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Yes @Whyone "a dog's-breakfast" is a good way to sum it up. I've seen a few in Idaho during April-May when we were staying with our family who live there, a couple were wrapped red or black (edit: cars not family). To me it is hideous, looks like some sort of hastily assembled concept vehicle...

For those of us who don't subscribe to Premium Connectivity Tesla would probably prefer we did rather than listen to something else.

I became a click and collect supermarket shopper for various members of the family throughout those lockdowns as my only excuse to use the first Tesla & I still remember the open mouthed incredulity of an older lady watching me loading my bags into the 'engine' at Asda. I still do all 'our'...

That boat sailed long ago for me I'm afraid (& I was referring to the 'less than graceful' ageing effect Tesla ownership seems to have on some of the folk on here)

In inverse proportion to some of the owners, it seems.

That's good to know although I'm going to use Newmarket as the default on this journey in future unless the site regularly has queues/delays. Last Friday I charged at 12.30 with four other Teslas there when I arrived and three Teslas & an Audi when I finished (ie 5 stalls 'used/blocked')

Yes, the rear of this one is exactly that! - parked opposite me (in Idaho USA) yesterday. Hideous

When I switched back in 2022 I asked via Twitter (as it was then) and specifically said Tracker for gas only, please leave electricity as Intelligent Octopus. It’s safer to be specific and also have evidence of the request just in case (they confirmed the change in less than an hour).

I've been on Tracker for gas for at least two winters and have mostly seen costs in the 3-4p/kWh ranges with occasional moves toward mid 5p and sometimes below 3p. Example from the latest bill attached & rates were similar to this throughout Jan-Feb-March as well.

I've toyed with the idea of changing from Tesla integration to reinstalling IOG as Zappi controlled. However I believe I would lose the ability to just set a target SOC and would instead have to calculate how much % I want to add each time? The current arrangement just seems so simple and it's...

I suggest you just start by setting everything to the basics as Octopus recommend. Podpoint EVSE to 7kWh, no schedules No automations Tesla app and/or car, set charge limit to 100% but no schedules etc IOG app, set the target SOC for that night and finish by time as 05.30 Once plugged in - ONLY...

Why? I installed a battery-only setup several years ago (additional to the main FIT solar/hybrid/battery system which I already have) then added solar to it in 2022 using a different installer. It was a simple and trouble free process with a CT clamp from the battery inverter to the panel...

Three Cybertrucks have been spotted so far here in Boise - Red, Black (both wrapped) and this one that passed us yesterday as we sat at a junction. To me those angular lines make it look like an unfinished concept car & even if they do decide to produce a RHD version it's going to be too big for...

A few days ago I was discussing relative salary differentials with my Idaho friend over a beer & he cited a DPD driver he knows who is earning well over $150k pa (including some overtime but 'basic' accounts for nearly $100k). Salaries are well up compared to the UK & this isn't typical but I...

Exactly my experience this week in Idaho as a passenger in a friends Model Y LR using FSD Beta v12. Very impressive and completely autonomous including junctions, lane changes, turns, lights and even a roundabout, all 'city street' driving. Apart from US required steering wheel torque (much...

On my car the wipers always behave perfectly but rain, mist, spray or certain lighting conditions do not conform. Will the Met Office ever fix this?

I have received a message from another forum member where he received the same exemplary service from Fylde Coast (because the third party paid for the repair they did not wish to post in case their own insurance company became aware). ...I might also add that several days after receiving the...

I’m not so sure, every road was on the standard US grid system & all lanes were very wide. Part of the route included a roundabout near my Daughters house and it stopped then proceeded across (nothing else around at that point though). Waiting at lights/junctions in the appropriate lane and...

Oh, I missed that, I'm in the USA at the moment with grandkids so not really keeping up with things. (....though I did have a very impressive journey through the city two nights ago in a friends FSD v12 Beta Model Y. I stepped into the car on my Daughters drive and it literally drove us several...

I will be disabling this feature - my Zappi is directly behind the boot and I have no desire for it to randomly open when I stand there. Pressing the release button is fine by me.

I see you are in Idaho & I'm currently vacationing in Boise where electricity is a flat rate of 8c/kWh. At todays exchange rate that = 6.5 pence/kWh. One of the lowest UK EV overnight tariffs gives 7.5 p/kWh but typically around 20-30p/kWh for most others including daytime rates (~9.5c to...

That looks rather ambiguous to me. It doesn't show current occupancy and only records Telas en route that are preconditioning/using the SuC as a destination. Some of us (maybe only me?) prefer to navigate to the address/postcode rather than to the SuC itself.

