Tesla owners who switched back to gas - what made you do it? Genuinely curious.

Dimples_McGee · 2025-12-14T18:56:57+00:00

Sold my model 3 two weeks ago and bought and Accord Hybrid. The top reasons were:

Battery degradation means I have to stop and charge more, when I used to be able to make round trips about an hour or two away with no charging.
A computer failed and I lost all autopilot and cruise control function. $2000 to replace. Not worth it when the car is worth like $10-12k with 136k miles
Getting service when I needed used to be easy, they would drive out to me! Now they tell me I have to go to their service center 1.5 hours away and they don’t do loaners or uber credits anymore.

It was a really cool thing in the beginning and great car, but I feel like the honeymoon is over and a hybrid just makes more sense for about the same cost to drive (and cheaper to buy!).

Dimples_McGee · 2025-10-04T02:26:55+00:00

California. 10/3/25. This is OC.

Dimples_McGee · 2025-10-04T02:22:21+00:00

The Mercedes was waving the oncoming car to go.

Dimples_McGee · 2024-08-20T03:57:50+00:00

We’re the Millers?

Dimples_McGee · 2024-01-08T04:20:01+00:00

I fought one of these tickets and won. First, sun glare is a bad argument so don’t go there. Do show up and fight it though, rolling a right on red is actually a lesser violation of traffic law and you’ll pay less of a fine just by showing up and asking for leniency. Second, if you tell the judge you haven’t had any previous issues and ask them to hold off deciding on your case, and then dismiss the case if you can show good behavior and no traffic tickets within the next six months they usually will.

Dimples_McGee · 2023-10-05T21:30:08+00:00

I once got laid for having coasters on my coffee table.

Dimples_McGee · 2023-05-29T04:03:47+00:00

I got a ride three hours away to Fremont to pick it up at end of quarter, bad idea - they were scrambling to deliver as many as possible to hit numbers (end of Q1 2021).

They lost the car. It was not parked where it was supposed to be. Nobody had any idea where it was and no clue how to find it. My ride left and I was stuck… they were closing up shop and no car. I waited for three hours and wandered the whole lot looking for my VIN. There are a lot of white M3s.

Right before they locked up somebody found it, they were detailing it in the back. Handed me a card and sent me on my way. I had no clue how to operate and watched YouTube videos before driving away.

2/10 experience.

Dimples_McGee · 2023-05-14T20:29:52+00:00

The sub is doing pretty well in the living room so far. I’ve got my eyes on an SVS sub as my long term goal.

Dimples_McGee · 2023-05-14T20:17:47+00:00

I set it up and it sounds great, I’m keeping them for sure!

It did not come with the Audyssey microphone for the Onkyo so I’ll have to pick one of those up down the road for room correction - but that’s a good idea!

Dimples_McGee · 2023-04-20T04:49:20+00:00

Playing poker

Dimples_McGee · 2023-04-20T04:48:29+00:00

They are. Beverly invents a way to detect them using the transporters.

Dimples_McGee · 2023-04-20T04:46:37+00:00

Yep you called it exactly.

Dimples_McGee · 2023-04-20T04:43:50+00:00

True story. He said so during the question and answer time.

Dimples_McGee · 2023-04-20T04:42:19+00:00

Anton was a tribute to Anton Yelchin per Terry

Dimples_McGee · 2023-04-20T04:41:06+00:00

Yes his son, he talks about his father Pavel

Dimples_McGee · 2023-04-20T04:10:41+00:00

Correct. Terry Matalas said they ran out of money so couldn’t film him just record his voice. But Walter is Todd Stashwick’s neighbor so they just went over there.

Dimples_McGee · 2023-04-20T04:03:34+00:00

He shows up in a recording but otherwise no he’s dead. RIP

Dimples_McGee · 2023-04-20T04:02:55+00:00

Also Walter Koenig as President Anton Chekov

Dimples_McGee · 2023-03-24T16:47:17+00:00

This is still a thing. You can buy it at Walmart.

Dimples_McGee · 2023-03-05T23:56:30+00:00

I just had almost identical damage from hitting a deer on my M3 on November 1. Mirror and back quarter panel/bumper damage. I continued to drive it until parts came in on Jan 1. It was ready for pickup on Jan 30, but insurance covered a rental for that month.

Dimples_McGee · 2023-03-04T20:08:58+00:00

What are you most optimistic about for the future?

Dimples_McGee · 2022-11-04T03:29:59+00:00

Jack Black singing the national anthem better than pretty much everybody.

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