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« Reply #15 on: September 28, 2017, 07:34:47 PM »

Dream car.


Unrelated to Model 3 but related to Tesla ----   Does anybody follow the youtube channel - car guru  ?  the guy bought a salvage Tesla S that was submerged in salt water and another s that is damaged and rebuilt the salt damaged one.  I find his channel fascinating.

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« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2019, 08:10:58 PM »

Don’t remember this being up, not so much about the car. Grandpa is the man.

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« Reply #17 on: January 28, 2019, 07:40:43 PM »

We bought our house in April of last year. Then solar, then a Model 3. We love it. Long Range Dual Motor (non performance model) with about 10000 miles now. We ordered in early August, delivered late September.
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« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2019, 08:06:11 AM »

We bought our house in April of last year. Then solar, then a Model 3. We love it. Long Range Dual Motor (non performance model) with about 10000 miles now. We ordered in early August, delivered late September.

We're on a similar plan-solar array ideally this year, then some sort of 'lectric vehicle.
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« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2019, 10:15:14 AM »

It sounds likely that I will be giving my car to my eldest son. I usually start looking at cars early. The Model 3 might be on the short list as more chargers pop up. I could also consider renting a car for anything above the Model 3's range.
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« Reply #20 on: March 27, 2019, 06:17:06 PM »

It sounds likely that I will be giving my car to my eldest son. I usually start looking at cars early. The Model 3 might be on the short list as more chargers pop up. I could also consider renting a car for anything above the Model 3's range.

Chargers are everywhere. I have at least 3 between my house in SoCal and my family in Phoenix.
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« Reply #21 on: April 24, 2019, 07:32:39 AM »

Been 2.5 years with a ‘15 Nissan Leaf SL for in town transit and it’s been great!  We did the car for a year first to see how it (and the Level II charger) affected our electrical bill.  Once we had a years worth of data, we sized out solar array to meet that need. 

Side benefit with the solar is that our solar loan repayment $ is within a few $ of our average electric monthly bill...

I still drool over the Model 3, but it wouldn’t be a big improvement over our current situation and we would have a car payment again, so both of those nix the ‘3’ pretty much completely.

But, OH MY! that dashboard...  Grin  Cool
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« Reply #22 on: April 24, 2019, 12:00:35 PM »

I'm intrigued with an all-electric, but I'd have to try one for a spell somehow before I would be convinced that I could pull the trigger on ownership.

The problem for me and electric is Minnesota and its winters, plus the fact that I live in the sticks. So, considering a typical winter workday, an electric would need to function fully at -30* plus windchill, get through the first slog of a couple of miles or so that's usually unplowed after a snow, make it the rest of the trip running heat and defrost full blast (some in stop and go traffic), sit in a parking lot all day at the same subzero temps (probably zero chance of a charger there for the foreseeable future), and then make the reverse trip with no change in performance. Don't forget the occasional stop or two before heading home.

I'd totally participate in R&D if any manufacturer wanted to torture test one as a long-term winter commuter. I'm an enginerd, so I'd be able to provide data too.  Cool

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« Reply #23 on: April 24, 2019, 12:17:33 PM »

You've left out the length of said round trip.
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« Reply #24 on: April 24, 2019, 01:14:21 PM »

Speedbag:  Research.  Lots of research.  If it’s not going to work for you, then it’s not.  Simple as that.  I do get concerned with our air cooled battery in 100’+F summer temps, but it’s been good so far.  I wouldn’t recommend air cooled battery system for everyone.  Liquid is better but more costly...

Also: first gen (‘10-‘16) Nissan Leaf is the only car I know of to have air cooled battery pack.  Everyone else does liquid cooling, especially Tesla.
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« Reply #25 on: April 24, 2019, 01:39:53 PM »

http://theconversation.com/not-so-fast-why-the-electric-vehicle-revolution-will-bring-problems-of-its-own-94980
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« Reply #26 on: April 25, 2019, 04:58:08 AM »

You've left out the length of said round trip.

Only ~50 miles per day, tops. Not far, but there's that cold factor, which batteries don't like.

A co-worker has a '05 Prius he bought new that's his daily (yeah. I feel sorry for him too), and he has a similar routine. After that amount of time with a hybrid, his gut feel is that all-electric would be dicey here in winter. Of course, summer sucks balls too sometimes with 100+ degree days and humidity like the tropics, but at least then there's no danger of freezing to death.
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« Reply #27 on: April 25, 2019, 01:37:58 PM »

Don’t remember this being up, not so much about the car. Grandpa is the man.



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« Reply #28 on: April 25, 2019, 01:50:54 PM »


Interesting.

Down here unless the charger is fed by clean electricity generation, electric vehicles are effectively powered by coal.

You see a few hybrids around and the other day I saw two Teslas in a day.
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« Reply #29 on: April 25, 2019, 03:40:26 PM »

Grandpa is the man.


Yes he is. Has a gracious manner about him.
I see old guys like that and realise that gentleman probably saved us from fascism and imperialism in the 40's. He's seen alot. Makes me think of an article years ago about a 100+ lady who saw the first planes and airships and Apollo11 in her lifetime. Model Ts would have been commonplace when this guy was a kid and he would have gone through the post war technological boom, 50's hot rods, 60's muscle cars, etc, etc and now electric vehicles. A good candidate to compare technology. waytogo
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