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- Tesla car review. I Finally Got Every Car Tesla Makes (Except One) and Here's What I Really Think of Them, DIY and car review with Scotty Kilmer. Buying a Tesla electric car. Are Tesla cars worth it? Buying a new Tesla. Buying a used Tesla Model 3. Should I buy a Tesla. Are Tesla cars reliable? The truth about Tesla cars. Car advice. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 54 years.
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Notice how he didn’t say Tacoma
Hi Scotty, you can donate one of those to me!!! lmao
Mechanics have a way with cars
Do they have a spare tire? 🤷♂️
I probably missed it
Scotty you said so many incorrect things in this video. Tesla has delivered 375,00 cars in the last quarter much less lifetime. Its over 3 million.
Hey Scotty, my oldest brother has recently passed away and he was a huge fan of yours. He frequently mentioned your tips and ideas when working on his own vehicles. Especially the one using Liquid Tape for wires and connections. :) The last time I saw him working on his car he had a can of it and thoroughly using it under the hood. Anyway just thought I'd let you know he enjoyed your videos and letting others know what he learned.
My condolences your way may he RIP.
Thanks for the liquid tape tip, just ordered some!
Take care.
@@DABIGRAGU1 Thank you. He will be greatly missed. Thank Scotty for the tape, he's the car fix guru!
Soo sorry for your loss 🙏🕊️
Inna lilla hi wa inna ilaihi rajioun
My condolences on your loss.
"Stop buying stuff you don't need with money you don't have to impress people you don't know." -Dave Ramsey
It’s a fight club quote.
looks like a quote for someone that hates themselves
Dave Ramsey endorses plenty of scams. He’s also rich and enjoys rich things. Get a grip.
@@joey0wns yeah, screw common sense! Go in debt for your "image"😂😂.
Dave Ramsey has taught me a lot about how money works for the common man specifically the verbiage I needed to keep scammers out of my pocket. I've used his ELP connections to buy 2 houses and save a ton on insurance as well as the words needed to have a real ongoing conversation about money with my wife and about a half dozen other positive subjects I'm sure you don't have time for me to go over but would gladly talk about so getting a grip yeah thats covered @@SinlowMusic
I did not expect this. This was a more than generous review of Tesla.
I had a 2015 Leaf for 9 years…. Granted it had short range… put 80k miles on it.
Only true maintenance done was changed the break fluid. Great city car.
I have a 2022 SL plus and love it, but am concerned about battery degradation.
If you lose 20% after 5 or 6 years, it is still a great car.... Loved mine, but it was fiirst gen with 85 mile range brand new. So i was getting 60 miles after 8 years or so.@@Plisken65
"Brake" fluid
@@cobra1653I thought he meant beer or something
Are you serious? No maintenance? Why did you sell it? And what did you replace it with?
I love that Scotty doesn't mind making fun of his own laugh. Magnificent personality.
Or his editor is just brutal😂
He is awesome !!
I don't mind that Scotty isn't afraid to take on Tesla which Elon Musk fanatics worship as if that car was hand crafted by God. Heck they treat Musk like he's the next messiah. I'd be careful Scotty because the only thing saving us from him being the next president is the fact he was born in Africa. But he is that popular. More popular than Trump.
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the electric car has been very popular for decades on the golf course
😂 yeah, and you keep those electric carts plugged in all the time😂
there were electric cars BEFORE gas cars
🤣😅😆👍
If you take a trip over 200 miles, just tow a diesel generator behind the Tesla.
@@thinkingimpaired5663 my ICE vehicle doesn’t even get 200 miles. So... ...I should haul extra fuel tanks? I’m not sure where you are going with this?
I don't know why people like the no dashboard iPad style. Very inconvenient that you have to control everything in the pad without any physical buttons
Agreed!
You get used to it though, pretty quickly
You have buttons on your phone too?
80% of the controls you set in your preferences, rest can be controlled by voice if you like. The toggles on the wheel some, like adjusting speed
I almost never touch the screen driving.
If all features of the Tesla would have a button you’d have 5000 buttons.
If you like some features on buttons you can actually buy and choose which controls you want to activate with said button
Yeah, nice, driving the car and control on the iPad and the phone. Good, good. Interfaces.
@@drakegao816 You are aware you drive it with a wheel and pedals right?
At least if You want to.
To control the temperature and destination You don’t need buttons 2024. Just say the temperature you want and where you want to go and not fiddle with freakin ugly buttons.
I'm glad someone with some credibility (from Tennessee!!) came out to explain this without automatically disliking just because it's battery powered.
Love how Scotty is a multimillionaire because of CZcams, but is still so down to earth that he refuses to spend more than $3,000 on a car, and that was for his wife!
And THAT’S why we love Scotty!
Sorry, are you assuming he is a multimillionaire? is this an inside joke? lol
The trick is not spending that much on a vehiclein 2023 .
