Posted on 01/19/2022 10:46:44 AM PST by Red Badger
VIDEO AT LINK..............
Brand-new Tesla Model 3 owner April G (April Gilmore) picked up her 2022 Model 3 Performance in Tampa, Florida, in December. It was making a weird and annoying scraping sound, so she reached out to Tesla for help. As it turns out, the electric car was missing a brake pad.
When April contacted Tesla, she let them know that the Model 3 was making a scraping sound that seemed to be coming from the driver's side rear wheel. Unfortunately, the Tesla Service Center didn't have any inspection appointments available until about three weeks later. However, the following day, Tesla reached out to April and asked her to send a video so the team could listen to the sound.
April complied and recorded a video, which she sent to the service center. To her surprise, the Tesla service rep told her many people watched the video and determined that the sound was normal and that there was potentially no issue with the Model 3's brakes. Of course, April pressed the service center to move her appointment forward. Tesla told her to have the car towed if she still had concerns.
Gilmore followed through, having the Model 3 towed to a local "independent Tesla shop." Not surprisingly, upon removing the wheel, the mechanic learned that a brake pad was missing. Not only did the Tesla need a brake pad, but also the rotor and caliper had to be replaced. Gilmore's Tesla Service Center watched a video from the independent shop and asked her to bring the car in right away.
Tesla gave April Uber credits since it didn't have loaners available. The repair has been delayed a number of times thanks to parts that aren't readily available. The original repair date was scheduled for December 31, 2021, though it was pushed to January 7, 2022, then January 14, and finally January 19.
We'll be keeping our eyes on the story to find out how it all turns out. In the meantime, Tesla covered a full month of Gilmore's car payment. Regardless of how Tesla is trying to help, the whole situation is unacceptable. We honestly don't understand how anyone watching the video could think the brakes were "normal."
You are confused.
For each purchase of a new Tesla acquired for personal use, the federal government offers a $7,500 federal tax credit.
the tax credit for Tesla wen t away at the end of 2018.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/2018-07-12-tesla-ev-tax-credit.html
Subsidies, Subsidies
Government lit the solar boom in 2006 with the generous federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC). The dollar-for-dollar tax reduction covered 30 percent of residential or commercial solar installation costs. In fiscal year 2020 alone, the federal government handed over a combined total of $2.4 billion.
The ITC would be extended in 2016, 2018, and 2020. In 2019, a new provision allowed the U.S. Treasury to grant cash in lieu of the tax credits.
Loan guarantees from the U.S. Department of Energy joined the subsidy parade. The most infamous was to Solyndra, which declared bankruptcy to leave $536 million to taxpayers.
Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) required utilities to produce or buy electricity from qualifying renewables. More than 20 states and the District of Columbia enacted an RPS or a similar provision. In addition, states and utilities have offered tax breaks and rebates for solar installations, respectively.
Late-2020 legislation extended the current 26 percent ITC for two years (2021 and 2022), while scheduled reductions were postponed through 2023. But the solar lobby feverishly wants another extension for 2024 and beyond.
That is correct. That is because it is a low-mileage teardown, probably about 10k miles. It likely would not need to be ridge-reamed. You would have to measure it to be sure. But, it was used in a high-performance application. Notice there are no crosshatch marks in the cylinder wall. They were worn away during break-in when the rings seated.
Notice the areas where there are no hatchmarks. The factory bore being out-of-round to begin with can cause this. The reason you still see some hatchmarks is because the rings never fully seated in those spots. I've see it a lot on factory engines, especially American cars. If the bores were perfectly concentric, the rings would properly seat and there likely would be no measureable oil consumption. The fact that you used torque plates to re-bore it will remedy this.
Yes honing with a torque plate will eliminate the out-of-round areas. I hold to <.0002 out-of-round and taper when honing.
I was talking about the 200k engine in post 95. It had basically no ridge.
Let me guess millennial technician said brakes were normal. He should be fired and charged with reckless endangerment.
Are you honing with an actual honing fixture like this:
https://shop.snapon.com/product/supplemental/Engine-Cylinder-Hone/LIL15000
or just using a glaze breaker?
The next time you bore a V8 block, use the torque plates. If the block allows it, wrap the bottom of the cylinder sleeve with two or three evenly spaced short rubber tie downs to eliminate any harmonic distortion as the tool cuts. Take a final pass of no more than .002" with a very sharp tool and go slow. Then, use a cylinder hone like I referenced above. You're not trying to take out any substantial material with the hone. All you want to do is set up the cross hatch pattern and no more. You should be able to get the cylinder almost perfectly concentric.
California will ban the sale of new ICE vehicles (by 2030 or 2035?). So by then, if you want a new ICE vehicle, it'll be expensive. Maybe you can still get a new Corvette but the market for that will be limited. Older ICE vehicles will still be around but they will be expensive because newer models are no longer being sold. A poster here on the forum made a comment said that you should buy a new ICE vehicle in the next 5 years or so. Then take care of it for a long time. That might be the last ICE vehicle you'll ever drive.
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