Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by Tins

Yep. 20,000 of them. gunna do wonders to the already depressed used car market in the US. Possibly affect Tesla stock valuation as well, given Hertz was originally looking at getting 100,000 of the things.

New price Model Y in USA is $43,990 - $52,490 USD
Here is the Hetz used ones List https://www.hertzcarsales.com/used-t...p=&geoRadius=0

Is a 2022 with 79,819 miles cheap at $33500USD

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128456KM

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Of interest that's about the same 10K ish price change on my 2020 mg XS 42K to 32K in AUD with 50K KM on it.

Doesn't seem cheap John?

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

New price Model Y in USA is $43,990 - $52,490 USD
Here is the Hetz used ones List https://www.hertzcarsales.com/used-t...p=&geoRadius=0

Is a 2022 with 79,819 miles cheap at $33500USD

(

128456KM

)

Of interest that's about the same 10K ish price change on my 2020 mg XS 42K to 32K in AUD with 50K KM on it.

Doesn't seem cheap John?

Free wouldn't be cheap enough for me, James. You know that......

What they’re advertised at and what they fetch are 2 different things.

There are stacks of used Teslas on Carsales from $38K for a 2021 model 3 and it’s been there for ages. Was $48K a few months back. Has 114KKM on it so is seen as high mileage - We just sold a 7YO Hilux at work with 160KKM on it for $42K

Hands up who can say ‘Depreciation’? 🤪

Originally Posted by scarry

It is often worse than that,many long haul trucks seem to sit on at least an actual of 105 Km/hr,so they are doing close to 13Km/hr more than someone sitting on 100 Km / hr,not realising they are actually doing something like 92Km/hr.
My brothers Mitsy Sport,stock OEM tyres,is doing an actual of 92Km/hr at 100Km/hr on the Speedo.

All stupidity and dangerous,in this day and age,surely we can get a speedo to read accurately,just like my other brother’s stock Disco 1,it reads spot on.

You can only get a speedo to be accurate (without intervention) by:

Factory sets tyre to be used and calibrates accordingly
Owner then sticks to Using only the factory fitted tyre
Recalibrating it for tread wear through its life.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

I understand from long ago that some truckies put smaller diameter tyres on when the tachymeter is programmed. simple then to change to larger tyres.
I have been around MANY trucks doing 105 or sometimes a little more as determined by my GPS not car speedo.
Strangely some of the worse offenders seem to be Australia Post trucks. I don't know if they are subbies or company owned but it seems strange.
Regards PhilipA

Actually, GPS isn't particularly accurate about speed across the ground - someone on a speeding charge in the UK tried that a few years back and the court didn't accept it.

Originally Posted by Tombie

You can only get a speedo to be accurate (without intervention) by:

Factory sets tyre to be used and calibrates accordingly
Owner then sticks to Using only the factory fitted tyre
Recalibrating it for tread wear through its life.

Tyre wear and different brands,but same size,and type, are maybe with in 1 to 2% maximum difference in rolling diameter.Which is stuff all,still very close.
Still no where near the rediculous 6 to 8% or even more difference in speedo readings,from actual, in most new vehicles today,brand new,OEM tyre.
Then add tyre wear,different brand, as you say,it could get slightly worse.

I have always found the GPS speed read out on the Garmin street finder i have in the work van to be extremely accurate.
In fact most of the time i drive by it,not the vehicles speedo,which reads around 5% under consistently.

The ADRs requires a speedo to read between 0 and 10% high.

So a car maker, playing it safe, it's no surprise speedos generally read 5% high.

Our Subaru speedo reads 4-5% high, but the speed output on the OBD port is bang on.

Tony

Having said all the above - on a D3/4/RRS it’s easy to go into the CCF and make your speedometer read accurately.