@@biggrocc19 It's not unreasonable to assume Scotty is making bank off of almost 6 million subscribers and 2.5 billion channel views. Similarly large youtubers are absolutely millionaires, but of course it can depend on the amount of sponsorship they take on and other factors
@@seanweber4252 Car CZcamsrs have high CPMs, he's def a millionaire at this point.
@@biggrocc19 Dunno, Scotty is worth $12,000,000.
the fact that you can't work on these yourself is a massive red flag to me. it's the nightmare of dealing with a dealership fixing your car but you absolutely have to go through them. so later on down the road they can charge whatever the hell they want and you have to deal with it.
You will have to deal with them eventually to replace your batteries.
This fact alone is why Tesla should be considered a tech company that happens to make cars. Their entire model is based significantly on the mobile hardware industry (subscription plans for features, software updates, prohibitive to DIY repair, etc).
I'm not a tesla fan but thats cus I don't like Elon and I need a sound system that makes it sound like a v8 then it would be fine. As far as working on a tesla is concerned there's not really much to do. Fill the wind shield fluid. Just wash it check the wipers and tires that TV tells you the rest. ET take me home for new battery. I don't havetoworrt though i don't got 90k for a used one
Convenience for loss of Kontrol -- typical.
Part of it is safety. The amount of electricity that it puts out is pretty insane. People would be getting electrocuted every week.
Love it how you always sound as happy as a dog with two tails regardless of the issue at hand. Keep up the good work!
Scotty, you are a great go to to get the best advice about cars. Utterly brilliant!
The term "negative equity" is hilarious. In reality, we call that "debt."
Heck, new cars are too expensive today. Keeping my Jeep Liberty I paid $1,000 for. I don't drive much, I'm retired so a tank of gas can last a month or two. When I run low, it takes 5 min to fuel up. Not bad.
its 2 different things. negative equity is when the debt is more than the value of the vehicle.
ssshhhhh she does not like the term debt so it's negative equity🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Not quite. She bought a car, didn’t pay for it in full. Traded the first car and owed more from the bank than she sold/traded it in for this car (-$15k) so she bankrolled this car AND what she still owed on the previous. THAT is how she ended up paying $60k for a $45k car. To each there own. I guess that’s why my Jeep has 232k miles.
Not the same thing
I love the way Scotty still calls it a “gas” pedal. “You step on the gas, away it goes, just like a rocket!”
Funniest thing was in his old electric Smart car video, he says "When you step on the gas- oh, well, there's no gas... when you step on the electricity I guess-"
Step on the "accelerator" not the gas pedal.
When you write an E-Mail you may cc: some people. Yet there is no carbon copy involved. Just an example.
@@juans6639 I'm never going to not call it a gas pedal. Electric cars are for carebears.
@@xscorpx lol
It's not like most families only have one car. Have a gas car for long trips and an electric car for daily stuff. So easy. Sounds like most people are just being difficult to be difficult. Thanks!
Definitely
I just bought my Tesla y and I’m so pleased with it. The technology is just mind blowing
Quality Control! Is horrible! He’s right about the imperfections! Especially since the car cost over $50,000.
Yeah, especially when it catches fire and you can't get the doors open LOL.😂
Somebody, please get this man an interior dash cam, we need him alive.
Quick get scotty out of there it's trying to eat him🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
DC batteries aren't renewable energy , It's All 🐂💩 , they couldn't sell cars in the 1920s and 30s at little to nothing costs you can't sell them today either
😂😂😂😂 good one
Thanks for another honest and helpful car-test video ! Bravo Mr K !
I rented a Tesla for a few months while my Audi was getting fixed and I never spent more than 10 min at a Supercharger. Usually those 10 min would give me around 100 miles of range or more and realistically how many people run more than 100 miles a day. Usually I'd go to either a Target with a Supercharger in the parking lot or a Publix Supermarket and plug it in while I went shopping so even when it did sit on the supercharger for a while, I didn't have to sit and wait.
If you need the charging network in order to make your EV useful as a daily driver, then EV is not for you. Charging network is only a supplement to home charging and never should be your main source of charging.
Once it becomes profitable to corporations, charging stations will magically start popping up everywhere in parking lots. Target, Walmart, Applebee's, etc. If they start putting charging stations in their parking lots, they'll be able to make extra profit charging people for electricity while they shop/eat. Gas stations as we know them will mostly disappear, you just charge your car wherever you're already going. And once it has corporate backing, money will magically be found for infrastructure improvements to handle the increased electricity load on the grid.
@@MafistoOU812See the BP deal?
''i rented a tesla while my audi was getting fixed'' lmao ironic
@@johnandersons I know several people who don't have a garage but own a Tesla. If you're talking about anything OTHER than a Tesla then I completely agree, you NEED a home charger, but Tesla has WORKING superchargers everywhere, so what's the problem?
As an engineer you should know there are moving parts. This means there has to be regular maintenance.
