additions and other ongoing...

Unless part of the battery day announcements is a development that unlocks a ton of production capacity. To be fair they're not just producing cells for cars even at this point, power walls and the Megapacks are consuming a lot of "spare" capacity

Bad comparison you go to the Chevy parts counter and order all the parts to do an LT5 swap into your 2 year old OR OLDER Corvette https://www.motortrend.com/news/755-hp-chevrolet-corvette-zr1s-lt5-now-available-crate-engine/

Alignment issues should be a non issue for the most part the only distinct body pieces that are joins not bends are the openings eg doors frunk etc ( somewhere around 7 distinct exterior facing panels ). which are all adjustable by design as opposed to the Model 3 which has at my count (from the...