Roadster Maintenance

[WarpedOne]

And speaking of Martin's car, it was ALSO in the service bay today. I was told it was in for its first scheduled service. I was wondering when I might see Martin's car by chance around the Bay Area, and today was the day

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Could be. He said he made over 1000 miles already.

Do we know official service intervals? I don't remember reading anything about that anywhere ...

[malcolm]

Could be a powertrain 1.0 thing. Or to help train the service teams and check their skills and protocols?

[TEG]

And speaking of Martin's car, it was ALSO in the service bay today. I was told it was in for its first scheduled service. I was wondering when I might see Martin's car by chance around the Bay Area, and today was the day.

Perhaps to get the iPhone/iPod stuff sorted out?

[SteveF]

Perhaps to get the iPhone/iPod stuff sorted out?

Perhaps Martin will enlighten us at some point. In any event, they appeared to be taking excellent care of it, polishing the front end during the time that I was observing. The car looks just great (as of course you would be able to attest to as well).

[graham]

I vaguely remember someone from Tesla being asked in an interview (maybe Town Hall?) about frequency of maintenance. They replied that in general their car would require little maintenance beyond tires, but that the first few they made they would want to service more frequently to make sure everything was okay under real world driving. This is probably why Martin's car is back for maintenance so soon.

Also there was the firmware problem that TEG or someone mentioned earlier that his car exhibited. It is possible they want to upgrade him to a later version.

[Joseph]

I guess Tesla is really desperate for money. The car is basically service-free besides the basics like the tires and braking system ect.

[WarpedOne]

I guess Tesla is really desperate for money.

I don't see the meaning of it. Raise the price for another 10k and you have covered 10 years of servicing. Those who paid 100k whould also pay 110k.

[graham]

The car is basically service-free besides the basics like the tires and braking system ect.

Well, I have heard rumor that a sizable percentage of the cars are prone to smashing into the car in front of them. This requires extensive service...

Okay, bad joke I know...

[vfx]

The salesman at the Tesla dealership told me that the Roadster requires a $1000 tune up every year.

Ouch, That seems high and unreasonable. What happened to the "never needs service" of an EV? Worse yet, a salesman might even sugarcoat such numbers .

Since for drivetrain service you have to take the car to a Tesla dealership you are stuck. I wonder if this type of scheduled service will affect the car's warranty.

Still, a common Ferrari 308 GTSi needs a tuneup every 3k miles. This guy says it's $4K:
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[malcolm]

What is there to tune?

Software timing?

I could understand maybe needing to tweak brakes, steering, shocks, but not for $1000

This makes no sense.

(Unless you're a dealer, I suppose)