- Hey, what's up everybody?
Hope that this is coming through okay,
what I'm trying to do here is do a livestream
from my phone, and I'm out Balboa Park at Panama 66,
where the internet is incredible, so hopefully
this is coming through clearly.
And, yeah, I've got a mic and it's all good,
so hopefully this is helpful to you.
So, I wanted to talk, there's a couple crazy things.
First off, I wanted to test this.
Second off, I had an issue this morning
with my Tesla Model S where the,
I had a flat tire, essentially, I hit a pothole,
must've been yesterday, it actually cracked
the rim and busted the tire from the inside
of the wheel well, so the sidewall,
as they call it, was busted out.
And, the thing that was crazy was that
they came to my house again,
and they took it out, they put on a loaner wheel, so,
if you're unfamiliar, Tesla's don't have spare tires,
so I had nothing, I couldn't leave my house, essentially.
But they came in, they said they would be there
in about 45 minutes, they were really there
in about 15, 20 minutes, put a new tire on,
I'll put a link to that photo in the description afterwards,
and then I was good to go, and they took it in there,
and the big kinda sad news is that
it's gonna cost me about 600 bucks to repair it.
So, yeah, it cracked the rim.
Lemme try to pull this up, so if you guys have questions,
I'll be on chat here, and let me know how the video
and the audio and everything's coming through.
There we go.
I'm pulling up the chat.
Testing this 'cause I would love to go on a
super long road trip with my car and just,
y'know, do the livestreams along the whole way,
so, okay cool, so, I'm on chat.
Yeah, it cracked the rim, like I said,
I'll put the photo in there, I couldn't believe it.
But anyways, it's pretty awesome how quick they responded.
I called not the Service Center, I called the
Roadside Assistance Line, and they were
there in 20 minutes, it was crazy.
They gave me a new one, I'm kinda jealous
'cause it's a 21 inch black rim, I forget
I dunno the exact model type, but I'll
share the photo of that.
So there's that.
Now, the damage on it cost, lemme just pull it up
here real quick ...
Tesla, Service Center ...
We're really pushing the limits of technology here.
Okay, so I had to sign something saying that,
y'know, I have a loaner wheel and
everything should be fine.
But lemme see...
Yeah, it comes to about 600 dollars to repair.
Which is crazy!
So, it was 300 dollars for the rim,
and then 180 bucks for the tire,
and then another hundred and somethin' dollars
for the service, or I'm sorry, the labor,
and then taxes and all that kinda crap, so,
they're gonna basically order the rim,
get that, they already have the tires,
put the tire on, I'm gonna go there,
and they'll just swap it out real quick.
I may need more tires, I dunno,
I've only got 22,000 miles on my Tesla,
so hopefully, I don't need new tires after that,
especially considering how it handles the
traction control and all that,
it's supposed to be better.
So hopefully, that's all good.
Okay, so the next thing I wanted to talk about is that
flying cars are actually here!
So, they're, y'know, and not Tesla related, I know,
but they are electric, and there's,
in one week here, two companies, now,
the one I'm kinda most impressed with is
called Lillium, and it's a Lillium Jet,
and it's an all-electric flying car,
it goes about 300 kilometers on a single charge,
and it goes, I forget how fast,
300 kilometers per hour, and travels 300 kilometers,
so kinda weird that those are the same numbers.
But it has, I think, 36 separate jet engines
that are all electric powered, and it takes off
vertically, and then goes.
And so, if you haven't seen this,
go check it out, again, I'll put a link to it,
but if you just search "Electric flying car Germany"
you'll get that.
It's incredible, so, I mean, it's really futuristic
in the fact that they actually have a working example,
now whether or not, y'know, it becomes a real thing
is obviously a big question.
