Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds
by jdpedrie on Monday June 04, 2018 @08:28PM
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Is there any concern around having a tank full of gas so old? Do you add a stabilizer to keep it from going stale?
Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds
by tw04 on Monday June 04, 2018 @10:22PM
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If you find non-oxygenated gas, that shouldn't be a problem. Ethanol based gas will go bad faster, and have issues starting in cold weather.
Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds
by brightball on Monday June 04, 2018 @08:30PM
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If it does run often enough to burn the fuel, the generator will actually turn on solely for that reason.
Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds
by kehshdjd on Monday June 04, 2018 @09:04PM
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His point is that gas spoils. It polymerizes creating a bunch of hunk that clogs the fuel lines
Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds
by URSpider94 on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:47PM
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This mostly happens in the presence of air. As long as the gas tank is tightly sealed, this isn’t an issue. I drive a BMW i3, I regularly have a tank of gas sloshing around for months with no issues.
All of the plug-in hybrids run maintenance cycles every month or so to ensure that the motor turns over and some fuel goes through the injectors.
Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds
by gaius on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @03:59AM
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His point is that gas spoils. It polymerizes creating a bunch of hunk that clogs the fuel lines
This is something that post-apocalypse fiction usually gets wrong. After a year you would probably not be able to grab any random abandoned car and drive it (even if the battery held charge)
Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds
by mnw21cam on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @05:10AM
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Yeah, and the old jeeps in Jurassic World have 20 year old batteries and 20 year old fuel, and a couple of kids got one of them working again.
Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds
by olivermarks on Monday June 04, 2018 @09:28PM
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would be a good idea to run a good fuel preserver in the gas
https://www.goldeagle.com/product/sta-bil-fuel-stabilizer/ (no affiliation, I just have old cars in storage)
Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds
by brightball on Monday June 04, 2018 @08:31PM
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This x1000. I’m in my 2nd used Volt and I’ll probably be driving one for the rest of my life. Such a fun car.
I finally got a 40 watt charger installed in my garage and will sometimes fully recharge 3 times in a day.
Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds
by zaroth on Monday June 04, 2018 @10:15PM
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> 40 watt charger
Didn’t realize there was a Volt RC car — I’m sure the kids love playing with it!
Re:Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds
by brightball on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:30PM
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Whoops :)
I think it's a great car, and when you think about it, it's a much better fit for the majority of people's lifestyles. My commute is short enough so that I rarely need to use gas. One tank has lasted me 3 months so far and I haven't even used half the tank yet. However, it's great knowing that I can use it when needed, and thus I never get "range anxiety".
Also, since the electric range on my Volt is 40 miles, I didn't need to install any special electrical equipment. I just charge it on a normal 110 volt outlet (I set the charging to 12 amps which is fine on this outlet because it's the only thing on it) and it easily charges overnight.
I really do think the Volt merges the best of both worlds, and while I do think that all-electric is the future, for the time-being a plug-in hybrid is really a better option for most people IMO.