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Sogorman
Member
int32_t
Tesla Spotter
Yes, lighter is absolutely better and I would expect the Model 3 to be much simpler than this. But it's not all needless complexity; it's called "engineering." I used to wonder about all the "extra" components on circuit boards inside electronics since so many of them seem redundant or useless. It turns out there are many things (like transient phenomena) that would destroy the device if it didn't have these extra protective components. Removing "extra" parts is done at risk of poorer reliability. Human body examples include tonsils, the appendix, and other so-called vestigal organs which were thought to do nothing but are now known that (wow) they are there for a purpose!
e-FTW
New electron smell
He's not quiet, he's scheming. Some of us have been burned before... ;-)
What? Nothing, nothing. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
jalapeno19104
Member
OH HAI DERE!
Not dead, just busy as all hell, shipping, packing, movin shakin, I've been feeling a little sick lately *COUGH* *COUGH* *COUGH... MODS CAN WE PLEASE ALLOW ME TO EDIT THE FIRST POST SO THAT I CAN HAVE LINKS TO SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BUILD? *COUGH* *COUGH* * I'D HATE FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE TO READ THE THREAD FOR 6 HOURS JUST TO GET TO WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO SEE.*COUGH* *COUGH* *COUGH*
man, I must be coming down with a cold or something.
Now, as a man with a wife/kids its hard to devote as much time as I would like for this project
(all of it) considering the car I need parts from is an hour away, this is what I've (understandably) been getting the whole time
Me (saturday 1pm) - hey, headed out to work on the car
Wife - what time will you be back
Me - around 11pm
Wife - "oh, so you are leaving for 10 hours again to take parts off that car that doesn't work, to fix another car that has been sitting our garage which also does not work"
Me - yes, but I mean when you put it that way....
Wife - "how much is this little adventure costing us"
Me *sweating* - I mean, well, you see...
Wife - "just to be clear you have spent on a non running vehicle, what I feel is too much to spend on an actual running vehicle"
Me *continues to sweat* - uh, yeah. well, you know...
Wife - "THEN YOU PURCHASED A SECOND ONE"
Me *shamefully existing* - see now I know this may look bad but...
Wife - then you spend 12 hours on a Saturday working on a non running car to get another non running car to work?, leaving me with the kids
Me *still sweating* - I mean they can come too?
Wife - in a tow yard in the middle of nowhere with heavy machinery and little supervision
Me *nervously laughing* - well, honestly... its like....
Wife - just to be clear I'm stuck with the kids again?, and some guy that you met on the internet is going to help you do this?
Me *regretting several life choices* - yeah, seems like a cool guy he messaged me on the foru....
Wife - just to confirm you do not know him and you'll be working with a guy you never met at night in an abandoned tow yard an hour away from us for about 10 hours, would you want me to do this?
Me - well, I mean no, you see.....
Wife (soon to be Ex) - I just don't understand, neither car works, why not just buy a running car?
Me - hehe, yeah......... .welp... see ya later!
Not dead, just busy as all hell, shipping, packing, movin shakin, I've been feeling a little sick lately *COUGH* *COUGH* *COUGH... MODS CAN WE PLEASE ALLOW ME TO EDIT THE FIRST POST SO THAT I CAN HAVE LINKS TO SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BUILD? *COUGH* *COUGH* * I'D HATE FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE TO READ THE THREAD FOR 6 HOURS JUST TO GET TO WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO SEE.*COUGH* *COUGH* *COUGH*
man, I must be coming down with a cold or something.
Now, as a man with a wife/kids its hard to devote as much time as I would like for this project
(all of it) considering the car I need parts from is an hour away, this is what I've (understandably) been getting the whole time
Me (saturday 1pm) - hey, headed out to work on the car
Wife - what time will you be back
Me - around 11pm
Wife - "oh, so you are leaving for 10 hours again to take parts off that car that doesn't work, to fix another car that has been sitting our garage which also does not work"
Me - yes, but I mean when you put it that way....
Wife - "how much is this little adventure costing us"
Me *sweating* - I mean, well, you see...
Wife - "just to be clear you have spent on a non running vehicle, what I feel is too much to spend on an actual running vehicle"
Me *continues to sweat* - uh, yeah. well, you know...
