And here’s a new moan about Teslas: My husband and I both needed to top up the antifreeze in our cars: My Citroen C5 and his Tesla model S.
Me (Citroen): Open car door, pull lever to open bonnet, unscrew top of antifreeze bottle, pour in antifreeze. replace lid, close bonnet. Time taken about 2 minutes.
Him (Tesla): First find a supplier of the correct “permitted” antifreeze and go and buy it at an inflated price. Use key to enter car, then find the correct option on the dashboard display to open bonnet, remove top tub, remove two rubber topped screws left and right, remove the long upper panels right and left, remove the panel beneath the windscreen, remove rubber seal from around the inner tub, morks out the inner tub, (the b*stard sticks and shifts the side panels beneath the headlamps as well as accidentally disconnecting or breaking the wire to the electric bonnet lock mechanism), remove lid of antifreeze bottle, top up the antifreeze, refit the 3 panels, refit the rubber topped screws, refit the rubber seal, refit the inner tub, refit the upper tub and if you’re lucky you can close the bonnet lid. My husband can’t - the wire to the lock mechanism was disconnected… Time: 2 days so far trying to fix it so he can shut the bonnet properly. All this just to top up antifreeze is absolutely ridiculous.