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Refilling M3 with Windscreen Fluid
- Thread starter CrunchyInMilk
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There's nothing special about Tesla's windshield washer fluid (or Audi's). It is just water, soap, and antifreeze.
Use whatever you have, or whatever they are selling at the gas station/supermarket/auto store.
Use whatever you have, or whatever they are selling at the gas station/supermarket/auto store.
Why are you sending this poor guy to a gas station... He bought a Tesla to avoid those places...
RayK
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For the novelty of seeing an EV parked at a dino juice station.
fajitamondays
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The genuine VAG wiper fluid has a lemony scent doesn't it?
Just having a nostalgic moment from my previous car.
Just having a nostalgic moment from my previous car.
Shelburne
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He also includes supermarkets and auto parts stores. I always buy my windshield washer fluid at our local gas station, mainly because it's the closest place to my house that sells the stuff, so I'm using less electricity (generated in part by fossil fuels) than if I were to drive further. Also, I used to buy gas there all the time, for 30 years, so I feel a neighborly obligation to buy windshield washer fluid there now.
Just make sure to check the temp rating for winter (if appropriate).
RayK
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If EVs are indeed the future then installing 1 or 2 DCFC stations at most all existing urban and highway adjacent gas stations makes total sense. CCS, CHAdeMO (for the Leafs that remain in use) or Tesla Supercharger. The gasoline companies should see the writing on the wall and adapt or else fade away like the dinosaurs that they now sell.
Jeremy3292
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I agree with your premise, but I think we are 20+ years away from that being a reality so it is not a current problem for gas stations. You live in CA so it probably looks closer to happening than it does in the rest of the country. Biden's goal of 50% EV's by 2030 is nothing more than a talking point and is extremely unlikely to happen for so many reasons.
EV's have lots of drawbacks currently including range, speed of charging, cost, etc. You can't convince an average consumer/family it is "better" to buy an EV than an ICE vehicle. Until there are DC charging stations every 10 miles around the country that can charge a car in <10 minutes they won't be widely adopted. The amount of planning required to drive an EV is extremely stressful to some and annoying to most.
You ultimately have to convince the public than EV's are better in every aspect than an ICE vehicle before mass adoption. Telling people "but you're saving the environment" is a non starter and is akin to telling someone they should take a train from NY to CA instead of flying bc they pollute less. This is just simply reality.
IMO
RayK
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Jeremy3292
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I also had the same thought after I sent my post
Now back to your originally scheduled programming!
linux-works
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I bought some of this stuff based on a poster's rec, here (have not had the chance to try it yet, still on my factory fill believe it or not)
RayK
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"Use our winter formula nextzett Anti-Frost for anti-freeze protection or add alcohol to the mixture". Probably not going to be a problem in my case since it rarely gets below freezing here in Silicon Valley. But I do plan on going skiing up in Tahoe several more times before my legs and/or back give out. I have a partial bottle of Jose Cuervo Silver in the back of my garage frig. Does that qualify?
linux-works
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