Why You Should NOT Buy a Tesla!
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- In this video, Chandler explains some of the glaring negatives of owning a Tesla. He also talks about why a good chunk of the population should not buy one!
Chandler has been investing in real estate for the last eight years. He currently owns 114 units of rental real estate and 73 storage units. Chandler has used his active income to create a passive income and his passive income to purchase the fun stuff. One of those fun purchases was the Tesla model 3 performance. In this video, Chandler shares why some people should not buy a Tesla. He talks about a lot of the little corks of owning a Tesla but then specifically talks about the major issues with battery life and charging. Chandler shares an experience where his battery was draining 3 to 4 times faster then what the the battery life the car said it would hold. This video breaks down why a Tesla is definitely not for the average family. Teslas are incredible but this video helps you understand why you should not buy it as your daily driver.
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Thanks for keeping it real, I've seen Tesla's driving so slow on the highway trying to conserve range. These fanboys on here acting like a 2-3 year old car is ancient. I'm sorry but you shouldn't be having all these issues on a car that new. I had a Model Y loaner for 2 days and the estimated range on the screen was inaccurate. I found a EV Go charger That saved me because otherwise I'd have to have it towed. I'm not buying one till the range gets over 400-500, otherwise it doesn't make sense.
Preach!
@CYA Thanks for posting this. I'm waiting for either 400 + range or solid state battery. Not an Apple fanatic but I bet they'll have either 400 range or a solid state battery just to make some noise with their first vehicle coming out.
Yes is true it also take 24 hours to charge with 110 is like 2 miles per hour u have to pay for fast charge and the range is inaccurate also on the y model too if u drive 60 and above it will drain u battery so fast and to top it of be careful with parts u order if u get the wrong one they won’t exchange it or return u have to buy it again maybe in 6 more years it be better
Lmao I only want one for daily driver around my city
Cyber truck has 500 miles of range and is 10x tougher and more advanced than any of its competition, in the beginning I bet gas stations were scarce as well.
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Tesla owner in Minnesota here: Cold weather issues are real with these cars. Not just range, but iced wipers and windshield, ice and road grime covering cameras and sensors. I really wonder sometimes if the designers have ever been anywhere but California.
Move to Florida and take me from Canada as we have the same accent.
Same my dad said hell buy one when the range gets better along with the technology
yeah theyre poorly made in mexico
All car's struggle with these things, the battery efficiency is less but that's been clearly documented for all batteries. Move to a warmer place if you can't handle the winter weather!
@@mikeabob found the fanboi
The fact that you paid $70,000 for this car and you have fit and finish issues is insane. Much less the other things that are wrong with it.
I just bought an extended range 2022 I paid 57,000 out the door so 70 is not the correct price
@@marvmoder8628 As a senior on social security even a 57k auto is out of my range and always will be. These idiots in D.C. have no concept of how things are in the America most of us live in. Besides any intelligent and rational individual knows that the infrastructure is not in place and won't be for years to come. This woke crowd is detached from reality.
@@josephlewis7443 We all have a right to her own opinion, have a good day
Hmmm...No mention of battery pack replacement cost at $16-25k at warranty experation? That's HUGE! Rich toy🙄
@@rolanddanford512 The woke leftist elites in D. C. are living in a fantasy world. There is no way we are getting off fossil fuels. Most everything we use today' including the keyboard I'm typing on, is made from crude. They are pushing an agenda that will see the modern world collapse.
I agree with you. I wish I saw this review before buying my 2022 Tesla 3. It picked it up new on 2-22-22. I received a text to pick up my new car at 4pm. I arrive at the customer center on time and I was notified it’s not ready for “quality control “ inspection. While we wait, I ask if we can test drive a model 3. We took it out and I fell in love with the car. Quiet, sporty, fun, responsive…cool! I get a text saying my car is ready for pick up. I have my checklist in hand and my brother in law in tow to inspect the car. Immediately, I can see the driver side window is not flush to the side of the car. I can actually see the inside of the car from the outside. I can pass my check sheet thru the gap. I see scratches and chips in the paint (it’s a new car off the assembly line). All this an not one Tesla employee to be found. I have to push the “accept” button on the app to get into the car to get the key. Well that was a big mistake. I go back to the office and inform them this car has so many flaws. He said since I pushed “accept” I would have to take it in to get scheduled for maintenance. I haven’t had even driven the car off the lot. He also said if you refuse this car it will take two months to get a replacement. If you don’t like the second one, we will cancel your order. I take the car and decide it will be faster for them to fix it than wait for a second one ( the second one could be worse than the first one). Fast forward to March 14, 2022. I take it to the service center center to have the window fixed and a whistling sound on the passenger side and the paint and fit and finish issues with the car. The two hour fix became four hours then overnight. They did offer a Uber voucher(non explanation how to use it) and a loaner car only offered when they had to close the shop for the night. And the loaner car was filthy. The next day the repairs were completed except the paint issues, that’s another appointment. To add insult to injury the technician that fixed my car wore greasy pants and got it on my new white seats. And get this……I get home open my trunk to find trash from all the packaging of the replacement parts and a tool left in my car. How unprofessional. I’m not impressed with the customer service, fit and finish and quality of the car. If anyone is thinking about buying a Tesla, don’t. It’s not worth the hassle and frustration. Take your money elsewhere. Tesla doesn’t care, they just want your time and money.
