Recent content by Gene

I’ve only driven Tesla’s since 2012. My Model S typically got 20k on a set. My Model 3 about 30k. Amazingly, I just replaced the original Michelins on my Model Y Performance at 56k, there was still decent tread for maybe 5k more!! I’m a somewhat aggressive driver as well. Go figure!

I agree with you, as a retired professional auto mechanic those two bolts scare the crap out of me. Thankfully there are dowels to help mate the pieces but some high grade nuts at the back end of the bolts rather than just threaded billet scares the crap out of me. Those bolts backing out at...

Both VW and Rivian are in financial near doom. I have no idea where VW will find $5 billion. They are already $200 billion in debt and have publicly stated “the house is on fire”.

I have a January build which made a vibration in the wheel as well as a loud low pitched noise when the ac was on. As if there was a gas engine in the frunk. Turned out the Freon, or whatever they use these days, was too full. Meaning overfilled. Service center lessened the charge of Freon and...

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Hey JRP, nice to see you here. Miss your posts on TMC.

As much as I hate to hear my own voice, this is actually quite good podcast interview:

I noticed the Charge on Solar after a phone app update so check your app that it’s latest

Please be sure to do these experiments on dirt or gravel, not pavement.

I have had mine since January. It has been flawless the whole time.

"It should just ‘work’… no excuse for this…" Grow up, learn about lockers, Tesla explains clearly for use only on loose surfaces. They do work, "no excuse" for your ignorance on the subject. I doubt anyone will have the problem of not unlocking, as long as they do it on slippery surface...

I had the same situation. Having owned plenty of previous trucks with lockers, they really hate being on pavement but as long as you drive perfectly straight, you will not cause damage. So I tried locking mine in the driveway. After pressing the "lock" button, I did have to move a few feet in...

I have had my Cybertruck since January. It came to me perfect in every way and has remained so. I can’t even force my pedal to budge at all. I have a friend who received his a few weeks late, his is also flawless. I’m sorry for anyone with issues but keep in mind that problems are always...

I thought that you were asking about the Model X on a dirt track like the one that I was on. If you mean on a snowy paved road, the X will be fine with the right tires and if on ice use chains or studded tires.

No comparison. An X would have gone about 100 feet on that trail before body damage and being high centered and stuck. For simple dirt roads and even washboard an X would be ok. But I can tell you, being down some "simple" dirt road, all it takes is a quick rain storm, a couple of washes...