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I hope it is OK to post this music video here. I just think it is brilliantly done and anyone who has waited for a few years for their Model 3 delivery ought to thoroughly enjoy it! PS: As Elon's No.1 fan, this video deeply resonates with me.

You might require a new flux capacitor... can't be done via WiFi update.

Today I read in "The Driven - Tesla extends free for life Premium Connectivity to more Australia and New Zealand customers", i.e. for people who ordered a Premium Model 3 before 30 June 2019. Having ordered mine on 1st June 2019, I am absolutely thrilled!!! However, I just checked and on the...

Not exactly 100% related to Model 3 in Australia & NZ... , but given the considerable amount of posts in this thread relating to shipping of Model 3s to Australia & NZ, I hope the moderators will let this one through: The real reason for the cybertruck shape: Making it easier to ship. ...

To continue along with Candleflame's moon analogy, "Summon" is a ridiculously small step for man, but a giant leap towards autonomous driving for mankind... I took poor Shadowfax on a large deserted parking lot and it really really struggled with Summon. I could almost sense how Shadowfax was...

How good is it to get ~5% performance increase for free?!? This is INSANE - MAD - UNREAL!!! I get that people have already commented on over the air updates bringing additional features, but to actually get a non-trivial performance boost?!? .... I'd really hate to be a person in a...

Perhaps not of much interest to most people here, but in today's AFR, an article from the Financial Times is re-printed, with the headline: "Tesla ramps up just as China cools on NEVs" The gist of the article is that Tesla might be in trouble with its Shanghai factory, since it is brining this...

Just returning from brief USA holiday, which included a Tesla factory tour in Fremont. Amount of Tesla sightings of all types on the roads was simply amazing (both in Los Angeles and San Fracisco). Traffic in the US was too frantic for me to observe if any of them were driving on autopilot or not.

Looks to me like a classic case of inattentional blindness. [see also: http://www.chabris.com/Simons1999.pdf) The other driver was 100% focussed on squeezing in between the two cars going the other direction and that was an uncomfortably narrow gap, so he/she had to go right behind the first...

I am 1.90m. No issue with comfort. While the driver and passenger seats are awesome in terms of ability to adjust, they do not leave much space below the seat for people on the back seats to put their feet, due to all the mechanics for seat adjustments. One back seat passenger discovered a...

Just a few random observations: First, I saw a white Model 3 parked in our street yesterday. Naturally, I got out of the car to say hello and I said "We got the same car!" to the surprised occupant. When he realised what the weird stranger was telling him, he said the the car actually belonged...

I was just doing what the rest of the media is doing - attention grabbing headlines and misleading commentary about anything to do with Tesla... At 0.22 there were two distinct soft taps with his foot. Just thought it was cute little baby and needed to come up with an excuse to post the...

My less than a week old Model 3 was attacked in an Inner West parking lot yesterday. Thankfully it was all caught on camera in Sentry mode. Police have not apprehended the perpetrator at this stage and the motive remains unclear, but if any one can identify the male vandal kicking my car...

... hence the popularity of "Waiting for Godot" ....who never arrives. Also in that context, an interesting book to read is "Ultra-solutions: How to Fail most Successfully" (by Paul Watzlawick).

.... well, but then there might also be those who publicly campaign against EVs and policies in support of EVs, but privately let their wives/husbands drive a Tesla, because they are also the safest and most fun cars to drive. My wondering goes right across the political spectrum - not picking...

Perhaps you are right. However, I really would be interested to know. Maybe some got them for their family as "second" or "third" cars. Surely some might be proud to publicise their green credentials and promote EVs?

I Wonder... .... out of the 2,414 Model 3s that have just arrived in Australia, how many have gone to politicians? I wonder and worry my friend... ....I wonder wonder don't you?

Putting aside any discussion about the exact timing of when it will become available via a.) software enablement b.) regulatory approval, to me it is a no-brainer that FSD will come eventually. It will not be in 50 years time, nor in 20. Given rate of technological development, I think it will...

Sorry, I never had any contact from them, but Trevor Long from EFTM did a brief write up here. He was the first one to spot me outside the St Leonards showroom back in 2016. Hail "Vostok Record Breaker"!

This is my ode to Elon .... and each and every Tesla employee, past and present [i.e. non "Tesla fanboys" or non "militant Teslans" need not read on!] So this is it! More than 3 1/2 years ago, Elon made a promise - to build an electric vehicle for the masses and thereby "... accelerate the...

Yes BarnabySydney I'd be interested, though family might have different plans...

Sorry for your son jaykaye Just in case it makes you feel any better, I am in exactly the same situation. Got up this morning when I noticed an e-mail from late last night, that our car is not going to be ready for our 9:00am delivery appointment. The registration for our trade-in car expires...

I think that at least some of the problem is the initial hump. As volumes moderate and staff streamline the delivery process, yes, there will always be slip ups and communication stuff-ups, but I do have faith that Tesla will over time improve these processes as the company matures and volumes...

