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RE: Ford's issues
^Everyone has a price they will pay for a certain convenience….and Tesla has hit a home run so far playing their music to the right crowd. Kudos to Elon/Tesla.
What does it cost for techs to “show up” and fix your Tesla, not under warranty? And how do they know which parts to bring, or do they roll up in a semi stocked with all the parts?
What does it cost for the Tesla tech to show up at your door when you live 500 mi from the nearest service center?
….Thats what I thought…. Great city vehicles, great for people with significant disposable income and great for those who are allergic to getting their hands dirty.
Good morning. The procedure is you open your app, go to the right area and put in a work ticket. Follow the prompts to narrow down the problem, request home service and submit the ticket. Within an hour or so they get back to you and let you know if they can do it mobile or not. If not it’s off to the service centre. They also give a cost estimate based on what they know. In our case they diagnose the issue over the air first. We had a camera alignment issue. They fixed it over the air but sent a tech out anyway just to check on it.
They have a fleet of modified old Tesla model S’s. 2014 and 2015 vintage from why I can tell. The front seats are intact but the rest is all Joey beds and the huge Frunk is a big parts bin.
It took four days for us from the time we put on the ticket to the time they came out. The tech that looked after us has about a 200 kilometre range he works out of. They come right to your workplace or your house. We have a lot of teslas here so we seen him in town reasonably often. The service centre is 450 kilometres away so it’s handy.
Prices are really competitive for non warranty stuff from what I gather from the other tesla owners in the area. Great service. Happy customer here.
Hope that helps.
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03/17/23 08:18am |
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RE: Ford's issues
My daughter will never buy a Ford again. Back in 2018 she bought an Ecosport with the 1L turbocharged 3 cylinder engine. For the first two years it ran great. She always took it to the dealer for oil changes and other work. Then the turbo stopped working and the dealer couldn't fix it. I looked at it and 20 minutes later I ordered a new vacuum solenoid and fixed that problem. Then last year the engine just died. Towed it to the dealer, they have to replace the engine and transmission under a non issued recall. Dealer had it over 8 months waiting for the parts. Finally got it back just before Christmas. Got 2 miles from the dealership and the new engine started acting up along with the transmission. As of today it's still sitting at the dealership because they don't know what to do. Ford won't buy it back under the Lemon Law because it needs one more failure to get their required three problems.
These things are a real POS. Aren't they made in China?i
It depends on the market. The Ford EcoSport is being made in Romania, China, Brazil, India, Thailand, Vietnam and Russia.
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03/16/23 01:43pm |
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RE: Ford's issues
People enjoy the Tesla type web based purchase experience. Zero stress. Click click done.
As well the tesla service experience via the app and driveway service is also kinda nice. Techs show up at your place of work or driveway. Very convenient.
Friends had a Mustang Mach E. Ford still sends them oil change coupons. They don’t even track what they sold him. :). Funny.
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03/16/23 08:07am |
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RE: Ford 150 lightning recall
Typical forum BS. ...
"Battery fires were such a huge issue for General Motors that the company had to issue a mass recall on the Chevy Bolt EV. The recall cost the company over one billion dollars. GM is looking to cut ties with LG following its battery fire issue....
Battery fires were enough to make GM want to abandon its partnership with LG. It seems LG isn’t the only company that is producing EV batteries that can cause fires. According to CNBC, the F-150 Lightning models that are fire risks are powered by SK On batteries. These batteries power several popular electric vehicles, including the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6." What part of this news story is a lie ????. This same news has appeared in other business news articles besides motor biscuit KH. Many RVers own other EV vehicles besides the F 150.
Retired financial/tax accountant and overseas commercial helicopter pilot.
https://ibb.co/SBJP2dY
GM and LG continue a partnership to build Ultium batteries.
GM did replace batteries for all Bolt's.
There were less Bolt fires than Tesla's running into parked emergency equipment on the highway.
I own a EV, gasoline, and diesel. I use what makes sense. Please continue to research information from reliable and varied sources.
Tesla doesnt run into anything.
Its the drivers responsiblity to hold steering wheel at all times,
Read the owners manual before driving Tesla.
Sleeping behind the wheel or being drunk then blaming Tesla was the cause in each acident.
Yep. Tesla ADAS is only level 2. As per all the prompts and nags in the system, the driver is always driving. The ADAS is just that. Advanced driver assistance system. Definitely nice to use and will help you avoid accidents but you are always the driver. We use ours every day pretty much 99 percent of the time. It drives us across town or to the next town. All we have to do is tell it where we want to go. It works 9 times out of 10. But that tenth time…:). And yes, your supposed to disable it around emergency vehicles and in construction areas.
