Recent content by tkirven

Does the warranty void if I get a non authorized repair shop to do repairs? Interesting thought about suspension upgrade. Hadn’t planned on it as I’m pretty happy with the stock suspension and ride height, and the fact that I rarely take sharp turns due to Tesla insurance and the safety score...

Good point, I will likely stick with the authorized repair shop. Anyone have a good sense for why Tesla has relatively few authorized repair shops? It’s not like the majority of their mechanical parts (suspension, steering etc) are much different from traditional ICE automobiles.

Thanks for the reply!! Yeah that sounds about right, definitely both aeroshields, sway brackets, and like you said - likely parts of the right suspension. Deductible is $1000 so I suppose it could have been worse, bc at least it seems fine/drivable so I can use it with caution until my service...

Was showing a friend autopilot at night on a road w/out streetlights, when we ran into this massive trench in the road. Looked like 5 ft of asphalt was sectioned out across the whole lane for construction or some bullcrap, but there was no warning whatsoever 🤬. We were going about 30 mph which...

I applied for loan financing through Tesla with preffered down payment of 4500 for the Model 3 long range. The starting interest rate mentioned before submitting was around 2.49% APR, but after I my application went through it came back with a down payment of ~15,000$ and apr of 6.28% which...