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Mosely Y quality/finish issues. https://electrek.co/2020/03/26/tesla-model-y-detailer-paint-defects-brand-electric-suv/amp/

Stopped reading about 1/4 of the way through. We are not talking a year. We are talking 2-4 weeks is all that is needed and there is 2 months supply on hand. A month should not destroy a household and if it does, that is pour planning on their part financially.

Sport mode, regulate your foot pressure on the brake are 2 more.

The sloping hood reminds me of the mustang. And now that I am looking at it, the Hyundai hood symbol should not be on the hood.. it looks terrible on it.

AS/S can be disabled through forscan permanently or through a tuner or through the OBDII device that you can buy for $100. So there are options out there to disable it. Mine is disabled permanently in my 20 Explorer ST.

Ordering system with trims and specs leaked.. https://www.yahoo.com/autos/2021-ford-bronco-sport-trim-222400417.html two familiar EcoBoost engines appear up for order for now: The 1.5-liter three-cylinder and 2.0-liter four-cylinder, both with auto stop/start. In the Escape SE, the former mill produces 181 horsepower and 190 pound-feet of torque, the latter, 250 hp and 280 lb-ft. The eight-speed automatic is listed as the only transmission option, all-wheel drive listed as the only drivetrain. The Bronco Sport's 105.1-inch wheelbase is 1.6 inches shorter than the Escape's, and 1.4 inches shorter than that of the Jeep Cherokee. Seems the trim walk won't be distinguished by Ford's usual lettering system, the little rig adopting the names of national parks that Ford has trademarked. The screenshot shows a base model, then Badlands, Big Bend, and Outer Banks models, as well as a First Edition trim. The paint choice dropdown box lists ten colors, the same number as offered on the sibling Escape crossover and on the body-on-frame Bronco. They are: Alto Area 51, Blue Metallic, Cactus Gray, Carbonized Gray, Cyber Orange Metallic, Iconic Silver, Kodiak Brown, Oxford White, Rapid Red Metallic, and Shadow Black. The hues can be contrasted with a black or gray roof and two choices of 17-inch wheel wearing either 225/65 all-terrain tires, or 235/65 A/T rubber. The Escape offers wheel sizes up to 19 inches. Interior coverings comprise fabric seats with Active Orange or Area 51 accents, or Ebony leather on some trims. A dropdown menu for packages reveals a Badlands Package including exterior body-colored bumpers and door handles, dual-zone climate control, remote start, leather-wrapped steering wheel, heated front seats with four-way head restraints, MyFord Touch with six-speaker audio, and a reverse sensing system. The oddball feature on the list is a "Roof Conversion - Low Opening," which no one's figured out yet. Additional individual options include items like an electrochromic inside mirror, cargo management system, engine block heater, and Class II trailer tow package. On the Escape, that tow package is rated up to 3,500 pounds, but can only be optioned on the 2.0-liter four-cylinder.

Front and rear look good. Those creases would make me constantly question if I have a dent in the side. And that steering wheel is terrible, it looks HUGE.

Completely agree and I knew exactly why he was doing it. Just goes to show how unstable Tesla is. $800+ stock price a few weeks ago, now in the $400s. They use deposits to keep their business going. As many have said, ponzi scheme pure and simple. Will be really interesting to see what happens if this goes on for 4-6 months. Nationwide quarantine will happen in the next week once they announce the stimulus package so people don't freak completely. Just like gamestop (remaining open because they claim they are essential).... only because of their survival depends on it.. F the employees health and safety.

In no way shape or form is Tesla an "essential" business. So yes, it is a stupid comment. Musk should have shut down when he was told to. And why is he going till the 24? Just to build more cars!! Again, not worried about the employees, just concerned about him trying to make numbers.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/guid/2C692034-6A38-11EA-AFE6-3B7F98D26610 DETROIT — The National Transportation Safety Board says two drivers, Tesla and lax regulation of new partially automated driving systems are to blame for a fatal 2019 crash in Florida involving a Tesla on Autopilot. The NTSB, in a report issued Thursday, said the design of the Autopilot system contributed to the crash because it allowed the Tesla driver to avoid paying attention. Tesla TSLA+18.39% also failed to limit where Autopilot can be used, allowing drivers to activate it in areas it wasn’t designed for, the report said. More in the article that blames both.

What kind of stupid response is this? "Today’s update reinforces the company’s goal to comply with local mandates." Your goal is to comply? Your goal? How about you always comply with mandates period. Good job Tesla looking out for your employees over your lack of profit. NOT.

