... I want to blow up my Tesla!

I would have rather seen the battery ignited on purpose , fire would have lasted rather than more of a smitherines unzipped explosion effect

 

I tried to start a small lithium fire about a year ago. I took the battery out of an old iPhone, folded it in half, clamped it in a vise, and beat on it with a hammer. Finally, I took it outside, put it in a metal can with a few ounces of gasoline to give it a boost and threw in a match. It burned the label off the battery and that was all. What a letdown!!!

 

When my Model 3 controller hardware went from V2.5 to V3,0, the Nashville Service Center loaned me a 'beater' Model S. The car was clean and probably worked as well as that one could but I did not like it one bit. It did not have AutoPilot which I throughly enjoy. Tesla has been through a significant steep learning curve and I suspect that Model S had the old "MagicEye" driver assistance package.

We owned a 2003 Prius between 2005-2016 when the hydrolytic brake booster failed. Located on the firewall behind the engine and wrapped in the air conditioning hoses, it along with the unheated garage was a repair beyond my motivation and skills. Worse, the flywheel oil seal was blown and it leaked oil. Both were best handled with engine removal on a car whose sale value was less than the cost to repair even with 'free' labor. So I have no doubt there are Tesla 'beaters' whose best future are as spare parts (See 'Rich Rebuilds'.)

I am not a fan of explosive disassembly now that we live in a world where suicide bombers do the same. Still Mythbusters blew up a concrete mixer truck with extreme use of explosives to 'clear' a mixer that had a load of set concrete. I like explosives but prefer more sedate, rockets, especially the SpaceX type.

If others enjoyed the brief moment, fine. I would have preferred to see a 1980 Chevette explosively compressed (each clutch lasted 30,000 miles.) Nominations are open for candidate vehicles deserving of explosive disassembly.

Bob Wilson

 

I had the Pontiac version of the Chevette, the T1000. It was the worst car I ever had. Didn't have enough power to get out of its own way. I don't know why I bought it in the first place. Major brain fart. Then the exhaust manifold broke. I don't remember for sure, but I think it had less than 60k miles on it at that point and I just traded it in.

BTW, that cement truck explosion was totally spectacular. Such a shame they forgot to bring the high speed camera.

 

point a to point b with decent reliability, that's all i've ever wanted. cars don't excite me for some reason

 

from #17 chemistry lesson

What is an old tesla? iPhone? Galaxy?