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[SONNYDUT]

If you have issues, have Tesla take care of the warranty that arise before road trip. on the other hand, I do think your article is BS and you don't own a CT. Even your story is true, I still doult all you've said. I have no issues with my AWD, approaching 14k. I took it to Tahoe, Joshua Tree NP, Pismo Beach sand dune and multiple Vegas trip, enjoy every moment of it. I would live in it if I am single again. I will not travel in any other gas trucks/SUV/E-truck, unless I have to. My CT is the most comfortable and the most capable truck I have.

 

[OldDirtyRobot]

If a thread is started by a person who joined yesterday, I tend to give it little credit. They usually are woe is me, this truck sucks, the service center is mean, how can I start the buy back process, or my truck doesn't fit in my parking space and Tesla wont take it back (remember that one?).

I find that if you ignore those and the daily FUD post by Mini2nut things are pretty positive.

 

[Crissa]

If a thread is started by a person who joined yesterday, I tend to give it little credit. They usually are woe is me, this truck sucks, the service center is mean, how can I start the buy back process, or my truck doesn't fit in my parking space and Tesla wont take it back (remember that one?).

I find that if you ignore those and the daily FUD post by ... things are pretty positive.

A) they didn't join yesterday,
B) and later in the thread said they were posting tongue-in-cheek;
C) calling out someone for posting links to things isn't cool. We're not going to like all the news;
D) lighten up and let the thread die.

-Crissa

 

[Jack27]

A) they didn't join yesterday,
B) and later in the thread said they were posting tongue-in-cheek;
C) calling out someone for posting links to things isn't cool. We're not going to like all the news;
D) lighten up and let the thread die.

-Crissa

What dude? You called out a guy yesterday for posting a link to some shit artist ?

 

[Crissa]

What dude? You called out a guy yesterday for posting a link to some shit artist ?

You called them out in a thread they're not even in, I just replied to someone! ? Neener!

-Crissa

 

[koolio]

I purchased the full DIY kit from Tesbros, which is black matte, and it fully supports wrapping the edges. I have been watching their videos for months before taking this project on. I found that doing the front bumper (after completely removing it mind you), on two padded saw horses inside my house helped me learn how to work with the material, which is EXTREMELY forgiving to my surprise.

PPF is basically a very strong polymer (my guess) with an extremely smooth surface that literally stuck to metal like it had glue on it, even though it does not or seems to not have any type of adhesive. The secret is to remove 100% traces of dust, dirt, and especially oil from the surfaces before following the wet method Tesbros shows you how to do, and then some. I sometimes spent 2 hours cleaning just one panel (like a door). By that, I mean you cannot over-spray the surfaces, i.e., the stainless steel surface, the back side of the PPF, the front side of the PPF, and anything near the area you are working on.

I also learned, as they suggest, that you only need to tack or guide the top edge precisely before you very gently remove the excess water center-out and down, as I call it, in multiple passes. The less water you remove on the first few passes, the less work you'll have to do later when you get into the final passes. That is the best way to explain it.

Overall, I was surprised at how quickly I became very good at applying the PPF to the truck. The most difficult panels in my opinion are the rear-quarter panels because you need three people, two of hold the left and right edges, while you guide the application of the PPF to the panel and once tacked along the top edge, you don't need the other two people anymore.

Wrapping the edges is actually quite easy as long as you move slowly and do it in two-passes. First pass with heat, to make the 90 degree bend along the 1mm edge of the panel, up to maybe six linear inches along the panel. Then, you go back with minimal heat and wrap the second 90 degrees, which works well because the PPF is already sticking to the 1mm thick edge at this point. The surface has to be totally dry for this to work also, which was initially very confusing to me.

After you wrap the edges, you check them a day later before driving or getting the truck wet, so you know if you got them all correctly. I ended up trimming one edge under the front bumper panel because I went too high when I had the bumper removed because I did not know exactly how to line up the top edge with their inside corner cuts. The good news I now know well enough is you can remove the PPF as often as you want provided it is 100% wet with slip solution before you remove the water with the squeegee on the first pass. It seems like you can move it around forever as long as the film of water under it is there, but as soon as you start to remove the water it is nearly impossible to move the film around.

