AMIRZA786

To your point, I was having my tires rotated today with my mechanic, and he was looking at the calipers and brakes and telling me they were going to be expensive when the time comes. I asked him if could do it, he said easily. There you go 😀

I've done brakes and rotors myself and I'm no spring chicken anymore, so I'm just going to let him do them... when the time comes

LeX2K

Tesla brake parts are not expensive and how many times do they have to be serviced? 1-2 times for the life of the car? Here's a nice higher end complete brake kit for $420.
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...=13824&jsn=371

Probably will never need new rotors unless you're in the salt belt, there is no excessive heating of rotors on a Tesla because the brakes are barely used. Even though modern ceramic pads are low dusting on my Tesla I notice an almost complete lack of any brake dust.

AMIRZA786

Is that for one set or two? That's not cheap if it's one set. He did my Sienna last year, $140 a set, OEM parts. He did my IS350 in 2022, $180 per set, same, OEM parts from the Lexus dealership.

He also mentioned they were Brembo, which are not cheap. Both Model Y LR and performance use Brembo

LeX2K

That kit is all 4 wheels, rotors pads and hardware. OEM parts are okay but are bare metal and rust the R1 kit doesn't at least not for awhile. Same kit for my ES300 is about $270 but keep in mind the rotors are smaller.

....looked up a couple of BMW's since they are in a similar performance class 4 wheel brake kit was the same as the Tesla.

There is nothing special or magical about Brembo rotors.

AMIRZA786

Ok, that's not bad. He may have been talking about the labor Tesla would charge me

LeX2K

How much does Tesla charge per hour? Toyota dealer here is $240/hour, the one I buy parts from. I overhear people paying for service the prices are shall we say eye opening, or eye watering.

AMIRZA786

The Tesla service center in Santa Clara charges $75 an hour, that's what the service rep told me when I brought in the car last year for a rattle

LeX2K

What about a Toyota dealer in your area?

I'm sure you know Tesla doesn't care a whole lot about making money on after sales stuff like parts and service. This part of the business is vital to legacy auto.

JeffKeryk

That's incredibly low; even more so for a dealership.
OK, I know there are no dealerships... Don't dis me!

LeX2K

$75 an hour was a dealer in like 2001.

Margate330

You can't get someone out to fix a dishwasher for less than $100 per hour anymore. Lol

LeX2K

$100 will get them to tell you how much the rest of the repair will cost.

AMIRZA786

That is cheap for a repair shop, but don't think for a second they are not trying to make money. Try an get a replacement for a model S battery

Margate330

I always enjoy reading your posts, very fair and balanced.


Allen K

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Y loaner we ended up with has seen some stuff. 40k miles, trim on the b pillar is separating a bit and the interior was a bit gross at pick up. Wiped everything down with quik interior cleaner and it felt better. Was tempted to run it through the car wash too, but didn't want to spend the money.

That said I was really impressed with the trunk space. We did a Costco run and had room to spare