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Old thread, but another option for a UPS for the a Raspberry Pi (even the more power hungry Pi 4) is this board: LiFePO4wered/Pi+ It uses a LiFePO4 cell, so should handle more charge cycles and is less likely to "thermal runaway" on you.

It's great that they are roughly sequential. You get a peak into when someone joined the club. My kids call them the "ELon" plates. :-)

Let us know how it goes. I took mine to the Schaumburg location to get a chunk or metal out of a tire (and to patch it), but they were able to remove it without any patching. I did ask if they had the jack pads for a Tesla, and the guy knew what I was talking about, so that's good.

When we drove through heading to TN, I did note a few "Coal keeps the lights on" license plates. Will do, one in Elizabethtown, KY would be nice. Tesla is in the unique position to see the location of every car, it's SoC, when/where/how they charge. It'd be fun to work on a SC planning tool...

Wow, the "Construction Plans" document is quite detailed. Now I know the red LED assembly the illuminates the Tesla logo uses 130mA. Happy to see this one going in for North/South travel. The Sullivan University SC (2120 Gardiner Ln) gets busy, and last time I went through I had a lot of...

Do the third row seats have occupancy sensors? If so, the car could take of that if the HVAC is running in "auto" mode. If you detect people in the back back seats, to paraphase Douglas Quaid: "Give those people (fresh, not recirculated) air!".

Based on the parts catalog, and this still image from the video, it looks like there are two Torx T10 screws to remove... and maybe 1-2 more on the tabs on the glare shield, hard to tell from the video (circled one in yellow).

Agreed, things also get a little fuzzy at step 12. They mention you shouldn't install the new battery until that step, but then in step 13 they mention to make sure to reconnect the high voltage controller harness connector before reconnecting 12V power. There are some formatting issues, so...

Just saw this tweet on that topic: https://twitter.com/greentheonly/status/1338942535792816128?s=20

Found this video that looks like it covers the, well... covers:

Looking at the Tesla parts catalog to get a preview of the disassembly, it looks more involved than I thought. Not sure what they mean by "SINGLE SHOT" in the part description. It can only be used once? M3, RVM, GLARE SHIELD, SINGLE SHOT Part Number: 1530259-00-B Thanks, MF

Snagged an image from greentheonly's AP augmented reality view video. Looks like it's worse on that Model 3. Still, I think it'll be beneficial to clean the glass under the cover. Really hard to search for that, since most posts/videos are about covering the selfie cam so Elon doesn't...

FYI, Ohmmu has the procedure (from Telsa) documented on their site: https://www.ohmmu.com/model3install Accessing the penthouse under the rear seat is pretty easy.

If you supply 12V via the connector on the front bumper, will that charge the 12V battery? That would only be helpful in the case where something is wrong the power conversion units, and the car isn't charging the 12V battery on its own (so not a fault in the lead acid battery itself). The 9V...

I was looking through some TeslaCam footage from the front camera, and found video recorded at night shows a lot of "flare" from other lights. I've attached a couple of examples. This image was taken while stopped at a red light. The flare is most visible in the brake lights of the vehicle in...

It's listed as open on Tesla's Supercharger list. We'll see if the car sends us that way. It's going to be about 93ºF when I'm charging, so I'll see if that impacts peak power. Should be rolling in with 10-15% SoC. Louisville, KY - Towne Center Drive Supercharger | Tesla Have a great 4th!

Perfect timing for our road trip on Sunday. Thanks everyone for the field reports. This will be my first V3 charging session.

Thanks for the report! We'll be driving through this coming Sunday. Last time we went to the Louisville SC mid-day near a holiday, it was rather busy. We only received 66kW, and had to wait a bit to get that. If they can pull off commissioning before the 4th of July, that'd be great.

Hi, Back in October 2019 I had the plastic deadfronts replace as part of a service bulletin. Immediately after that, it took a lot more force for me to connect my HPWC at home. After a few months, it wore in. It's still a tighter fit than it used to be, but not bad. What I've noticed since...

Living Tesla has a couple of videos regarding door (or near the door) rattles: Model 3 Seatbelt Adjuster Rattle Fix Model 3 Driver's Door Rattle Fix Have you tried to roll the windows all the way down, then back up? Later, MF

I took a look in the charger end, and didn't see any plastic marks, but it has only been a few days. I'll probably schedule a follow up visit, since my charger was (relatively) easy to insert, I'm concerned about others that were more difficult.

