And more directly here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1HqBIOtNsYPalG51nAw_nubgskv4TQPGx8WhPZO4a_U8/htmlview
On Thu, Oct 1, 2020, 2:04 PM Karl Wittnebel <atypical...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