Have to make those 1st quarter numbers... Good old Tesla.. profits before safety.. oh wait.. profits? https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/tesla-vows-plant-workers-temperatures-115803414.html

San francisco is. Yet people are completely ignoring it in San Fran which is why the media is talking about it. That's the problem!! People just don't care about others.

So you think this is ok? People holding hands, running/jogging next to each other, breathing heavy, sweating? And no, quarantining is keeping you separate from everyone else.. staying home unless you have to buy some necessities. It is not going for a stroll down the coast, riding your scooter around or going for walks on a nice sunny day. STAY HOME! And let's not talk about these moron spring breakers....

Why would you be out of work? I just called my credit union, they are offering all vehicle loan customers 6 months no payments. If they can do it (non profit), these huge corporations (banks) taking in billions in profits can do it too. A few months of delayed payments when it is added to the end of the loan is not going to close banks. It isn't like we are asking for the loan to go away. The taxpayers bailed out all these slimy banks several years ago, there is zero reason they can't help by delaying payments. PS, Gov of NY just issued all mortgages and interest be deferred hauling payments. I expect more to follow. My wife just said, why defer if we can pay. My response was, you are absolutely right and we will pay BUT we need to prepare. Don't think about 2 weeks from now, think 6 months from now if it doesnt improve and that's why we need to prepare now.

I disagree. How many vehicles are on lots? There is plenty for people to buy if they need one. And how many people are buying $50,000 vehicles right now? How many banks are loaning money? How many people are committing to $500-$1,000 a month. My guess is very little.

Absolutely right. My kids are home for 3 weeks now for remote learning. Frankly, they are not going back to school this year. If we don't all shut down together for a month, it will be the same (worse) 3 weeks from now then today which means, there won't be school. No point in shutting down some and not all. San Francisco is under quarantine yet people were out running/jogging/walking.. on their scooters. How enraging!! People are not taking it seriously. I don't even want stimulus money.. how about all credit cards, mortgages, loan payments be suspended for 3 months, tack it on to the back of the loan and close us down. No bills due, no income is much easier to get us through, especially with unemployment (temporary). Anyways, I side tracked this enough. As you said, be safe all.

https://www.yahoo.com/autos/gm-ford-fca-agree-shut-181000375.html

Screwed? You got 225,000 miles on the trans. You are looking for a handout with 225,000 miles on the odometer?

Lamborghini is working on it.. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/billroberson/2019/09/06/what-are-supercapacitors-and-what-are-they-doing-in-lamborghinis-new-sin-supercar/amp/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tesla-factory-workers-company-still-153908210.html December a machine at the Fremont factory would break down about twice a day. And a former Model 3 assembly-line worker who left Tesla during the fourth quarter of last year said in the months before his departure, a machine that lifted wheel-well liners to the production line would break down four times a week, while a robot that inserted the Model 3's front seats broke down as many as five times in a single day. Those numbers are much higher than at a typical auto factory, which may go over a month between machine breakdowns, said Sandy Munro, the CEO of the manufacturing consulting firm Munro & Associates and a former Ford executive. "The machines almost never go down," he said. For Tesla, part of the problem may lie in a lack of maintenance. Tesla does not perform a lot of preventive maintenance on machines in the Fremont factory so that it can maximize production numbers, five current and former Tesla employees said. The lack of built-in maintenance time has meant repairs amount to Band-Aids, rather than long-term fixes, workers said. At Tesla, "they would measure their downtime in hours, if not days, per year, where Toyota would measure their downtime in minutes per year because Toyota would do preventive maintenance regularly." Quite the rEVolution over at Tesla.

Tesla execs summoned in China https://www.yahoo.com/news/tesla-got-hauled-chinese-government-095139993.html

Lincoln?

There are so many sc 5.0s being done by mod dealers, ford could easily throw that in for 700+HP.

https://www.yahoo.com/autos/jeep-gladiator-wrangler-recalled-clutch-204600200.html More than 33,000 of Jeep's popular Wrangler and Gladiator are being recalled to fix a problem with the clutch pressure plate. The recall involves 2018 through 2020 Wrangler SUVs and 2020 Gladiators with manual transmissions built between August 23, 2017, and February 13, 2020. Included are 29,818 Wranglers and 3419 Gladiators. A report published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says the clutch pressure plate could become overheated from friction, which could cause the pressure plate to fracture, which in turn could crack or fracture the transmission case. If that happened, heated "debris" could contact ignition sources and cause a fire. The fractured pressure plate could also cause "a loss of propulsion" or drivability, according to the NHTSA document. NHTSA said the driver could notice a burnt-clutch smell or could experience "excessive or abnormal" clutch-pedal travel; either could be a sign that the clutch is about to fail.