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I think I fall on the side of caution here. While the power is with you on the new purchase it might be a good idea to throw it back at CarMax and find a better example. What this does highlight is peoples rights to see logs on battery usage history and condition history. This allows users to...

If there is proof of one single SC doing it then they all should do it. Otherwise you are not treating customers fairly. Common issue? https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tesla+ac+bad+smell

When you have a common fault which is effecting a wide range of users while it is being fixed it should be done so and remedied under warranty or goodwill. But it seems to me it is still happening to new cars to this day. I have owned a few cars and more than one EV the model 3 was the first to...

Stand your ground people with the service centres. You should not be having to outlay for a problem that has been happening since the 3 was produced. I also had the bad smell within a couple of weeks of purchase on a late 2019 model 3. A software update was released to mitigate it by simply pre...

I am 6'4 and I would say not quite enough to be totally comfortable on long drives with extending the legs. Need to add on the large feet.... The Y however seems a better choice. But I am not yet convinced of obvious quality issues until I sit in one out of the Berlin factory.

Actually amazing the driver survived! Markup for safety!

Yes agree when you have a car that is aware of its position and in relation to charging points and even their status, the EV journey is second to none and the breaks are warranted. But I still marvel when I get into my partners car and she fills up and pays within 2 minuets and continues...

Have you seen the price of electricity lately? Poor challenge. But yes EV;s future is now set in stone if we can only mine its materials green for the packs. But being an early adopter 10+ years after they have been on the roads does not hold water anymore. Simple as other EV manufacturers use...

Thank You that was a good read. Mostly very positive good to hear! Worth giving it another go I think.

I am on the Tesla website now looking at a model Y long range. Up front I did not have a very good model 3 experience with a car full of production / failure issues. I did however like the style and charging infrastructure. But now that I have a second chance to buy and at 6 foot 4 I was on the...

Wow these recommended threads today are depressing. I just come back to research a model Y's quality status and bam..... So for the people who do not see through the trees of current EV cars. The miles on Tesla's website stated are totally optimum. Realistically as a user you need to air con on...

If I can help get in touch. I refer you to my experience and results here: Model 3 Customer cannon fodder & the right to full refund Dekra Report You do not have to keep dealing with a product that obviously has no factory checks once finished. Sometimes its just worth sending it back and...

Ahm Ahm it could... as that is only a 3rd of what Tesla is really worth. If they become the underpinnings of world energy reserves and production whoa baby even Amazon will look cheap.

I wonder how much extra component waste and extra c02 is produced by fixing all these issues if you add it onto each car.

Thanks for the replies! Yes the most I read was along the lines of the electronics were there but not active so that is interesting. I would imagine it depends on if the batteries can take the extra wear too. Sometimes things do not seem useful until you can and in my life the cars ability in...

Competitors offer this feature already and as I am looking for an EV right now as things open up the thought of going camping and powering it with the car appeals to me. I wondered if there are any hints of this with the 3?

Seems to me this is common fault territory. It should be fixed for free as just using this forum as evidence should suffice. My 2019 AC was smelly from day one. It went away after a few mins and there was a software update to apparently mitigate it but on getting in the car after not using it...

Hahaha….

Yes I see your point and the solve would be to make 3rd party parts and fix guides like this. The full tilt would be if every replaceable component was microchipped and the car would not run after any 3rd party repair…. A qualified car mechanics work is more than likely up to standard or better...

I get your point here but I have a couple of things here to fork. First from the bottom, Tesla should never have the right to pressure you into shutting up by taking away fair supercharger access and a fairly earned roadster from sales. All because you attempt to repair a car otherwise for an...

I am a little shocked at how childish Tesla have been. I have now watched the other video and didn't realise Tesla would treat a customer this way. But then if they manage the customers like the quality of my model 3 build what else does one now expect. Time to sell my shares and good luck to...

Is it true that Tesla withdrew Rich’s free Roadster when he must have sold a lot of Tesla’s through his code? I find that rather childish. I really do not think putting together second hand cars and trying to get parts is any reason to deny someone a well earned prize.

But is that regulated in a way I could tell the condition of the part? If not expensive shot in the dark.

So you pay $16000 for the fix and you are not allowed to keep the old battery….. that is insane. I couldn't own one of these out of warranty.