Wife - "THEN YOU PURCHASED A SECOND ONE"
Me *shamefully existing* - see now I know this may look bad but...
Wife - then you spend 12 hours on a Saturday working on a non running car to get another non running car to work?, leaving me with the kids
Me *still sweating* - I mean they can come too?
Wife - in a tow yard in the middle of nowhere with heavy machinery and little supervision
Me *nervously laughing* - well, honestly... its like....
Wife - just to be clear I'm stuck with the kids again?, and some guy that you met on the internet is going to help you do this?
Me *regretting several life choices* - yeah, seems like a cool guy he messaged me on the foru....
Wife - just to confirm you do not know him and you'll be working with a guy you never met at night in an abandoned tow yard an hour away from us for about 10 hours, would you want me to do this?
Me - well, I mean no, you see.....
Wife (soon to be Ex) - I just don't understand, neither car works, why not just buy a running car?
Me - hehe, yeah......... .welp... see ya later!
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pedriscoll
Active Member
satoshi
Electrical Engineer
UPDATE
So you are a Tesla owner and you are stranded at the side of the road? (for the third time) The diagnostics (which you can't run anyway) state there is a Battery pack failure?
You are out of warranty and you need it to be replaced ON THE SPOT???
Welp, call BTR and he will show up with his (patent pending) TESLA MODEL S MOBILE BATTERY REMOVAL Kit (version ii, NOW WITH 100% MORE WOOD!)
included is everything you see in the photo
1) jumper cables
2) extension cable
3) jacks x2 one with subframe brace
4) wood
5) floor creeper
6) kneepads
7) toolbox with holy bible inside
8) btr
This is guaranteed to get you nowhere in NO TIME, mostly due to lack of actual tools. Which I (again) forgot to put in the box....
So you are a Tesla owner and you are stranded at the side of the road? (for the third time) The diagnostics (which you can't run anyway) state there is a Battery pack failure?
You are out of warranty and you need it to be replaced ON THE SPOT???
Welp, call BTR and he will show up with his (patent pending) TESLA MODEL S MOBILE BATTERY REMOVAL Kit (version ii, NOW WITH 100% MORE WOOD!)
included is everything you see in the photo
1) jumper cables
2) extension cable
3) jacks x2 one with subframe brace
4) wood
5) floor creeper
6) kneepads
7) toolbox with holy bible inside
8) btr
This is guaranteed to get you nowhere in NO TIME, mostly due to lack of actual tools. Which I (again) forgot to put in the box....
UPDATE
ok so uh, yeah, this is what the inside of the P85 donor car looks like now, I'm mostly taking pics
at this point for documentation purposes, but it looks kinda neat, glass literally everywhere
It just looks like its getting worse and worse doesn't it?
well, it is.
ok so uh, yeah, this is what the inside of the P85 donor car looks like now, I'm mostly taking pics
at this point for documentation purposes, but it looks kinda neat, glass literally everywhere
It just looks like its getting worse and worse doesn't it?
well, it is.
JER
Member
Might I suggest a transparent toolbox? Then you can see what you've left behind.
You could put a photograph of your family in there too.
Wow, over the past 3 days I've covered the whole tread, I have a new heroe. I'm a indy tech in the UK and a true petrol head, however I have been completely won over by the model s, don't get me wrong I'm not about to sell my sierra cosworth but I would love a model s for my daily, unfortunately a new one, even in base spec would cost as much as my house. So I've been trawling the interwebs for salvage and came across this. It's made me want to find two cars even more...I just fear funds might not allow.
I have a hard enough time getting my wife to watch the kids long enough for me to go outside and wash the car and here you are leaving yours for 10 hours to go work on it? You must be amazing in bed, or wealthy, or really good looking, or possibly about to be blindsided by a process server with a divorce summons. There's a glitch in the matrix here.
Sounds like it's time to fire your wives and interview new ones. They don't know how good they have it.
You think your car is bad, here's mine yesterday...
AAAGH!
Fortunately mine's in good hands though. {cough}
You think your car is bad, here's mine yesterday...
AAAGH!
Fortunately mine's in good hands though. {cough}
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