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My Son was an officer on the USS Scranton (SSN-756) and you have my thanks and respect. I was active on this forum years ago and replied to a question regarding reservations owners. Everyone on this forum until recently had reservations or an interest in the CT and were not owners.

Spoken as an ex-reservation owner and someone who followed CT closely. Look at the title of the topic. A CT owner would not the same outlook as a reservation holder who just said no to a bait an switch marketing ploy. You can go back to my comments five years ago. I was interested in a $60k...

For me cost was nearly double what I would pay for. But as a retired person who designed things I could tell they allowed the styling and omission of key features to force asinine design choices. Since the vehicle was not going to be an exoskeleton or have ballistic glass there was no reason...

Tesla spent years trying to figure out how to add wipers because it was an design afterthought and Elon was fixed on the external looks so a well for wipers was ruled out. I'm sure they had good intentions to make the CT with a structural body but, and this was mentioned in different teardowns...

Perhaps Tesla will rethink the electric pickup and design something more affordable and real world tested. CT was a mistake from its conception: Elon was fixed on his vision and he clearly is not qualified to do design or the child that suggested that a truck should look like the future. As it...

Yes, This is opposition to Elon. If Tesla were to ask Elon to step down then the animus towards Tesla and its customers/supporters would stop. It is just free speech and the inevitable consequences. We should celebrate such freedom until it taken away.

Price also affects affordability. I was expecting pricing to be close to what they advertised due to the advances of the 4680. I also imagine folks were going to cash in some of their TSLA to afford such a luxury truck but TSLA is currently doing poorly and not expected to recover until a year...

CT beta, like FSD beta: you pay a premium to test tesla development projects. If you have issues with the CT you should return the vehicle using lemon laws.

A defect that hasn't happened yet is known as a latent defect and is considered the worst type.

I agree. There are lots of treatments available. Brake rotors are wear parts and rust is not an issue as braking cleans rust. However, on a Tesla, if driven gently it could be days or weeks where the brakes are not engaged due to regenerative braking.

Stainless steel, if scratched, will instantly oxidize the chromium preventing future oxidation. however any iron residue from the key or tool will rust. Typically, when machining SS or during forming operations you can get surface iron and this can be removed. The passivation process uses...

I specified salt bath nitriding for a Cam that was showing signs of metallic spalling due to high contact stresses. What we needed was surface hardness around RC50-60 but the SS304 was ~RC20. There was an option to machine SS440C and then heat treat the part but this would lead to distortion...

CTs are not "sold out". There are many reservation holders but until they purchase a CT there is no sale. Tesla will convert some reservations into sales early but as the CT loses its novelty people will base purchasing decisions on more practical things like price, range, quality, cost of...

I think this is where FSD will work; when humans can't interfere.

As a human there are many times I anticipate human behavior including humans doing stupid things including speeding up and running red lights at nearly every intersection every day, not using turn signals, cutting corners, road rage, and distracted drivers. Reading the road is psychology as...

Had to look that up... Thanks for the ego boost: there is something worse than my poetry! I was thinking a rear wheel drive CT that came with road tires for urban drivers who gently, and comfortably, go from point A to B. I have a 21 MY and it is a great car but the suspension is brutal and...

I am behind the times regarding processors etc. but I recall the voltage for computer chips being ~3 volts, same for LEDs etc. I guess there is always some DC-DC converter involved with any supply voltage. I am curious about low voltage DC home standards as well because I really have a dislike...

I’ll wait for the heavily discounted series.

I doubt there is a boat mode. I have seen this video and the top gear video and somewhere Franz and an engineer mentioned that the rear SS panels contributed ~25% to the torsional rigidity. I had guessed 10% because, with the exception of the doors the SS trim and front fenders are attached...