The Automotive Thread

[snickerd3]

yeah we have that stupid sunday law in CO, like scum sucking car salesmen need a day off to go to church?

what about Jewish car salesmen...their holy day is Saturday so no car sales on Saturday either.  

 

[MA_PE]

they are slowly phasing out the "Blue Laws" here in MA. Back in old days EVERYTHING shut down on Sunday.

 

[MetsFan]

Here's an article on Tesla maintenance costs.  Seems pricey, but not overly so:

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1095209_life-with-tesla-model-s-at-last-some-maintenance-needed-new-tires

 

[snickerd3]

Here's an article on Tesla maintenance costs.  Seems pricey, but not overly so:

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1095209_life-with-tesla-model-s-at-last-some-maintenance-needed-new-tires

what kind of junk tires did they put on that needed replacement after only 26K miles?

 

[wilheldp_PE]

what kind of junk tires did they put on that needed replacement after only 26K miles?

Having test driven 2 of these cars, I can see how any tire would need replacement after 26k miles.  It's hard not to drive that thing like a race car.

I didn't know that they charged $600 for the annual service.  There is no mention of that on the website, and I've seen forum posts that insinuate that it is included in the warranty.  Tesla changes its mind rapidly on charging for things.  For instance, you used to have to buy a $2500 upgrade to be able to use Superchargers...now that is included with all new vehicles.  Auto-pilot was given to all Model S owners when it was released...but now it is a $2500 option.  It wouldn't surprise me if you used to have to pay for the annual service, but it is now included.  But I'm not sure.  I will ask my delivery specialist.

 

[mudpuppy]

what kind of junk tires did they put on that needed replacement after only 26K miles?

Powerful cars use softer rubber to maintain traction under acceleration and cornering.  Softer tires wear out faster.  26k miles on tires for a sports car sounds reasonable to me.

 

[Road Guy]

so I just realized that the new/used factory radio I bought a few month ago has a 30 GB hard drive included.  I am so glad I didn't through away my life's CD Collection! 

I have been downloading them while I play them on the road, pretty slick (although I feel like this is 1990's technology!)  but I had forgotten that I owned 8 ACDC CD's, every 80's movie soundtrack, poison, GNR, skynard, etc... Its been fun times!  & you should see the looks I get from people when I am inserting a CD (while sitting in traffic)

 

[snickerd3]

my car has that digital library option too.  Aerosmith and soundtracks are on there right now.  the cd case stays in the car so I have my regular collection with me

 

[Road Guy]

I've got around 30 more (cd's) to go then I wont have to carry them around anymore.....not that I ever did but it will be nice to just have them "in" the radio..

 

[MA_PE]

My 2002 has a 12 CD changer in the trunk.  Hot stuff when it first came out. 

My kids bought me a Pioneer in-dash for the DD about 5-6 years ago and I got an iPod connection cable for it for for an additonal $80!!!!  anyway my classic 80GB ipod now permanently resides in the glove compartment with all my CDs loaded on it.  Every now and then I'll hae to connect back to iTunes and load some more in it.  I hardly ever use the CD/MP3 player but I can if I want to.  The Pioneer is also satellite radio ready but UI'm too cheap to subscribe.

 

[Road Guy]

I am not sure if apple did it on purpose (so you would have to buy the music) but a few months ago I set aside a cold winter day to burn all my CD's into iTunes and it was taking an insanely long period of time to upload and convert them, I tried our regular home PC and our newer laptop and both were very slow, so I gave up after a couple of hours.. I have enjoyed being able to listen to some of these CD oldies that I wouldn't want to pay for, or go to the trouble to download them..

not sure why or how I own the Forest Gump soundtrack , but there are some excellent songs on there from the 60's & 70's!

 

[MetsFan]

what kind of junk tires did they put on that needed replacement after only 26K miles?

My Touareg's tires only lasted about that long, and they are friggin' expensive at almost $300 a tire.  I also somehow managed to only go around 15K on Continental DWS tires on my bimmer.  They did see a full day of auto crossing though and I do some spirited driving to and from work.

 

[MetsFan]

I am not sure if apple did it on purpose (so you would have to buy the music) but a few months ago I set aside a cold winter day to burn all my CD's into iTunes and it was taking an insanely long period of time to upload and convert them, I tried our regular home PC and our newer laptop and both were very slow, so I gave up after a couple of hours.. I have enjoyed being able to listen to some of these CD oldies that I wouldn't want to pay for, or go to the trouble to download them..

not sure why or how I own the Forest Gump soundtrack , but there are some excellent songs on there from the 60's & 70's!

Ugh, tell me about it.  It's so much easier to just get them digitally that I stopped trying to burn everything to my PC.  Like MA, I keep a 16gb ipod touch in my car permanently now and bring it in to switch out songs every now and again.

 

[snickerd3]

I got ~70K on the tires that came with my car.  I'd be replacing tires once a year at that 26K miles rate.   I can't fathom that sort expense 

 

[wilheldp_PE]

I got about 60k out of the tires that came on my Altima.  They had been down to the wear strips since about 50k.  I will probably go with a little harder compound on the first set of replacement tires on the Tesla if they only last sub-30k.  

 

[Road Guy]

Ugh, tell me about it.  It's so much easier to just get them digitally that I stopped trying to burn everything to my PC.  Like MA, I keep a 16gb ipod touch in my car permanently now and bring it in to switch out songs every now and again.

that was my original plan until I discovered its easier and cheaper (free) to just slide my ancient music discs into the car stereo and it downloads it for me. what sucks is that I cant find a way to delete an individual song?

 

[jeb6294]

Now that the "new" truck has Sync, I've been using I Heart Radio a lot.  I've got just about all of my music on my iPhone so I can stream that, but I like being able to pick a song/band that sounds good at the moment and then hear stuff that is similar.  Yeah, you are at the whim of the app as to what you hear, but you can skip songs if it's something you don't want to listen to and a lot of times I get good stuff that I don't have on my phone.

It's getting close to tire time for the truck.  They were on there when I got it so I don't know how many miles were on them, but I'm sure 1,000+ ft-lb of torque doesn't help their longevity...does make for a nice burnout though.

 

[snickerd3]

my damn check engine light keeps turning on and off.  Took it to auto zone the other day error code P0404.  

 

[Road Guy]

The struggle was real back in the day!

Lots of dust on this cd case...

 

[knight1fox3]

my damn check engine light keeps turning on and off.  Took it to auto zone the other day error code P0404.  

Just disable the light or put a piece of tape over it. Should be fine.   <_<