Changes to Models S and X allow them to travel longer without larger batteries

Re:Changes to Models S and X allow them to travel longer wit... by laumars on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @08:58AM (#19737852)

Sure, you can replace brake pads yourself. But few people want to do it; let alone are capable. Saying "significant sources of income are therefore shrunk" significantly overstates just how many people would do their maintenance work on that level.

I know people who have paid people to replace the bulbs on a car. My wife rarely even bothers to refill the washer and I can count on 1 hand the number of times she's checker her oil in the nearly 20 years of owning a car.

Most people either don't care how cars work, don't have the technical capabilities to fix their own car or simply don't want to.

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Re:Changes to Models S and X allow them to travel longer wit... by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @09:58AM (#19738369)

>I know people who have paid people to replace the bulbs on a car.

To be fair most newer cars need a fair amount of front bodywork pulled to change a bulb and most crossovers require pulling tail light housings which can be kind of intimidating for someone who's never done anything more than changed windshield wipers.

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