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Model 3 Oil Filter
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SaintMickey®
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For the second owner for sure...thats why I've never bought a used vehicle in my life. I know there are upsides not having to take the initial hit as soon as you drive off the lot but I don't care.
It cracks me up when I use to see rental car companies advertise "Buy our Cars"....LOL will do right after I'm done jumping this curb and I can't count the amount of rental cars that had maintenance lights or "oil change" due warnings. No thanks...
Dolemite
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Yeah there’s articles talking about how they’re “actually good buys!” because “maintenance is kept up to date.” We rented a Cherokee in Utah, literally the first thing I did was take it out to the salt flats and max it out. It had 400 miles on it.
I used to work at Firestone. We did ALL maintenance and out of warranty work for Enterprise. They actually stayed on top of maintenance and needed repairs. They even paid for brake flushes if the test strips showed it should be flushed.... Even if the vehicle had like 2k miles on it. I wouldn't hesitate to buy an enterprise vehicle if it was a good deal
SaintMickey®
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Thats good and but all the previous abusive DRIVERS are who I'm really worried about...
You know manufacturers build cars to hold up to the abuse you can give them stock right? They aren't gonna give a car a redline of 6500 if doing that is going to kill it within warranty period (including extended warranty they offer). They dummy proof stuff because the average consumer is an idiot. They limit power, limit torque under certain speeds.... Cars are smart. For example, my 2017 ram 2500 cummins has something around 900 ft lb of torque... Thing could not do a burnout stock because they limit torque VERY heavily under a certain speed... So people don't hurt the vehicle.
SaintMickey®
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When I buy new...I don't have to wonder how smart the car is. Every mile is put on by me!
But you also lose 10-15% of your money the second you sign the papers. You are paying for peace of mind, but not everyone has the luxury to do that. Even then, all makes and models have problems. I've seen many sub 20k motors blow up with no abuse at all.
SaintMickey®
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OMG Persistent fella.... OK OK YOU WIN YOU WIN. Not really...I still am not buying used.
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Not sure if you're joking.... have fun with that I guess?
I've seen this reasoning before, where bastically repacing the engine is cheaper than x miles worth of maintenance. In some cases that may be true in a pure econimical sense, but it'd hardly good advise to give someone in a completely different context. Either way, the maintenence cost on a Tesla is so low it just doesn't apply.
BigNick
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Bonneville is a long way from here, but I took a rented Mustang for several laps around a high-bank short track about two decades ago. I didn’t try to keep up maximum speed thru the turns, though, damage waiver wouldn’t have covered an on-track wreck. Still more lateral G-forces than I have ever experienced on the street.
Some people usually beat the hell out of rentals, which is why I cringe when I hear of people renting their Tesla on Turo or similar.
Just change the rear drive unit fluid on M3P with a new filter. The sample is off to Blackstone for analysis. Will cut open the filter and take a look inside for difference in construction vs. convential oil filter.
SaintMickey®
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Lot of very Important information about oil testing here is being left out oil is good ?
what are you after for ISO contamination target ?
what is the micron rating of these filters?
if you put new oil in of your favorite brand it will be more dirty than the one inside that has been filtered all this time .
Is there a magnetic catch in the system ?
opening up the filter media will only tell you the hunking big particules It has been catching you don t see microns size 5 u particules
what are you after for ISO contamination target ?
what is the micron rating of these filters?
if you put new oil in of your favorite brand it will be more dirty than the one inside that has been filtered all this time .
Is there a magnetic catch in the system ?
opening up the filter media will only tell you the hunking big particules It has been catching you don t see microns size 5 u particules
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