Also, do not stretch the PPF while removing the water under the film, as there is no need to stretch it since their cuts are perfectly measured out. It seems they spent a lot of time perfecting their precut PPF kit, at least in my experience. The entire time I was doing the work, I kept thinking about how many times they must have measured, cut, tested, and adjusted their final cut to get it to this point.

Their kit is 100% complete with dozens of things in the box you might never think of using, yet fully included, along with extra things just in case. If you visit their site and read, you will see how to handle all sorts of questions and concerns.

I apologize for posting a long reply; this probably belongs somewhere in another thread. Let's see what happens. I may have to copy/paste if I am breaking a rule here.

Thank you for the detailed answer! Super helpful…and makes me seriously consider doing the same. I may ask you some questions in the future!

I’ve applied Ppf before but they were small pieces (on the rear lower door on model Y and some small pieces on the gas tank of my motorcycles). So have some experience but not a lot

 

[REM]

Wow. save that video and turn it over to the cops.

I have dozens of these incidents; probably 99% of them have been staring at the truck and fixating so much that they drift towards it. One insane person tried to actually ram me on the interstate in GA a while back.

Pro tip: save the footage and email it to the cops in that area + all the major insurance providers and ask "is this your customer"?

 

[BlueLightning]

Sound about right? Or should I just run it and say " I did pay 108k for one of the most sophisticated trucks in the world more capable than anything else and it should be fine." I am going with the later but for those of you who post positives, thanks for those.

Awesome. Can’t wait till next year this time when I can take delivery of a 2024 Foundation with 18k miles for $65k…going to be awesome and worth the wait!

Just have to get past all the dealers fluff.

 

[Zantosh76]

weird way to start a conversation but here it goes. I get to take another road trip in the CT. Look forward to it. I keep reading these forums looking for upgrades, ideas and general topics but soooo many are negative. I am also on other media sources and they too are doom and gloom. I am terrified I will hit a snow flake or something stupid, blow out the front, heater will in turn quit and turn the cab into a deep freeze killing my batteries and trapping me like a frozen burrito. Meanwhile the wheels will fall off, bumpers and window wiper. When I do not think I can take any more I can escape because the cab has rusted through and the glass popped out. Not to worry though, both motors will have quite before I got far and the controller will catch fire on the way to a charger because I have a 90 mile range. Thank god Tesla will have it repaired in 3-4 years. At my expense of course. Sound about right? Or should I just run it and say " I did pay 108k for one of the most sophisticated trucks in the world more capable than anything else and it should be fine." I am going with the later but for those of you who post positives, thanks for those.

I got my trucky in April and it's now over 6 months. I warped a panel by reversing into my fence post because I wasn't used to the rear steering. It cost me $2500 to replace it, which is way cheaper than if it were a regular car. That was one experience.

Then with FSD, I've practically stopped driving. It has been fine and no issues.

A/C is working, it was noisy but is a lot better now. To be honest it's not loud but because the car is so quiet, you can hear the fan blow.

On many mornings lately, it's been iced over, but I just turn on the cabin heaters ten mins before heading out and it's fine - wiper wipes it off.

Wiper is a weird one - it works fine but it has an elbow in the middle. Sometimes that elbow will bend slightly and the blade won't touch the glass. It's easy to resolve - open your window and just lift the tip of the blade, then the whole thing falls in place and works fine.

I did the bar keepers friend once and it's been great since. No rust, no issues.

My kids keep trashing the inside but it cleans up super easy so it's still nice.

Look - it's a nice truck. Don't be stupid and you'll be fine.

 

[cyberjeff25]

This cyberbeast is the best all around vehicle I have ever owned. Period. I am a car nut- I own Porsche sports cars and sedans and a Ferrari 296 GTB - 2023, I owned a 2023 Porsche panamera that cost me $160,000. Took delivery of the cyberbeast because I wanted to play with it for a few months - and expected I would find it was more a toy than a real vehicle. Within a month - I found this was an amazing vehicle and is a qusntum leap in automotive design and functions. In fact- two months after the CT was brought home - my wife and I found we never drove our Panamera - ever. I sold it for $108,000 and took a huge loss but it was worthless to me given we never used it any longer.

