Next time run Visible Tesla while your car is in the shop. You can track where the car is driven, get an alert if it exceeds a certain speed, etc.
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Hasn't it happened before that people thought Tesla was doing the same thing when servicing their cars, but it turned out that the gauge will show such spikes when there is big electrical load during sitting while messing with the A/C, Radio, etc.?
Does writing down the odometer reading not work for the Tesla? I always make it a point to write down the odometer reading in front of whoever is servicing my vehicles so they know I'm keeping track. That doesn't prevent them from gunning the car for a short distance, but it does deter them from taking any extended joy rides. Plus they would know that I'm more likely to check on them via the app & hopefully deter them further from even thinking about a joy ride.
Hasn't it happened before that people thought Tesla was doing the same thing when servicing their cars, but it turned out that the gauge will show such spikes when there is big electrical load during sitting while messing with the A/C, Radio, etc.?
I guess in my fury I never stopped to think about how I probably couldn't emulate that kind of spike even if I tried. I'm not sure what they would have done to create it. As far as I know all they did was tow and then swap out the tires which would have involved putting the car in the highest suspension setting and then putting it in "jack" mode for when they had to take the wheels off...I don't suppose either of those could have created a spike? Plus it lasts on the chart for at least two miles. I'll give the Tesla service guys (who have been great to deal with) a call first thing in the morning to see if they can shed some light on what may have happened. Until then, I'm open to entertaining any and all theories.
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this exactly. In fact, the vertical line and usage would suggest the opposite. The car sat while "on" but the energy usage wasn't spread out over any distance.
To test the balance of wheels, it's not necessary to put a significant load on the drivetrain.actually that graph is indicative of it being pegged FOR A SOLID 2-3 MILES. If it were just sitting in the garage with electronics on for a long time, then the second it goes .1 mile it would look like an immediate NARROW spike up really high up then straight back down. Given that this spike is WIDE over a 2-3 mile range on the x-axis, the car was definitely being driven over that distance. So the only remaining question is whether or not that distance was carried out on the roads with them flooring it illegally or if it was on a dyno being floored to test wheel balance.
actually that graph is indicative of it being pegged FOR A SOLID 2-3 MILES. If it were just sitting in the garage with electronics on for a long time, then the second it goes .1 mile it would look like an immediate NARROW spike up really high up then straight back down. Given that this spike is WIDE over a 2-3 mile range on the x-axis, the car was definitely being driven over that distance. So the only remaining question is whether or not that distance was carried out on the roads with them flooring it illegally or if it was on a dyno being floored to test wheel balance.
actually that graph is indicative of it being pegged FOR A SOLID 2-3 MILES. If it were just sitting in the garage with electronics on for a long time, then the second it goes .1 mile it would look like an immediate NARROW spike up really high up then straight back down. Given that this spike is WIDE over a 2-3 mile range on the x-axis, the car was definitely being driven over that distance. So the only remaining question is whether or not that distance was carried out on the roads with them flooring it illegally or if it was on a dyno being floored to test wheel balance.
It is a bit unusual to see a straight line up and a straight line down on a peak like that. I suspect that's what a dyno run might look like?
Unusual? That's what my daily drive to work looks like!
To test the balance of wheels, it's not necessary to put a significant load on the drivetrain.
I'm also skeptical a tire shop would have the type of dyno that would be equipped to put such a heavy load on a vehicle's drivetrain and properly restrain the vehicle to keep the vehicle from lurching out of the dyno under those conditions.