Seems like an aftermarket opportunity to retrofit functional thermostats.
I have yet to see a single component design on any VAG product where I thought "nice," or "clever," or "well thought out." Generally it's only WTF were they thinking.
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So I had an A3 come in that was basically about to catch on fire.. It was smoking from under the intake and starting to overheat while running.
Audi/VW new thermostat tech uses a gear driven system to flow water, opposed to the standard thermo spring style that works lol.
So what we're seeing happen is the water starts to leak into the sealed off section where the control board resides and controls the servo motor. When the water enters there it shorts it out and keeps the gear closed and starts to generate tons of heat. By the time I got the intake off the therm was 300 degrees LOL
Untitled by Omar Mountain, on Flickr
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I don't like electric cars, but whether I'd entertain owning one varies.
I think with manufacturers other than tesla producing electric cars now, it's possible to get one that isn't a shitbox with a huge price tag, but nobody can do the range that tesla can, probably for the same reason.
Maybe a small/cheap/electric shitbox makes sense for commuting if the range works, but only if it directly replaces another vehicle.
For me, that means the mini or the e30, which isn't happening.
I'd only be interested in some sort of massive cushy family SUV thing, but the range/$/vehicle doesn't exist.
PHEVs are kind of cool if you buy new, but hard to predict reliability/life expectancy, and new interest rates aren't what they used to be.
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Def makes sense to get as a throw away commuter for some, but I can see why not being able to charge at home kinda ruins it all...
My neighbor bought a model 3 in 2020 and now has a little one on the way, so he inquired about trading his 3 in for Y and Tesla offered 15k for a car with 35k on the clock LOL
They sell for WAY more than that on the used market, but I think it's hilarious that Tesla lowballed that hard.
Honestly, if you want a commuter to save money with.. Get a 2003 camry... Park it on the street, go to walmart and get super tech gallons of oil for 4 dollars and put 500k miles on it.
I'm not about all the tech, I can drive my own car and put a Bluetooth head unit in and save myself 35k..
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