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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 anovikov »

8% per day is like a continuous 250W draw. I think you can use a thermal camera to see where it happens :) like that's a lot.

Owned a Model 3 since August 2023, didn't have any issues with it yet apart from those in place from the very beginning (left rear view mirror sometimes won't unfold or will but only partially, it takes a few cycles to get it to unfold fully, plus another small one that probably depended on use pattern and when mine adapted i can't reproduce it anymore).

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

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Post by cafeinux »

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.

I don't even understand how having a business magnate and CEO of multiple USA companies can get a job in their government without being obligated to resign from their CEO mandates and without it just being plainly illegal. At least when they were corrupting people they at least pretended they were in the clear.

Yet again, with two Trump presidencies, I don't understand a lot about anything anymore.

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

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Post by swarnie »

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.

Is the US domestic market only Tesla? I swear you had a couple of other brands last time i looked in 2007.

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

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Post by jamesy0ung »

bstsb wrote: post #9

i've been lucky with my model Y purchase in that there have been no issues with the car itself so far. i would certainly never buy a tesla again, however.

Tesla is super annoying as well since there aren't many body shops that they have approved to work on the car. Prepare to wait months. That's in Sydney AU, not sure about the US.

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

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Post by croes »

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.

And the counter tariffs would kill Tesla‘s business everywhere else.

I doubt Tesla can survive with US sales only.

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

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Post by mathieuh »

bflesch wrote: post #7
jamesy0ung wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

8% seems like a lot. Car usually stays plugged in at home so I haven't seen it drain. I wonder if it's having trouble since the cameras aren't working, and constantly trying to detect objects or something?

I'm ready to provide witness statement in front of court about the 8% per day battery loss from sentry mode on a 2022 M3P. It's not even on a busy street, just a shitty software. Not sure why you want to argue about that. Edit: Sorry maybe this sounded a bit too rough, but unplug your car and check it yourself. It's like someone is siphoning gasoline from your vehicle every single day.

I don't think they were doubting you, they were expressing surprise that it could lose that much charge so quickly

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

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Post by f90604c2fc »

If I were you I'd insist on getting the car updated before anything. When you say the update gets stuck its actually not stuck but unpacking the huge firmware archive. You need to give it some time and preferablly keep it connected to a wifi so that after it unpacks part 1 it continues with downloading the rest of the parts.

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

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Post by Terr_ »

nhinck3 wrote: post #11
bflesch wrote: post #3

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

> But Sentry mode was not activated. Make of that what you will.

Perhaps the system responsible is in some sort of reboot loop, powering things up but not doing anything useful and not reaching an interactive state.
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