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Hi everyone, my 2015 has been acting pretty weird lately and one of the issues I noticed was that my Energy Display this spring was reading energy consumption approx 20% higher than what I would normally get each Spring. Usually in the spring I see my consumption at around 180 watts per km, but...

Thanks for everyone”s comments. One thing I forgot to mention is that my cat is in a heated garage and I set the temperature in the garage at around 10 degrees and so I don’t know why my car would need the battery to be warmed while I am charging? I also do try to schedule my charging to finish...

This continual “tweaking” Tesla is very frustrating. With the last update I now see the coolant pump (or something) running almost continuously. There are a few things that I just don’t understand other than to think it is being done by Tesla as a way to get energy from the battery, which can...

There is a Discussion on blind spot that went on for ever with people disagreeing with logic due to their driving preferences. I sure hope that does not happen here :(

Mind you at that temperature with winters the ice feels more like driving on gravel than compared with driving on ice near freezing temps

Like others have said, you need to have winter tires. It just adds an extra degree of safety. Sounds like you have them, but have not had time to put them on yet. I would not lose confidence in the car over this though, as you really need to see how the car operates with the winters on. I...

Can’t believe I read and scanned through all 291 pages :( Decided to switch to scanning once I started to see a lot of tangents being brought in and also a lot of back and forth about nothing. Sure wish people would not have wasted people’s time with such ridiculousness:( In any event...

2012MS85, 45 minutes to heat the cabin? Seems a little excessive...

I think the manual says at -30 cel for more than 24 hours make sure you plug it in. Everyone should check that and be sure to follow the suggestion. For me when it gets that cold and I am driving around or going shopping for long portions of time I have never had an issue and was thankful for...

Thought something I saw was a little odd the other day and sure enough something is???

Just tried the new heated seat feature yesterday and was very happy :)

If you go to a kids store that sells car seats you should be able to find a good selection of these types of seat protectors.

I just read above mention of Kal Tire still doing the free change over and note that in Alberta they are changing their story and saying that their contract was never meant to be free change overs. I have gone to great lengths to inform them of how they misrepresented me at the time I bought as...

My 2015 85d has been great with very few issues. I have about 35,000 KM on it now, and have no concerns. It has been a great reliable car and I’m coming from an LS460 which was rock solid.

What a horrible thread title!

Also, I recall reading somewhere that rear vents don’t work if no one is sitting back there?

If having winter tires on save you from just one incident, then they are more than worth it. Why take the chance, make yourself, your family, and me (and everyone else) safer and get the winter tires!

Each time I see this thread it disappoints me. We should all exhibit good etiquette around chargers and charging. Like others, I leave my phone number on the dash on a card that says approximately what time I will be back. If I’m plugged in, leave my car and the charger alone. If you are...

I saw that and could not believe that this winter weather is so widespread across Canada. More snow for us Monday!

I see you posted this at the beginning of March and sure hope you did not think winter was ending too early this year! I took mine off Monday last week and might have been too eager as our Thursday storm was still enough to make my all seasons struggle. Really can’t understand people who feel...

I can’t recall and please don’t quote me on this, but I thought it was in the center armrest.

Happy to hear everything was ok. The conditions we have had these past two days have been pretty bad as we are having fresh snow on some pretty slick hard pack to ice. I feel these conditions are pushing the limits of my Nokia’s Hakas) at times.

That is ridiculous! Was the rest of the lot like that?

I just parked at the airport in Calgary last week with temps lower than minus 20 for five days and lost about 50kms of charge.

I don’t really hate anything with my MS, but do wish that 1. My windshield washer worked a bit better on the lower centre part of my windshield. The issue seems to be my right nozzle just cannot spray this area very well (especially when the car is moving). It’s not a huge deal, but I just...

Thanks for the post as it forced me to go back and try to find my source. I could not find anything. When I first posted my question on another thread here it was based off of a manual that I had pulle from the web and when I typed the post I went back and forth to make sure I was reading...