If it costs $6 to fill the battery ... she isn't buying her power in California
In CA you need to call the power comps to change your power plan. Once you do it’s way cheaper…
Yup. I live on Central Coast (PG&E) and it would be at least double that. ~ $12 to fully charge from close to empty
She got the smaller range battery. Plus most states like Cali have time of use rates you can program the charger to charge only off peak hours. Way cheaper.
@@jeffbrownme2 No you call the power company in CA they have a completely different plan for electric cars which is cheaper.
@@jeffbrownme2 I have a long range model Y dual motor. I’ve had it a 6 weeks already out 1700 miles on it and paid 140 in electronically in LA.
Wish I had a family member like you that would get me a used car that works at a reasonable price.
I understand the struggle. bring it in my man this hug is yours..
don't we all.
Listen to all his videos and follow his advice, you will do well. Get a used Toyota that isn't too fancy and take it for a pre-purchase inspection at a reputable mechanic.
@@paulhoskins7852 best advice given for this particular question, although “some” Toyotas everyone should stay away from. For instance, if you live in the rust belt, Toyota’s are notorious for Rusting esp body, and undercarriage! Good Luck 👍🏻
Man go and get one use your own brains i just got cheap reatta convertible under 3000
I love Scotty! So smart, experienced and energetic. When he starts talking and waving his hands, all the flies around him keep a wide birth 😂.
I will keep my new Corolla hatch (six speed) - thank you. Never had so much fun driving.
This is the best explanation of self driving cars I've ever heard.
Thanks Scotty, one of the best mechanics I have known. I watched a load of your videos, and they are superb. From my humble 28 years driving and owned quite a few cars, I have never bought a new one, because of depreciation, I've always take a RELIABLE and very experienced mechanic like your self when buying a car, researched its potentials and history, and always checked to see if parts, servicing insurance costs, etc has money set aside problems which may occur. Obviously people with huge incomes dont have to worry about these things. I worked with quite a few mechanics, who often buy a really cheap car that would last a year, or longer, then scrap it, get another, rather than pay lots of $$$s a month like a lot of people do, and if the car broke down early, no problem, not much lost. Thanks again Scotty.
every single car on the road is a used car - once people realize that (like you have) there is no reason to buy a new car vs used as long as you are the 2nd owner. most people who buy a new car look after it so being second owner is a great way to save a lot of money (must sue normal due diligence … inspection carfax and brand/model reliability research etc)
@@jonnyz5772 lots of people are going to be buying their cars from a lot which got it from a bank who repo'ed that car. Auto defaults are going to be high for the next few years as people overpaid for cars.
@@allenbaylus1912 is it safe to buy a repo? if the person cant make the payment, how can they afford maintenance? suppose another way to look at it, if they cant afford the payment, they cant afford gas, so probably not too many miles driven?
I am in Canada with snow storms. Many of the roads are rough and with pot holes, many of the streets have speed bumps. People with cars that have low clearance sometimes have damage on the underside. I know people with Tesla and sports cars. They spend a fortune fixing them from road damage. The big complaint I hear from owners who have a Tesla is the speed and available service. One man I know of had to wait about 3 months for parts to fix his Tesla.
A friend bought a new Honda CRV (2022) in January. The computer went out in February. It took 7 months for Honda to get a new computer to repair it.
I'm in East Texas where the roads stay smooth. Knew two guys that bought a Tesla to use in outside sales with both selling theirs after 18 to 20 months due to being at a service for 6 of those being repaired. Something went out 3 times so were taken in with them getting the car back 2 months later each time. They lost confidence in the brand and were irked when it took Tesla a few days to show up with loaner when they came for the car. They managed to sell them at market value since they included the charger they had installed at home.
Thye should sue the local government for not fixing the infra.
@@michaelmccafferty7341 so just one person?
I hear ya. Wouldn’t it be cheaper to switch to propane.
Scotty, thanks for the great review. I love to listen while watching your hand movements ! Great points on "Self Driving Cars"
CRASH ... BOOM ...OUCH . No Thank you.....
I’ve had my model 3 for over 3 years now and I love it. The only thing I’ve noticed is that due to the weight of the car, the tires do have to be changed more often. In my case my tires were pretty bald after 25 000 miles. FYI I have not had to supercharge my car once since I bought it. And I only have the standard 110 volt outlets. You get about 12% charge up overnight.
If your breaker panel is in the garage. Its literally like 60-120 dollars for the material to do it. 6-8 gauge wire, dual gang box oldwork, receptacle that fits your type of plug, 40-60amp dual pole breaker(id put in max allowed by car). Most times I just install them in new homes with left over scrap wire from the oven. I'm a licensed electrician in Texas.
What a joke. I don't even get to sleep long enough to charge a pos electric..... Full Ev's will not work. Hybrid is the only way to go.
@@1gbayfisherbut they do work.
@@1gbayfisher it's been working for me for 3 years so obviously they do work for some people.
