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

So assuming battery capacity of 60kWh, sentry mode is burning an average of 200W all the time? For functionality you could do with like 10W power budget on raspberry pi / coral tpu? Wild.

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

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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

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

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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.

Lots of "foreign" cars are already built in the US. If they're going to inflate imports... the ones that have gone through it in the 80s benefit the most. Toyota produces about as many cars as they sell in US across North America.

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

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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 it not the case that any tariff would apply to US made tesla's where the majority of the global stock is made in China, so wouldnt necessarily be affected?

Only if you expect them to play by the rules. They have indicated they do not wish to do that.

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

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I stoped reading when the writer admitted, that he bought a Tesla in a country without official dealership. Common sense tells me not to do this. That’s the situation when EU consumer laws start failing. That’s very brave, but not clever move at all!!! Having service center 300 miles away is too far. It’s not lot of statistics, but I know cases where guys needed replacement parts before new other brand car reached 5000 miles. Importing car can go well, but can go horribly wrong as it’s written in the article. Especially when Tesla is known for being rather young car brand with varying car quality.

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

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We need the EV revolution to save the climate but we were also promised that EVs would have less defects and be more maintainable than traditional ICE cars.

But it turns out Teslas and Chinese EVs are among the worst performing in the mandatory periodic inspections in many European countries. This is not because of some anti-US/China bias in European car inspections because Ford (US) and Volvo (China) are doing well.

What happened to EV reliability and maintainability?

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

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

And the counter tariffs would kill Tesla‘s business everywhere else. I doubt Tesla can survive with US sales only.

No need for counter tariffs, non-US customers seem to be unwilling to buy them at this point https://www.ft.com/content/ea2329e4-b4bc-4e2d-be34-e9a8ea311... .

This point being… the short, particular period between when people awaits for the Model Y refresh and when people can buy that new model. That didn't last long (check China's number https://x.com/piloly/status/1884095767780155666/photo/1).

They are many political things to say, but misreading numbers doesn't do any good in the long run ("never underestimate your enemy").

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

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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

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

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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…

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