Moral of the story: Living in Idaho is the problem.
Millions of people love in areas as cold or colder than Idaho lol
No tesla's give cancer and no one else talks about the battery in the cold but the stupid government wants us all to have electric cars that give cancer, the future is in synthetic fuel not electric.
@@rogerford6959 cancer? I'm not so sure about that one man. I mean yea electric cars have their issues, but you do understand they are just batteries and electric motors right? I mean you probably have no less than 10 to 20 probably more batteries and electric motors in your house already lol
@@bradyb2233 electric frequencies and all the electricity passing through your body and around causes cancer, its like sleeping in a power plant.
@@rogerford6959 Sounds like you're a well researched person. Could you tell me the side effects of all the electricity passing through all the walls of your house 24/7, and how those are somehow different?
Make sure your permissions are set to "Always" and not "While in app" for the doors being locked issue.
or buy a normal car and just open the fucking door
@@swaggais1 my normal car (along with most normal cars) unlocks automatically with a key fob idk about you thou
Or just buy a Tesla fob like I did for $150 and have my phone in a pinch. I have 3 keys and my phone. Name another car that the apps works perfectly..wait none of them!
@@keith78111 oversimplification leads to overcomplicated, why invent something that replaces something that never needed to be replaced. Lose your phone and fob and then what?
@@swaggais1 ok boomer
Thank you for telling me about the way the cold affects the battery life. Makes perfect sense. I'm in Canada and I have seen a few people talk about being stranded on a highway in the middle of a blizzard because there is no charging stations and no way to charge it. One couple was talking about having to leave a generator in their trunk because of it. A diesel generator in your trunk so you can charge your freaking car.. Seems like the entire point of buying an electric vehicle just blew out the trunk to me.
The elephant in the room that no one will talk about is the electric grid that the charging stations are tied to. Children think that electric power just magically appears from the wall. If this is not addressed up front then they are absolute idiots or they are lying on purpose. You can decide which it is.
Btw it's better in the cold but the heat used is what makes it less
@@lavaphoenix753 Batteries do not perform better in the cold. If you are not cycling them you can get a short recovery by exposing them to cold temps. But that is lost when putting them under load at the same cold temps. It only applies when going to moderate temps from a cold environment such as a freezer. At that the gain is short lived and temporary at best.
@@josephlewis7443 on a tesla it does
@@lavaphoenix753 A Tesla is a luxury item and a fad. Rich people can afford to buy them. Since Biden came to power it takes everything I bring in every month just to make ends meet. I drive a marginal "preowned" vehicle. I was planning to replace it with a "more reliable" preowned vehicle Biden's economic strategy ruined that plan.
I can't remember the details, but I believe the car heats the battery in cold weather for optimal charging, and with the low voltage charger, it would probably not be enough to provide heat the battery and increase the charge level.
Also, one of the things you need to remember about your electric car, especially in cold weather, it also uses electricity to heat the car. So if you are driving in freezing weather and you're keeping the interior comfortable, it may not have the same range as presented on the screen. I'm curious if the mileage calculation by the car's software does that sort of calculation to establish the correct range.
NOW YOU ARE A THINKER...OBVIOUSLY IT DOES NOT. THEY COULD CORRECT FOR THIS IF THEY HAD FOLKS LIKE YOU ON THEIR TEAM! 👍
Bruh when he said the door ejects I was expecting the whole thing am to shoot away
Me to lmao
Like emergency exit on airplane? Lolz
😂😂😂😂🤪
Yeah... wtf
Omg me too lol
Thanks for telling us the truth. There are so many Tesla LOVE channels out there, it is very difficult to get the truth about what it's like to own one. I can't tell you how much I appreciate this video!
Rather isn't the truth these things never happen with my 2022 tesla every is perfect
Same
Indeed there are lot of TH-cam that do not say the truth, and people get burned into owning these electric toys. In long term, the ones that had one will influence at least a thousand people to stay out of it, then the reality will spread over and people will not buy it. It seems that the sales of tesla slowed down, the early testers got their fair share and majority of tesla owners will not buy a second one
My wife has a Model X and loves it. I have my own set of annoyances with the X but the range has never been an issue. I live in TX and it seems weather is a huge factor for range. 100% agree that a typical family with a Tesla also needs a gasoline/diesel vehicle available.
So what's the point of buying a Tesla when it hurts the environment more?
