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    Poll: How many are still using original 12V Battery that came with the car?

    I did the same thing when my 21 LR AWD Model 3 12v battery died suddenly one night and driver's doors became inop and car wouldn't move. Made a service appointment the next morning and I was able to drive it 40miles to the SC to have the battery replaced. I actually checked Autozone and Advanced...
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    Tire Rotation [recommendations on where to get tires rotated?]

    So what you should do is create a new trip meter and name it "5-3 rotated" and reset the mileage. Check the box to show in trip cards. You can swipe left on the cards to view the mileage since last rotated. Don't forget to reset the tires under the service menu as it will display the approximate...
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    FSD 12 perspective from a previous skeptic

    2021 M3LR AWD with Supervised FSD v12. First time using it and I am actually impressed. This works better than Autopilot with no phantom braking and better dynamic lane centering. I have used it on 70 mph freeways and 2 lane 55mph highways. I have disengaged mostly when approaching construction...
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    FSD 12 perspective from a previous skeptic

    For me, v12 signals in my neighborhood roundabout 50% of the time.
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    Do you hand wash or car wash your Tesla?

    At this point, I don't care about swirls in the paint. I didn't PPF any part of it and I have lots of rock chips. It gets driven over 30k miles a year and is a 100+ mile a weekday daily driver. If the paint gets too bad, I will get it repainted or just drive until I get to 500k miles then sell it.
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    I have a 2022 model 3 dual motor. At 8k I had tires rotated. Yesterday took car in to have tires rotated again at 17k do I need to have an alignment?

    My stock Michelins unevenly wore out on the driver side inside tread of the tires after 30k miles. I put new Conti ExtremeContact DWS06 tires on and took it to a Tesla SC to have it aligned. Left toe was adjusted. I have over 50k miles on the Conti's with minimal driver side inside tire wear. I...
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    Do you hand wash or car wash your Tesla?

    I hand washed it the first two years, then with all the rock chips and scratches it has accumulated in 82k miles I stated taking it to car washes. I do a better job hand washing and hand drying than the car wash, but when it is really dirty and I don't have time, I take it to the local car wash...
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    Thinking about trading my Model Y for a used Model 3

    2021 (Sept) M3LR AWD with 83k miles. I am 6' 4". While it isn't as comfortable to drive as my Ford Expedition, I have driven long mileage days in it. In the heat of Florida, the lack of seat ventilations causes swamp @$$, glad the new M3's have this now. Atom processor is fine, I don't use any...
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    Poll: How many are still using original 12V Battery that came with the car?

    21 3LR AWD with 75k miles 12v died at home while charging with no prior notification. Tesla app notified me that the 12v needed replacing, provided a link to make and appointment and took it into the SC the next morning. The car was inoperable and the driver door, windows were inop, the car...
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    Handheld wiper storage location ideas?

    The easiest place is behind the front seats on the floor. Hopefully you have all-weather mats so melting ice/snow won't soak into the carpets. Living in NW Florida we just preheat the cabin and melt any frost on the windows so we don't travel with a window scraper.
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    Do you change all 4 tires on a RWD Model 3?

    21 3LR AWD here and the OEM Michelins needed to be replaced at 30k miles because the left front toe was out from the factory and wore the inside edge of the tire down. I had Tesla perform a wheel alignment after I had 4 new https://www.tirerack.com/tires/continental-extremecontact-dws-06-plus...
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    My first long full day road trip experience

    This is an interesting comment. I frequently drive long distances for work by myself and I have never felt I needed someone in the car to talk to or talk to me. I drove 400 miles yesterday and most of it was in silence. If I get bored I will queue up a podcast or listen to a playlist on Pandora...
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    Drove my M3 off a curb

    You are the reason while cycling I don't trust motorists. Not that they are trying to run me over, but people having "fuxxed" moments. Don't get your rims fixed, something tells me those won't be the last curbed marks on your rims.
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    Door suction sound, sticking when opening

    When I read the title of this discussion post, this was the first solution that I was thinking. Your local auto parts store should have some, or wally world.
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    Rumbling noise with balanced wheels and normal alignment

    It wouldn't be the first time a "tire engineer" didn't balance the tire properly. Not to say they were deliberate, but it could still be the issue.