10-14-2021, 09:53 PM
(10-14-2021, 06:51 PM)jeffster Wrote:(10-14-2021, 11:29 AM)taylortbb Wrote: I think your friend had a defective 12V battery, or it was a really really early one before they added the 12V rundown protection. These days they charge the 12V from the high voltage pack as needed, so you can run the radio as much as you want. It's actually one of the features I really love about mine, worry free idling. Keeping the heat/AC going, not just the radio, while parked without any concerns. Some people even camp in their Teslas, as you can run the heat/AC all night.
It's a 2017 or 2018. Not sure if that's considered 'older', but maybe it is. Nice car, but he did take me out to show me the speed, 0-100 kph was insane. That said, I found the car sounded 'cheap', for example, when you shut the door. Just a lot of creaks and groans not expected from a newer car.
That's definitely a defect of some sort. That's new enough to have the improved 12V supply, I was thinking like a Roadster or first production Model S when I said really early car. I've got a 2018 and can use the computer (which includes the radio), HVAC, etc all I want when parked. You're not wrong about build quality being Tesla's weak point, though it has been steadily improving. I haven't had any serious issues, or creaking, but the wind noise and other acoustic things could be better.