Maybe they need a block heater type element to heat the coolant

That is what I was thinking and led me to question how they can overcome charging the battery in the cold if there is now way for the battery to heat first in order to not get damaged by charging when cold. I read here that you can charge a cold battery very very slowly and not cause damage...

Here is an interesting find. The tempurature limits description in the owners manual reads differently for the model 3 than it does for the S. For the 3 it states to not expose the car to temperatures below minus 30 C for more than 24 hours. For the MS the description reads don’t leave the car...

Welcome and good luck with your purchase. I would Look up a guy named a Bjorn on this site and watch his winter videos with his old rear wheel drive model S. I think you will be surprised given that you can now get dual motors which will perform even better. Of course having proper winter tires...

I think there are a few others that will tear this apart. All I can say is that I have just come out of my third really cold spell this winter and my model S performed just like any car I have owns in the past. In terms of winter performance are you using winter tires? Freezing rain, slush...

Not sure if a Cross Iron Mills parking ticket means anything but hopefully it hammers home a message. I think this is a great step though by the mall.

I’m assuming the security guard helpful? I think the mall might have made things worse with that barrier as people may have thought they were broke. They should put a no parking sign on the barrier maybe that might help.

It has been always known as Rocky View.

I think you are reading a bit into the picture here. How can you tell he is pushing he break and why would he if they have put something behind the front passenger side tire (plus the wood behind the left front tire)?

This is still a prototype and gives them an opportunity to learn from their mistakes and thus deliver a better car in the end.

Can you drive to a heated indoor parking garage to let things warm up a little?

I have not ones one, but did try to see if I could find one back in 2009. Unfortunately, there are not that many of these in Canada. I can’t recall but believe this was not sold here. A great car, but to be honest it is getting a bit old now.

Those five are always there as they are demos vehicles for the Tesla store in the mall. It only takes one pebble to start an avalanche.

More importantly, it looks like one of the stalls has been ICED. Hopefully they were on a test drive.

Although I suspect I might sound a little extreme here, your decision to not put winter tires on would put those around you at risk any time the conditions change from what you describe if you choose to drive in those conditions. What happens when you drive to work and conditions change through...

Ummmm the Nokian WRG3 seems to come to mind as an all season tire???

All I can say is follow the advice of a few others here and set up your mirrors properly. No need I repeat how to do that as the advice is above. For everyone that argues this is incorrect for one reason or another don’t listen to them as it is the correct way. The one argument I hear over...

How can you complain about the safety of the car and compare it to another vehicle when the issue is with the tires. In terms of the windows digging and the temps, take the advice provided by everyone that has responded to the solution as they all will work.

Not sure I agree and more importantly not sure I said anything about a polar vortex. Also, then temp change from last week to this week was about 30 degrees F. Which is more extreme than the 10 degree difference you mention.

Not only this but we are really only taking about driving in extreme situations. We get these types of very cold weather patterns only a four or five times a year. Given that I’m usually just commuting too and from work around this time of year I don’t really think much of it. Maybe a drive...

If he was wrong on his temps, he won’t be for long as the system that just left us that did see minus 20s to minus 30s here out west is heading out east I believe and so there will likely be more cold temps for them to enjoy.

You were cutting things pretty close in terms of the extreme operating tempurature caution in the owners manual, which notes that the car should should be plugged in when the ambient tempurature Is less than minus 30 for more than 24 hours at a time.

Is 170km round trip or one way? If round trip, I can’t believe you would be having an issue with that distance and your 100 model S? I would have done it with my 85. We just finished a cold spell that is likely on your way with minus 25 to minus 30 and the heater held up well.

I find that when I get some moisture on the inside of the car that running the A/C helps get rid of things pretty well. I also try to avoid re circulating the air a bit. I also agree that when things get cold manually setting things works better than auto. However, I’m thinking you have a bit...