Recent content by avramd

That is apples & oranges. The weight of the trailer matters very little unless the trailer has brakes and you are using them. If you got yourself 3500 lbs in gold bars, you'd get almost exactly the same range if you put them in your trunk vs if you towed them in a small trailer that fit entirely...

I think about those scenes all the time when I'm in the Keys! I was in the USAF for 5 years, and even though only the Marines used the Harrier, it was always my favorite plane!

I think you are confusing it with posting on forums about experiences you haven't had. I'm curious what you think I should have done instead: Spend a couple thousand dollars renting a huge uncomfortable truck for three weeks, and then have to use it as my daily driver while at my destinations...

No/yes. It got close, but was always estimating that I needed for example 70% battery to get to a charger that I actually needed 80% to get to. It did a pretty good job of picking out chargers though. Once or twice it picked out a charger that I'd have needed 100% to get to, and would have had...

Well, that's kinda like saying a $10 bill is better than a $5 bill. The question is not whether a MYP is as good at towing long distances as a big-ass diesel truck. The question is whether it is acceptable. There are two a really interesting subtleties that I didn't cover in my initial post...

Which CT? If AWD, I doubt you will have to stop. With a rated range of 340 mi, and a vehicle that is likely less efficient than a MY, you'd probably be good for 120 miles of useable range per leg towing my boat. What I will tell you is this: It takes 100 miles or so for the car to settle on an...

Hey Everyone, I thought I would share my experience with my most significant towing trip yet. I have a '20 MYP "stealth," which was originally rated at 315 mi of range. Now my 100% range is about 298. Something I've wanted to do for a long time is bring my boat, a small trimaran, to the FL...

I figured out a way to remove these end caps that seems to reliably save the tabs. It's a bit difficult to get a good hold on it. On the front ones, I was able to insert the tip of my finger into the T-slot and pull towards me (not up). With the rear, I couldn't get enough grip with my...

There is an important detail quietly underlying all the comments about how Tesla should solve this problem for us: It presumes that the driver can't learn, or refuses to do so. Low regen mode is a training tool. Much like training wheels, it's meant to be temporary, to help the driver adapt to a...

David, zero regen is not what you think it is. Regen is just engine braking that happens to be stronger than most ICE cars' engine braking. It sounds like you think zero regen would get a Tesla to behave like an ICE car when you take your foot off the accelerator - mild engine braking. That's...

And more generally, I figured I'd report in after my third Winter Driving School, and first one in 11 months. This time there isn't much new to report. Only one thing stood out: It appears to me that Tesla has tweaked the definition of the 0-100% regen slider. In the past when setting it really...

Just thought I'd chime in here after another WDS: My experience was also that the heat pump was always running when I was in track mode. I wouldn't call it "full blast," it seemed the same to me as when I'm running a/c on a hot summer day. I don't know what it's doing since most of the time I...

Yes, and there is at least one thing that is clear from the video alone: The driver let an extended period of time go by while continuing to do nothing. Granted once he got hit, he was probably freaking out, and freezing up when freaking out is fairly common. I wonder if he simply fell asleep...

Hey all, I thought anyone following this thread might like to hear the good news. The Chief of Police for the town of Littleton responded to my online submission. He explained that what the town had requested was that the $10/hr surcharge would not kick in until 4hrs after the car had...

In this case, the policy is new within the last year, and it does not cut you off, it just starts charging you more. I believe the motivation is that this town gets a lot of day trip tourists from nearby ski areas, and they want to increase the availability of the resource to promote more tourism.