My experience with the Tesla Model 3

[X-it]

Or at least pay for the charging stations

 

[LennyR]

Or at least pay for the charging stations

Hard to imagine them thinking they shouldn’t !

 

[jhurkot]

They should have to pay for the coal plant as well.

 

[gdhillon]

How is it in winter?

Edit: I’m not trolling, genuinely curious. I went through some of the 86 pages but couldn’t find anything about winter driving

 

[LennyR]

They should have to pay for the coal plant as well.

And the lithium mine !

 

[jhurkot]

How is it in winter?

Edit: I’m not trolling, genuinely curious. I went through some of the 86 pages but couldn’t find anything about winter driving

On snow and ice it's very good (with proper winter tires). It has about 6" of ground clearance. If you have to bust huge drifts or drive with 12" of snow on the road it's not going to work that great but it got me to Revelstoke every time I've tried for the past 3 winters. My biggest gripe would be the frameless windows suck in the winter. Sometimes they stick and I have to slide a credit card along the bottom. It's pretty rare and if you preheat it properly, it's fine.

 

[lilduke]

Pretty sure that is factored into the cost of the Battery. (The lithium mine)

 

[gdhillon]

I see, so they have provisions for winter conditions that’s good to hear.

Have you ever pulled a trailer with it?

do you notice a difference in charge times/battery capacity in lower temps?

 

[jhurkot]

I see, so they have provisions for winter conditions that’s good to hear.

Have you ever pulled a trailer with it?

do you notice a difference in charge times/battery capacity in lower temps?

Never pulled a trailer. There is a guy who pulls with his model 3. Range is going down 70-80% towing if it has a lot of air resistance.

Battery capacity does not change in winter however energy usage per km will be higher. 100% in the summer is also 100% in the winter, but that winter 100% will not get you the same distance. Charge times are slightly slower in the winter but not really noticeable. If you try to fast charge with a cold soaked battery it will be very slow.

 

[jhurkot]

 

[Teth-Air]

Why would anyone want more tax on anything?

Jealous of EV owner perks, then get an EV

But we all know the free ride is temporary. We have to pay for the roads some how.

 

[Dawizman]

But we all know the free ride is temporary. We have to pay for the roads some how.

No, that's the beauty of socialism. You just do you, and the government pays for everything. It's a beautiful system.

 

[X-it]

Now say those same words to a venezuelan

 

[lilduke]

But we all know the free ride is temporary. We have to pay for the roads some how.

And they are doing great job too!


Thats why i need fox 3.0's on my truck instead of low pro tires.

Must not be paying enough tax for road maintenance right now. Gotta be EVs fault im thinkin.


More tax=better roads. Yup you heard it here first haha


Once they convert enough people to EV there will be more tax's. They are trying to get people on board right now, and a bunch of taxs wont help.

That would be like charging money for the Jab instead of bribing and coercing people.

 

[FernieHawk]

Loser in the Shelby is starting in 4 gear and then it downshifts to 3rd when he punches it. What an idiot…lol

ya ya…I know the Plaid kicks ass…but the dude in the stang is an idiot as far as racing is concerned.

 

[LennyR]

LOL . Great , a 4 door luxury strip car . How about saskatoon to vancouver , same cars !

 

[jhurkot]

LOL . Great , a 4 door luxury strip car . How about saskatoon to vancouver , same cars !

 

[LennyR]

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LOL, what if 5 go at once , or are you assuming only the same amount of cars travelling as their are super chargers ?
i'm not arguing that these aren't cool cars or that the future may be heading this way , my point is its so silly to go whole hog into anything when the support and infrastructure and readiness for switchover is so sadly lacking . It'll come , i'm sure , but let it happen realistically , cause right now its certainly far from a level playing field .

 

[ABMax24]

More tax=better roads. Yup you heard it here first haha

Lol, no kidding.

Apparently someone being a productive member of society earning an income either through employment or as a business owner, while contributing 20%-50% of that income to the government in taxes, spends what's left of that earned money on a $50k-$70k Tesla, which immediately makes them a liberal socialist leach that sucks on the tit of the government for not paying a few hundred $ per year in fuel tax.

 

[Dawizman]

Lol, no kidding.

Apparently someone being a productive member of society earning an income either through employment or as a business owner, while contributing 20%-50% of that income to the government in taxes, spends what's left of that earned money on a $50k-$70k Tesla, which immediately makes them a liberal socialist leach that sucks on the tit of the government for not paying a few hundred $ per year in fuel tax.

Yes