Recent content by RichAZ/CapeCod

Wow. If it's your Tesla and not a lease then why not try a local reputable paint and body shop? Ya never know. Rich

MDrew, for the record spouse and I own a 2022 M3 SR LFP model and a 2023 MY LR AWD version. Like them both. For local driving I'd at least look at the M3 SR LFP model. Great practical fun to drive auto. We use our MY for long road trips as well as local driving. Heading out to Cape Cod from...

What I think we are seeing is the Henry Ford coming out of Musk. Ford created an industry, showing the world you can produce ICE vehicles on a mass production line relatively inexpensively. Several decades after his initial success his rigid micro-management style and refusal to change came...

Brian: Model 3 from Hertz(?), must be a Standard Range LFP model. Real world road range (depending on your speed and the weather) will be around 220 road miles (EPA says 260 miles, wanna bet?). Don’t bother to charge past around 70% at Superchargers when traveling (takes too much time past 70%...

Three Teslas, two MY LR AWD used for AZ~Cape Cod~AZ yearly trips. 70% of stated range at around 75 mph on the highway is about it. Rich

Find the various views on FSD interesting. Been using current version on our MY LR for the past month. Like it a lot. Funny thing is, we're located just south of Tucson (where the OP is located) and have used FSD on a couple of 80 mile round trips into and out of the city (Green Valley to Lee...

I have a MY LR AWD picked up in October 2023. I've been using FSD for the last few weeks and like it, a lot. Doing a bi-annual ride from south of Tucson to Cape Cod end of May (2,800 miles). Will decide to pull the pin on FSD after that trip. At the moment it's looking like wife and I will go...

I've mentioned this before in regard the range issue. Based on my actual experience of traveling, each year, from AZ>Cape Cod>AZ it's not the "400 miles of range" that would be useful but rather the quick 15% SoC to 60% SoC such a battery pack would afford the driver. Most of you guys already...

My humble suggestion: two levels of FSD, commercial and non-commercial. Non-commercial moves from one Tesla to the next you buy. This will keep people in the Tesla universe indefinitely. Just a thought. Rich

Not a Kool-Aid drinker, I swear! Been using this new iteration of FSD for a couple of weeks now and it is very useful (driving around south of Tucson mostly). So, yeah, for me anyway it's worth $99 for a month's use on those occasions the system would be of utility, mostly on a road-trip. Rich

Elon states the "value" of FSD in a robotaxi is $100,000. Well, my MY will never be used as a robotaxi, so the whole idea of this increase in value is a hard NO. $99 a month is a reasonable price. If they goof-around with the price of FSD as the capability goes up I'll just stop using FSD...

Guys, it's not the straight 400 miles range that's important, it's the 10% SOC to 70% SOC which is what would be significant with a 400 mile range Tesla. Not sure what the speed would be at a SC for such a charge, but would guess in the 15 minute range. Good stuff. Rich

Just announced. FSD is now $99 dollars a month. I think this is a big deal. No doubt in my mind, I'll be subscribing several times a year. Rich

Reading the various observations made by FSD users, and having used FSD numerous drives after receiving the newest iteration, I would like to share my observations. My suspicion is, much of the angst people report when using FSD is due to the fact that the program does not operate the vehicle in...

Been using FSD at every opportunity since this last install. (Model Y LR AWD, Oct 2023) Very impressed. Much better than the previous version. None the less, I will never use my Tesla as a robotaxi, so this theoretical value attributed to FSD is simply silly. IF I could transfer FSD from Tesla...