super20g
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I usually garage my car (and I don't drive it all that much since I usually work from home) but I wanted to see what all the fuss was about so I left it out overnight. It was ~14 degrees this morning. Preheated it for about 15 minutes or so. No snow or ice or anything on it. Nice clean dry garaged car that I parked outside. All the doors were frozen shut. I was able to break them free with moderate force but most of the windows didn't roll down to allow entry. Had to preheat longer and then I could get in. I drove my daughter to school and came out about an hour later with another 15 minute precondition and it was frozen again. Same deal.
I am not thrilled but I can handle it I guess. Now, my pregnant wife and daughter not so much. I don't want them either stuck out in the cold or damaging the windows and/or trim fighting with the doors.
The headlights, fog lights, tail lights, and 3rd rear brake light that is in the back glass all had condensation frozen inside of them covering a good portion of each looking cheap if nothing else. The glass roof made intermittent snaps crackles and pops mostly when I would make a turn. No cracks in the glass, probably the union between the glue and glass. The rear defroster made the rear glass very distorted and unsafe. Something on the frame/battery or motors would make occasional clunking noises.
I went over to my old Acura that sits outside now. It just rained on it prior to the temp dropping below freezing. No precondition or anything and all the doors and windows operate... No, they are not frame-less doors. None of the headlights, taillights, fog-lights were fogged or frozen on the inside. Rear defroster doesn't distort the view.
Not sure what the deal is with this Tesla... It doesn't like the cold, that is for sure. For a car in the 60's, I though it would be a little more refined. I understand it is a new model. Surely they will resolve some of these issues with new builds. Not sure what happens to us that paid up and adopted early. Less confident in my Tesla stock between these issues, the delivery issues, the service issues, hearing about people leaving and not being asked to pay and then collections saying they still owe like 1500 instead of 50K, on and on...
I am not thrilled but I can handle it I guess. Now, my pregnant wife and daughter not so much. I don't want them either stuck out in the cold or damaging the windows and/or trim fighting with the doors.
The headlights, fog lights, tail lights, and 3rd rear brake light that is in the back glass all had condensation frozen inside of them covering a good portion of each looking cheap if nothing else. The glass roof made intermittent snaps crackles and pops mostly when I would make a turn. No cracks in the glass, probably the union between the glue and glass. The rear defroster made the rear glass very distorted and unsafe. Something on the frame/battery or motors would make occasional clunking noises.
I went over to my old Acura that sits outside now. It just rained on it prior to the temp dropping below freezing. No precondition or anything and all the doors and windows operate... No, they are not frame-less doors. None of the headlights, taillights, fog-lights were fogged or frozen on the inside. Rear defroster doesn't distort the view.
Not sure what the deal is with this Tesla... It doesn't like the cold, that is for sure. For a car in the 60's, I though it would be a little more refined. I understand it is a new model. Surely they will resolve some of these issues with new builds. Not sure what happens to us that paid up and adopted early. Less confident in my Tesla stock between these issues, the delivery issues, the service issues, hearing about people leaving and not being asked to pay and then collections saying they still owe like 1500 instead of 50K, on and on...