@@krich106You are correct, an electrician can do that for like 300$
You are absolutely right about how bad it handles bumpy roads. My wife literally hates to sit in any Tesla car. We own lexus ES350 that handles bumps silky smooth and that is her baseline for comparison. Tesla failed absolutely in this area. I am going to try hyundai ev soon and hopefully they would have a better suspension for bumpy roads.
They're set up for handling evidently
I’ve got a 2020 dual motor Y and love it. It costs us about $45/month to charge and we drive about 50 miles a day. I spend far less time charging than people with gas cars do fuelling at the gas station. I come home and plug it in. Just a habit to get into. Yes we have 240 installed. Cost us $400 as the panel is in the garage. We drove from Vancouver Island to Toronto and back without any problem whatsoever. I love it, but there are issues, as there are with all cars. All in all they are great cars, and in their infancy. Only going to get better.
Reach out for your package ☝️
Very entertaining, and always informative. 👍
Good old Scotty, haven't seen one of his videos in a while, not completely retired. I really hate the lack of repair information, people need to be able to cheaply run older cars, the amount of energy and materials it takes to build a new car, we should be able to keep running them for a long time, being reliant on a solely manufacturer controlled repair/service sounds like bad news to me.
Did he say rear-wheel drive had disadvantages?
This is what so many of the EV folks don't understand. Those of us who maintain our simple old cars and motorcycles ourselves and drive/ride them for decades have less environmental impact than someone buying an expensive EV that requires a huge amount of energy and raw materials to produce. (My motorcycles are more than 20 yrs. old, too, all of which I bought in non-running condition.) 'Sustainability comes in many forms.
@@jiyushugi1085 You are correct. The least polluting vehicle is the one that already exists. You have to drive a new one for years to offset the environmental consequences of building it.
Estimates are that it takes about 5000 miles before an EV "catches up" with the environmental impact if an ICE car. After that, the EV is much better, even if its electric source is coal. There are now recycling companies that recycle the materials from used batteries, so the environmental impact of a new EV will be even less in the future.
Elon is brilliant but ignorant at the same time so it’s just another folly ! One of many foisted upon the brilliant American lol wait until his company finally goes bust after being charged for hazardous waste Dead Teslas Everywhere Maybe he can go to Mars ? I can think of many people I would send if I had to compile a list The emporers new clothes redux called “ this suit is called the Charlatan Mr Musk it’s a custom , too . I shudder to think how all of that’s going to turn out Is he killing the car assembly line method of manufacturing single-handedly when he hasn’t the capability to think of the economy of longevity
Hey Scott you opened my eyes to the truth about each brand of car and why the brand is reliable or not so thank you for your expertise I really appreciate you taking time to educate the me and the public.
He like one brand - it’s 20 year old Toyotas
@@jmo6722Sadly their quality is slowly sliding down…
@@jmo6722 to be fair he's not that far off basically everything built in the last 20 years has built with planned obsolescence and it all falls apart. Let me look at BMW rod bearing changes are now regular maintenance
Every time I watch one of Scotty's video, I'm reminded that the 1960's must have been pretty crazy :)
LOL! Absolutely. This is what it was like when you went to buy a car in the 1960s.
I don't know about elsewhere, but in California the Tesla supercharging stations charge A LOT more for electricity than at home. Like over $0.50 per kilowatt hour.
Everyone in California should drive one of these. Then, they can decide if they want to charge their car, or run the heat or A/C in the home at night.
Thanks Newsom...
Crazy that there's been less rolling blackouts than back when texas oil controlled Enron used to sell electricity to the California grid.
Genuinely asking since I am not knowledgeable about electricity. Is it because you cannot run too many 220 V appliances at once in your house or that the grid cannot handle such power consumption from everyone?
@@pinpon163 California’s power grid is failing now they have blackouts and are told to conserved energy by keeping your ac on 78 during the day and try to only run it at night
And less then or around 1% of the population owns a Tesla so imagine the power grid with everyone plugging in their Tesla when according to California they can’t handle the power now
@@pinpon163 Could be either, but I was referring to the grid.
The scary thing about the electric car is, of course, what's it going to be like out there when everybody's driving a vehicle that does 0-60 in less than 6 seconds?!
make that less than 3 seconds!
They can set it to a slower drive mode.
Worse; theyre nearly 2xs heavier.
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@@roberttyrrell2250 most EVs are not 2x heavier unless it’s a silly thing like the Hummer EV.
@@orishaeshu1084 You may want to google the wt of average gas sedan & avg EV. Ford truck is nearly dbl a standard pick up.
As mentioned by Scotty the Hummer is whopping 4.5 tons.
Theres a bigger wt diff if you want the 600ml batt as too 280ml batt.
Don't take my or Scotties word.
Really enjoy your videos. Keep up the great content.
Thank you so much for your posts!
I love my Model 3. I travel from Colorado Springs to VA all the time. Makes for such a nice inexpensive trip. Therse videos also make me miss home, I am originally from Southwest VA., Bristol.