So, probably not coincidentally,
Kitty Hawk is a company that was
backed by Larry Page, from Google,
he's one of the founders of Google,
and this looks more like a motorcycle
with some pontoons and a bunch of drones
flying it around, so I think this is
far less, this isn't the flying car
we've all been waiting for, but it's
pretty awesome, so, there are two new
flying cars on the market out of nowhere,
maybe not out of nowhere, y'know,
the people have probably worked on this forever.
But, I just thought that would be a fun story
to share with you, so go check those out
and thanks for joining me here,
and please let me know what you think
of the quality of this, the sound,
I do have a good mic here, I dunno
if I can show it to you at all.
I'm gonna just try to mess with this a little bit.
So you should be seeing that, and there's that.
So hopefully it all looks good and sounds good.
I may do this as my normal broadcast,
because the one at home seems to be having issues.
Y'know, or I may just go buy a new computer,
which I'm always a fan of doing, buying new tech stuff.
Also, thanks to Min Fam, who actually bought a
Tesla, a new Tesla, using our referral code yesterday.
So, unreal, that's, I'm so thankful.
There's actually only four referral codes left,
four spots left for this quarter.
So if you or anyone you know is looking
for one, go to teslanomics.co/td.
Now I'm also going to be talking a lot,
doing a whole series about the folks that
don't yet own a Tesla, what they should be
thinking about before they do it.
So, how to charge, what the cost may be,
where to park it, and just other little things
that you may not be aware of.
So, stay tuned for all of that coming,
those will be on my Thursday videos, and remember,
Monday is the news video, so thank you all
for joining here, and I guess,
lemme just check if there's any questions here.
"Was it covered without paying for it?"
No, so this wasn't a warranty defect,
I thought it might be, the guy that
came to my house was from Triple A,
but he said that he'd think that it'd
be covered by the warranty, but considering
I hit a pothole and the rim was bent
and cracked and everything, y'know,
when I called them, they said
"No, that's not covered under warranty."
So, other things actually, when I called 'em
about my brakes, I was having a little bit
of squeaking, I wasn't sure what it was,
what was goin' on, but they, they said that
"Yeah, that would be covered,"
because it's still, y'know, like 22,000 miles
is not anything, so other things, y'know,
I've been really pleased with it,
this is the first time I've had to spend
a dollar on my car other than the
monthly fuel costs and those kinda things.
But, in terms of maintenance and repairs,
so, if you guys remember my maintenance video,
you're probably gonna call me out like
"Hey, y'know, Teslas never have problems!"
Well, I dunno if any car would be able
to avoid this kind of a thing, maybe
a big truck or something like that.
Alright, lemme check any other questions,
in case you guys are interested.
Kirk Nessen asks "Reason to get the 19 inch rims?"
I have the 19 inch rims, I don't have the 21,
the 21's look cool, I'm much more of a tech guy though,
I really don't care too much about the flashiness
of the car, but, y'know, like, before I even
got a Tesla, I was looking at a Nissan Leaf,
so, yeah, it's not really a thing for me,
but, y'know, it is nice when you look at it,
and kinda get that impact.
Ronan Wash asks, says: "Tesla's opening their
first store in Rhode Island tomorrow," congrats!
Send me a picture, ben@teslanomics.co, I'd love to see it!
Yeah, I talked about the start time of this,
yeah, this was a totally sporadic video,
this was not planned, I just wanted to
test, actually, how good the mobile streaming works.
I'm using my Google Pixel phone right now,
with this mic on a stand out here, so,
I have no idea how good or bad the audio is,
but I'll go back and check it later.
Also, this Thursday's video, just to recall,
is about the Service Centers, and the growth
of the Model Three, versus the Service Centers,
and seeing what Tesla's doing, and if they're
doing enough, and whether or not they'll be ready
when we have 100,000 new people with cars
that potentially need servicing.
Cool, well, I appreciate you guys for joining me,
this will be live and available for you to watch
after the fact, and other than that,
I'll see you here on Thursday, and live on Monday.
Cheers!
Now to find out how to actually finish the video.
There it is!