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>so no waiting in line for 45 minutes every two years either Pretty fucked up that you only check for air pollution and not actual road-worthiness. Here all T

by Hamuko 6y ago

>so no waiting in line for 45 minutes every two years either Pretty fucked up that you only check for air pollution and not actual road-worthiness. Here all Teslas had an inspection failure rate after of 10.8% (61,000 km driven on average) in 2019 after three years of driving, which is quite bad. For comparison, Mercedes-Benz E-Class and BMW 5-series both had 7.1% (108,000 km and 91,000 km driven on average). This suggests to me that Tesla owners should really spend more time queuing at the shop and at an inspection center.

throwawayboise 6y ago
Well Tesla owners are told that their cars need zero maintenance so why would they even think about having them inspected routinely?
- cptskippy 6y ago
  No they're not. There's a very clear 2 year maintenance cycle.
  - throwaway0a5e 6y ago
    They're told their cars need zero maintenance in the same way that Toyota owners who get their information from the internet think their cars have magically been engineered to defy the laws of physics. Sure the fine print in the manual says there's a service schedule, but the pop culture trope says otherwise.
    - cptskippy 6y ago
      No they weren't.
throwaway0a5e 6y ago
>Pretty fucked up that you only check for air pollution and not actual road-worthiness. Pretty fucked up that some states waste everyone's time and money checking for actual road worthiness when that's basically a rounding error compared to all the other sources of danger on the roads. IMO this is one of the few things CA does right. Obviously CARB is a corrupt money grab shithshow but the idea that you don't really care what people do so long as the cars aren't belching pollution is well thought out. I get that not seeing shitboxes with rusty fenders makes everyone feel warm and fuzzy inside but mechanical failure simply isn't a common source of accidents compared to everything else and inspection programs can only do so much to address it.

by Hamuko 6y ago

throwawayboise 6y ago

Well Tesla owners are told that their cars need zero maintenance so why would they even think about having them inspected routinely?

cptskippy 6y ago
No they're not. There's a very clear 2 year maintenance cycle.
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago
  They're told their cars need zero maintenance in the same way that Toyota owners who get their information from the internet think their cars have magically been engineered to defy the laws of physics. Sure the fine print in the manual says there's a service schedule, but the pop culture trope says otherwise.
  - cptskippy 6y ago
    No they weren't.

throwaway0a5e 6y ago

>Pretty fucked up that you only check for air pollution and not actual road-worthiness. Pretty fucked up that some states waste everyone's time and money checking for actual road worthiness when that's basically a rounding error compared to all the other sources of danger on the roads. IMO this is one of the few things CA does right. Obviously CARB is a corrupt money grab shithshow but the idea that you don't really care what people do so long as the cars aren't belching pollution is well thought out. I get that not seeing shitboxes with rusty fenders makes everyone feel warm and fuzzy inside but mechanical failure simply isn't a common source of accidents compared to everything else and inspection programs can only do so much to address it.