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I bought this because... (lemmy.ml)

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Earlier today, at Oakland, CA charging station.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

So I went looking about it. I am disappointed. it seems some believe that the issue is caused by a plastic, instead of metal, pickup tube and I would hope that oiling would be something that they put more care into.

That said, I’m not sure what “all over the place” means. I can’t find hard any numbers but there are plenty of people tracking their cars and things seem ok. One article talked about hard right hand corners on the track dropping oil pressure and claimed it could lead to immediate engine failure but it never did. Doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be addressed, mind, but there’s that.

I’m also seeing a few forum posts in my quick research that imply that the RTV issue is based on a post that was blown wildly out of proportion. Car enthusiasts, in general, are not a group I would say exercise a tonne of critical thinking but it does cast doubt. I mean c’mon how many people act like every headgasket ever put on a Subaru will be a problem because they simply do not understand the problem.

So I’m not sure what to say on the matter. On the one hand I’m disappointed in the company and on the other I’m seeing a lot of the usual crap from easily scared drivers and not a lot of numbers to back them up.