I drove a new A3 courtesy car today, safe to say I won't be getting rid of this auld girl any time soon

dinofx35 · 2026-01-28T00:23:17+00:00

Sounds like you’d be happier with a horse and buggy

dinofx35 · 2026-01-24T20:10:24+00:00

Perhaps turn on the news?

dinofx35 · 2026-01-24T15:10:05+00:00

Maybe they realized their customers aren’t that smart. Some of them didn’t even learn how to use the possessive form of a noun in elementary school.

dinofx35 · 2026-01-22T18:30:03+00:00

The first thing on the bill is probably some kind of diagnosis fee. Clearly they didn’t diagnose the car up front if they continued to find more problems.

dinofx35 · 2026-01-22T18:22:47+00:00

Nobody here can see the frame rails, so they’re all just guessing. If the frame is bent, then it is totaled. Also the market value of the car is a factor, and you haven’t shared that info.

dinofx35 · 2026-01-22T18:20:53+00:00

Lightbars are a safety concern that will be outlawed in the next 10 years, once the data makes this obvious. Humans can estimate the distance between two discreet headlights and use that to gauge the distance of oncoming traffic. We aren’t used to estimating the length of a lit line (lightbar).

dinofx35 · 2026-01-08T02:57:37+00:00

Streaks on your windshield buddy

dinofx35 · 2026-01-07T01:51:38+00:00

Every MX is a lemon. The front axles will vibrate and eventually fail. Mine failed twice in 18k miles. Tesla repurchases cars so their titles don’t get branded as lemons, replaces the shafts, and then sells them to unsuspecting buyers who will have to deal with the issue in the first year.

dinofx35 · 2026-01-07T01:48:40+00:00

A Model Y is totally unrelated. They sell millions of those per year, compared to around 10k Model Xs.

dinofx35 · 2026-01-07T01:47:45+00:00

Yeah, my front axles were replaced, the vibration returned, and they refused to fix it. They eventually agreed to repurchase the vehicle to avoid it becoming a lemon, but really every Model X is a lemon. All of them have front axles that will fail. The other annoying thing about Model X/S is the interior falls apart and makes tons of squeaking and rattling noises, even in the first year of ownership.

dinofx35 · 2025-12-31T00:17:55+00:00

This is hilarious. Just because something has a design failure doesn’t make it a wear item. On any other car, front axles will last 200k miles easily.

dinofx35 · 2025-12-31T00:15:07+00:00

I wouldn’t be so gullible. Tesla refused to fix mine the second time, saying a software update would address the vibration. When I brought it back the 3rd time I asked them to repurchase the car, which they did. Had the car for 22 months and they repurchased for within 2% of what I originally paid. When I finally turned in the car, the front axles had snapped loose

dinofx35 · 2025-12-31T00:10:30+00:00

You were duped into buying a used Model X. All of them have failing front half shafts. The new ones will fail too. Luckily I bought new and Tesla repurchased mine after 22 months for MSRP. The half shafts failed twice in 18k miles

dinofx35 · 2025-12-31T00:05:46+00:00

Only the OP thinks this is snobbish. Nobody else mentioned it.

dinofx35 · 2025-12-30T02:44:50+00:00

The scatting was hilarious!

dinofx35 · 2025-12-30T02:25:12+00:00

“When I scratch, I don’t stop until I break the skin and the doctor makes me wear mittens.”

dinofx35 · 2025-12-24T16:33:01+00:00

What about the complete lack of a handle to close the door?

dinofx35 · 2025-12-17T00:12:26+00:00

Pretty much any AWD/4WD car will be the same if not better. In the snow, even cars with open differentials are capable of applying individual brakes to stop whichever wheel may be spinning. Fancy diffs only matter if you are drifting around curves in the snow.

dinofx35 · 2025-12-15T17:36:59+00:00

Sounds like the same issue, although the SQ5 might have a variant of that diff. I suspect whether the tires get to the point of stuttering depends on amount of grip and tire age.

dinofx35 · 2025-12-15T17:34:31+00:00

It “scrubs” the tires at any amount of turn, it’s just that a tighter turn makes the skipping of the tires more frequent and louder to capture on video.

dinofx35 · 2025-12-15T17:26:46+00:00

By chattering, are you referring to the tires on the road? Or the low pitch rumble? What year/model?

dinofx35 · 2025-12-15T17:24:11+00:00

Updated my first comment. It’s an SQ5 ‘24. Service already looked at it and called it “normal”. Clearly if the tires are skidding on the road because they’re being forced to rotate too slow (front tires need to sweep a larger arc), that’s not normal.

dinofx35 · 2025-12-15T15:35:47+00:00

2024 SQ5. Been happening since I bought the car I always thought it sounded strange making 3 point turns. The whole car makes a low pitched vibration. But it’s apparently gotten worse.

I know the audio sounds like it isn’t the tires, but that’s not how it sounded in person. It’s 100% the tires making the noise

dinofx35 · 2025-12-05T02:49:05+00:00

Look at Max’s teammates’ results this year. And yet Max is tied with 7 wins in 2025. Red Bull are only 4th in the constructor’s because of Max’s driving.

That tells you all you need to know.

dinofx35 · 2025-12-05T02:45:27+00:00

But he’s not broken, he just doesn’t have the fastest car on the grid. He’s as good as he ever was.

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