One of these at each factory and you are clean as 40 million trees each BOOM! + sell by products. + jobs created.

I think its time for the $1000 mark to be tested by Septembers end. But on this weeks episode 700 bucks will be a barrier no more.

Just to balance the argument though how many Tesla,s burst into flames during the official crash testing which it got top stars? None I think.

What about a cell that instantly dries out when exposed to air from a puncture or rapid expansion of fire retardant foam on puncture per cell? Could each cell be filled with a gas that when hit and depleted renders the cell or pack safe? Battery becomes recoverable and fixable? It just seems in...

Solid state batteries are the fix I would assume. More capacity, better life and do not explode.

That dude at the back had very high blood alcohol levels.

Well that is for the designers and why are we not exceeding legacy cars safety in terms of its energy store safety? The point is when a pack goes up it does so in a very uncontrollable and rapid way. Even if statistics are low while EV,s become mainstream adoption there should be a better answer...

Did you say slow moving fires….

So just what was the condition of the passenger cabin in both of these situations like? Lets say driver passes out? Regardless of how long it finally took to cool it down both cars look very crispy as both battery packs went up. Nothing to stop thermal runaway.

250 plaid made up In customers hands?

How do you twist 1 in 250 cars spontaneously burst into flames when only a few hundred off all the cars on US roads catch fire each year for many reasons. Most of them not being new. Damn well need a fire suppression system of some kind. That is insane numbers anyway…. but thousands missing in...

How do you twist 1 in 250 cars spontaneously burst into flames when only a few hundred of all the cars on US roads catch fire each year for many reasons. Most of them not being new. Damn well need a fire suppression system of some kind.

Totally and why it took over 2 hours to put out. But when you see so much detail going into how safe these cars are the vital safety with thermal runaway has not been addressed 10 years on. So why not invent a better containment safety system? Why not eject the battery? Etc idk its just insane...

Ok so we know electric cars can randomly catch fire if not produced properly or manufacturing defect. So why the hell does the car not have a built in fire supression system? They could hardly put it out and the driver almost couldn't get out. If these facts ring true then a fire supression...

Also the MPG fluctuates quite a bit from summer to winter. What about if the car company is making its investments in bitcoin? You need to add the CO2 footprint of this into the mix as it is quite a chunk. Quite some bolt on that would be until it is Co2 neautral. But if electricity in your...

First thing is to check how far your rubber stoppers are twisted in. I found closure much easier when A they were shortened and B equally setup. Hope this helps.

BMW 3 series is £10,000 cheaper than an entry model 3? So i am not sure how that works. That is at least 80k in fuel.

EV,s produce more CO2 in production, cost more in the first place even when subsidised and produce more tyre particulates so payment that is fair on both sides until ICE is fazed out. The roads need fixing so some sort of tax will be needed. Here in the UK even with £3000 off any EV it makes it...

I would go for Lemon every time.

Most EV's coming out onto the market right now are 10k more than their ICE compatriots. So that means if you buy a non Tesla Ev you have to pay about 80,000 miles of fuel up front. So this all comes down to how much is the model 3 worth to you for what it does. When you compare it as just a...

Hmmm I suppose I always though that the EV’s would offset the rockets co2 production. But bitcoin is a much larger scale use of energy. The point you are missing here is its yet another path that adds to large energy use and if its not green then you cancel out the gains of ev cars. From a...

Actually I was surprised about that the fact there is a period when its not a good time to buy a Tesla during manufacture... so they are in full knowledge ignoring faulty cars and buying environmentally unfriendly bitcoin is the way forward for the industry. I know with my model 3 fiasco too...

That is exactly why I can't understand an investment of this type from Tesla if it cares about the planets current situation.

Of course there is the knock on effect. So the question is how much CO2 does bitcoin produce and how long will it take to produce it green? I try to invest in companies that value this at the core as it is vital. 300million gained and a push to mine more and more as it becomes more valuable. It...

I am in conflict with this also. I am an investor and one of the first things I thought of is how bitcoin wipes out all the current and possibly future CO2 savings of the Tesla fleet. Sure a company has got to make profit but the footprint of the power usage of Argentina and growing.... yes this...

Look at it this way. How many service centre visits does it take before it changes? The rest is phenomenal may the finished result for the customer day one be this too.