@@phiNjustin Sound system is top notch, extremely quick, fun to drive, technology is amazing, more convenient to never have to stop for gas, no oil changes, and it was only $100k 🤷♂️
@@jacobmills1982 Top notch enough to be burned alive in?
@@jacobmills1982 ONLY 100000?
Best park it outside of the garage, they make a nasty fire when they blow,,
This certainly is the best “real world” review of a TESLA I’ve seen in recent times..
I enjoyed your video VERY MUCH, thank you.
One does not “invest” in a depreciating asset.
he has a ferrari I don't think he cares
So you don't drive? What car goes up in value?
@@homertalk he's just stating that it's not an investment. Because when you invest your return is supposed to be greater than your initial "input". However I feel like a car is an investment because it does a variety of things for you like travel, transport things, and in many cases gives enjoyment.
so should i walk then
@@homertalk Lamborghini
Chandler, thank you for this video!. Your info and analysis is quite clear and objective. I am sure that all these issues will be fixed in the future, but it is important to let people know them. Warm regards from Mexico.
Yeah sure, just like all other problems with other cars have been fixed. There will always be problems because they are always changing things.
I got the M3 2022 and don’t have any of those issues - except the door handle thing.
By the 2nd issue re not unlocking, it's obvious that the tuber has put his tesla app into power saver mode, and that's why it's only unlocking immediately.
Tuber lost all credibility and had to stop watching it as he is an idiot
The fit and finish issues have been a day one problem and they're still an issue.
If that particular issue is ever fixed, it'll be due to competition because as he even said, he would have bought it regardless.
The part about not driving in the cold is interesting.
As a child, I remember placing batteries in the freezer to "recharge" them. It actually did seems to prolong the life of the battery. Now, I know Tesla car batteries are different from the AA batteries I was putting in the freezer back in the day...but it's still interesting that cold would help one battery, but hurt the other.
all lithium batteries absolutely suck in the cold. Think about your phone. When I go skiing, the battery live gets cut in half if it's too exposed.
@@Hello_there_obi oh yeah, sure, the phone, like car battery has no isolation or something.
@@cythose4059 just look it up… and real world testimonials confirm it.
@@cythose4059 *insulation
I have a different brand EV and it's the same issue in the cold. People don't understand how much the cold impacts the range. Not to mention they have battery warmers for when it gets REALLY cold and the car is parked, which will drain the battery while just sitting there.
You are funny guy, but I enjoyed every minute of it!
- Are some of your issues fixed with SW updates over these 2 years? (such as using Bluetooth to open doors, range estimations depending on actual temperature and wind conditions?)
FYI, the manual door release runs no risk of harming the car anymore. It was fixed in a software update a long time ago so that it lowers the window. The only risk of it hurting the window is if the vehicle has no power, which is when you'll need to use the manual release anyways and you likely have bigger issues.
Thank you! Didn’t know this!
@@ChandlerDavidSmith Welcome! It’ll still give you the annoying alert obviously - but you don’t have to worry at least.
Plus you don’t know not to keep your app open to open the car. You need a video that shows all the crap you didn’t know that’s not wrong with the car!
Manual release does not lower window. Lowering window requires electrical action which manual release doesn’t do.
@@georgecox8142 this isn’t true. Not sure when it was changed, but it does lower my window on my ‘22
I’m assuming the permission are set up to “while using app” and not “always”
Hahaha that's good 😂😄😃
Is that the problem??
Yeah 100% and probably background app refresh isn’t on either
@@Luke77 Yup and was specifically turned off as these are set to on by default. Or battery save is on?!
I was going to say the same thing.
Moral of the story: don't buy it if you live in a place where it gets extremely cold and there are few chargers around. I just ordered a Model 3P last weekend and I'm in UT...not quite as cold as ID, but we have plenty of chargers around. Good info though, thanks for the great vid.
Moral of the story: he doesnt know shit about tesla.
@@cythose4059 cope
Do you drive the car correctly, do you use the generation effect by using the accelerator pedal as a brake at the same time?
As a guy from Canada where it also gets cold... I can absolutely agree with these issues.
If you get your speed over 60 mph and any cold below 35 f and the result is that you have to cut your range in half.
You must have an older version without the heat pump . Mine has the pump and my range only drops 10-15% . Still get 400KM+ in the winter
@@travisdemaria9027 What year did they start adding the heat pump?
@@zakeew "Upon the first deliveries of the Model Y in March 2020, the heat pump was among the major changes that Tesla had made from the Model 3. "
This is why I like to wait a few car generations before purchasing. I like to give the engineers plenty of time to work out the unknown bugs. The unknown bugs don't surface until there's a mass production to compile the most common defects.
Telsa been out for about a decade now, these things should’ve been worked out. They are trying to meet supply and demand so let’s be honest nothing will be perfect plus 1-2 out of every 100 cars will have issues. That’s every product that’s massed produced.
i think waiting is also beneficial because the price may go down aswell.
