Posted on 03/14/2022 10:43:08 AM PDT by Red Badger
YouTuber and Tesla owner Ryan Shaw recently went over a number of common mistakes you can make when buying a Tesla. A useful guide for potential Tesla owners, his list was as follows:
(1) Buying Too Much Range...
Often people buy the Tesla with the most range, for example opting for the Long Range Model 3 over the RWD. If you have home charging and don't have to commute far, doing so doesn't necessarily make the most sense.
(2) ...And Buying Too Little Range
The opposite of the above, if you live in an apartment and / or have a long daily commute you may want to buy a Tesla with a lot of range. This also matters if you roadtrip frequently and don't want to spend a lot of time at Superchargers.
(3) Buying The Wrong Wheels
With entry-level wheels you get more range and better ride quality. With larger wheels you pay more, get harsher ride quality and less range - only handling and aesthetics are improved.
(4) Buying FSD
Pretty self explanatory, as it is $12,000 for FSD is simply not worth it. The base Autopilot that comes as standard is more than sufficient for most, and by the time FSD can reach its full potential you'll likely have sold the car.
(5) Putting Off Ordering
Prices are constantly increasing meanwhile delivery times are getting pushed back due to ongoing supply chain issues.
(6) Not Planning Ahead For Charging
Plan your trips, and make sure you have adequate home charging or know where your nearby chargers are if you live in an apartment.
(7) Buying A Performance Model So You'll Get The Car Delivered Sooner
Wait times for Performance models are much less. But if you don't care about the added pace and power don't order it - you'll just end up paying more for less range and a harsher ride.
(8) Avoiding White Seats Because You Think They'll Be Hard To Clean
The white seats look great and require much less maintenance than you'd expect.
(9) Not Checking For Local Incentives
Most states have local EV rebates and incentives. Be sure to check for what you qualify for to help save as much as possible.
(10) Not Inspecting The Car On Delivery
Tesla is still a relatively new company and various fit and finish issues can occur, so be sure to give your car a good look over when taking delivery.
(11) Not Having The Right Cover & Accessories
Many third party companies are notorious for overcharging for insurance on Teslas. Tesla now offers their own insurance in some states, which is great. Also make sure you have the right cover to avoid hefty payouts. Finally, accessories like a screen protector and all-weather car mats are great options to add.
For example, when Ford says the F-150 Lightning will get 2 miles per kWh, it's per kWH that it pulls from the battery, not per kWh in AC you drew from your house to convert to DC then store in the battery then pull out of the battery to drive with. My home solar system has a 96% round trip efficiency of pulling in DC power, storing it to batteries, pulling it back out of batteries when my house needs power, then converting it to AC for my house to use.
Its a media “slag’ interviewing Dr. Jordan Peterson...
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Thanks for the info.
Still have no idea how that is a response.
That was a cool car.
I’ve never had a hybrid before so had no idea what to expect. All i can say is it’s quite smooth - and gets good mileage for a car of that size.
It’s all wheel drive - I did have one problem in January when it wouldn’t go up an icy hill (in Seattle area). Brother in law thought it was my tires but it also kept going into an anti-skid mode. We worked around it - I love it anyway.
Or bugging out of a blue shithole city when the feral savages are given complete carte blanche.
Lol.
Don’t feel bad. I didn’t either.
Having the gas car will allow you to take trips beyond the range of your EV. That way you won’t have to charge up at hefty rates and wasting valuable time at some unplanned location.
“bugging out of a blue shithole city when the feral savages are given complete carte blanche”
And the battery is flat in your EV......I’M sure they have weapons. /s/
You are one of the few persons, I have found, who has posted about the power losses in the Electric Vehicle system. You have described an energy loss of about 16% from the wall power to the battery during charging. It is a power loss to consider when that electricity is being generated by fossil fuels.
There is one other power loss in this system that is forgotten: the electric transmission losses from the generation source. Since the Green Weenies want solar and wind, such sources will be located in areas far from their destination. Large land masses and the noise of wind generation are most likely found in remote areas. The distances traveled by the transmission lines will have power losses, also added to the use power losses:
Different power is lost at different stages:
1-2% of energy is lost during the step-up transformer from when the electricity is generated to when it is transmitted.
2-4% of energy is lost in the transmission lines
1-2% of energy is lost during the step-down of the transform from the transmission line to distribution.
4-6% of energy is lost during the distribution
The average loss of power between the power plant and consumers ranges between 8-15%. Things add up.
I thought of that for wind power. I hadn't thought of that for solar. Here in the south solar is fairly easy to decentralize and scatter it across many sources. Even if it's one solar farm per neighborhood, the solar farm feeding your neighborhood is liable to be closer to your house than the nearest coal plant, natural gas plant, nuclear plant, or hydro plant. Then there's my favorite version of decentralized solar: if you want it you buy it and put it onto your house (or land) for your use.
That's why my solar system works so well for me. I was incentivized to make it work efficiently for my needs because it cost my money and is intended for my benefit. That's exactly why I don't want "green" energy from the utility, forced onto us by the Dims. When they do that they have no incentive to make it work efficiently and cheaply.
Even though fossil fuels are so much more dependable and cheaper than solar power, the fact of the matter is that I can't produce my own fossil fuel or generate my own power from fossil fuels. Thus, the more I use fossil fuels the more the Dims have a hook to control me. However, the more energy independent I am, the less money they can suck out of my monthly budget to force me to pay a tithe to their greta cult of cow farts and hating the good climate life of the Modern Warm Period.
You are fortunate to have the solar exposure to take advantage of solar. In my case, I have so much shade due to about 40 huge cedar trees around my house, there is no way. The only good is the nice crop of mushrooms I get in the spring and the fall. LOL!
“ At least a British car only takes 10 minutes to fill the tank and add oil.”
When you pull into the gas station, you ask the attendant to check the gas and fill up the oil.
Right out of the gate, we have a winner!
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