<story><title>2013 Tesla Model S Long-Term Road Test</title><url>http://www.edmunds.com/tesla/model-s/2013/long-term-road-test/2013-tesla-model-s-drive-unit-iv-the-milling.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rgbrenner</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s great that the drive unit was covered under warranty.. that was Edmunds 4th drive unit in 30,000 miles. Of course, once it hits 50k miles, the warranty period is over, and it&amp;#x27;s $15000 to replace it.&lt;p&gt;MotorTrend reported the same problem.. they&amp;#x27;ve already had it replaced twice.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://seekingalpha.com/article/2312325-tesla-may-have-a-huge-unfunded-warranty-problem-due-to-defective-drivetrains?app=1&amp;amp;uprof=45&amp;amp;dr=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;seekingalpha.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;2312325-tesla-may-have-a-hug...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>2013 Tesla Model S Long-Term Road Test</title><url>http://www.edmunds.com/tesla/model-s/2013/long-term-road-test/2013-tesla-model-s-drive-unit-iv-the-milling.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jfb</author><text>The most interesting thing about this to me is how similar it is to other long-term road test articles -- IOW, how well Tesla has built a car that conforms to people&amp;#x27;s conceptions about how cars should operate. That&amp;#x27;s extraordinarily impressive; to me, it&amp;#x27;s more impressive than the (admittedly impressive) technology in the cars themselves.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not a fan of the Musk&amp;#x2F;Tony Stark schtick, or of SpaceX, or the hagiographic treatment he receives from the technical press, but I am a fan of Tesla as a carmaker.</text></comment>