Exactly. The fanboys will keep minimizing these usability issues. Fact is, after a decade of manufacturing, this is not acceptable value. If this was a BMW, everyone would be rightly pissed. If it's a Tesla, it's acceptable. Trying to convince you that you are somehow not ready to accept new technology, is the argument Fanboys always make.
@@TheTastyMorsel Hey if a person has $$ to burn and willing to pay and be a early adapter, it's a free country!
Buy the car. drive it for a week. you wont regret it even with 2 times the bugs this video mention lol
I was looking at getting a 2017 Models S 100D you think that would have similar battery issues?
Do you have any updates for us? Cause I'm interested in a tesla but wanna know if these things have been fixed
I live in Indiana and 3 months out of the year we are below freezing more than we are above. This was a great video to give me some perspective.
I live in Canada it’s fricken cold up here, I still love my Tesla even with a few minor issues it presents.
Put valet mode on it when you hand it over to someone so they can’t accelerate hard or go fast
The unlock issue sounds like a phone issue. Are your phone settings configured so that the Tesla app cannot run in the background?
I just purchased a model y and I agree with the panel gap issues, although I’ve found that I’ve gotten excellent range sometimes above average although granted I live in Southern California and the cold isn’t an issue
I have a model 3 as my only car in Florida and have had none of these problems. I also have 30,000 miles on the car but Florida doesn't get cold and there are chargers everywhere. I've never had to use another car instead of my car even my 400+ mile road trips.
Any issues on your Tesla over the past 8 months? I’m looking to buy but still hesitant. I am also in Florida.
@@wesfactor197 do it. I have owned a m3 performance for the past two years. Its the best car Ive ever owned. We drove it to Asheville, NC from Fort Lauderdale and had no problems at all.
@@georgebutler6387 Hey. Do you home charge it? If so, what's the kw per hour charge from FPL?
@@jakethevulture Im not quite sure, but its about 6cents/kwh.
@@georgebutler6387 6 cents? haha ... think again
Let me buy it so Next Video: "Chandler Sold Me a Broken Tesla!"
And then I'll buy it from you so I can title my first video "meet Kevin sold me a broken tesla"
Hahaha let’s make this happen!!
Ahahaha
oh my HAHAHHAA
Haha will Chandler be in the trunk?
Awesome video. I'm looking for a model three now and this video helped me decide.
I have a model S, 2018 100D. My commute to work is 46 miles and going 75-80 MPH on the freeway, even in 32 degree freezing cold, 67 miles tick off my range for an efficiency rating of about 68% so my normal daily range starting at 272 miles, when I pull in my driveway at the end of the day, after about 8 miles of phantom drain, I still have about 130 miles of range left which isn't too bad.
Beautiful cars, but I'll stick with my Subaru for a bit longer. Once they've hit that 450 to 500 mi range, then it'll be worth it, all around. With my drive time and the cold climate I'm in, it sounds pretty sensible to wait, for the time being anyway. I've heard these gripes before, from other Tesla owners, so thanks for confirming and the heads up.
As a lover of ICE cars (especially German), I have to admit that no oil leaks, no tune ups, no transmission, fuel pump, coolant and other mechanical issues, is a very nice feature. The repairs on ICE cars is what helps car dealerships stay in business.
Which is why dealerships are doing everything they can to not sell you an electric model. Without a busy service department, a dealer cannot stay in business selling cars alone.
Just replaced my MB E-class with a 2021 performance Model 3. Zero regrets.
Good luck after 5 yrs of ownership trying to get parts from Tesla.
Meanwhile I can drive my 4runner 10 yrs and still get parts and maintain it properly myself.
@@migueralliart I hear you as I love my 2014 4 Runner. While I cannot predict the future for Tesla, you are correct about the Toyota 4 Runner.
I have spent some time thinking about what scams the dealerships will get to when electric cars are the norm. Its already started I think as they are talking about 10k service intervals on the KIA Niro --- why !!!
This is one reason I think people should be able to test drive the car and maybe keep it for awhile so they can experience the car before buying and also report issues back to Tesla so they can improve. I also think it's good for them to fix or work on coming up with a solution for all the problems you have mentioned. It would be great if they also upgraded your vehicle for free for the whatever problems as well being that you paid so much.
Great video, informative and pleasant. Keep up the great job
Thank you again.
Great video and appreciate the advice. I agree that this was a major issue, but the newer Tesla models now have an electric heating pump installed which took away some space for the front trunk, but overall I think was necessary especially for this major issue you were having.
