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I've never changed every two years on any vehicle.
That's a useless data point without knowing how much you drive. a taxicab or police vehicle racks up hundreds of thousands of miles per year, and thus needs fluids far more often than every two years.
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Tesla recommends checking the fluid level once every 4 years. Brakes on Teslas normally are not used much, so the fluid doesn't get heated.
Brake fluid is not flushed due to heat cycling, that is what bleed maintenance is for. Flushing every 2 years is because brake fluid is hygroscopic (absorbs water), and even brake systems are not perfectly sealed. Water in the fluid reduces its effectiveness and can cause rusting in the brake lines, leading to failure. EVERY vehicle should have brake fluid flushed every 2 years. That Tesla recommends 4 years is strai…
Fluid Replacement Intervals
Do not change or top up the Battery coolant or brake fluid. Tesla service technicians replace fluids at the regularly scheduled service intervals:
• Brake Fluid. Every 2 years or 25,000 miles (40,000 km), whichever comes first.
• Battery coolant. Every 8 years or 100,000 miles (160,000 km), whichever comes first.
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This is like reading a review of an iphone from an older dedicated blackberry user. It can take a bit to get used to advances in technology. The Tesla UI is the best car UI I've ever used. By far. I would never want to go back. 1. There's zero guessing. The steering wheel touch zones are very nicely marked by bumps. I have never put my finger in the wrong spot. 2. You can configure the steering wheel buttons to do so…
We don't like "getting used to" going back in history. Where the f*ck is a HUD in a tesla? That's exactly the kind of car which should be getting cool space-age tech like that. Elon already went on twitter and said no HUD ever and disparaged people asking for it. Why did another comment saying basically the same thing get mass downvoted and killed? HUDs are some of the coolest features in cars and tesla refusing to i…
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I've seen a HUD in a non-Tesla car and it was a gimmick at best. At worst, it obscures part of your vision. It also causes more eye strain to use, because there's movement in the background compared to a dashboard.
The HUD is order qualifying for me now. I’ve had it in four BMWs, and if I had to do without gauges (which I don’t, because that is idiotic), the only acceptable substitute would be an HUD.
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Wait, Tesla does not have that? If not, that is really, really dumb, and there is no way to justify not doing that. Especially for car that probably has more sensors, electronics and software than most cars (that also provide such info).
They do, the parent is either on an older tesla software platform or they haven't looked at settings > service and have ignored the alerts when they occur.
otoh it has a dashboard and a rim around the display to lean your hand on while you're trying to hit some ridiculously small (in a moving car) touchscreen target.
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Brake fluid is not flushed due to heat cycling, that is what bleed maintenance is for. Flushing every 2 years is because brake fluid is hygroscopic (absorbs water), and even brake systems are not perfectly sealed. Water in the fluid reduces its effectiveness and can cause rusting in the brake lines, leading to failure. EVERY vehicle should have brake fluid flushed every 2 years. That Tesla recommends 4 years is strai…
My manual says: Fluid Replacement Intervals Do not change or top up the Battery coolant or brake fluid. Tesla service technicians replace fluids at the regularly scheduled service intervals: • Brake Fluid. Every 2 years or 25,000 miles (40,000 km), whichever comes first. • Battery coolant. Every 8 years or 100,000 miles (160,000 km), whichever comes first.
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There are also faults and faults. A defective oxygen sensor on an ICE vehicle is easily diagnosed and replaced within minutes. Squeaking interior and misaligned doors from the factory - not so much.
Squeaking interiors and misaligned doors are not “significant faults” at TUV.
NVH are most assuredly THE most significant faults to sales operations analysts and finance auditors who see lack of return buyers, or literal returns of the vehicles.
Just because a manufacturer passed safety audits that KEEP ME ALIVE does not mean they automatically get to keep my 60 grand for doing so at the absolute bare minimum.
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Data point of one but: I did!
Did you own another car, or was the Leaf (24 kWh) your only car?
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I have no reason to use it because my infotainment doesn’t suck.
I assume you're using Tesla. Do you live in one of their core markets? I doubt Tesla Maps or whatever it's called holds a candle to Google Maps for non-US, non-Western Europe regions.