No car should go through a standard car wash. Assuming you place any value on your paint, mirrors, or tires.
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Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable
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I don't think the paint per say is softer. My 3's paint seems better than the paint on other cars I've had, knock on wood. At the same time, Tesla's selling cars as fast as they can make them, and since they do operate in CA, I wouldn't be surprised if they have to use different solvents that evaporate differently.
That, coupled with the car very quickly going to a consumer as opposed to being trucked off to dealers to sit on a lot for weeks or months, leads me to suspect that the "soft" paint people complain about it really just paint that hasn't fully cured. Ideally Tesla could let the cars sit a bit more and/or people could avoid driving next to trucks hauling gravel at 70+mph after they pick up the car.
This doesn't just apply to the paint IME. The trunk struts and door latches have also loosened up over time, which may be something other manufacturers try to do before delivery. I believe the touchless carwash warning is more about the cameras/sensors than it is about paint.
This isn't targeted at Lycanthrope in any way but rather at the people that does follow Jeff Osborne. At what time does these people have any TSLA? After the first 5 sell ratings you would assume they'd sold the ones they had. Does his customers keep on buying TSLA whenever he's not looking and then he can swoop in and save them with a sell rating? I literally can't understand how this is supposed to work?
I'm not selling and as he has a 50% success rate I would rather have the dart throwing monkey, the success rate should be the same and it IS a monkey. So his messages can't be for intelligent longs like me? Then whom is his intended target?
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I agree with everything except for the very last sentence. Paint, tires, and mirrors all suffer from touchy-feely car washes.
EVNow
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OT :
You are just doubling down on racist tropes.
Let us take these conversations to the political thread.
Can you show me where you gleaned this great "fact" from ? How many of the "third world" captains are 25 years old with limited experience ?
You are just doubling down on racist tropes.
Let us take these conversations to the political thread.
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Or drive through a Haboob dust storm, or freeze and get scraped, hit a pot hole, sit in the sun, or get pee'd on... I agree.
I captured a video where I stuck my hand into a large spinning cloth buffer. FYI, there's really no pressure there to speak of, maybe some dirt from the last car is all. Your rag or brush would have about the same force/friction IMO. And Re: Camera damage from water pressure... But rain/wind is OK at 75 mph? Hail is fine too?
I think of it more a cumulative wear effect. Biggest threat here would be the sun in Az. And if you hand wash here, you need your own dedicated water softener/pressure system, or use vinegar-water to remove spots which probably isn't good either. Stalls also have high pressure, so can someone please enlighten me as to the correct way to wash in Az that doesn't cost $3,000? And don't say dry method because now you're just dragging dirt across it.
Ya, totally OT! As if topic makes any sense right now.
The dip of today isn't related of Tesla
Take a look of other Nio - Gm -2.5%
And others macros are Red Red
Take a look of other Nio - Gm -2.5%
And others macros are Red Red
Many foreign airlines rely on US trained pilots...or US training facility's. It is simply because the US has a lot of training schools.
UND and Embry Riddle would have a much tougher time without foreign contract's.
In the US we have a lot of "Young" (they all look young to me) Captains in either the regional or even Major airlines due to many retirements.
Age is not the determining factor. Training and currency is. The sad fact is Automation has eroded many pilot's skills to the point when the "magic" breaks they don't have a robust toolkit.
When I train pilot's I ALWAYS make them turn off as much automation as we can and hand fly the plane.
It can be a real eye opener.
Edit...sorry way OT delete as needed.
I'd like to see 450 - 500+ mile range option for a very premium, high profit price. Just to see Tesla lead the pack in another way for people to speak about with awe.
EVNow
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My take is that - whenever there is "news" that can be interpreted as confirming the short thesis - the SP will go down because shorts get emboldened to sell short.
When it is the other way round i.e. the news is mostly interpreted by shorts as negating the short thesis, the SP will go up because they aren't selling short.
Ofcourse, the macros can amplify, since then the bots are selling as well.
ps : So, today we have 2 news reports that can be interpreted as confirming the short thesis - the analyst note and the reintroduction of referrals.
Wouldn't "trading on swings" tend to have a moderating effect on the swings rather than increasing the swings? Or is that only because I'm thinking of simply buying shares high and selling shares low vs. the calls and puts you guys mostly mess with?
Oh hi, I'm right here, still hodlign. (and hoping) (and sweeping the couches)
It will all come out in the wash. Just a matter of spin cycle, yanoe.
Yes. I've seen far too many tires over the years get ripped by car wash tracks. (Hint: The damage looks like a little kid's drawing of curly hair)
And I bet they don't break in the engines either, lol.
I have some rock prints on my nose piece (warrantee?). When I touched them up I noticed how soft they were. I bet I could peel it with some needle-nose. Acrylic would be impossible to "peel", so I confirm this is soft paint.
Great, now we all get to dream about our paint peeling off...
EVNow
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It will be interesting to see how they roll out the refresh - whenever it comes.
It would be best to completely sell off old inventory before announcing refresh - and from next day start delivering the refreshed model. But that is difficult because once they start manufacturing the new refreshed S&X - the news will leak. Ofcourse, this stealth change always results in people getting who just bought the older model angry. With legacy OEMs atleast it is very clear when the refresh is coming - and the older model gets discounted quite a bit to move them off the lot.
Tesla will probably introduce the refreshed model at a higher price - and potentially lower the price of the inventory S&X. This way people buying the older model know what they are getting. I think in this case transparency is good.
OT.
But anecdotally... a pilot friend was stuck teaching someone who literally "lives in a mud hut" to fly a twin engine turbo-prop because his father ranked high in that country's military.
Please send me the link for the correct thread. I dislike contributing so much OFF TOPIC stuff, but I had a personal, significant contribution to this issue I had to say something. This was not anyone trying to be racist; it was a simple statement of fact that sometimes racist-sounding things actually just happen in real life.
Joe F
Disruption is hard.
WAY OT alert:
There are also other threads on TMC about washing.
Deionized Water system. I used CR Spotless. There are others.
There are also other threads on TMC about washing.
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BA // 737Max // pilot experience and so forth
Car washing. Lots of posts in a carwash thread....somewhere else on TMC
If you wonder whether what you're about to write....or post...in this thread, look at this thread's title. 'Nuff said?
This tendency for SO MANY of you to must have the last word is bordering on the obsessive. I'm not sure, however, on what side of that border it is.
~~~Vetinari~~~
ZERO further discussion on:
BA // 737Max // pilot experience and so forth
Car washing. Lots of posts in a carwash thread....somewhere else on TMC
If you wonder whether what you're about to write....or post...in this thread, look at this thread's title. 'Nuff said?
This tendency for SO MANY of you to must have the last word is bordering on the obsessive. I'm not sure, however, on what side of that border it is.
~~~Vetinari~~~
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