Recent content by oilerlord

Staying on point... I said my own VW's build quality in terms of paint, lack of panel gaps, and a hood that actually closed - was better than the car that Tesla wanted me to accept. We just came back from Hawaii a few days ago and visited the Tesla store in Honolulu. The steel grey Model Y in...

I think you missed my "accept the mediocre" statement regarding Tesla's build quality. I have accepted it, and others have too. The first time around, my Y arrived with a hood that wouldn't close, poor paint, and panel gaps. To me, it was a shock and disappointment that Tesla allowed this...

All new Y's come with LFP batteries, or is that a luck of the draw thing? The advisor didn't know but said he'd check back. Still waiting. Totally cool if I don't find out until it arrives, was just hoping someone knew.

Thanks, and yeah maybe I'm due for almost flawless, reasonably, or even partially flawless. I'll be over the moon if it arrives almost perfect.

See, you're getting it!! When the car arrives with issues, why see this as a disappointment when it's an opportunity to make new friends in their service department and body shop. Waiting a few more weeks to get things fixed just adds to the anticipation and enhances the overall Tesla...

I used to get bent over this stuff too, thinking piss poor paint and Tesla's quality control was unacceptable Until I came to the realization: Accept the Mediocre. Then this calm came over me knowing that when I set the bar for expectations low enough this time around Tesla might meet them...

I've had a love-hate with Tesla since my first experience ordering a Y back in 2021. Very long story short, it arrived with a hood that wouldn't close, panel gaps, poor paint, and they wanted me to accept it as is, but with an additional 3-4 weeks waiting for them to fix "what they can". No...

Trivial defects. Sure. Like the hood that wouldn't close on my 2021 MY last week, right off the truck. Required a $4000 repair at a service center 200 miles away from me. I was told they'd fix it "as good as new". Two months of excitement gets sucked out of the room pretty fast when you're...

Our experience is our experience. Some are great, some not so great. I've bought and sold dozens of cars in my lifetime. The "Tesla Experience" was unique, and (for me) not in a good way. If you're perfectly fine with accepting a brand new, $73,000 automobile that needs to be "fixed", or...

Customers back out of deals for any of a number of reasons, financing doesn't go though, cold feet, etc. I'm not at all saying ALL customer-refused cars have issues. The point is there are buyers (like me) that don't want a "fixed" car that required a $4,000 repair. Tesla does have "demo"...

After months of waiting, my Y arrived a couple of days ago. Damaged hood. Wouldn't close properly either. Advisor said "hey, no problem we'll fix it as good as new". As good as new. No discount, of course. Then they wanted to sell me someone else's "refused" car from another city. What...

Inspect the car, carefully. You're spending pretty big dough for what is "supposed" to be a high-end luxury car, but probably isn't. My Y's hood arrived damaged. Wouldn't close. Was told it was an "easy fix" too, just like so many others that Tesla expect others to pay for quality which is...

Why were you so nervous? Because you had reason to be. Any "easy fix". That was the story on my Y too. After waiting months, I cancelled my Model Y that arrived yesterday. Was supposed to pick it up on Tuesday. Had the down payment ready, financing in place, and sold my existing EV (that I...

Yeah, nothing wrong with a good quality splitter or a power bar used safely. Pretty sure most of us have more than one of those in our homes, and aren't losing sleep. I guess people fear what they don't understand. Lot of fear in this thread.

That's a bit over-the-top right there. Here's the code for splitters / taps by the way (for anyone that's interested): 14-100 (c) where the smaller conductor (i) has an ampacity not less than one-third that of the larger conductor from which it is supplied; and (ii) is suitably protected from...