LOL - It's like driving down the road with a kitchen countertop in front of you!
Same thing for the Saturn ION.
It takes a little getting used to. I still prefer the analog gauges in my 911 and M3 to the Tesla screen in the center. The sound system in the Tesla is very good. Better than my wife’s Mark Levinson stereo in her Lexus.
I'm a guy that likes both ends. Got a model 3 long range and want my next car to be a good old V8 Challenger. Sometimes I wanna feel the rumble, others I like the quietness... Both have the speed. I love the easiness that comes with the Tesla so far, have had it for like 2.5 years now. Brought it in to the dealer once to fix some upholstery and they were extremely efficient on all ends.
Scotty, you measure charge speed in miles per hour, not just time. For example, from your friends 110V extension cord, you may get 3-4 miles per hour. So if you stay say 3 hours you get 9-12 miles extra that allow you to reach a charger.
Some cars get more than 3-4 miles per hour.
As a software engineer this is the smartest take on self driving I have ever heard.
You meant Mcdonald's drive thru attendant with a side hustle of servicing old men in the bathrooms after hours? That's what you meant to say instead of software engineer. I bet all your clothes are just covered in sea man stains boy.
Zeroes and ones? Hella smart.
@@AlexanderBukh If he was so smart why'd he get busted beating dogs and kids?
@@jennyanydots2389 im not saying he is or isn't smart, i was sarcastic about his self driving software judgment, that's all.
also im unaware of that kids dogs situation, can you point me to it?
@@AlexanderBukh self-driving cars can't read people's mind, so he is smart to say that no human driver should be allowed in a self-driving road. Like for example, a self-driving car won't be able to read if a parked car wanted to enter the lane, or if a pedestrian wants to cross the road, that require the ability to read the pedestrian gaze/eye and body language as well as reading the condition of parked car and its occupant, which is out of the scope of a self-driving software.
One big disadvantage is the fact you have to take a Tesla to an authorized shop or dealer; Thus the bill is gonna be unfairly high. I'll just keep my old Prius C knowing almost anybody can fix it including myself.
Yes, but..... Tesla actually has VERY low repair and maintenance costs. And that's not an opinion, it's a fact easily confirmed by a comparison of warranty reserves expense reported the on quarterly earning statements of the major car manufacturers. On a per car basis, Ford and VW have the highest warranty repair and maintenance costs (as reflected in their warranty reserve expense) and Tesla the lowest. If that weren't enough, rental car companies are now saying the same thing. Hertz, which has a large fleet of Tesla cars, just came out and said at their last earnings conference that it is costing them much less to maintain a Tesla than any of their gasoline cars. So yeah, you can't take a Tesla to a third party to get it fixed, but on the other hand, that same Tesla is much less likely to need to be fixed in the first place.
Crash one and find out. Insurance in these parts higher for tesla than other cars including electric cars. Why, because so many are being wrecked and only tesla can fix them at teslas price. Rather than pass these charges to all insured drivers tesla drivers are paying more.
@@12voltvids Provide some data to back up your claim. How much, for example, does it cost on average to replace the right rear panel of a Tesla model Y performance as compared to a Mercedes E class? If you don't know then stop pretending your personal opinions are equivalent to facts.
@@normvanduker9999 exact opposite, high repair costs.
@@ralph02136 You say that, but opinions aren't facts and if you are confused about that, let me help you out. It is a fact that a manufacturer's warranty reserves as reported four times a year in their quarterly earnings statement is directly correlated with fleet repair and maintenance costs and it is a fact (Q3 earnings report) that Tesla has among the lowest warranty reserve costs in the industry. It is also a fact that Hertz announced in their third quarter conference call that their Tesla EVs cost substantially less to repair and maintain than their gasoline cars. But you say "exact opposite, high repair costs." Okay, fine. Perhaps you think actual auto industry financials are meaningless and also that you know more about auto maintenance and repair than Hertz rental car (which has a fleet of 424,000 cars including 100,000 Tesla model 3s). But do you actually have any data (facts) to back that up?
Good, practical advice. Thanks.
You can drive an X with the Falcon Wing doors open. I've done it in parades. It will give an annoying ringing sound complaining about it but you can do it. Amazing car. still getting new features via WiFi updates after almost 8 years.
🎉✊🏾It must be super awesome 😎 riding with Scotty! The look of pure happiness on the kids face 😊👍🏽in the back seat…priceless🎉
God Bless Scotty. Greetings from Germany 16:22 best part with the Spaceship :D
Front is like Looking at somebody’s kitchen counter 😂😂😂😂😂
That really had me😂😂😂
Hey Scotty, that Model X is low to the ground because of a setting in the menu. It has an air suspension that can lower and raise up.
Was not expecting this. Subscribed.
