Pics: Dirty Model S

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[Mario Kadastik]

Dirty black P85 It's mostly the salty muddy snow that has caused it in our -10..-20C weather.

 

[kevincwelch]

Not the worst of them, but this is pretty dirty for me!

 

[Doug_G]

I thought I'd celebrate my 10,000th post with a picture of my Model S as it is right now...

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[dsm363]

I thought I'd celebrate my 10,000th post with a picture of my Model S as it is right now...

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Congrats! Looks just like my car right now.

 

[MikeC]

Drove up to Crater Lake, OR

 

[brianman]

Gratz, Doug_G.

 

[SCW-Greg]

Gratz, Doug_G.

You guys deserve a " Super Senior Member" status!
Thanks guys.

And love the pics.

 

[clea]

Typical Montreal winter salt sludge coating ...

 

[mknox]

Typical Montreal winter salt sludge coating ...

Yep. That looks about right. I sure do hope the car holds up well against corrosion... especially with absolutely no corrosion warranty of any kind from Tesla.

 

[lorih]

In his last talk in Oslo Elon said he expects the car to last a lot longer than a standard car. We know about less moving parts, hoses, etc, but he said that the Al body should hold up better than steel in terms of rusting. He was estimating 15-20 years on Model S compared to 10 years on ICE.

 

[Doug_G]

Typical Montreal winter salt sludge coating ...
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I think mine is now on a salt-encrusted par with that. I keep thinking I'll go for a car wash, then I check the weather and the forecast is for yet more snow. I'm ready for spring...

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In his last talk in Oslo Elon said he expects the car to last a lot longer than a standard car. We know about less moving parts, hoses, etc, but he said that the Al body should hold up better than steel in terms of rusting. He was estimating 15-20 years on Model S compared to 10 years on ICE.

Certainly aluminum, in the absence of salt or dissimilar metals, is inherently highly resistant to corrosion. Steel cars erode away shockingly fast around here... hopefully that won't happen with Model S!!!

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

I think mine is now on a salt-encrusted par with that. I keep thinking I'll go for a car wash, then I check the weather and the forecast is for yet more snow. I'm ready for spring...

The groundhog didn't cooperate, I believe.

Those pics do look painful!

 

[dasRad]

TESLA!

Rear defrost works well.

 

[lorih]

It is so covered it is unrecognizable, except for one thing....no tailpipe!

 

[GDH]

that's awesome.

 

[ModelX]

Love it!

 

[jerjozwik]

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I love this one, reminds me of that acid lake mutation scene in robocop.

 

[tinm]

Car's really dirty actually, but heck if it doesn't show it in this photo from 10,000ft up in the Santa Fe mountains yesterday. Gorgeous yellow aspen leaves everywhere.

 

[jerjozwik]

this thread really needs more activity!