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To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell

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Re: To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell

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Post by coldtea »

huijzer wrote: post #91

> On Sunday December 1, when I got home, I tried to update the Operating System again. No luck. Same problem again, the download hung halfway. This is a common problem. I also have a severe dislike of the Tesla updating process. I have the feeling that it's made for people who have a garage with 24/7 wifi. Without that, you're out of luck. In Okt and Dec of last year I have spent 4 hours per month on updating. This i…

>I also have a severe dislike of the Tesla updating process.

There being an "updating process" is already a huge red flag for a car.

Re: To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell

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Post by viraptor »

Ekaros wrote: post #13
misja111 wrote: post #8

Tesla sales are plummeting all over the world currently, also in the US. But with Musk in the US government, I wonder how long it will take before there will be tariffs on foreign cars big enough to pretty much force US citizens to buy his Tesla's.

There are still other domestic manufacturers and those have enough political pull on both sides to stop any meddling on internal markets.

We've got Musk in charge of reviewing his own federal funding right now. Until that is stopped, why expect any sanity in what happens with internal markets?

Re: To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell

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Post by decimalenough »

ddalex wrote: post #72

I'm sorry to have to say this, but buying a Tesla in 2024 is a terrible choice - the car is horrible to drive, not to mention customer satisfaction, reliability and ethical concerns. Hyundai and Polestar are way better electric options that are actually enjoyable and comfortable to drive

No, it is objectively not "horrible" to drive, the Model Y was the world's best selling car two years in a row for a reason.

But OP has clearly received a lemon, and Tesla service has a well-deserved reputation for being extremely slow when they need to fix any non-trivial issue. And in the OP's case buying the car in a country with no official Tesla presence is making things even worse.

Re: To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell

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Post by ddalex »

conradfr wrote: post #64
lleims wrote: post #42

There's two updates to the original post: - All my communications with the Budapest Service Center: https://www.myteslaexperience.com/2025-02-04/all-my-communic... - How to spit in a customer's face: https://www.myteslaexperience.com/2025-02-07/how-to-spit-in-...

It's funny to me to buy a domain name just for that.

It's effective. I consulted once for a food delivery chain that has wronged a customer - a food order that was delivered wrong and they foolishly refused to either right it or refund it.

The customer went to the length of buying the domain of the type _company_ is terrible, started to collect reviews from other allegedly wronged customers, and SEO it to the first position in Google search results when you searched for any of the food items or the company name, above the company itself.

As a result the company had to advertise a lot on Google to make sure it's own order links are sponsored above the complaint website. That costed A LOT of money, but if they stopped advertising, the online order business would die.

We offered to buy the website or pay the owner to take it down, at basically name your price, and the owner refused any deal, out of principle.

It's amazing what an unreasonably determined individual can do

Re: To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell

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Post by emmelaich »

bflesch wrote: post #3

The 8% battery loss per day comes from sentry mode. It's draining your battery like crazy.

Also climate control which I think is default on. Some of the things missing can be handled with the app. The only thing in common I've noticed WRT my model 3 is the inconsistent wiper behaviour. FWIW you can hotspot so the car gets its updates over wifi.

Anyway, pretty shitty experience.

Re: To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell

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Post by bdavbdav »

n_plus_1_acc wrote: post #79
tobyhinloopen wrote: post #20

I had similar experiences with a modern Volvo. (XC40 T8 EV). Modern cars seem to be absolutely terrible. It's like all those Single Page Applications on the web that are just downgrades over the classic Server-Side Rendered apps. Sure, you have more features, but at what cost? Reliability. I think the last generations of cars before the touch buttons and screens were the last "okay" generation. Somewhere in 2010s, al…

Try Lexus

They’re primarily US market cars, they just BONG all the time instead!

Re: To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell

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Post by kreetx »

chikere232 wrote: post #70
kreetx wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Appears to be so. The few people who I know have Teslas seem to be satisfied with them (every brand of car has bad apples).

With tesla, the bad apple is in charge

Interesting levels of discussion we are reaching here.

Re: To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell

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Post by Neil44 »

kwertzzz wrote: post #87
bflesch wrote: post #3

The 8% battery loss per day comes from sentry mode. It's draining your battery like crazy.

The article mentions also that the computers are short-circuiting. I guess that you can lose a lot of energy when there is a short circuit. Maybe with an infrared camera, one can get an idea where all the energy is wasted. Apparently the author did check that sentry was not enabled.

The short circuiting comment sounded to me like something someone non-technical would say when they don't really know the answer.

Re: To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell

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Post by ultrasandwich »

Not sure how much this adds to the conversation, but I have a 1990 VW Golf which is possibly the easiest piece of technology I've ever worked on. Has satisfying buttons that button. Has an actual windshield wiper handle. Diagnosing and replacing parts is incredibly easy due to the wealth of knowledge out there, and readily available parts that can be ordered. The most complicated thing is tracing electrical gremlins, which, given the 30+ years of collective knowledge out there on forums, is really not so bad anymore. I'm not always nostalgic for old stuff, just saying that if you have an engineering mindset, tinkering with an older car is very satisfying.
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