I love my TM3-LR, bad: my 2018 I had to re-grease the front suspension, body panel alignment, paint clear coat quality, FSD is still finicky/still in beta. The great over weighs these bad’s. It still surprises me how much it fits too, electric lawn mower fits easily.
Required car noise? We have 2017 Toyota 4cyl Camry SE Hybrid and that sucker is sneaky to the max. Its make 0 noise when its using its drive battery with the engine off in a parking lot like at the market. Changed the oil Pennzoil Platinum Ultra and air and filter from the Toyota Dealer part Dept.(per Scotty) Only 36,000 miles on it but changed the coolant just because it was a six years old. I take the back set out to vacuum. the batter blower motor filter and the one behind the glove compartment. At 25,000 miles just for the hell of it changed the wiper rubber and went to Costco and had them replace the tires with Mechlin Defenders. No problems of any sort very nice car driving mostly in southern Calif Beach communities. Exstremy nice ride and quiet.
The model 3 SR+ is an excellent vehicle and with the NEMA 14-50 plug at home and the Tesla Super Charger network it is a good EV option for many. Having had one for nearly 3 years and even doing multiple NYC to South Florida trips it’s been a true pleasure to own. From the buying experience, to the road ranger service, to the home charging, to the Super Charger network, and resale value it’s been a great deal. For day to day and even a 200 mile round trip weekend jaunt there’s zero stops for fuel. Not for everyone but the best all around EV at the moment.
I've had my Model 3 for two weeks now and love it! I'm excited that it has an LFP battery which should last for many more miles than the Lithium-Nickel-Cobolt batteries.
When you push the door handle in you to grab the part that sticks out to pull it open.
Scottie, I just traded in my 2015 Toyota Camry hybrid with almost 300,000 miles on it and picked up a model three performance 2019. I absolutely love the Tesla, I can’t say enough good things about it.
I've been waiting for this video thanks scottie
as always Scotty, you are right on the money!
If you are running the AC or heater you have to consider the batty drain too.
Yeah the AC is generally a non issue unless you're the type of person that regularly pushes the range to the absolute limit
Scotty, We got a model Y in May 2023. Prices had dropped and it qualified for $2,500 discount off purchase in Connecticut. It qualifies for $7,500 in tax rebate if we can jiggle our taxes. Just returned from a thousand mile road trip with no hassles charging. Day to day we recharge in our driveway. Connecticut paid for the install of our charger. What I especially like is the safety features when it's in autopilot. We're 75 and every assist is appreciated. Yes Elon has the personality of a middle schooler but there was a an army of engineers who did all the heavy lifting.
One thing I do know Scotty, you're the best.
Love the energy Scotty! If you don't have kids I'd actually recommend a PEV like a performance electric scooter. You can get a cheap gas car for long trips, large shopping trips, or bad weather days. You will save a lot more money than you would by buying a Tesla, and you will still have the flexibility offered by a gas car. PEV's use a tiny fraction of the power that an EV does. They can go 35+mph and travel up to 40ish miles. Plenty for most daily tasks, and they are more fun to ride. You also don't get stuck in rush hour traffic, you don't have to pay for parking, and you don't have to try to find a parking spot. Many times I can get where I'm going just as fast if not faster in a PEV due to these factors.
Excellent video. Not many others will tell you about all the flaws or trade offs of owning a Tesla. Thanks for the honest demonstrations.
I just don’t see the appeal
yeah, tesla owners all think that teslas are all perfect and have no drawbacks...i know because i have spoken to many of them. what they don't understand is if you need replacement parts it will take weeks or months for them to arrive, plus the only place that fixes teslas are the tesla dealers.
They're hotdog water. Electric cars are a farce.
Why do you think Scotty has so many subscribers, traditional cars have many flaws and break down a lot..
Yes there are drawbacks but the pros for most people FAR out weigh the cons. As much as people complain about gas prices small inconveniences like panel gaps and rough suspensions. Charging is only inconvenient for people who can’t charge at home.
Scotty, you are amazing ! Your knowledge, enthusiasm and humor make every video an adventure. You are certainly one of my favorite You Tubers. Keep it up.
You only charge when you're between 20 to 80 % so it take less much more then half the time to charge. You don't usually need that much distance to go for a full charge. Charge at night and don't think about it.
The first 50% charge is much faster than the last 50% charge.
Does that mean that the charging is primitive and does not boost the electric potential as pushing the juice into the battery becomes harder, but stays the same?
@@snorttroll4379 Batteries run at an approximately constant voltage (electric potential) that is close to independent of charge. The electrical evidence for the state of charge comes from the internal resistance of the battery, which increases as the battery discharges.
So the open circuit voltage of the battery is always the same, whether it's charged to 20%, 50%, 80%, or 100%. But the internal resistance is greater, the lower the state of charge. Battery state-of-charge monitoring depends on laboratory tests of its internal resistance as a function of state of charge, which they then can correlate to give you an estimate of the state of charge.
