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I'd really like to see a write-up like this on one of the model S's from northern europe. The biggest longevity concern for me is rust and corrosion of the fram
by ScottFree 7y ago
I'd really like to see a write-up like this on one of the model S's from northern europe. The biggest longevity concern for me is rust and corrosion of the frame due to winter road salt.
- agumonkey 7y agoAllow me to ask a stupid question: isn't there a simple cleaning routine to do to ensure long term corrosion free ?
- derekp7 7y agoIf you are referring to a car wash, well the problem there is that car washes recycle their water. They filter out the dirt, but not the salt. So the salt water gets pressure fed into crack and crevices making things worse.
- barry-cotter 7y agoNo. Not if you’re using a car normally. Water and salt will both cause corrosion and the longer salty water is in contact with the underbody of the car the faster corrosion will work. Even if you washed the underside of your car every evening after returning from work there would still be the corrosion from the eight or so hours since you left for work in the morning and that would accumulate.
- nextos 7y agoWhat about treatments like Dinitrol? These were quite popular decades ago in the Nordic countries.
- ScottFree 7y agoThey aren't popular at all in North America, even in the cold and salty parts like Canada. I've never encountered a car that had it, new or used. I don't know why. My perception of them is that they don't work well enough to justify the cost, but I don't know if that's true or not.
- pengaru 7y agoNot really, the best thing you can do is not expose the car to salt in the first place. I once worked on an enthusiast's classic car back in the midwest which was exceptionally clean. The owner said every time he drove it in the winter or rain, which was rarely, he would put it in the air on the lift in his garage, and spray the car from below with WD-40 he purchased by the drum. That seemed to have helped, but it's no panacea, and there's definitely rubber stuff which will be unhappy about getting WD-40 soaked regularly.
- _bxg1 7y agoHow does this differ from an ICE car?
- turk73 7y agoIt doesn't? Also, there is no point where a Tesla will cross over to being more economical per mile driven with gas prices this low.
- rrss 7y agoI'd assume the question is more about whether Tesla's are designed to hold up in those conditions, not so much about EV vs ICE. I think the meme is "Designed in California, for California."
- greglindahl 7y agoThere are plenty of parts of California that are cold in the winter, and use a lot of road salt. Perhaps you're confusing California with Florida?
- rrss 7y agolol, it's just a meme, we can skip the lesson on California climate :)
- greglindahl 7y agoAh. So what you're asking is if Teslas are designed to hold up to the conditions in Tahoe, where all of the engineers at Tesla vacation during the winter? Memes are great. In this case, great at misinformation.
- ScottFree 7y agoYou can't compare the effects of the occasional weekend in Tahoe to that of a decade of winters in Toronto.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoMost of the Model S and X chassis is aluminum, and will experience longer longevity than traditional steel frame vehicles.
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- lttlrck 7y agoIt might not rust but it can corrode. Ford had hood issues: http://www.fordproblems.com/hood-rust/ http://www.fordproblems.com/hood-rust/ Aluminum boats: https://goneoutdoors.com/effects-saltwater-aluminum-boats-8568042.html https://goneoutdoors.com/effects-saltwater-aluminum-boats-85...
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- agumonkey 7y agoanybody with experience regarding protective coatings ? https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=steel+coating+salt+corrosion&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=steel+coating+salt+corrosio...
- greglindahl 7y agoThe first link about hoods is talking about aluminum/iron interfaces, not salt.
- nitrogen 7y agoDuring my DIY days I had a 10+ year old BMW in a winter climate with an aluminum heat shield on the exhaust. When I swapped out the muffler, the heat shield was barely even recognizable as aluminum and basically crumbled to dust in places.
- greglindahl 7y agoWas that because of road salt, or steel parts nearby? Steel parts nearby are usually the actual issue.