I had my 2018 LR Model 3 in to a Tesla service center to get the tires rotated, and to give it a once over. While it was in, they replaced the charge port pin deadfronts as part of SB-18-44-010. SB-18-44-010 details here: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10154509-9999.pdf Now when I...

Did you end up finding a good one? I have some damage to the front passenger side door panel. I got a quote from Tesla's body shop in Elk Grove, but they are really backed up. Went to a few other certified shops listed here. Ultimate Paint Shop II looks like they do good work, but they're...

Temperature dropped to 34°F this evening, and the clicking is back. It has persisted across several software updates at this point, maybe it’s working as designed.

My car received 2018.48.1 last night, and this morning the clicking was gone. Unfortunately the car reported the temperature as a balmy 44ºF, so not sure if the behavior changed due to the update, or the temperature. I'll check again tonight when it cools off.

I started hearing the "clicking" with 2018.44.2, and it behaves the same with 2018.46.2. I hear it as long as the car is awake and parked. The clicking stops if: The charger is connected and the car is charging. The charger is connected and the HVAC is running to pre-condition the car (it's...

Do they accept boats now?!? I sent pictures to a sales associate at a local store (in Oakbrook, IL), and they had the trade in quote ready when I went to test drive three days later.

Happy delivery day! Can't wait to hear how the delivery process went, and what the car is like.

What is their usual turn around time with a re-paint? Did you end up getting yours delivered? Later, MF

Nervously watching (and now replying to) this thread. I was scheduled to pickup next week, but moved it up to tomorrow (Thursday 9/20/2018) at Westmont, IL. My MVPA still has the old date, so the odds of a delay a probably higher. ;) Haven't heard anything, but I guess I should mentally...

I bet past Elon wouldn't believe you if you said the battery packs would be constraint, given that they've build a lot of batteries and Gigafactory 1 was on the upswing. Just think, back in December it looked like the credit might go away at the end of 2017, so to some extent we're lucky we'll...

The interesting part to me is that the car didn't notice anything was wrong. If the 12V battery wasn't charging, that should have been detectable. I know infant mortality with lead acid batteries has been mentioned, but that seems far fetched... certainly possible, but I'd bet on a fault...

Same for me. SR and AWD are both "Late 2018". Still not clear when the non-PUP model will be available, guess that comes later since we still haven't see what non-PUP looks like. Do dreams about Elon count? If so, going to drop some acid and watch the 1999 video of Elon getting his McLaren...

I assume those are only going out to Chicagoland owners with a Model 3 reservation? I was first in line at the Skokie store and haven't heard anything. Makes sense, since they have heavily weighted existing ownership. Later, MF

That was assuming a non-PUP version of the LR model is deliverable before the end of September. Since we haven't even seen a non-PUP version of the car yet, that doesn't seem likely. Beyond the publicly known issues at the Gigafactory, we don't know exactly where the bottlenecks are. Maybe...

I wonder if Tesla has considered a "road trip battery" that you tow behind you. :-) Sounds silly, but it could give you range only when you need it, so you're not driving around with extra battery mass for daily commuting. There are practical problems like projecting a battery pack outside of...

The estimator hasn't been updated in while, I expect we'll get new information on or shortly after the earnings call on 2/7/2018. Looking forward to Elon's commentary on the 3's production. You can tell he wants to say so much more (above an beyond the nuggets he does let slip). -MF

+1 to this! There might be a demo model at the 900 North Michigan Shops on Saturday (2/3/2018). Later, -MF

This comment has a decent analysis, and I think we're in the "Optimistic Scenario". Yeah, should have mentioned the additional quarter of the full credit... thanks for pointing that out. If the shuffling of the option delivery order is true, then September might be tight for the RWD, SR...

I'm in a similar situation, I was first in line at the Skokie store, and my first production estimate is Dec-Feb. I'm planning to hold out for the SR non-PUP model, but we'll see how the tax credit shakes out. It seems fairly likely that Tesla will hit 200K US sales in the beginning of Q2 2018...