Love that Scotty didn’t come here and start comparing it to a Toyota. He is on point with the pros and cons. As an owner of both Toyota/Lexus & a Tesla, it’s definitely a give and take situation.
Great video thank you so much. Very informative. I like your style. Keep up the good work.
Entertaining! Watched it all!
I have a screen in the center of my dash and it doesn't control everything like the Tesla but I think moving ones eyes from forward view is kinda sketchy. Some new trucks have a heads up display which is way cool and has to be safer.
Agreed. The Toyota Yaris does the same thing and it just seems unnatural to have to turn your head in order to see what your speed is. The BMW Z8, an otherwise beautiful car, is the same.
I have 3 cars all with heads up displays (2 Mazda’s and 1 Honda) and I can tell you that heads up displays are awesome. Once you have one you don’t know how you lived without it. In the Mazda’s, the heads up display even notifies you if someone is in your blind spot, or if you are approaching a stop sign.
@@bghoody5665 Toyota yaris sedan before 2013 are crappy car. The newer version interior are way better.
Center display is a cheap way for manufactures to sell both LHD and RHD vehicles. Its obnoxious and unsafe. And you pretty much NEED autodrive lane assist and braking to do anything in a Tesla. On the more expensive models, like the S, there is a display in front of the steering wheel. But if you want to adjust the AC, or music, or literally anything else, you have to look at the center screen while you are driving! I mean, you could wait for a traffic light, but once upon a time, you could do all these things without looking, there were physical buttons and knobs. You could keep your eyes on the road.
Oh, and don’t get me started on what happens when that center screen goes out! You can drive it, but absolutely NO features! No AC! The signals don’t even work!!
Yip. I don't want to be looking to my right all the time. There must be a thing called TESLA NECK
Thanks for the ton of informative videos! Say hi to Clarksville for me, I used to live in Pleasant View 20 miles away.
My boss had a model x P90 and it was dope. I got to drive is a few times. Someone nailed it in a parking lot, so he claimed, it took months to repair a corner panel. Tesla did give him a model x or S to drive until it was fixed though.
I actually hope to get a loaner if and when my Tesla needs repairs (hopefully under warranty). I will drive that loaner everywhere lol.
Thank you Scotty. you helped me out a lot with your videos I saved at least thousands of dollars with your help!
Awesome content as usual
This is great Scotty. Thanks for doing this video. Though, I still think the three best makes of cars in the world right now are 1. Toyotas, 2. Teslas, 3. Hondas.
I have owned a 2021 X, now a 2022 X and a 2022 Y. The quality is far better since 2021, the X finally feels and looks luxurious and in my opinion hands down the best Tesla. 2022 and newer are extremely fast and much lighter. I’d love to see you drive a 2022 X or 2022 S.
The all wheel drive also comes with a larger battery and an extra motor.
Another great insight scotty, thank you so much. Your knowledgeable expertise is a blessing.. keep up the great work you do. Your and honest Master Mechanic.
I have known for about ten years that Hydrogen engines are being worked on by Toyota. They finally have their first Hydrogen car and it's amazing. I think building infrastructure for Hydrogen would be better than Electric charge stations and rebuilding the entire power grid. The Hydrogen Toyota also has a option for fueling at Home. It's expensive now but with time will come down. Like VHS 📼. 😅
So, everything dealing with hydrogen storage and distribution is ferociously expensive. Keeping the refuelling reservoir tanks cool costs more than the car costs per hour, and the production requirements alone are millions of dollars per day.
Transporting the hydrogen is simple by comparison, but storing large volumes requires liquid nitrogen or helium type materials, along with the storage medium that can compress hydrogen at high pressure. While the car can be $20k, there are often less than 50 cars sold, tested or available, because they are tethered to the distance of the refueling stations. A considerable amount of the problem is, Toyota gets tax exemptions for developing green energy subsidies pays for the expenditure, but it also pays for the expenses for their more successful cars ie the Prius and Hybrid cars. The billions of dollars sunk into hydrogen is why it appears to be cheap and efficient. It is, because it’s subsidised heavily. The driver isn’t paying for any of the cost of the fuel, because it would cost $1000/mile if there were no incentives. Most of the cost is storage of hydrogen. Production alone, isn’t a huge expense, but the storage is exceedingly expensive to make a room temperature fuel container that can operate in outdoor areas.
Love your content and your delivery of it…. Keep up the good work and the laughing donkey cameos!
9:22 - "with more mass" that could also lead to more electricity gained by regen braking. So even if the car is super heavy, the amount gained back from regen braking offsets that weight. Not 100% obviously, but to a considerable margin.
My Toyota Hylander Hybrid has three electric motors. It also projects the speed onto the windshield. It reads the speed limit signs and even shows your set speed when using cruise control. This is all on the projected image on the windshield. It even has autonomous cruise control.
Damn! Another development where I can't tell the cop that "I didn't see any speed limit sign between there and here" He'll just tell me that my Toyota would have set the speed for me.
my Toyota Highlander has NO electric motors, that's what i like about it.