@spdpsba - I take the M6-A14 regularly and generally use (basic) AP for the whole route. I agree that this journey in the Model Y is more relaxing than it used to be in my former Model 3. Departing from either home or the destination near Bury St Edmunds at 100% SOC & setting AP to between...

No restrictions at Hilton Park, Trentham Gardens or Rugby, I use these when travelling on the M6. Hilton has the older 150kWh SuCs.

I can confirm that the Toll booths used to be manned, it’s imprinted on my mind…. On one occasion I had to stretch rather too far from the side window to reach the card reader slot at one of the automated gates, however a very strong wind snatched the card away from my finger tips. It flew off...

Another alternative is Trentham Gardens (18 SuCs), just off the M6. I prefer to use this rather than Keele, they are less than 5 miles apart.

This has been there for a while, useful to confirm that LTE or WiFi are connected rather than having to open a separate menu.

I also received the disconnect-reconnect email prompt yesterday. It worked OK but the test charge lasted nearer 20 minutes, taken from the panels & house batteries (which were at 100% via solar so no cost - two 3.6kWh inverters with individual panels/batteries). As it's always done IOG charged...

Retired in my '50s. Been volunteering ever since, similar to having two 'jobs' but much more satisfying.

That's because its related to Tesla wipers "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain" so the roads are clear.

Careful, otherwise you sound like Elon Musk 😲 3-4000 miles away might be more accurate

I've been parallel parking to kerbs for several months using the latest (ie working) iteration of Tesla Vision. The red kerb warning area on the screen image happens about 4" (100mm) out and using the dipped side mirrors I get to about 1" away (25mm). I can honestly say that this is...

Because Teslas are the new Cortina's

....and on a bright day, when it's clean!

Same here, got it yesterday but going to be away from my car for several weeks very soon, I rarely drive in the dark anyway so it's no big deal.

I've always experienced good, bad and appalling wiper behaviour happening at random & today I had to use the stalk button numerous times on a screen that was almost completely obscured by light rain. Tweaking the software is most likely pointless because the focal distance of our relatively...

When I purchased my first Tesla in 2020 this certainly didn't happen. The only way the expiry date extended was when I received another referral & that scheme closed near the end of 2021. I have now used all but 67 of those free miles but they expire in a few weeks, on 4th May.

Yes I thought that. Octopus do this any month that even a single half hour slot is missing and that happens quite often with our gas smart meter. We spend up to 3 months/yr with our family in the USA and in October/November Octopus averaged our usage even though for 3 weeks we were away and...

I've been on Tracker for Gas for a couple of years. Only seen just above 5p/kWh once or twice early on & that was very briefly. For this winter it has been as low as 2.8p and as high as 4.7p, mostly in the 3-3.9p range. Even if prices did rise above the fixed threshold they would have to stay...

We can give your post emojis for Like, Informative etc but I can't find one for cheesy so I had to choose Funny.

I was one of those lucky ones - 27y old Sales Manager who saw an advertisement "would you like to start your own business" & I matched the bill on every criteria they were looking for (location, education, experience, industry, age range, ambition). When I got the job the MD basically said "You...

Set the IO 'ready time' to 05.30 & unless you're going from a very low to a very high SOC, all slots should be after 23.30 meaning you can lay off the valium and get a nights' sleep.

...I suspect that the majority of forum members couldn't disagree more with you if we tried.

Those sort of numbers have been holding me back from getting a heat pump. We have paid £157 for gas one month this winter with only one other +£100 & this is with two gas boilers. Since state retirement age the winter payment covers almost all gas usage. PV/FIT/batteries put us in positive...

I knew you hold the same views, just intended as irony for others who don't.

Yes, good advice and that's what I did when we sold the business. Paid off the mortgage early 40's and fully retired late 50's (may be different if you have a Defined Benefit Pension though).

Yes, these are the only cars I've owned where trying to park straight using the drivers side window resulted in an angle. The ability to park precisely within lines or against any parallel surface using the screen image is something I've been very happy to swap USS for. A kerb will also become...

You must be my wife... spending willy-nilly, daily Dilly.

I know, it's awful isn't it. Charge overnight or on solar for pennies or nothing, no need for expensive servicing, defrost the car from bed in winter or cool it in summer. No keys, no need to 'open' 'lock' or 'start' the car & peace of mind knowing that even if someone is able to enter it...

...talking of pet peeves. Americans don't corrupt the word 'have' into 'of' as in 'should have' becoming 'should of' etc so I commend them all for that.