I wonder if there is any info on the difference in efficiency of the “heat pump” compared to the resistive heating element? In my experience “heat pumps” are not great at delivering heat at high temperatures. It’s not the same as the heat pump in your house where you have the ground source loops to take advantage of the heat available from underground
Elon creeping in the window at the end had me rolling 😂😂
Me too!...I unexpectedly laughed out loud at that 😂😂
Tks for those information specially because I live in Massachusetts really cold 🥶.👏👏
Did things change with newer models? I have a 2022 Model Y Performance and my car is parked outside in the freezing temperatures and my car battery dropped by 1% after sitting out there for over 12 hours. Not plugged in either.
The unlock issue may be caused by your app permission settings. If you do not allow the app to run in the background it will behave exactly as you have seen; the unlock works if you open the app but is otherwise unreliable.
excuses excuses
@@shb2858 No I thought the same thing, you need to allow the app to run in the background, otherwise it won't
Also all you have to do when this happens is touch your phone to the pillar and it will unlock.. don’t even have to open the app to do it.
So tesla created a problem with a car that was never a problem to begin with
@@thatonehispanic7982 No. GOOGLE created this one. Originally all Android apps could run in the background. Android 7 added the RUN_IN_BACKGROUND permission, which was a tool to reduce power consumption by not running apps that had no need to run continuously. Back then, an app would ask for all the permissions it wanted at once when you installed it; and your only choices were to grant all the permissions or not use the app, so this had no immediate impact. But it laid the groundwork for things that COULD cause a problem.
Later, Google made an attempt to rein in malware apps by changing Android to ask for permissions one at a time. This makes it more of a nuisance to users to set up an app that asks for a lot of permissions, making it more likely you will notice a suspicious app. It allows you to use an app that wants a lot of permissions but still deny it the ability to use some of them. For example, you might install an app but deny it access to your contact list, which will keep it from spamming your friends. But it means that if you deny an app the ability to run in the background, you can get unexpected behavior. You can change the permissions that are granted to an app in Settings/Apps.
Finally, there is Adaptive Battery, which was added in Android 9. That can automatically turn off the ability of apps to run in the background if Android thinks they are using too much power, even if they were granted that ability by the permissions system. Adaptive Battery could make your Tesla unlock capability not work, or could make it shut off depending on the state of charge of your battery.
My dad daily drives a model 3 150 miles a day and he has no issues. I think it's you being in Idaho that is a big factor.
Definitely a big factor, 150 miles is still ridiculous when you supposedly have a 310 mile range though.
Ya but half the country sees cold temps? Not really a good business model that cuts off half the country from comfortable ownership lol
@@ChandlerDavidSmith - IMHO , the Performance model 3 was a POOR Choice , LONG RANGE is more Important than having a FAST car to Show off.
the Dual Motor Long Range has plenty of Performamnce and can still put many Sports cars to Shame.
@@markplott4820 Or get the 21 Model 3 with the heat pump.
@@markplott4820 it says on Tesla that the performance and long range have the same batter and same motor it’s just that the wheels are bigger so use more miles and it’s just a software thing to make the performance go faster then the long range so really I doesn’t mater you just have to get 18’ inch wheels to have the same rand as the long range
Hey bro question did you drive to pokatello to test that theory. Thanks for all the other info
i live in las vegas, and test drove a M3 standard rwd last week. i was considering it, i loved most of the car.
downfalls was the road noise....its pretty bad. i liked the tech and how it drove, but when i see videos like this i do wonder more if i should stick with hybrid. i have a 2022 hybrid now and its great. i wish a mainstream car maker had this kind of tech in their hybrids.
i dont road trip often, but when i do its often last minute....frustrating decisions.
I'm in Canada and have owned my 2020 3 for almost a year. I've never experienced any of these issues. sorry for your luck with yours.
I think some phones have problem while sharing same antenna for wi-fi and bluetooth. Try with the wi-fi off and tell if it worked.
Not even the issues with the battery in the cold?
@@gavinmurphy8905 even in the cold. Yes I do experience range loss from cold weather. But it is minimal. I have a home charger so it never comes up. I just go to leave in the morning with a full “tank”
@@gavinmurphy8905 Up the amperage on the charger, please check Tesla Bjørn's channel.
He just a complaint puzzy
Loved this video. Thanks. I’m still buying one though. I live in Nz. So the weather is much warmer. 👍
- He mentioned if you drive above 80MPH in cold weather, 200 miles on screen but acual 80mile range.
- Quality control seems not good since many ordering so Tesla try to push cars out of factory to customers
- when comparing gas money and Tesla pricest car, think how long will you keep the car, value after years and replace main battery for $10-20k.
For my opinion, Hybrid car is still a good option. Hybrid car now can get to 30-80MPG.
I live in Minnesota. I have no issues driving 118 miles one way to my son's house every weekend. Even when it's -20.
How much range do you have left at the end?
@@iKingRPG around 50 miles
For $70k you should be picky!
Preach!
Tesla model 3 is 30-40K
@@texasmama3084 the performance model 3 is still upwards of 70k to this day. Maybe your basic model 3 will cost around 40k but that’s about it.