Tesla has been reliable in terms of delivering the options promised and making any updates on software or hardware.

I have my little complaints / like the car needs a drivers heads up display, adjust this annoying “strike” problem, but generally it works better than expected.

my guess is that most of these failure you read about on this forum are from the owners abusing the truck.

 

[panpan101]

weird way to start a conversation but here it goes. I get to take another road trip in the CT. Look forward to it. I keep reading these forums looking for upgrades, ideas and general topics but soooo many are negative. I am also on other media sources and they too are doom and gloom. I am terrified I will hit a snow flake or something stupid, blow out the front, heater will in turn quit and turn the cab into a deep freeze killing my batteries and trapping me like a frozen burrito. Meanwhile the wheels will fall off, bumpers and window wiper. When I do not think I can take any more I can escape because the cab has rusted through and the glass popped out. Not to worry though, both motors will have quite before I got far and the controller will catch fire on the way to a charger because I have a 90 mile range. Thank god Tesla will have it repaired in 3-4 years. At my expense of course. Sound about right? Or should I just run it and say " I did pay 108k for one of the most sophisticated trucks in the world more capable than anything else and it should be fine." I am going with the later but for those of you who post positives, thanks for those.

Great post. After reading thru the replies, it's apparent that many didn't get the sarcasm.

 

[BoiseCT]

weird way to start a conversation but here it goes. I get to take another road trip in the CT. Look forward to it. I keep reading these forums looking for upgrades, ideas and general topics but soooo many are negative. I am also on other media sources and they too are doom and gloom. I am terrified I will hit a snow flake or something stupid, blow out the front, heater will in turn quit and turn the cab into a deep freeze killing my batteries and trapping me like a frozen burrito. Meanwhile the wheels will fall off, bumpers and window wiper. When I do not think I can take any more I can escape because the cab has rusted through and the glass popped out. Not to worry though, both motors will have quite before I got far and the controller will catch fire on the way to a charger because I have a 90 mile range. Thank god Tesla will have it repaired in 3-4 years. At my expense of course. Sound about right? Or should I just run it and say " I did pay 108k for one of the most sophisticated trucks in the world more capable than anything else and it should be fine." I am going with the later but for those of you who post positives, thanks for those.

Turn off the internet and enjoy your truck.

 

[WHIZZARD OF OZ]

Over 13.5k miles on mine and have not had a single issue. Have towed things. Some mild off road adventures. Wash it all the time. Driven in temps over 120°F and below 5°F. Tires wear amazingly even. I could go on and on. The haters are going to hate. Yes there are some trucks that have had issues and some of this issues are silly and unfortunate.

Technically we all have a chance of dying at any moment but I don’t think we ever think about it.

Enjoy the truck. Enjoy the road trip. Live in the moment!

Keep the good 'SH!P' FLYIN'

 

[merkling]

weird way to start a conversation but here it goes. I get to take another road trip in the CT. Look forward to it. I keep reading these forums looking for upgrades, ideas and general topics but soooo many are negative. I am also on other media sources and they too are doom and gloom. I am terrified I will hit a snow flake or something stupid, blow out the front, heater will in turn quit and turn the cab into a deep freeze killing my batteries and trapping me like a frozen burrito. Meanwhile the wheels will fall off, bumpers and window wiper. When I do not think I can take any more I can escape because the cab has rusted through and the glass popped out. Not to worry though, both motors will have quite before I got far and the controller will catch fire on the way to a charger because I have a 90 mile range. Thank god Tesla will have it repaired in 3-4 years. At my expense of course. Sound about right? Or should I just run it and say " I did pay 108k for one of the most sophisticated trucks in the world more capable than anything else and it should be fine." I am going with the later but for those of you who post positives, thanks for those.

I have had mine for a couple months and LOVE IT! I live in Vermont and my CT handles the snow and cold no problem! It goes where I point it! Also loving the FSD - remarkable.

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