Tesla community, I would like any tips and assistance you could offer me in driving my vehicle, a 2014 S 85 with about 76k on the odometer, from the Tesla service center in Salt Lake City back to southern Wisconsin. Specifically, what might be optimal driving speeds for energy efficiency, lowest price, least wear on vehicle, and other metrics that could be maximized. My constraints are driving alone without any passengers or other drivers and starting one morning while arriving the next day in the evening. I would post my Bitcoin wallet address, but forum rules smell like banhammer would be the result of that due to classification as advertising--let me know your feedback on that.
Now, a bit more background...I purchased this vehicle last June from Tesla as a certified pre-owned vehicle, and after driving it from southern Wisconsin to Big Timber, Montana, I received multiple errors intermittently at first, then increasingly until the vehicle was bricked and Tesla towed it from Bozeman, MT to Salt Lake City, UT. I have a status of "Ready for Pickup" and an estimate showing a replacement drive unit is covered under warranty and complete. My conversation by phone with Tesla Service of SLC yielded info that certain parts, shear plates at the rear and suspension knuckle at right rear were so significantly corroded that they were also replaced under warranty, as I later see on the estimate.
I've been following Tesla since the S was codename Whitestar, and am still a $TSLA shareholder, but my confidence has been shaken. Given the background with my vehicle and your own knowledge and experience, what thoughts do you have? It was great to have tow service and rental arranged under warranty, but I'd like to avoid this in the future, including when my vehicle goes past its 8 yr warranty period before 100k miles in the near future.
Now, a bit more background...I purchased this vehicle last June from Tesla as a certified pre-owned vehicle, and after driving it from southern Wisconsin to Big Timber, Montana, I received multiple errors intermittently at first, then increasingly until the vehicle was bricked and Tesla towed it from Bozeman, MT to Salt Lake City, UT. I have a status of "Ready for Pickup" and an estimate showing a replacement drive unit is covered under warranty and complete. My conversation by phone with Tesla Service of SLC yielded info that certain parts, shear plates at the rear and suspension knuckle at right rear were so significantly corroded that they were also replaced under warranty, as I later see on the estimate.
I've been following Tesla since the S was codename Whitestar, and am still a $TSLA shareholder, but my confidence has been shaken. Given the background with my vehicle and your own knowledge and experience, what thoughts do you have? It was great to have tow service and rental arranged under warranty, but I'd like to avoid this in the future, including when my vehicle goes past its 8 yr warranty period before 100k miles in the near future.