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03/15/23 07:21pm |
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RE: Ford 150 lightning recall
Want to see a lot of EV on the road, come to the Phoenix area. Tesla's everywhere. I would note that we snowbirds come each fall to try and slow traffic down, and each year we fail. Speed limits have been complete thrown out now. I do not know why they even maintain the speed limit signs.
I still think that built in batteries in EVs was a mistake, they should have been swappable. Pull into a swap station and the robot swaps the battery for a fully charged one and bills you for the amp hrs used and sends you on your way in a couple minutes.
I fly electric model airplanes and race 1/10 scale RC trucks. Both hobbies are based on swappable batteries.
Same thing going on the Katy TX area. I can be driving and pretty much spot a Tesla at any given time.
Also I much prefer OS Max gas powered engines for model airplanes.
Yah Vancouver is like that now. Pull up to a 4 way stop and teslas are 3 deep in each direction. And there is one gas station left in the downtown core. Times are a changin.
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03/15/23 06:21pm |
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RE: Ford 150 lightning recall
Want to see a lot of EV on the road, come to the Phoenix area. Tesla's everywhere. I would note that we snowbirds come each fall to try and slow traffic down, and each year we fail. Speed limits have been complete thrown out now. I do not know why they even maintain the speed limit signs.
I still think that built in batteries in EVs was a mistake, they should have been swappable. Pull into a swap station and the robot swaps the battery for a fully charged one and bills you for the amp hrs used and sends you on your way in a couple minutes.
I fly electric model airplanes and race 1/10 scale RC trucks. Both hobbies are based on swappable batteries.
Tesla tried the swap thing. Even had a test swap station set up on i5. There was little interest from owners. Most are fine with a 15 or 20 minute stop every few hours. Usually by that time one needs a pee break and coffee refill anyway.
There is a company called Vin fast that is trying to make a go of it. Both in Asia and the US. Too early to tell on public response. Might work out for some. We wouldn’t bother. Most charging is done at home and road trip stops are concurrent with pee breaks or meals anyway.
Time will tell.
Cheers.
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03/15/23 06:10pm |
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RE: Price of camping
24 to 44 bucks for most provincial parks. We just booked three days at bear creek provincial park and I think it was 117 including tax, Canadian funds. 30 amp site.
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03/13/23 02:02pm |
RV Parks, Campgrounds and Attractions
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RE: Prevost developing an electric coach.
Article isn't clear. The picture is a tour bus but the writeup implies transit bus.
Transit can work because with regenerative braking and rarely exceeding 40mph, efficiency is far better than a brick cruising at a steady 70mph.
No, savings from policing accidents is no where close to enough to justify free rides. Where you can justify is if you can avoid road widening and similar costs...but diesel busses do just as well at this.
Ok. But busses with tail pipes are being banned from more and more small towns and cities in Europe. People just don’t want tail pipes in their towns. We have see this first hand the hard way. :). . There is a market for tour busses without tail pipes.
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03/12/23 08:20am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Genesis GV80 SUV Safe to tow the Micro Minnie? or not?
Weigh the hitch after it’s completely loaded including the water tank full. Some trailers including ours get lighter on the hitch as the trailer is loaded. This is common on European designed or influenced trailers. Especially single axle units.
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03/11/23 03:40pm |
Travel Trailers
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Prevost developing an electric coach.
Interesting read.
https://sustainablebiz.ca/volvos-prevost-developing-electric-coaches-in-ev-push
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03/10/23 08:53pm |
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RE: Electric and ICE forever together?
Reisender I drive quite slowly. I found a "sweet spot" at 49 mph. If I drive that speed I get an honest 12.5 MPG. If I drive 50 mph I get 10 mpg.
I don't believe in long drives without taking a break every 2 hours.
If I stop for lunch I would, if needed, opportunity charge.
My understanding is that BEV vehicles which can manage 500 miles are currently available.
Yah could be. We are typically good for 2 to 3 hours before we need a pee brake. We usually charge on any pee break. We are usually back on the road in 15 to 20 minutes. We typically don’t travel more than a 1000 kilometres a day any more.
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03/06/23 05:44pm |
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RE: Electric and ICE forever together?
Do any of us take a highway trip without filling up first?
My day use of an RV would be supported by level 1 charging.
My preferred charge level around town would be 50% and I'd recharge when I reached 40%. I would certainly not exceed 85%.
If, on the other hand I were going 205 miles, I'd fully charge, and do a lunch stop at 100 miles.i cannot fathom a stop at only 100 miles we often go 7-800 miles a day.
I’m not sure how to read this. Are you under the impression that EV’s charge every 100 miles?
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03/06/23 04:39pm |
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RE: Electric and ICE forever together?
So what you’re saying is - if you leave, make sure you have at least 25% in reserve or make a new plan.I read it as 75% in reserve.
