You guys got that fixed really quickly. My wife rubbed up against the side of our garage door and when she backed up pulled the bumper away from the car. The car was drivable but this happened end of June. After the body shop got the parts from Tesla it took 2 months to get an appointment to bring it in to get fixed and then took the body shop 6 weeks to get the job done after they decided they needed to order a new bumper
As far as tests to perform, I would vote for 100% to dead (below 0%, until it shuts down) range test at 70 mph (like Kyle Connor does), but I know its a lot of work. It would be interesting to see: 1. How many kwh this older car has in the below zero buffer. 2. Overall efficiency at 70 mph highway speeds. 3. How much Kwh it will use overall. 4. The range number itself and how it will compare to some other cars (like early model 3?)
Seems to me back in the round of 2013 or 2014 Tesla had some issues with their undercarriage battery protection cover where it could be punctured and jeopardizing the batteries. I believe they replaced all of the battery protection covers with something like carbon fiber? Do you know if your car was done?
A collaboration with Kyle would be fascinating as he has a full Autel EV service tablet for analysing / diagnosing vehicles. Would be interesting to see any error codes, battery degradation specs etc on a used EV as this is still a hot topic for new EV owners - how will this thing age. great content for both channels too.
Sometimes if when you hit a bump in the rear and it gets a little squirrely, it can be weak (bad) shocks because it doesn't dampen the spring's bounce. Note: I am not an expert, but I have been around friends who fix their cars. It could be both are weak being that age, but if there is fluid (or signs of leaking) it could be all that is needed.
At least you got a coolant flush and new coolant!
You guys got that fixed really quickly. My wife rubbed up against the side of our garage door and when she backed up pulled the bumper away from the car. The car was drivable but this happened end of June. After the body shop got the parts from Tesla it took 2 months to get an appointment to bring it in to get fixed and then took the body shop 6 weeks to get the job done after they decided they needed to order a new bumper
Hooray! It survives!
Thanks sharing your repair story, can you please do projected range vs real-time difference comparison?
Is your power pack still original or has it been changed?
As far as tests to perform, I would vote for 100% to dead (below 0%, until it shuts down) range test at 70 mph (like Kyle Connor does), but I know its a lot of work. It would be interesting to see: 1. How many kwh this older car has in the below zero buffer. 2. Overall efficiency at 70 mph highway speeds. 3. How much Kwh it will use overall. 4. The range number itself and how it will compare to some other cars (like early model 3?)
Thanks for the input. We would like to know these answers too.
Seems to me back in the round of 2013 or 2014 Tesla had some issues with their undercarriage battery protection cover where it could be punctured and jeopardizing the batteries. I believe they replaced all of the battery protection covers with something like carbon fiber? Do you know if your car was done?
Titanium supposedly
@@Nicholas-f5 thanks!
A collaboration with Kyle would be fascinating as he has a full Autel EV service tablet for analysing / diagnosing vehicles. Would be interesting to see any error codes, battery degradation specs etc on a used EV as this is still a hot topic for new EV owners - how will this thing age. great content for both channels too.
coil springs are the best super cheap and they last forever
Sometimes if when you hit a bump in the rear and it gets a little squirrely, it can be weak (bad) shocks because it doesn't dampen the spring's bounce.
Note: I am not an expert, but I have been around friends who fix their cars. It could be both are weak being that age, but if there is fluid (or signs of leaking) it could be all that is needed.
Viva la Tesla!
Aha could have upgraded to the modern front for less