Q: A brief “repair” to the catalytic converter downside: Give anybody whose converter was stolen a time frame, possibly a yr, to get it changed and permit the automobile to be pushed throughout that point. This might assist with the substitute converter backlog.
The issue shouldn't be attributable to the automobile homeowners, however they’re being punished.
John Pearl, Walnut Creek
A: Sadly, this gained’t occur. When a catalytic converter has been stolen, the automobile feels like a locomotive coming down the highway.
Q: We had an issue with Tesla and marvel if anybody else has had this occur. Now we have a Tesla 3 and obtained into an accident in Pacific Grove in March. We waited 4 hours for a automobile to tow it to an authorized Tesla restore storage. There have been 10 vehicles forward of ours ready for Tesla components.
We obtained the automobile again final week, after 6½ months of agony, all of the whereas making mortgage funds and insurance coverage for a automobile we couldn't drive. It looks like all components are getting used for brand spanking new vehicles, however none can be found for repairs. What the heck?
Jeri Sulley, Brisbane
A: Tesla has had issues offering immediate repairs for its vehicles. Your await a restore is without doubt one of the longest I’ve heard of.
Q: Because the completion of the Mathilda Avenue overpass/Freeway 101 interchange in Sunnyvale, there's a downside on the intersection of Ahwanee Avenue and Mathilda Avenue.
There are three lanes: left to southbound Mathilda, straight throughout Mathilda, and proper to both the lane for an entrance to southbound 101 or throughout to the lane for northbound Mathilda Avenue. A “no proper activate pink” signal was put in. Sadly, this signal is posted a number of toes earlier than the intersection, on a curve, and is missed or ignored by most drivers.
Typically, these of us who await the inexperienced sign are handed on the left by drivers who don’t or gained’t wait. The danger lies with those that cross the a part of the Mathilda lane resulting in 101, on the pink, as vehicles zoom via the intersection.
Would you please alert whoever is in cost? Putting in a “no proper activate pink” signal on the overhead visitors mild bar would supply higher visibility and instruction.
Cathryn Floyd
A: It is a difficult intersection. The overhead visitors mild pole shouldn't be designed to deal with the wind load of extra indicators. The Metropolis of Sunnyvale will be certain that nothing is obstructing the “no proper activate pink” indicators there now.
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