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We have all seen how little dealer support that electric cars need - not enough to support the traditional IC engined cars with all their fail modes. To be sure

We have all seen how little dealer support that electric cars need - not enough to support the traditional IC engined cars with all their fail modes. To be sure, Mercedes dealers can managing the long slow decline in service that an electric Mercedes fleet will bring over the next 10-20 years - keeping the declining rust buckets going. So a smart car maker may even move to the Tesla model over that time period, especially with the anticipated changes in the car market that is predicted with self driving cars etc.

Libturd 9y ago
suck my exhaust pipe, faggot
gaius 9y ago
We have all seen how little dealer support that electric cars need - not enough to support the traditional IC engined cars with all their fail modes Isn’t this compensated for by them having fewer user serviceable or diagnosable parts requiring a trip to the dealer for any maintenance? I don’t know, just curious
- aurizon 9y ago
  Yes, this gives fewer tasks that dealers can perform = less $$ earned. You have all see the high rates charged for all jobs, compared to free market repair shops and how they try to make it had for anyone but a dealer to access data, same as Tesla
mywittyname 9y ago
If Tesla is any indication, then EVs are going to keep service departments quite busy. Building reliable EVs continues to elude the entire auto industry.
- aurizon 9y ago
  Strange, Consumer Reports indicates fewer repairs with the exception of the gullwing coupe, which was and is a bonehead idea - even Mercedes abandoned it. This said, once mature, I would expect simple rotary electric engines to need less service - I have not yet seen a customer reported service feedback grid. On true Delta they seem good. https://www.truedelta.com/Tesla-Model-S/reliability-1095 https://www.truedelta.com/Tesla-Model-S/reliability-1095
  - mywittyname 9y ago
    Your link literally ranks the Model S as "Worst" in terms of repair frequency.
    - aurizon 9y ago
      A small sample. 35 cars from 2017 Trim stuff must have been the majority. Hard to square this with the CR reviews. I am not sure if there was a gas engine dealer conspiracy in action here? Engine (9%) Transmission (0%) Brakes (0%) Suspension (3%) Electrical and AC (34%)

Libturd 9y ago

suck my exhaust pipe, faggot

gaius 9y ago

We have all seen how little dealer support that electric cars need - not enough to support the traditional IC engined cars with all their fail modes Isn’t this compensated for by them having fewer user serviceable or diagnosable parts requiring a trip to the dealer for any maintenance? I don’t know, just curious

aurizon 9y ago
Yes, this gives fewer tasks that dealers can perform = less $$ earned. You have all see the high rates charged for all jobs, compared to free market repair shops and how they try to make it had for anyone but a dealer to access data, same as Tesla

mywittyname 9y ago

If Tesla is any indication, then EVs are going to keep service departments quite busy. Building reliable EVs continues to elude the entire auto industry.

aurizon 9y ago
Strange, Consumer Reports indicates fewer repairs with the exception of the gullwing coupe, which was and is a bonehead idea - even Mercedes abandoned it. This said, once mature, I would expect simple rotary electric engines to need less service - I have not yet seen a customer reported service feedback grid. On true Delta they seem good. https://www.truedelta.com/Tesla-Model-S/reliability-1095 https://www.truedelta.com/Tesla-Model-S/reliability-1095
- mywittyname 9y ago
  Your link literally ranks the Model S as "Worst" in terms of repair frequency.
  - aurizon 9y ago
    A small sample. 35 cars from 2017 Trim stuff must have been the majority. Hard to square this with the CR reviews. I am not sure if there was a gas engine dealer conspiracy in action here? Engine (9%) Transmission (0%) Brakes (0%) Suspension (3%) Electrical and AC (34%)