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One thing that's fun about Tesla is their full service manuals for (all?) their vehicles are free online https://service.tesla.com/ https://service.tesla.com/

• nimbius 2y ago
  As a professional diesel mechanic by trade, i can say this is a similar practice shops pay through-the-nose for with paid online catalogue services. this makes shadetree work on Teslas a treat. I spent a summer during covid doing work on Model S suspensions in a spare bay. Im also chuffed to see the "pictures" in the service catalogue are just as pathetic as the ones some manufacturers include in the paid service portals. Freightliner and Mac manuals are all pristine...theres clearly an artist on salary who gets paid very very well for his craft. Companies that rhyme with Bilbo however include photos that look like they were taken with a gameboy color camera on a stormy night.
  • lotsofpulp 2y ago
    > Companies that rhyme with Bilbo I’m coming up with nothing except Volvo, so I’m assuming that’s a typo.
    • kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 2y ago
      It fits, sounds like OP works on semis, and Volvo is a big player in that market.
• KennyBlanken 2y ago
  ...because they gatekeep everyone via parts, instead. Tesla is one of very, very few companies for which its parts aren't available via the OEMs; parts made for Teslas can only be had via Tesla. If some part in your VW goes bad or breaks or wears, you often have up to three options: from VW via dealers, via the OEM that made the part for VW, via parts distributors - or via non-OEMs that have made a compatible part. VW (and others) often source from multiple OEMs or switch OEMs, so you sometimes have multiple OEM supplier options. With Tesla? Only via them. For every fucking part on the car save stuff like brake pads and rotors. You have to give them a VIN number to buy a part, and if the VIN belongs to a car Tesla has decided isn't roadworthy anymore, they won't go any further. Want to put a small block chevy V8 into your Yugo? The guy at the GM dealer part counter will happily sell you one as long as you've got the money. Discovered that a Ford temperature sensor is a more reliable replacement for the one in your Jeep? The parts counter staff won't even blink when they sell you one. The only time you'll get asked for a VIN is if the part you're asking for has varied with production, and certain VIN ranges might require a specific part for compatibility.
  • mulmen 2y ago
    This is the most exciting thing about the GM EVs to me. They will be wide open and modular. In the EV swap world the Leaf motor is more economical than a Tesla just because it’s separate from the gearbox.
    • m463 2y ago
      Some of the interesting tesla motors have several hundred horsepower though.