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Comment: Re:It's about time! (Score 3, Informative) 432

by MichaelSmith (#43800933) Attached to: Tesla Motors Repays $465M Government Loan 9 Years Early

I have read elsewhere that servicing the Model S means topping up the wiper fluid and rotating the tyres. Braking is done mostly with the driveline. Suspension generally lasts the life of a car these days. Electric motors are super reliable. Single speed gearboxes are reliable, like a differential gear. You basically build it and never touch it again.

Comment: Re:It's about time! (Score 2) 432

by MichaelSmith (#43800623) Attached to: Tesla Motors Repays $465M Government Loan 9 Years Early

If electric cars take over the market, the demand for car maintenance will collapse. Thats a big chunk of the job market in some areas and there will have to be some adjustment.

We should all have such problems. Also if they find the cure for cancer, a lot of oncologists will be out of a job. It's still a big net win for society in either case.

Thats right but mechanics will still complain and vote for measures to preserve the status quo.

Comment: Car dealers are so shonky (Score 1) 555

My wife's VW Jetta had constant problems with the DSG transmission as long as the car was in warrantee. Every time we took it in the dealer would say something like they put the wrong firmware version in and it destroyed the clutch but here is a new software load lets see how it goes. It went on for years with VW funding all this work which the dealer was creating.

Its no wonder that Tesla don't want to have to deal with the fuckers.

YOW!! The land of the rising SONY!!

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