Yet, he wasn't. Took him months he said to discover and that's not how inspections work: Tesla is known to fix issues when brought to their attention early and within days of taking possession
@@ChandlerDavidSmith-- did you just self-love your own comment? Cringe
the door release is not a problem its design on frameless door cars. its because the window rolls down when the door opens if it doesnt roll down and the door opens its fine but the problem comes if you close it because its raised to high. with the car on the window goes down even when the emergency latch is pulled. If the car was dead tho fully and you open the emergency latch check and see if the window rolled down if the window didnt roll down you cant close the door period or you will scratch the chrome trim mayb even shatter the window if slammed
I live in Minneapolis, MN and I have been trickle charging my Mustang Mach E with no issues while waiting for my level 2 charger to get installed.
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Bwa ha ha !
Lmao the ending was the best part lmao tooo funny. Thanks for sharing.
Is it the same for your range when it's really hot outside? It's been consistent 110 F where i live.
I've never had that problem with the Bluetooth connecting unless I sneak up on the car from behind. I usually just have to stand by the driver's side door!
For opening the door they should actually put the switch on the lever that everybody pulls !
I've seen a black electric tape to conceal the emergency handle, it's still to code and it works so far.
nah the button is better just gotta do it once to learn.
@@duncanaronstein7462 that's the problem every new person gets in the car has to LEARN how to do it, it should be instinctive
@@integra8502 lol nah you had to learn how to drive at one point didnt you? Just cause its been one way for a while doesn't mean that way is instinctive.
@@integra8502 why? The only way to make change its to TEACH people new ways to do it. Kind of like it was not instinctive to pay bills online at first. In the old days NETFLIX was derided for not offering a PHYSICAL copy of the DVD to play movies. CHANGE took time and now there is nobody making DVD's. NEW and BETTER tech needs to be taught to the ignorant masses not changed to placate the idiots.
Thanks for the honest video - Because that's exactly the stuff I also worry about and fight with buying a Tesla. We have a Car Sharing System with Tesla 3 in my town, so I regularly use them and even though I don't OWN them but just use them, I struggle with the exact same Issues. ESPECIALLY the range thing. When driving to a location, you shouldn't have to worry about how far away the next charger is and compare it with the range the car has left minus the range you lose from leaving it for x hours in the lot. That's just not worth 70.000 dollars.
Sure, you can ALWAYS argue that you can't leave an empty gasoline car in a parking lot either, but 1. the gasoline car doesn't run out of fuel by waiting in a parking lot and 2. the gasoline car , even when the reserve gas light is on, still manages 20-30 miles before really being empty which gives you plenty "real range" to find a gas station.
If you really want range go check out lucid man
You can actually drive the car below zero miles but is not condoned by Tesla. Your navigation system should be telling you when and where to charge if your using the in car navigation.
Also you need to check your settings you should not lose enough range to matter just being parked.
Our model 3 sets in the sun 8 to 9 hours the los is usually around 3%.
I mean u also have 30mi with a tesla
i live in atl most of the year it over 70. but your say i would need a 2nd car for the few days of winter?
The funniest part is at the end when he got startled when the steering wheel moved! HAHA This is a great video and I had NO idea about how the cold weather drains the battery and I live in the Northeast and the quality control... I am reconsidering a tesla!!
You could slide your tesla key card behind your phone in the phone case to take care of that pairing glitch. You'll always have it there just in case. And as far as range goes, just always plug it in before leaving for a trip. My MPG goes from 35 to 25 in the colder months in my gas powered car, so before long trips I fill up, because there aren't always gas stations in the rural areas I pass through. You just have to plan ahead regardless. The new heat pump increased cold weather efficiency by 3x so there's that too.
This doesn't come close to my laundry list of complaints with GM.
GM sucks
Got rid of my 18 Cadillac Escalade crap
Who told you to buy GM? I have 30 year old Japanese econobox and it's still running strong, very little issues over 30 years.
Chevy Silverado high country 2021 broken engine/transmission car in dealer for 35 days I’m getting a model 3 performance
Lol right!
2:12 The issue is with your device not tesla... if the car isnt opening and your bluethooth is turned on then its not in a search/ scan mode where as you would only need to restart the bluethooth
just one thing. if you do that swipe you close the app my friend. you remove the app from memory the app needs to be able to restart again to work. om my huawei p50 pro when i want to close app works that way
Beginners question: Is the cold actually zapping the battery or is it because when it's cold you turn on the heating more and that sucks the battery empty?
Both. Cold weather will make the Ion less active, and the current solution is warming up the battery, which costs electricity. Besides, using A/C in cold weather also costs a lot of electricity.
Model 3 owner - I've never had whatever issue you claim to be having with cell-phone entry.
