SERIOUSLY OT: Calling all chicks! IT'S PART 6!!

[BLU CIVIC]

H-T still seems to be doing alright

[Killa_CRX]

I still lurk on a bunch of forums, but I only have stuff to share about once a year... Seems like I get to work on my car around August in the blazing heat and early February in the freezing cold.
And I never had much love at all for H-T. I spend most of my time on clubcivic and k20a.

House, daughter and wife take up most of the rest of any time and money I have. And we just found out child #2 has begun meiosis, due January 9th or thereabouts.

[TheSilentChamber]

[Killa_CRX]

And now I work for Tesla.

[BLU CIVIC]

[TheSilentChamber]

Originally Posted by Killa_CRX

And now I work for Tesla.

always knew you had an affinity to battery powered toys.

[TheSilentChamber]

Originally Posted by BLU CIVIC

[TheSilentChamber]

Originally Posted by amy@af

PS...did you guys know I had a beer with TSC like a month ago?!? Who knew? We are both real people?!?

That was you?!??

[TheSilentChamber]

Now to disappear again.... *poof*

[Killa_CRX]

Originally Posted by TheSilentChamber

always knew you had an affinity to battery powered toys.

Well, as quickly as it began, it's over again.
Left Tesla, went back to Lexus.

[BLU CIVIC]

¡que!

[BLU CIVIC]

¡que!

[Killa_CRX]

Originally Posted by BLU CIVIC

¡que!

It didn't take too long to learn Tesla didn't have their shit together enough for me to have confidence in staying with the company.

In two weeks, I replaced 4 drive motors, 3 batteries, and a whole array of failed/faulty components. Lots of amateur engineering, and quality control issues. Considering there are only around 1000 cars in the Dallas metro area, the failure rate is mighty high. The service manager said the cars probably average a trip to the shop every 90 days for some sort of problem...... consumer reports even rates the Model S 'average' reliability.

Which might be ok if I was working a dealership... but as a Tesla employee, all those failures cost the company I was working for lots of money. A company that is relying on a billionaire and a seriously over-inflated stock price to keep it propped up.

Bundle all that with super-ultra-mega-micro-managing, and working their people until they have nervous breakdowns or quit.... I made a quick exit.... which by the way, I totally 100% believe the stories about a Tesla manager being scolded for missing a meeting, because of his child's birth. Because I worked with a guy who the regional director actually said to him, "You have to make a choice. Either Tesla, or your family."

You have to be committed to Tesla first, in order to work there.

On the bright side, I did kick some serious ass, and learned a ton about the cars while I was there.

[CivicSpoon]

Sorry to hear it was so shitty there. At least you got experience with something different. I'm sure it'll help down the line when Lexus (or another manufacturer) starts producing mass produced electric cars, or even hybrids. Cool that you were able to get your previous job back. that's why it's good to try not to ever burn bridges with people. I certainly respect you leaving a company that you couldn't believe in. I had to do that with Cingular back when they went to GSM, before merging with AT&T. Unfortunately, I still don't have a backup plan for leaving there, after 10+ years lol

I've always gotten a really shady feeling about Teslas for some reason. Never heard any of those kind of rumors though, but that's beyond disturbing.

[Killa_CRX]

Originally Posted by CivicSpoon

I'm sure it'll help down the line when Lexus (or another manufacturer) starts producing mass produced electric cars, or even hybrids.

It was neat to do something different for a few weeks, and to get a look inside the mystery box.

About two years ago, Toyota actually bought 2300 electric drivetrains and batteries from Tesla for testing in all electric RAV4's, and quickly terminated the project. I believe I now understand why.
It's kinda silly, because the batteries are currently supplied by Panasonic, which Toyota owns a majority stake in.
The motors are all Tesla though, and the most recent ones I was putting in are on their 13th redesign generation.