Tesla unlikely to Survive (Vol. 3)
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rampageturke said:
did it need a vol3?
Nope but we all like to cover old ground relentlessly and occasionally discuss / moan about something new. I guess Uber could have been removed from the title but now they have a deal with Hertz and Tesla to use Tesla's for Uber I guess it should stay. They do have a deal right?
In other news, the top spec Model S can now have brakes that work - for $20000 extra
They sure know how to milk their loyal customers....Smiljan said:
In other news, the top spec Model S can now have brakes that work - for $20000 extra They sure know how to milk their loyal customers....
I'm wondering when they were going to do ceramic coating (not full ceramic). I've recently seen a video of a TMS with well over 300k km on the original rotors. Corrosion is more an issue than actual wear. They sure know how to milk their loyal customers....Why 20k USD though for ceramic brakes? Porsche do them for less than half that on the Taycan (Turbo only).
Sounds to me like you could source those third party much cheaper?
The kit is front and rear rotor, calipers, pads, park brake calipers and fluid. No mention of upgraded lines but they may be braided already?
I still suspect the well covered Plaid brake failures are nothing more than ham fisted driving, with 1000+ bhp and a lot of weight to stop you would need to manage the brakes carefully to stop overheating or just the pads being destroyed. Seems like the usual types have just hammered the car relentlessly with zero finesse until the brakes cooked and sent them off into the barriers.
The kit isn't available until Mid 2022 (so 2023 in Tesla time) so it'll be a long wait to see if they're any good for the $20k.
In other news, yet another Tesla self combusts while charging. It's happening so often now, barely anyone bothers commenting
https://6abc.com/maple-glen-pa-car-fire-tesla-mont...
I still suspect the well covered Plaid brake failures are nothing more than ham fisted driving, with 1000+ bhp and a lot of weight to stop you would need to manage the brakes carefully to stop overheating or just the pads being destroyed. Seems like the usual types have just hammered the car relentlessly with zero finesse until the brakes cooked and sent them off into the barriers.
The kit isn't available until Mid 2022 (so 2023 in Tesla time) so it'll be a long wait to see if they're any good for the $20k.
In other news, yet another Tesla self combusts while charging. It's happening so often now, barely anyone bothers commenting
https://6abc.com/maple-glen-pa-car-fire-tesla-mont...
Scrump said:
I did wonder about that.
Is the consensus that this is just about Tesla now?
its been 99% Tesla for a very long timeIs the consensus that this is just about Tesla now?
Sandy Munro released a video with a lot of interesting stats on how Tesla is going to be very strong in the US market but the Chinese are going to dominate like the Japanese did
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g63SJwFdGTQ
and holy jebus at VW being 260 billion in debt !!
Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Thursday 25th November 16:07
Burwood said:
VW debt is a non event. It's the financial services arm. They could sell it off if they wanted to but it makes money. Same with Ford and GM. Stories like this are written by people that don't have a clue about accounting. BMW has 100b
It is it not only a non-event so long as values of used ICE cars stay up? All those deals built around projected future values.Gassing Station | Tesla | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff