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I don't think there is a "best" Rivian board, they're all still in the early days of Tesla forums … post a harsh word and get 1000 posts shouting you down … a lot of hero worship and $RIVN "it will be $175 again, just you HODL like the rest of us!" I'd say Reddit is the quickest with news and...

gap insurance protects the lender in the event the borrower cannot meet the terms of the lease, it's only sold under the guise of protecting the borrower, it's an insurance premium. if the borrower can meet the terms and the vehicle is a total loss, the vehicle insurance will close the lease or...

2. In the event of a total loss, insurance replaces the vehicle and the lease/finance lender writes an "asset swap" under the same terms. 1. I was taught the definition of a good trade is the buyer would have paid more and the seller would have accepted less. 3. Anyone intending to sell a car...

I drink oat milk because I've seen a cow's nipple.

Trees instead of cows is happening in Finland. The expectation is 10x and 100. 10x increase in dairy food prices 100 years to impact global climate Finland has already reversed the law, creating a windfall for the farmers who delayed complying and selling their cows. I think it's a good thing to...

Notably, this is psyops to cajole the uneducated into doing what's best for them. Whether it's reducing global pollution or eating less meat to improve their health, people neither think globally or act locally. So "meat is the problem" should read "meat is a problem, people are the problem."...

Fair. We'll see what the Q1 earnings call reveals. These pics suggest production is ramping. I hope quality and the various defects and design flaws have been resolved. I don't think there's anything major. I wish Tesla would address some of the issues like the rearview mirror (should be a...

I didn't realize the CT was being delivered outside TX and CA. In any case, just looking at the shipping yards full of the things, 2000 seems low. As for reddit as a source of what's real … : ) Some Tesla bloggers estimate 1000/wk in Q2...

Cosplay "off-road" tires is a classic put down. Good grief the clustertruck is a magnet for ridicule, and surface corrosion, and fingerprints.

The one Hummer EV that sold for $250K was a charity VIN #0001 thing. (iirc) There was a post of someone talking with Sunnyvale Tesla and taking home a Cybertruck from their lot of trucks that customers declined (not necessarily for quality, just declined as purchase decision.) I have a "day one"...

What's the idea trying to sell one at a quarter million? The Cybertruck is already "readily" available (there are reports of people calling the Sunnyvale location to get vehicles that the customer declined.) I have an order that Tesla would build as a Foundation, but I think I'm uniquely one of...

most stainless alloys won't corrode, but exposed to salt water and harsh chemicals (e.g. road grime is horribly toxic and corrosive) it will deteriorate cosmetically and eventually corrode. Mostly, it's "stuff that sticks to the surface" such as brake dust and "rail dust" (iron) … not to forget...

Cyberlandr is taking orders for a camper shell of sorts. Expensive, definitely not for trades to bash around. There are others promising to offer something. https://cyberlandr.com/

I think Tesla is going to have to do another round with the influencers once the build quality issues and design problems are remedied. The ongoing tear-downs (Munro and Caresoft, both are competitive reverse-engineering firms) are showing the corners cut to get the Cybertruck to market. I...

My point was to observe that industries that simply should never have grown beyond parochial, pre-science behavior have become industrial giants that have captured government regulators. The divide between affluent and working impoverished is a worsening problem, and one of many symptoms of...

"First world" is a loosely defined ideal (and almost non-existent) state of industry supporting a stable economy and democracy. First world implies abundance. To misconstrue "first world conditions of health and safety" as processed food is a straw man.

It's possible (easy) to feed everyone. The planet has far more resources than necessary to sustain 8, 10, 20 billion people living in first world conditions of health and safety. It's corporations that impose artificial scarcity in order to exert control of populations. Monopolies on energy...

Consider this EV analogy: We drive cars made of oil, burning fuel made of oil, with tires made of oil, rolling on roads made of oil. Oil is by far the worst raw material for all of these purposes. It's the most expensive and does the most damage with the worst side effects. Oil, coal and gas...

Hopefully it's bigger than the Y in practical dimensions (cabin and cargo.) Rivian execs must have learned from the R1 that a loss leader is a loss all the same and not a leader until it leads into sales of a profitable product. The R2 better be thick with profit margin. They must have a...

I've watched a lot of these accident repair stories unfold over the years. One deciding factor is usually airbags. Rarely do they get rebuilt once there's two corners to replace. Looks like this was a relatively low speed, "slow" impact.) The repair of the A-pillar extends rearward, so that's...

I agree Tesla won't be discounting as their costs go down. But Tesla has changed. It's in the mode of discounting to balance demand with supply. Whatever discounting is needed to continue selling the tri-motor (and where's the quad-motor?) will happen as soon as demand slows for the high end...

Interest rates have jumped in the last year or so but are still trivial. The only way Tesla would have gained any useful return would be to put the deposits into $TSLA. I think Tesla should put all vehicle purchase money into $TSLA and return the gain/loss to the customer. In this way, people...

The price hike will dissipate by the time they build my order, so it's still "wait and see." Are there people who seriously want their $100 back because they think the situation suddenly changed? The prices from four years ago … did anyone seriously think those prices would be possible today...

no and yes. the alignment is a mechanical process that is not unique to any Tesla model. but. if the steering centering is off, there's the potential for electronic calibration or software calibration. Tesla monitors wheel rotations to detect left-right discrepancy and tread depth. So there's...

Hands up everyone who has been stuck behind someone driving like they want to get 50K miles out of their tires. : )

Well, Tesla has made it clear that they're discounting till sales increase and they're offering things like transferring FSD licenses. I haven't seen a hint of a rumor about any S/X updates before year-end, only Cybertruck and maybe Model 3 Performance showing up in the US, but those are both...

ok, I didn't realize it was a brake job, but yes, they could leave a wrench on a bleeder or any number of errors as for alignment, again, a "set the toe and let it go" tech, typical at tire stores, will happily "lean on" the car to budge the numbers into spec for the printout. I don't think...

It's sadly common for auto shops to deny anything is their fault (before even checking to see what's going on.) The noise you describe could be anything from a socket or wrench left on a nut or bolt (sadly again, it happens because auto techs are not trained for procedures, they're trained in...

For a road test of steering, a flat road (no camber, in other words, the road doesn't slope to one curbside or the other for water drainage) and test three conditions. First check all tire pressures are in spec and equal left-to-right. Check tires for unusual wear or changes in the tread...

Those before/after numbers are too close across the board. Those numbers are within the variation from just jouncing the suspension or turning the steering wheel one turn off center in either direction. Why was the Model 3 getting an alignment? Why get an alignment on worn tires? Given the close...

I use EAP "all the time" … I think it's safer to be on cruise control than relying upon my reflexes and situational awareness. I focus my attention further up the road and for the "ball bouncing between parked cars, probably being pursued by a child" stuff that EAP and FSD may or may not handle.

If you don't intend to make use of the Plaidiness, then don't get the Plaid. It's more expensive to insure, tires wear out, wheels get rashed, less range efficiency. I assume S and X prices will continue to discount through year-end as Tesla continues to focus on volume and has fat margins to...

Tesla doesn't offer an extended warranty. In some regions it offers a third party extension, otherwise it's a service agreement. For some vehicles (e.g. Range Rover) a third party "warranty" product is a "worst case" risk control … it won't help for most problems but if something major goes...

If anything, I'd say 50K on the clock means it was reliable and didn't spend time off the road in for service. : ) Looks like it was previously in Colorado and a '22 could have been purchase in Nov or Dec '21. Now May '23, this one could have been on the road for 18 months or 140 miles per five...

I'd factor in an extended service agreement, $3100. https://electrek.co/2023/03/23/tesla-launches-extended-service-warranty-app/ A simple "due diligence" review of all service history and any owner receipts should suffice. https://www.google.com/search?q=5YJSA1E53NF475490 Assuming no citrus...

The simplest answer is often the correct answer; in this case, I'd say the conspicuously self-evident answer is Tesla is simply not investing in service. Circa 2017, 2018 they took techs and service writers to work in back offices and coordinate mobile rangers. This "broke" the operations at the...

Service and quality don't sell cars, and service is not (yet) profitable, so Tesla puts as little as possible into these costs. With the arrival of competitors in '23 thru '25, Tesla will be compelled to do more. It takes time to ramp up service and initial quality, so the immediate answer to...

I have a 991 GT3 and an X, does that count? : ) I've driven the S and I've tracked a 3. The 911 is a helluva a different kettle of fish. (I've also tracked and PCA time trialed in a 964 RS, 993 turbo S, 996 GT3, 997.1 GT3, 997.2 GT3 RS amongst other built track jalopies … not my first rodeo...

I don't begrudge anyone a fair profit for good business and a premium where merited. I'd be fine with camp site operator upgrading just a handful of sites with a separate 60A circuit, maybe even meter the outlet, tag them as EV sites and if the visitor indicates they're going have an EV, they...

" Currently, however, a small portion of our campgrounds are set up with EV charging capabilities. It is essential to understand that EVs require constant electricity flow to charge their batteries, and the majority of our campgrounds’ electrical pedestals do not have this capability. Our...

I ordered a set on Amazon which turned out to be just the right fitment, not with the washers. Please link to what you found.

I think you have to order form Tesla. I ordered online and they showed up in a few days. A little tricky, fiddly to install, but youtube …

Right, there's no way to regulate, let alone enforce regulation of R&D. Short of government "weapons inspections" and sanctions, like the USA over Iran, any attempt to legalize AI development (as with all government doublespeak, the intent is the opposite of the description, in this case, to...

Those real estate speculation algo's were not AI, just pattern forecasting, the most primitive of mathematics and the available products are so heavily manipulated, they're purpose built to kill speculators and accumulate gains for the institutions. That's not limited to real estate, it's...

The idea being that AI can use pattern recognition and user data to find your voice, find your phone number, infiltrate the cellular telephone network traffic, find your active, real time conversations, intercept what you say to the other party, use your voice sample to generate altered dialog...

btw. I am impressed by the arguments for "AGI = scary" and the imperative to make safe these large models which already have the potential for reactor runaway as it mistakenly pursues self-survival goals. The promise of achieving a technology that gives "leader of the world" level power is too...

The hypocrisy of conducting an unauthorized public beta of life-and-death software in FSD while calling for others with text and image generators to fear for public safety.

Users can't solve software licensing and hardware compatibility discrepancies by buying each new update. HW4 doesn't work, it's still nowhere near L3 and Musk was quick to reference HW5 and so on. Tesla is amassing a legacy burden of a 250K+ vehicles with user licenses – they're going to have...

Regulators, insurers and various class action settlements (already targeting FSD promises) will compel Tesla to update all "FSD era" vehicles associated with an FSD license. Musk stated that HW4 is safer than HW3 … that makes it necessary for regulators to require Tesla to offer the whole...

PG&E is doing the same thing: cutting the buy price for net metering by 75%. Power grids are a government sanctioned racket. With Tesla increasing their "never for profit" Supercharger network, and becoming a grid vendor, they'll have the consumer by the … charge cable.