Oh the maintenance stuff for the S can be found in this Video, if I recall correctly:
https://youtu.be/rhbD44jXffY On Thu, Oct 1, 2020, 1:58 PM Karl Wittnebel <atypical...@gmail.com> wrote: > Teslas dont use brakes. They have progressive motor braking that you can > adjust. So as you lift off the accelerator, the car slows down immediately. > No brake pedal required unless you want to stop from walking speed. The > dealer here said they have cars with over 300k miles on the original brake > pads. > > Basically at 0.13 per kwh you pay something like 3.6 cents a mile in fuel > to drive a Model 3 assuming 85% charging efficiency. Gas cars are something > like 15 cents a mile. So it is 75-80% less fuel cost. I think I figured it > out for us and it was like 3500/yr several years ago across two cars. But > that was with $4+ fuel. We don't put many miles on, though, so I imagine > that was conservative. Anyway the average family could easily save some > thousands of dollars per year on fuel driving electric rather than gas > cars. > > The tax thing is not my problem. I am going to use the law to my > advantage, just like the economists expect me to. > > Yes it only makes sense to compare new cars to new cars. After 20 years my > old diesel doesnt owe me anything, either. The insurance is expensive no > matter what I seem to drive. I like old cars. I think people will always be > able to license a historic vehicle no matter what motor is in it, even > here. I have no real interest in a new gas car, so they can ban them all > they want. > > Harry had Johnny Cash's old Rolls in his shop a couple weeks back for a > new interior. Nice old car, initials on the rear door. "Look under the > hood" Harry says. Come to find out it has a 400hp electric powertrain in > it. Up from something like 170 new. Wave of the future. Cool restomod stuff. > > In diesel news, I found a 2.65 diff out of a 77 450 SLC to put in the 123 > Frankenwagon, which is what that motor had in the 2006 car. So we will see > how it bolts up and drives. I don't mind having a low first gear, but > currently it is so low it seems like a waste. I guess I am slowly being > lured down the path of fixing it up. Probably going to get totalled out > though I imagine. Waiting for the body shop. > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2020, 12:59 PM Max Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> My annual fuel costs for a household with two drivers is only about $1000 >> to $1500. Either the price of California fuel is 5x the price here in SC, >> or Karl drives far more than I. Under the Wuhan Red Death shutdown, we're >> probably only spending $500 a year or less. >> Max Dillon >> Charleston SC >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