Same my phone key works all the time but I am on android
I’d bet anything he has the app set to “Only enable while using app” instead of “Always”. The fact that it completely works 100% of the time as soon as he opens the app just makes it painfully obvious what the problem is. I’ve had mine for months and literally never had the doors not unlock a single time. 100% success rate so far and same goes for every single other model 3 owner I know. All he needs to do is fix his app settings, that he voluntarily set to not always be on, and the entire problem is fixed.
Read the owner's manual. It tells you that the Tesla App has to be on in the background for you to use your phone as a key.
I guess the heat pump makes a difference. I don't have this issue in my 2022LR drive 100 miles per day only charge to 70% and show 130-150miles remaining when I get home in the winter. All highway at 80-90mph some fun at 100+ :) Hitting traffic occasionally does slow it down sometimes to the 50-60mph range. Over all no complaints in the winter with a longer than normal commute. And I don't turn off anything when it's cold I keep the heat on and when it's hot I put on the AC. I'm not going to baby a car or be uncomfortable while driving what's the point of that?
Yes, the cold in the Achilles heel of all electric cars, but with the new heat pump on newer cars, range should do much better in the cold. May I ask, if the minor details were so frustrating and inferiorating, why have you not had Tesla take care of those things?
The guy just likes to compaint. Rich people problem🤣
I also find that things most people complain about… are easily fixed by the SD.
As a jeep owner I drove my model y and it felt kinda annoying I like feeling the road and each bump on the ground 😅 I didn’t like how soft it felt
I wonder if it brake down were would you take it to get work on tesla is always packed 🤔
New Model 3 and Y open door buttons are labeled now to show they are for the door
For the rubber part in the back, chandler you live in the cold. The fluctuation from cold to hot usually always messes with the way rubber functions. I’m from Michigan and I get the same problem with my escape, Grand Prix, grand Cherokee.
I live in Montreal. Never in my life have I ever had an issue with the rubber trim in any car I ever owned, even in my 1984 Ford Escort.
@@MrRoarkeFI okay? Just because you don’t have that issue doesn’t mean it isn’t a common problem.
And just because you have the issue, doesn’t make it a common problem, because trim issues really aren’t a common problem in most cars, except a Tesla it seems.
That gap Is probably from shutting the trunk with something blocking the passenger side, use something to block driver side and push the passenger side down a bit to slightly bend it back.
Awesome video and thank you for sharing your experience ❤❤👍🍺🍺💙
Or maybe just carry the keycard? Like every other card carry your key/fob, I’m pretty sure the Bluetooth thing or the selfdriving isn’t gonna work perfectly since it’s a new feature and it’s crazy enough that he made it happen so maybe don’t rely on new features until it’s perfected 🤷🏻♂️
If a car has a feature, it should work reliably. Don't know if it's his phone or the car. If it's his phone, that's not Tesla's fault. But if another phone has the same problem, that's unacceptable. Hopefully,a software update will fix it
Thanks for the info....I expected that battery would do something like you said...in the end, there is still an anxiety of not having enough mileage.
I think for the people who charge frequently and we don't do a lot of driving I won't have those issues. My job is right up the street. I still have a gas car for road trips. The Tesla is more of a daily. A person shouldn't have range anxiety in 2021 with literally everywhere you go it's a charger close by
UK Model 3 driver here. I knew we’d have problems in winter - but even I was surprised at just how fast the battery drained in the cold. Yeah, I love the car - but I wasn’t ready for that.
Good video. Electric cars don't do well in extreme cold that's for sure but a few things to note about this video. Tesla will take care of the gaps, seals and paint issues, so you need to really look over the car when you take delivery as these will be fixed for you, and this has improved over time. The issue with the phone is your security settings, I had the same problem until I figured that out. The reason I don't recommend Tesla's currently is simply because they are overpriced for what they are. There are lower cost alternatives now and even more coming out in the next few months. In my opinion the Model 3 is a $40,000 car not $62,000. They are fun to drive though, no one that has driven one can deny that.
aren't there newer model 3s that are $39,000 now
@@twinspikes Yes, I know I bought another one. With the tax rebate and solar it became a no brainer as far as cost. It's amazing how much things have changed in the last 5 months.
When you plugged your tesla in the first 20 minutes it is warming the battery then it will start charging when the battery is warm ...
Who the fuck wants to wait 20 minutes for something the just START charging. SMH
Kinda like the Instapot that takes 10minutes to build up pressure and THEN the 5 minute cook time starts
@@bradyb2233 no one. Telsas are complete pieces of shit with a tablet.🤣
@@bradyb2233 well it stays warm when you're driving... since he had to get his charger, the battery got really cold and it had to warm up
@@bradyb2233 even regular gas cars have to be warmed up in cold weather. It’s not a Tesla exclusive problem. If the temperatures are below freezing you have to leave your car warming for at least 10 to 20 minutes regardless if it’s gas powered If you want to prevent long-term wear and tear of driving with Cold oil
Hello hello nice videos love the content keep it up 👍
Thanks!
