Tesla sales crash

45% from their December peak.

The rubes are still buying them.
 
JohnD said:
Tuesday, December 31, 2024 close 403.84

Monday, March 31, 2025 close 259.16

403.84 x 0.6 = 242.34

Near enough.
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in case you dont realise 31st of dec is last year year.
year to date started on 2nd of jan as 1st was a holiday
and because it closed on 31st at one price doesnt mean it opened at that price on the 2nd of jan
the price TODAY when you made your comment is 274 not 259. and because it closed on 31st at one price doesnt mean it opened at that price on the 2nd of jan .
but allowing you lea way of the 403 close to TODAYS PRICE WHEN YOU COMMENTED it is a 32 % which is a helluva lot closer to 28% than your 50% comment
 
fillyboy said:
but maybe @Mottie has some knowledge of it, I know he owned an Evoque and wasn't impressed)
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Apart from one electrical glitch just after we bought it, I had no problems with ours. Mind you, we had an early one with the proven 2.2 SD4 engine. I wouldn’t have bought one with an ingenium engine. If fact, once our old Golf has gone, I don’t think I’ll ever buy another diesel powered car again.
fillyboy said:
I'd probably lean towards Hyundai/
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We have been looking at the new Hyundai Tucson. Will probably get one of them when we next get a new car.
 
fillyboy said:
I'd have a hell of a job trying to prise the Discovery Sport that Mrs fillys been driving for nearly 3 years out of her hands, she loves it.
A lot of issues with the engine (not hers) have been cases where lack of engine maintenance or wrong maintenance have been involved. A lot of modern diesels boasted boasted two year oil change intervals or 20,000 miles, that's gone full circle with fully synthetic oils and Euro 6 emission controls particularly using stuff like ad blu to reduce emissions. Interval is now 12 months or 10K although I did read some time ago VW Golf drivers might consider oil changes at 5K for city driving. We all know of the DPF problems where the cars are driven short distances at low speeds and the dfp filter blocks, mrs filly had nightmares with a Peugot 407 when she worked a mile from home.
There were rarely issues on Jags with AdBlue when the adblue was injected at or near the exhaust manifold (this is my understanding btw and please note I'm not a technical expert of the matter). When the Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque were introduced they were forced to abandon that layout due to the space allowed under the bonnet so the injection point was lowered to the bottom of the engine, too close to the DPF so the fluid was entering the DPF at too low a temperature resulting in failed DPF purges, if a purge failed this caused unburnt diesel to find it's way into the engine oil. (my understanding of engine layouts tells me this shouldn't be possible but maybe @Mottie has some knowledge of it, I know he owned an Evoque and wasn't impressed). This caused oil dilution which led to a number of catastrophic failures. This wasn't a problem on most Jaguar cars or larger Range Rovers.
To resolve the problem JLR introduced an app into the software to note the number of failed purges and calculate the degree of oil dilution and modify the service interval accordingly. The oil in mrs filly's car is ******g expensive and she regularly checks the app on her smart watch to tell her when the next service is due and when the adblue needs topping up and she acts on that info, not everyone does.
So, JLR tend to always have a presence in the top 10 most unreliable cars along with Audi, Porsche etc.
Audi have similar problems with fuel diluting oil but maybe for different reasons, google Audi snapped crankshafts, it's an eye opener and made me feel a bit better about owning a Land Rover.
You'd think switching to electric would help but I read recently JLR were forced to re-purchase a considerable number of ev's because of being advised not to fully charge due to a fire risk, certain Audis have the same problem but didn't go down the re-purchase route and a class action was launched against them in January.

Don't know what my next car will be, it really is a jungle out there particularly if you're looking at high end high tech vehicles. I'd probably lean towards Hyundai/Kia, they do some nice larger SUV's fully loaded with all the toys.
The Chinese are bringing over a raft of nice looking cars to the UK this year and not all EV's, could be tempting.
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I've been driving a Nissan Xtrail for the last 7 years and has never let me down. Non towing petrol 2WD probably helps as my priority has been the 7 seater for the school runs with my grandchildren. The Tekna top spec with all the bells and buzzers keeps the missus sweet ;) Due to change the lease in Aug and the MHEV Tekna looks the bees knees :)
 
fillyboy said:
google Audi snapped crankshafts,
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Not doubting you one iota.

Snapping a crankshaft? That's not an insubstantial bit of metal and is a pretty fundamental chunk of an ICE so, to my unmechanical mind, that is as mind - boggling as it would be catastrophic.

I happily stand to be corrected though :)
 
Doug99 said:
I've been driving a Nissan Xtrail for the last 7 years and has never let me down. Non towing petrol 2WD probably helps as my priority has been the 7 seater for the school runs with my grandchildren. The Tekna top spec with all the bells and buzzers keeps the missus sweet ;) Due to change the lease in Aug and the MHEV Tekna looks the bees knees :)
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Coincidentally, mrs fillys previous was a fully loaded X trail. Diesel, 5 seater layout - loads of rear leg room. She loved that car too.
 
Brigadier said:
Snapping a crankshaft? That's not an insubstantial bit of metal and is a pretty fundamental chunk of an ICE so, to my unmechanical mind, that is as mind - boggling as it would be catastrophic.
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Big end?
 
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