{"id":520,"date":"2017-05-22T16:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T23:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/?p=520"},"modified":"2017-05-22T22:19:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T05:19:57","slug":"the-end-of-the-strechla-and-a-new-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/2017\/05\/22\/the-end-of-the-strechla-and-a-new-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"The end of Stretchla, and a new beginning."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Executive summary: Underground support for Salvage cars\u00a0is helping make up for Tesla&#8217;s continuing\u00a0unusual\u00a0policies. The Stretchla project is out to pasture, I still plan\u00a0to build a\u00a0Tesla powered VW Vanagon camper, it may be regular &#8220;short&#8221; length. I found\u00a0a perfect conversion candidate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stretchla Update 6\" width=\"645\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nSm0-jjZRQs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In my last post long ago I spoke about Tesla&#8217;s non-industry-standard and unusual (I might\u00a0say draconian) lack of support with regard to\u00a0parts sales and providing service data for\u00a0owners wanting to do their own work, especially for owners of vehicles with salvage titles. We seem to be of a\u00a0lower caste\u00a0in the service department. That has not changed much in the intervening three years, though there is rumor\u00a0that Tesla service is working on improving the situation. Meanwhile the\u00a0abundance\u00a0of wrecked Teslas\u00a0have made a robust used parts market and a few brilliant technical explorers have made it possible to root the main computers to get diagnostic data, remote access and modify functions as needed. It&#8217;s complicated and tedious, but possible. I&#8217;ve been driving the Wreckla\u00a0on local trips for years now, and other than the malfunctioning door handle (which I removed) it has been reliable. Early door handles like mine are a known issue and would have been replaced under warranty if the car was not salvage\u00a0titled. Meanwhile, it still has bent and missing parts with the air bags disabled. I haven&#8217;t tried to fix it up any more since I keep hoping I&#8217;ll move the guts over to a VW camper.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"526\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/2017\/05\/22\/the-end-of-the-strechla-and-a-new-beginning\/wrecklaleft\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WrecklaLeft.png\" data-orig-size=\"1392,935\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WrecklaLeft\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WrecklaLeft-300x202.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WrecklaLeft-1024x688.png\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WrecklaLeft-1024x688.png\" alt=\"Wreckla crashed side\" width=\"645\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WrecklaLeft-1024x688.png 1024w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WrecklaLeft-150x101.png 150w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WrecklaLeft-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WrecklaLeft-768x516.png 768w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WrecklaLeft-695x467.png 695w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WrecklaLeft-223x150.png 223w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WrecklaLeft.png 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There has been relatively little progress on the Stretchla since the last update. The project suffered from extreme &#8220;scope creep.&#8221; I could think of so many cool things to do that the\u00a0project became an overwhelming fantasy. Most importantly, I neglected my own advice for\u00a0people who want to convert a gas car into an EV. That advice is this: If you want to do a conversion, pick a nice clean car and convert it. If you additionally\u00a0try to restore a car at the same time you will soon discover that car restoration is much more work than an EV Conversion. This is exactly what happened with the Stretch. The more I took it apart, the more I wanted to fix the rust, replace side panels, paint it inside and out.\u00a0I even figured it was wise\u00a0to shorten it by a foot to better fit the battery underneath. I wanted a nice restored body, but it turns out I was not motivated to do (or hire\u00a0someone to do) the work required. In the end I chose not to climb that\u00a0mountain.<\/p>\n<p>Like many\u00a0humans, I tend to get fixated on my own view of how things\u00a0are best done, and those ideas change over time. For instance when I started the project I was very attached to using the Tesla air suspension, while today I&#8217;m thinking\u00a0it may be better (especially easier) to use the Vanagon suspension with Tesla parts from the wheel hub outwards. The battery also was a big scary block that I wanted to retain unmodified. It is\u00a0still big and a bit scary, people have\u00a0burned several shops due to unsafe practices, yet\u00a0my confidence with reconfiguring it\u00a0in a safe manner is growing. This puts new layout options on the table, such as using an un-stretched VW camper for the base vehicle. I still love a Stretch Vanagon for the extra space, and maybe that will happen in the end, but I could test\u00a0a short Vanagon running with the battery behind it on a trailer before I make the final choice on that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"527\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/2017\/05\/22\/the-end-of-the-strechla-and-a-new-beginning\/vehiclesouttopasture\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/VehiclesOutToPasture.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1478965520&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0028901734104046&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VehiclesOutToPasture\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/VehiclesOutToPasture-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/VehiclesOutToPasture-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-527\" src=\"http:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/VehiclesOutToPasture-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Pastured Vehicles\" width=\"645\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/VehiclesOutToPasture-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/VehiclesOutToPasture-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/VehiclesOutToPasture-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/VehiclesOutToPasture-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/VehiclesOutToPasture-695x521.jpg 695w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/VehiclesOutToPasture-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the Stretch out to pasture, my next plan was to buy two fresh used donor vehicles (of the same color this time!) to make a Stretch that didn&#8217;t need extensive body work. For months I searched the auction sites until the perfect back half\u00a0came up. A 1990 weekender with a pop top that was badly crashed in the front.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"523\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/2017\/05\/22\/the-end-of-the-strechla-and-a-new-beginning\/reno-weekender\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Reno-Weekender.png\" data-orig-size=\"410,314\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Reno Weekender\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This auction went for more than I expected&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Reno-Weekender-300x230.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Reno-Weekender.