Recent content by pikeman

So this is all the same for a M3?

I couldn’t agree more! If Cybertruck is the answer, what was the question? It’s a gimmick, and an outrageously expensive and unreliable one to boot.

In Texas some guy shot and killed a hubcap thief. I believe it was in Houston. He was not charged.

Patents are no guarantee that you IP won’t be stolen. I work in semiconductor mfg equipment and my company refrains from patent filing because the Chinese are actively mining our patent office for product innovation to steal.

My compliments! You’re a very skilled fabricator as well as a great technical writer.

Only if they are stupid. Stoopid! Electrical items are always best treated by over-speccing the hardware and only buying first-rate gear. A good electrician will always buy the heavy duty high quality components. There are numerous goofball threads on this and they are fires waiting to happen...

You need an electrician, like NOW to straighten this out.

I don’t think conditioning the battery would create problems. It’s a temperature stabilization. It consumes energy but it’s probably inconsequential.

Certainly but let’s not start this “guy’s car” and “ladies car” business. It’s dumber than calling the Miata a florist’s car.

We have a ‘21 and the automatic wipers fail to operate. Period. Zero function! We neglected to get this dealt with in the two SC visits we’ve made, but if it’s a software issue what could they have done?

Recently I was reviewing the information about the sounds our cars make. Most obvious is the UFO whine in reverse. However, the sound the car is supposed to make when moving forward, I’m not hearing it! Recently we were very carefully driving into a parking lot full of people aimlessly walking...

Our cars have conventional suspensions. A local Discount Tire has made a very profitable business out of doing work that ripoff artists are too stupid to attempt. The Tesla is my wife’s car; I drive a 2017 Fiat 124 Abarth. It’s suspension is identical to the current MX5, so I can go to places...

That’s some really good work. Better work than Tesla did on proofing the design!

Your observation is correct. My car is a Fiat 124 Abarth, which has a turbocharged 1.4. It doesn’t make a lot of torque under 3k, and then off we go. So you need to drive like an Italian! It’s great fun and carves corners like a scalpel. As you observed Tesla has monster torque at zero rpm...

Excellent post! Thanks!