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rick81721
Lothar
Here's an interesting study on various Tesla components. They found a very large increase in high speed downforce with the stock spoiler deployed.
https://unpluggedperformance.com/aerodynamic-study-of-tesla-model-3/
JerseyPete
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I am a low level person when it comes to Tesla, but you know quite a bit. Are you leaning towards one? The Y Performance seems to be the only one reasonably available right now.
My wife is happy with the Model 3 Long Range (coming from an Acura).
rick81721
Lothar
Ha I don't know crap about them. @THATmanMANNY has owned several now. We will own one in the future. Plan for FL house is Tesla solar panels + battery backup. Will use the sun to charge the car.
Realistically, how many more driving years do you have?
rick81721
Lothar
Whatever you have minus 10?
rick81721
Lothar
knobbyhead
Next off the Island.
Latest update on my misfire. It was the ground wire going to the firewall. I cleaned it up and added some dielectric grease on it and now the mighty 5.3 purrs like it should. It runs so much better now.
The 3rd cylinder misfire has been quiet since the addition of marvel mystery oil.
Even though the tranny fluid looks good, I'm changing it since I've been pulling the RV with it.
The 3rd cylinder misfire has been quiet since the addition of marvel mystery oil.
Even though the tranny fluid looks good, I'm changing it since I've been pulling the RV with it.
ekuhn
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'17 Acadia. "Steering Assist Reduced" and Temp Gauge pinned at 0.
All signs point to replacing Temperature Control Sensor. Massive driveway job pull intake. Fuck.
Nope. Find thread saying check battery terminals or replace battery for stored low voltage code and it all goes away. No issues now. Why you gotta be so complicated!
All signs point to replacing Temperature Control Sensor. Massive driveway job pull intake. Fuck.
Nope. Find thread saying check battery terminals or replace battery for stored low voltage code and it all goes away. No issues now. Why you gotta be so complicated!
There is a heat soak issue with a wiring harness in my XT5. Long trip, it will throw all different sorts of crap. Limp mode in the Mass mountains isn't fun.
Haven't moved/isolated the harness yet - so its on me.
As an aside, my wife blamed it on my aggressive driving. So she drove. Same result.
ekuhn
Well-Known Member
Apparently its a common problem in the XT5 too.
I guess that's a universal problem. Typically in my house its, when did your car start doing this? The response from her is typically, oh, never noticed it.
one piece crank
1pc Cranky
Yes, I agree 100%.
ekuhn
Well-Known Member
Your non wife doesnt do the same?
knobbyhead
Next off the Island.
Well, a Yukon 2500 came up for sale with the monster 8.1 l engine. So I've read some reviews and I found this out this has the following reviews:
Pros:
Lots of power
Cons:
1.Miserable gas mileage. This is my 3rd car, so mileage will be low.
2. Intake gasket failures - not to difficult.
3 crank positioner sensor fails- expensive to fix.
So is #3 that costly to fix if it's bad? Anything else?
For the actual vehicle, it's rust I need to look out for.
Pros:
Lots of power
Cons:
1.Miserable gas mileage. This is my 3rd car, so mileage will be low.
2. Intake gasket failures - not to difficult.
3 crank positioner sensor fails- expensive to fix.
So is #3 that costly to fix if it's bad? Anything else?
For the actual vehicle, it's rust I need to look out for.
i mean crank position sensor shouldnt be an expensive part(i would expect <$100), figure out where its located. If its under the intake it could be an expensive (or time intensive if you DIY it) fix
knobbyhead
Next off the Island.
Yes, in this engine it's the location is crappy