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-523\" src=\"http:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Reno-Weekender-300x230.png\" alt=\"Crashed Vanagon\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Reno-Weekender-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Reno-Weekender-150x115.png 150w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Reno-Weekender-196x150.png 196w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Reno-Weekender.png 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the auction went live\u00a0I almost won it for about $5500\u00a0before the bidding software gave it\u00a0&#8220;bonus time.&#8221; I gave up when bidding hit $7500. I like to\u00a0be open to messages from the universe. I figured this one would sell for $3-4K, bidding at twice that seemed like a pretty clear message from the universe\u00a0that I would not enjoy following that\u00a0Stretchla path.<\/p>\n<p>Although I appreciate such mysterious guidance (especially in retrospect when so often something better comes along) it did again leave me lost and unmotivated for a while. My thoughts\u00a0then pivoted\u00a0to finding an okay looking, low cost &#8211; low risk standard length\u00a0&#8220;Tin top&#8221; Vanagon to test fit the drive system since the pop tops have become very popular and therefore expensive. I figured that once the\u00a0conversion\u00a0was proven in a lower risk donor\u00a0I could move it to a camper that I wanted. Maybe even my\u00a0&#8220;Ersatz&#8221; camper shown in the desert below\u00a0would do for the final unit, but that one\u00a0also has issues with seam rust that want care,\u00a0so maybe not.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"524\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/2017\/05\/22\/the-end-of-the-strechla-and-a-new-beginning\/blue-tattoo_desert\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blue-tattoo_Desert.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2366,1783\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1492427714&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00040306328093511&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Blue-tattoo_Desert\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blue-tattoo_Desert-300x226.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blue-tattoo_Desert-1024x772.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-524 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blue-tattoo_Desert-1024x772.jpg\" alt=\"Westfalia in the Desert\" width=\"645\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blue-tattoo_Desert-1024x772.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blue-tattoo_Desert-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blue-tattoo_Desert-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blue-tattoo_Desert-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blue-tattoo_Desert-695x524.jpg 695w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blue-tattoo_Desert-199x150.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I kept the Craigslist search notification running while\u00a0watching about a hundred Vanagons go by. This also reinforced to me that the late model pop tops were climbing out of my price range. Then it happened, last Friday at 4:30pm a miracle showed up. A 1990 Multivan in the deep Orly Blue color that I like. It was 150 miles away and best of all it was within my acceptable price range (more that I&#8217;d pay for a tin top, but a great deal for just the van I liked.) Before the bank closed at 6pm I had a cashier&#8217;s check and an appointment to see it the next day.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a picture from the advertisement:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"525\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/2017\/05\/22\/the-end-of-the-strechla-and-a-new-beginning\/orlybluemultivanad\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/OrlyBlueMultivanAd.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OrlyBlueMultivanAd\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/OrlyBlueMultivanAd-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/OrlyBlueMultivanAd-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-525\" src=\"http:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/OrlyBlueMultivanAd-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Blue Multivan with the top popped\" width=\"645\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/OrlyBlueMultivanAd-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/OrlyBlueMultivanAd-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/OrlyBlueMultivanAd-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/OrlyBlueMultivanAd-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/OrlyBlueMultivanAd-695x521.jpg 695w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/OrlyBlueMultivanAd-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/OrlyBlueMultivanAd.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I checked it out and although it&#8217;s far from perfect paint and body, it&#8217;s perfectly fine by my standards and I really love the idea of working with the more spacious and lighter Multivan interior. This is a donor that I don&#8217;t need to restore. It&#8217;s in good enough shape to look respectable, but not so nice that I can&#8217;t explore the desert backroads with it. It\u00a0has all the features I want in my perfect camper (pop top, weekender interior, one of my 3 preferred colors) so\u00a0I can see it as my long term\u00a0electric ideal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"528\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/2017\/05\/22\/the-end-of-the-strechla-and-a-new-beginning\/columbiagorge\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ColumbiaGorge.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3609,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1495295237&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00092336103416436&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ColumbiaGorge\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ColumbiaGorge-300x251.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ColumbiaGorge-1024x858.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-528\" src=\"http:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ColumbiaGorge-1024x858.jpg\" alt=\"Two Vanagons coming home\" width=\"645\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ColumbiaGorge-1024x858.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ColumbiaGorge-150x126.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ColumbiaGorge-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ColumbiaGorge-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ColumbiaGorge-695x582.jpg 695w, https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ColumbiaGorge-179x150.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Returning from the picking it up\u00a0in Hood River, stopping to hike some waterfalls. The 1987 ersatz camper &#8220;Blue Tattoo&#8221; on the right, and the new 1990 Orly Blue Multivan on the left.<\/p>\n<p>What is the name of the new Westfalia Multivan? It has\u00a0spent the last\u00a0ten years as &#8220;Mitch Ryder, Devil With a\u00a0Blue Dress&#8221; or just &#8220;Mitch&#8221; for short. I like the idea of naming my vehicles after songs, but am not sure if Mitch\u00a0fits for this project. Tesfalia might be a cool option once it&#8217;s electric, as suggested sometime ago by a friend. What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Executive summary: Underground support for Salvage cars\u00a0is helping make up for Tesla&#8217;s continuing\u00a0unusual\u00a0policies. The Stretchla project is out to pasture, I still plan\u00a0to build a\u00a0Tesla powered VW Vanagon camper, it may be regular &#8220;short&#8221; length. I found\u00a0a perfect conversion candidate. &nbsp; In my last post long ago I spoke about Tesla&#8217;s non-industry-standard and unusual (I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MultivanAndWreckla.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p486Ci-8o","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535,"href":"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions\/535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafeelectric.com\/stretchla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}