No. You misunderstood. Here driving on the top 3/4’s of the tank means you assume your bottom quarter is not there, and it becomes your reserve. Good advice on winter. Traffic issues are common in winter here.
Hope that helps.
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03/06/23 08:59am |
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RE: Electric and ICE forever together?
So what you’re saying is - if you leave, make sure you have at least 25% in reserve or make a new plan.
In the winter? Yes. Most of us are taught that way when we are young. And BC highways recommend da it as well.
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03/06/23 08:48am |
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RE: Electric and ICE forever together?
How many of use carry a spare gas (or diesel) can full of fuel as we travel on well travelled highways?
I do agree that for off road EV may not be a wise choice.
If by “off road” you mean rural vs urban, maybe.
It’s funny how the closed minds refuse to acknowledge that if one booked a new EV truck/suv to any sort of substantial trailer, there are many paved roads in both of our countries where it wouldn’t make it to the next charging station or at a bare minimum you’d be chasing charging stations and praying you made it there.
Well, you wouldn’t be “praying you would make it there”. You would know before you left wherever you are exactly what charge you would arrive with at your destination. If it says you can’t make it and you leave anyway then you are going to the wrong destination or have the wrong vehicle to get there. It’s not that hard. Right tool for the right job.So do I understand correctly? Before you leave your EV knows whether or not you will have the seat warmers on, whether or not you will need the windshield wipers (and at what speed), what cabin temperature you will want (taking into consideration outside temp), and how long you will be stuck in traffic due to a bad accident. That’s a pretty amazing car!
Kind of. First of all seat heaters and windshield wipers are pretty much irrelevant in the calculation. But yes if your seat heaters are on they are calculated, along with the daily forecast for wind speed, elevation, air density, outside temperature, inside temperature etc etc etc.
And just like a gas vehicle the driver has to plan for traffic holdups or snow slides or whatever. If you count on the car using 2 or 3 percent per hour in a winter traffic holdup you are good. When I was young my dad taught all the kids to drive on the top 3/4 of the tank in winter just in case. We still do that. Same with a battery vehicle. An EV doesn’t use much power just suiting there keeping you warm or cold.
Hope that helps.
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03/06/23 07:07am |
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RE: Electric and ICE forever together?
How many of use carry a spare gas (or diesel) can full of fuel as we travel on well travelled highways?
I do agree that for off road EV may not be a wise choice.
If by “off road” you mean rural vs urban, maybe.
It’s funny how the closed minds refuse to acknowledge that if one booked a new EV truck/suv to any sort of substantial trailer, there are many paved roads in both of our countries where it wouldn’t make it to the next charging station or at a bare minimum you’d be chasing charging stations and praying you made it there.
Well, you wouldn’t be “praying you would make it there”. You would know before you left wherever you are exactly what charge you would arrive with at your destination. If it says you can’t make it and you leave anyway then you are going to the wrong destination or have the wrong vehicle to get there. It’s not that hard. Right tool for the right job.
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03/05/23 09:41am |
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RE: Electric and ICE forever together?
Common sense says the ICE is t going anywhere anytime soon. In fact the only way I would ever buy any Electric vehicle is with an engine like the Pacifica, Wrangler and Grand Cherokee PHEV. You e got to have some type of backup for when the battery dies and you can’t get it charged immediately.
I don’t know. I suppose there are situations where that could happen. But really, if the battery dies then that means the driver couldn’t read a charge gauge. So he probably can’t read a gas gauge either. Most people don’t have problems with basic instrumentation.
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03/05/23 08:43am |
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RE: Electric and ICE forever together?
No one knows the future of batteries and fuel capability and related costs.
What is known is that Detroit resists change until they are given no choice. Don't think that Californias leading edge requirements won't effect other states etc as California alone has a significant market share.
Just my opinion.
Yep. And the number 1 and 2 vehicles sold in California are electric. Same in much of Europe and Asia. It will come down to where the manufacturers can make money.
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03/04/23 08:28am |
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RE: Electric and ICE forever together?
I doubt there will be many small to medium gas cars or SUV’s manufactured. The gas market for these size of vehicles will be very small in 12 years. But larger vehicles, 3/4 and bigger trucks are not affected by any proposed North American legislation. I’m sure there will still be manufacturing of them. I would think the majority of half tons will be electric though. The technology will have changed so much by then.
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03/04/23 06:20am |
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RE: Do we have a pickup glut already?
As far as electric half tons, Rivian still has a 15 month waiting list. I’m not sure if there is or how long the waiting list is for the ford lightning. Prices seem to have stabilized somewhat for fords. Rivians are non negotiable.
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02/24/23 07:46pm |
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