Recent content by gdec

Tesla approved electrician quoted $750. Local guy I found through Tumbtack.com quoted $175. Works great. Doesn't look super premium admittedly.

This argument does not add up. Product price does not equal product quality. Price is most often determined by product marketing/branding and positioning. Judge products by their individual merits, not price. Anyone who instinctively buys the more expensive product because of a mistaken belief...

The concept is fine. The lack of a manual backup for opening the door is perplexing. There should be some way to manually open the door/pull the handle if the motor fails.

Thanks for the info. Somehow, the driver side door handle has started working again after being unresponsive for a full day. Guess I'll just see what happens.

Is it still common for door handles to fail on the newer MS's? I bought this car assuming (naively) a lot of these common issues had been ironed out by now. I just took delivery of a new 75D 3 weeks ago. Fast forward to this morning: I unlock my car, it makes a very loud noise lasting a couple...

Have to say threads like this are pretty intimidating as a soon to be owner. I take delivery of mine in a few weeks (theoretically). My initial experience with the store/ordering process wasn't perfect. But overall most of the Tesla employees I've talked to have been very helpful. It seems...

Let's say the MCU fails outside of warranty, insurance will cover it in your country? Or an accident where you are at fault?

Couldn't imagine buying an S on ~$50k/yr. Seems like you would have to sacrifice a lot unless your living expenses are effectively zero (as in paid by someone else). I would guess I am in the lower end of income for Model S owners. It was a stretch for me. I saved hard the first 10 years of my...