Thread: 400,000 miles in a Tesla Model S in 3 years

Originally Posted by Homestar

Oooh - would love to get my hands on one of these...

Just imagine the R and D that would have gone into the whole process,including the manufacture and development of the automated machines,yet alone the finished product.

As for maintenance,one machine would only have to get a bit of wear,and the whole process could be upset.

Originally Posted by scarry

Just imagine the R and D that would have gone into the whole process,including the manufacture and development of the automated machines,yet alone the finished product.

As for maintenance,one machine would only have to get a bit of wear,and the whole process could be upset.

Yeah, absolutely amazing - the engineering of the plant itself before it even makes its first part is staggering.

Just on Rich rebuilds, I have seen about 10 of his documentaries and from that know a lot more about Teslas than you can get just from other information sources.

One of his recent docos looked at warranty problems . It turns out that just about every 2013-2015 model S has had to have multiple motor replacements from crook bearings etc . His doco shows dismantling a motor and replacing the bearings. Of course the motors have an 8 year warranty so it hasn't cost customers who paid full tilt anything yet.

He chronicles the really extreme rip off prices charged to fix minor body damage on Teslas, as they can only be fixed by approved repairers. In a recent doco he cites the experiences of some owners who have non warrantable things fixed like $6 for brake repairs. The door handles on early cars also give quite a bit of trouble and are not warranted. There have been several updates on the door handles and there is a bloke in the USA who does a fix kit for them. he also has a video on installing a high voltage charging point at home.

Luckily for Australians I don't think any of the early cars came to OZ.

I commend the Rich Rebuilds videos to you if you want to know a lot about Teslas from the perspective of someone who has rebuilt a Tesla without any technical information from Tesla.

I have to say I am very impressed y what Elon Musk has achieved so far , but his policies regarding technical help are poor. Sounds like how Land Rover treat specialists!

Regards Philip A

Where have I heard this before

"Electric cars mights be Ok for city commutes but will never work for long distance touring"

Originally Posted by goingbush

Where have I heard this before

"Electric cars mights be Ok for city commutes but will never work for long distance touring"

Sylvia , 70, completes round-Australia trip in an EV for .... $150.90 | The Driven

Originally Posted by goingbush

Where have I heard this before

"Electric cars mights be Ok for city commutes but will never work for long distance touring"

Slide tray cut off just to right of photo....

Originally Posted by ozscott

Slide tray cut off just to right of photo....

..... With a D4 on it

Yep. Stopped there because he's run out of power.
Couldn't make it to the next charge point.