Not a driver yet - three more sleeps to go [hopefully...]. I am not saying that all the posts are without justification, but I note that - naturally - an awful lot of posts so far were about delivery issues. As Tesla works through the initial delivery hump and associated teething issues, I...

Amazing community service Veda - thank you so much! However, out of the currently 9,639 post in this thread, two of your posts were the most devastating ones I have read.;) The first one was when I realised that due to your research, my car could not be on the Cap Capricorn, when I [at the...

No doubt, there will be many more Fridays before now and when we see real action on climate change...

I joined a few ten thousands of people in The Domain in Sydney today, looking to "accelerate the transition to sustainable transportation...", amongst other things. I think for the next demonstration, I will have to make up a Tesla-themed protest poster.

I keep thinking that the general public massively massively underestimates the positive implication of a switch to EVs in terms of energy security and improved balance of trade. I believe just today I read an article somewhere how a switch to renewable energy and EVs will result in less money...

.... which is why I explicitly stated ".... Longest wait for Model 3 delivery" in my post. Happy to leave the Model S bragging rights to Model S drivers and Model X bragging rights to Model X drivers.

GOT THE CALL AT 10:36AM THIS MORNING!!! Delivery appointment tentatively scheduled for 9:00am 27th September 2019, Alexandria. VIN 4882XX 3P- Red Interior black Ship: ANL Warrnambool Started queuing 7:00am 29.03.2016 Registered when doors opened at St Leonards Showroom 31.03.2016 Ordered...

Just wondering... In anticipation of the imminent delivery of my Model 3 (stop laughing!), I was playing around with my Tesla referral code link. When I clicked on it, it takes me to a USA Tesla website, since inventory and orders were shown for the USA rather than the Australian market For...

Nothing since the SMS... Current car registration expires 29th September, overseas holiday coming up early October - sleepless nights many... PS: I heard what you wrote regarding reversing out of driveway. You and MonicaPlease make valid points, and Model 3 does have reversing camera. I...

I must have seen THOUSANDS of images of shiny new Model 3s by now... So why does this picture still melt my heart?!? Which part of my brain converts the pixels of that image into serotonin in my brain?

Sorry Techno-phile, I have to disagree with some of your points. I agree with you that TH232's post was very interesting. However: Regarding 3 - yes, we have a froot, but at least initially, many thieves might not realise that this is the case and they would still try to brake in from the back...

Me too! In the meantime, from 1st January 2020, all ships around the world will have to comply with new Sulphur oxide emission limits of 0.5% m/m (mass on mass). The previous, lmiit was 3.5% m/m, so this is a significant improvement, though it obviously does not stop CO2 emissions. Sulphur...

Yes it was, but approaching from the road facing forward, you have a clear view of the scene - make sure there is no-one in the driveway - and then you reverse into a space that you have already visually surveyed facing forward/sideways before move backwards into it. In contrast, reversing out...

Look at the photo of the lady reversing in the link that you posted earlier... I think her facial expression says it all.

If it isn't, I am going to be a particularly sad and despondent little possum...

I never recommended the product and have not even used it myself. I just mentioned it for people who wanted to do their own research. Either way, I hope that you will be happy with it!

OK, I hope this link works. For those expecting their car to have arrived on the ANL Warrnambool, the following link contains all the photos I took of the ship arriving in Botany Bay this morning: Dropbox - ANL Warrnambool - Simplify your life

So it is not illegal, but is is smart? Out of all the children and animals killed by cars driving at low speeds in driveways or coming out of garages, I am willing to bet my metaphorical left testicle that the majority has been killed by cars reversing rather than moving in a forward direction.

I might be wrong, but it is my understanding, that it is illegal to reverse out of a garage onto street, exactly for the reason that it is dangerous to reverse out - with or without warning sounds - since the driver always has more limited visibility when reversing. I always reverse into my...

That was exactly what I thought. When I get home I will have to compare the size of the Cap Capricorn against the ANL Warrnambool.

That is it for now... Link to all the photos will come later in the day

Here she is

Looks like a pilot vessel is now heading out of Port Botany towards the Warrnambool ...

I’m in my old spot on Bare Island La Perouse... Watched sunrise from Little Bay. The Warrnambool is not visible but looks like it is slowly approaching Port Botany. according to Marine Traffic App

Sorry, I don't know. Never used such a product in the past. I'll be interested if you find out, as ceramic coatings do not last forever. So if it is OK, I might try it next time around.

Now here is a dilemma... Just checked ship tracker and saw ANL Warrnambool outside of Port Botany - STILL?!? Checked the Port Authority of NSW website, and now it says ANL Warrnambool to arrive 6:30am Friday 13th... Things to consider: Sunrise...

From the Model 3 Manual (North America edition): Seat Covers Warning: Do not use seat covers in Model 3. Doing so could restrict deployment of the seat-mounted side air bags if a collision occurs. It can also reduce the accuracy of the occupant detection system.