@@douglasscovil3447 How does it strart how does it cool the engine
@@douglasscovil3447 Does it have powered windows?
Your narration style is very unique and funny!
Scotty is the only mechanic i need 🎉
One of your better EV videos, balanced, and the viewer can make their own mind up
You had me at kitchen counter! Granite slab upgrade?
Scott, first off, big fan of your channel, secondly, I don't own an electric vehicle, but, I do own a plug-in hybrid vehicle with a 50 mile electric range. I plug in my vehicle, Toyota RAV 4, when I get home after driving around Los Angeles doing construction estimates. I have it programmed to start charging in the evening and through the night on a 110v volt charger. That charges the 50 miles in about 9 hours. The point I'm trying to make is that you don't often have to charge your car fully. That 50 mile range allows me to drive to a couple of jobsites every day with just a small amount of hybrid driving on the way home. I've only used a charging station twice and one time was just to ensure my car was compatible with the station. I think most people aren't going to be needing to charge fully all that often.
Love you Scotty, Love your show sir!
Scotty that was a great video as all of your are.
Greagt video Scotty. Replaced my 2019 X5 (25k miles - issues with starter and brakes already) with a 2022 Model Y Performance AWD today. The door handles are annoying and the no Apple CarPlay is infuriating but a pleasure to drive. The regen braking is awesome. Didnt touch the brake pedal all day. Worth a look if you got the budget for it.
you don't need CarPlay right as it has Apple Music built in. Well I guess the Apple Maps navigation part is missing.
Hi Scotty, I bought a 2007 Toyota Camry hybrid and after driving the hybrid and realizing how expensive the parts are to replace because it's a hybrid, I went back to a regular Camry I bought a 2020 Toyota Camry new I have now 48000 miles I only change the engine oil and filters I didn't even change the break pads yet even the tires are still good for probably 6 more months , when it comes to electric car like Tesla the question is how much it is going to cost you when something goes wrong with it because you have to go to Tesla to fix it ,you can't just go to a regular mechanic shop to fix it !!!
I'm done with electric cars, I went back to gasoline because of all hassle associated with electric cars and trucks ! No more for me , all the time I lost and over all expense.. done! I've learned my lesson and my " ELECTRIC CAR ANXIETY SYNDROME IS GONE " ... Happy days are here again !!
I agree. Maybe, justmaybe if you could buy one for $20,000.00 with a 250 mile range, I may just get one for a daily commuter. Maybe. Im not sure. But the backbone with me is always a gasoline vehicle.
doubt you had an EV
@@killakalli4775 Never cared for the "rich white boy" prices. I am a working person and I do not go to Starbucks.
@@johnkowalski5756 I see what you mean but I wouldn't call 28k "rich boy prices"...
I had 2 Priuses, 1 2021 Rav4 Hybrid AWD-Head on collision and survived and now a 2013 Ford C-Max Energy that is giving me 525 miles between fill ups. I paid $10,000 and then had $13,000 in repairs. Buggers at a Ford Dealership offered me $500 for a trade in toward a 2023 Lightning. NO THNKS! I will keep the Tundra 4WD 16 mpg average. There is a guy in Canada that will rebuild and electrify any Hummer for $125,000 that has a 750 mile range!
I see that you have to use a touchscreen for everything, it takes me back to when I worked at a Ford dealership. The Ford Escape came out with a touchscreen radio, here in northern Illinois it gets pretty cold. People were complaining that the touchscreen would not work when it's cold outside and it would take a very long time of the vehicle running with the heater on until they could work their radio. That is the first thing I thought of once I seen they have a touchscreen for everything on Tesla vehicles. However this was a long time ago so maybe it isn't a problem anymore
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So much more relaxing watching this guy at 3/4 speed. Makes him seem so much less nuts too
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To open the door grab the part that is pushed out when you push the back end in! Other than that solid review.
I would mention that the battery range goes down considerably on cold weather (32 and below). At 0 degrees my volt’s range about halved
I had a prius way back when they were new and his. It was front wheel drive, 🛞 and I figured good in snow. Heck NO!!!! If you were going slow and snow was accumulated, you were spinning wheels 🎡 on 2.inches snow on off ramp😢😢😢 stuck!!.... I sold it. I have 3 v8s now 😅
I would like hear Scotty's take on Aptera lol.
Scotty would drive 🚗 a hand crank model A, if he was younger and could turn it over 🤷😉 Great video 📹 Scotty 👍😎
Cold weather you will have a hard time to get a full change . Electric cars like all car’s mileage is based on a flat road . Hill wil reduce your mileage .
Also worked with a video technician that was fully involved with technology and he bought a Tesla ,had a great deal from a dealership that wasn't Tesla. They got it on a trade in. He had a crappy Subaru. The Tesla was amazing,, looking. He went back to the dealership and got his Subaru back.