Great Tesla Review

[epaul]

While I was in my extended car search mode, I watched (and read) lots and lots of car reviews. Consumer Reports, Edmunds, and Car and Driver were the basics (virtually memorized), but I also plumbed YouTube, which is full, full, full of car reviews.

Most Youtube reviews are just a quick promo drive with camera in a dealer supplied car (but they do allow you to get a nice sense of the visuals, exterior and interior). But, some are pretty good... and fun. And this guy was my favorite: "Mechanic Reviews a ...". I still watch some of his Youtubes as they pop up just because he is so fun, and good.

Below is a link to his review of the Tesla Model Y.

(in a nutshell: The technology is amazing and wonderful, the car itself is a cheaply and poorly built: Tesla, sell your wonderful technology to someone that knows how to build cars).

(his review of the car's interior is wonderful)
(and in every review I've watched, he has been very fair, even when critical)

[james]

I have been watching the "whompy wheels" lawsuit a bit lately. Wheels falling off because of dodgy steering or suspension components. It seems to be gathering a bit of momentum. Seems like it could cause quite a big stink.

www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-musk-steering-suspension/

I'll maybe watch the YT review tomorrow.

[epaul]

The first third is about Tesla's thermal exchange/heat pump system and is twice as long as it would need to be (maybe three times as long). If that part gets a little much, skip ahead to the next section

(ok, so it has a clever 8-way valve that allows several parts of the car to take advantage of the energy transfer that occurs between fluids of different temperatures, repeating that over and over for ten minutes doesn't add that much to the "aha!" department)

The fun stuff comes later in the review.