My car is in that video at 9:24 on the left. They also mentioned me in the article. Cool!
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New Jalopnik hit piece? Fair and balanced?
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My car is in that video at 9:24 on the left. They also mentioned me in the article. Cool!
Only 53 processors? My 2006 Prius as about that many and I have never had a problem with any of them. Automotive hardware tends to be a lot more robust than standard consumer hardware since it must be designed with extended temperatures and longevity in mind. The only issues I have had with my Prius have been mechanical in nature, and the Tesla model S is much simpler in that regard.
PureAmps
Model S P85 (#2817)
It seems my quotes were used in this article as well. Here's the comment I posted on the article:
In a word, yes, if you're in cold weather, or you're really concerned about vampire load.
None of the other issues mentioned are common -- and I've had similar and worse bizarre issues in ICE cars. Did I tell you about the Audis which acted haunted when it was foggy? The headlight switch operated the wipers, the wiper switch unlocked the doors, etc.....)
Now, I am in cold weather. I, however, have been spending what seems like half my time lately taking 10-year-old cars in and out of various repair shops and really can't wait any longer. One car broke while driving back from dropping another car off at the shop. Aaargh. Worse, we've had to switch repair shops repeatedly due to incompetence (This is actually the reason why I'm comfortable buying Tesla without a local service center; I don't feel like I have a functional local service center for ANY car here!)
A beta test is a hell of a lot better than unreliable 10-year-old cars with hard-to-diagnose problems.
By the old 1970s standards of beta testing (high standards), I would say Model S is actually beta quality. Beta testing is supposed to be catching weird and obscure bugs. But most released software for decades has been alpha-quality or worse, full of not-at-all-obscure bugs.
(This was discussed in computer magazines around the time the quality started dropping.) And for comparison, I'd say 1980s Ford and GM cars were consistently alpha quality. Heck, I'd say every Audi I've ever driven has been beta quality. Some 1980s Toyotas had consistently spectactular quality ("buy, don't call the service center for 10 years") and might qualify as release-worthy by 1970s computer standards, but that's *abnormal*.EDIT: of course, if this Patrick guy quotes me, he'll probably take the quote out of context. :rolls eyes: Patrick, don't do that! In context, I'm saying "Tesla's better than average"!
I'm not sure how I feel about Jalopnik just cut and pasting our comments from this site like that.
I'm not a social media expert, but isn't there some sort of copyright issue here? We may have no rights to our comments but I would think this site does and I doubt "teslamotorsclub" gave them permission to publish not just the comments but an exact digital photo of the sites webpage.
Frankly, I'm just getting sick of Jalopnik and all the haters. Everyone wants to talk for the sake of talking whether or not they have anything constructive to add to the conversation. As Mark Twain once said "don't speak unless you can improve on silence"
I'm not a social media expert, but isn't there some sort of copyright issue here? We may have no rights to our comments but I would think this site does and I doubt "teslamotorsclub" gave them permission to publish not just the comments but an exact digital photo of the sites webpage.
Frankly, I'm just getting sick of Jalopnik and all the haters. Everyone wants to talk for the sake of talking whether or not they have anything constructive to add to the conversation. As Mark Twain once said "don't speak unless you can improve on silence"
Sig698
Model S Sig Perf #698
Well, they quoted me and I prepared a reply, but I'm on my phone and despite creating an account and attempting to log in repeatedly, I can't post my reply and there doesn't seem to be any way to exit the mobile interface. Here's the reply I prepared:
Scaling from my own experiences with 85 kWh in extreme conditions, I'd estimate the 40 kWh would realistically go 110 miles.
childressmd
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Dude, you are showing your age.
Christie Brinkley is *59* years old.
I think a premenopausal model would work as a better example...
jeffro01
Active Member
Dude, you are showing your age.
Christie Brinkley is *59* years old.
I think a premenopausal model would work as a better example...
ROFLMAO...
That just made my day... Thanks!!!Jeff
I got quoted in the Jalopnik piece, too, and I'm not happy about it. Cherry picking, that's all it is. I've made over 300 posts since taking delivery of my S in September, and probably 90% don't mention any glitches. And I don't complain about the glitches, I just post 'em here for the benefit of other owners and in the hopes that somebody will be able to point me in the direction of a fix or a workaround while TM continues to improve an already fantastic product.
I love my S, and nobody can take that away from me. Or take the credit away from Tesla for what they've accomplished, against long odds.
I love my S, and nobody can take that away from me. Or take the credit away from Tesla for what they've accomplished, against long odds.
I've just commented on the article, it wasn't easy to to (eventually had to switch to Chrome for the Twitter authentication to work). It's a very selective article, cheap journalism. In some ways I resent generating traffic to the site, but my need to balance the article won over.
bonnie
I play a nice person on twitter.
Dude, you are showing your age.
Christie Brinkley is *59* years old.
I think a premenopausal model would work as a better example...
Dude! Your ageism is showing. I'm 59, a lot of people on this forum are in my age group (and older). And I still get speeding tickets
.I decided not to let it go. Here's what I wrote in the Comments:
"I'm one of the Model S owners ('stevezzzz') you quoted in this piece. I'd rather you had contacted me directly to get a more complete picture of my ownership experience, because I would have told you that despite the glitches I've experienced (and there have been a handful of others in 4-1/2 months of ownership) the overall impression the Model S gives me is that it's the best automobile I've ever owned: hands down, not even close. Besides being a fantastic driver's car (mine is an early Signature model with the largest battery, but not the performance package), it's roomy, comfortable, wonderfully quiet in the cabin, with supremely composed handling. Not to mention that the support Tesla offers is world class. Just one example: in my first week of ownership I called in an error code (the car was driving normally) to the factory Ownership Experience team just before I went out of town for a few days. Tesla decided they wanted to investigate, so they took the car to the local service center, diagnosed the problem, fixed it, and returned the Model S to my garage in my absence. The car was waiting in my garage, plugged in, with a full charge, when I returned home.
"So, yes, I love my Model S. Immoderately. I can't imagine going back to driving a gas-burning vehicle, not without putting up a hell of a fight."
"I'm one of the Model S owners ('stevezzzz') you quoted in this piece. I'd rather you had contacted me directly to get a more complete picture of my ownership experience, because I would have told you that despite the glitches I've experienced (and there have been a handful of others in 4-1/2 months of ownership) the overall impression the Model S gives me is that it's the best automobile I've ever owned: hands down, not even close. Besides being a fantastic driver's car (mine is an early Signature model with the largest battery, but not the performance package), it's roomy, comfortable, wonderfully quiet in the cabin, with supremely composed handling. Not to mention that the support Tesla offers is world class. Just one example: in my first week of ownership I called in an error code (the car was driving normally) to the factory Ownership Experience team just before I went out of town for a few days. Tesla decided they wanted to investigate, so they took the car to the local service center, diagnosed the problem, fixed it, and returned the Model S to my garage in my absence. The car was waiting in my garage, plugged in, with a full charge, when I returned home.
"So, yes, I love my Model S. Immoderately. I can't imagine going back to driving a gas-burning vehicle, not without putting up a hell of a fight."
steve841
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Damn...I didn't make the article!
Let me run out and see if I can find something, anything to bitch about.
EDIT: Nothing found.
Let me run out and see if I can find something, anything to bitch about.
EDIT: Nothing found.
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