He should have done these video 2 months after he got the car,why tell people not to buy a car that has gone through series of repiars and updates.all the problems he mentioned are not a problem with my 2020 M3.he is misleading people big time.
Your thing about Bluetooth not opening the door? That's your phone's issue... Bluetooth relies on a handshake. Every now and then, your phnoe will do a ping to see if there are any new devices.
Cycling the bluetooth forces it to do a broadcast. Having the app open triggers a bluetooth request and -again- that causes a broadcast.
Try turning off any low power/power saving options.
In the end, it's the little thing's that drive you batty. If it's enough little things, then they combine to become a big thing. I don't personally own one, but I've talked to a lot of owners and 95% of them complain about the fit and finish. They still love the car and excuse those things, but, in my book, for $70K it should be perfect.
I have owned my 2015 model S for years now with only two issues which were completely taken care by Tesla. Those issues were a driver's side door handle and the touchscreen. Both were replaced for free at my home in about 30 minutes. Looks like you've got a lemon.
Thank you for sharing! You listed many of the reasons why I didn't want to buy a tesla the last couple of years. However I finally made the jump when they came out with the 2021 model. Here's to hoping many of the issues were fixed!
Love my Tesla3
The thing in the boot is crooked cus people were complaining that water could easily get in the trunk when opened so they put the thing to catch the water
Solve a problem with a other problem
I'm really impressed by this video, I just subscribed
Yeah he's right. The older Model 3s get beat in the winter. They don't have the heat pump which reduces range by 50% in cold weather. Otherwise the any newer models with a heat pump should be OK. I been having a model y for a year in chicago area and haven't had any issues in the winter. Newest models are extremely more efficient.
This video totally changed my mind about buying a Tesla, thanks for the warning!
My commute is 85 miles each way in the Seattle area so I was thinking about Tesla but my issue is I’m impulsive and like to get up and go. The charging would drive me crazy because I can fill up a gas car in 5 min anywhere
Thanks Chandler your video helped me decide between it and another car.
I’ve been driving Tesla’s since 2014 in Michigan. I’ve driven them all over the country. It gets pretty cold here in Michigan, too. When I’m not driving the car, it’s ALWAYS plugged in. Not a big deal. I learned early on that if it’s below freezing, subtract 20% for range loss. If it’s below 10 degrees F, subtract 30%. If it’s that cold AND you’re driving against the wind and snow, subtract 50%. I’ve never gotten stranded. I had a few close calls early on, but as time has gone by, there are now 10 times as many Supercharger locations now, so range anxiety is pretty much a non-issue. I’ve driven my 2016 Model S from Michigan to central Florida and vice versa with no problems. I’ve done it in as little as 22 hours in the winter. I guess you just have to be a little more aware and remember to plug the car in when not using it. Also, since my Tesla is a 2016 model, I still get free, unlimited Supercharging. So, I can do road trips basically for free.
When it's -40 you can subtract 60+% and double your charge time on a super charger
@@YourRedNeckNightmares who the fuck is living in those conditions 😭😭😭 at that point just stay in the damn house
@@YourRedNeckNightmares -40 celcius? Wow , thats very cold for a trip , yuo could die like an icecream palet
@@jmoneyyy2116 Canadians it literally goes from -40F/C to +45C/113F in my area
@@noway8233 -40C is the same in F
the only thing I kept looking at throughout the video was your longboard collection lol, I have 2 but now I’ve been inspired to do that longboard holder in the garage
OK I just bought one it sounds to me like the big issue is where you live the cold weather seems to really affect the battery I live in California with mini mini chargers I don’t think this will be an issue for me? I have a BMW also I agree with you I think it’s good to have two cars. So what I got from this video mainly is if I’m in extreme cold there’s gonna be a problem perhaps
Great video! I’ve got a brand new 22 model 3 and the issues are still the same. Would not recommend as your only daily!
It's because youre in cold weather. I'm having some of the same issues in the winter here in VA
Yes!
I am in Va also, our winters haven’t been very cold the past 2 yrs
2 years after this video and I just bought mine and I LOVE it.
I will say the body panel gaps are great
Have owned a SR+ M3 for a year now. Sure there were mild panel gaps here and there but nothing nearly as bad as the one he’s reviews which appears to be older (quality has gotten a lot better lately). Haven’t encountered most of the problems he’s talking about, and the ones that I have I had fixed at a service centre for free. The emergency handle on the inside isn’t gonna ruin your window trim, as long as the car has power the window still retracts even using the emergency door latch. As for the large power draw in the cold, it’s a limitation of resistance heating which tesla partly addressed with the introduction of a heatpump.
Awesome video. Excellent story telling I was hooked 😆
Chandler I was thinking paying one, but I thank you for your explanation. This is helps a lot.👍👍👍👍👍👍