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Wow that's terrible. I had no idea. I get invites from fake Elon accounts all the time, but the YouTube thing is news to me.

I have just been on YouTube watching what appeared to be a live video from an official Tesla event. Elon talking and taking questions from the audience. All of a sudden he talks very scripted, a QR code shows in the corner of the screen and he is asking people to send in crypto currency claimng...

Very true. From the start we knew it would only get more and more. But at least 10 years ago, when I started, you could catch the superchargers in your area and go back home and be god for a while. Today, the moment you drive, a new one opens. Oddly it is always in the area you just left, never...

I remember seeing a documentary about the golden gate bridge painting. There is a team that adds new paint over the entire bridge. By the time they are done, so much time has passed that they are starting right away again. It's a constant thing. Feels like this supercharger hunt has become like...

Keeping a key card in the car is similar, except a phone with a disabled key function is safer as the phone is locked. Even if someone were to physically break into your car, they still can't drive it as the phone is locked. I think it's pretty save to keep a phone in the car with the 'phone...

I believe even the very first Model S chargers supported 277 Volt. After all, they were used in the early V1 superchargers. Of course that was never official back then. I doubt we will see this catch on. Pubic L2 chargers are about 50/50 208 Volt vs 240 Volt. I haven't watched the video, just...

I did a scenic drive around the Northeast enjoying nature and picking up a few new stations on the way. 1400 miles in 2.5 days. Throughout the entire trip my efficiency was 270 Wh/mile which is exactly the rated consumption for my Y. Despite not optimizing my charge times at all (I usually...

What's the purpose of the feature then? The pairing process is too cumbersome if you have to do it over and over just to disable one phone temporarily. I assumed that was the whole purpose of the feature. And in fact it does exactly that except the walk away lock. Every other functionality of...

I can lock the car from my other phone or a key card. It will stay locked even if the phone is inside with 'phone key' disabled. It will not keep the car unlocked, it will not allow it to be opened nor driven. That's exactly what I expected from this feature. Just odd that there is this residual...

I had the worst time getting 'walk away lock' to work. In my previous two Model S it worked fine but I was using the key fob. With my Y and using just the phone it just wouldn't work. The car kept warning me the doors are not locked when I parked the car. I doubled check driver profiles and...

Looks awesome! I really have to come next year. I'll plan my work schedule around it.

I have been driving Tesla for 10 years. Currently a MYP. I sold the original wheels and went with 18 inch rims and Micheline Defenders. They might not be the most quiet tire on the market, but so far I'm extremely impressed. I put 22k miles on them and they look 'like new'. I was lucky to get...

I was in NYC for work but I still can't get myself to go to those valet only chargers in Manhattan. The older I get the less I like cities with lots of people. I plan on spending a few days in Maine somewhere in a remote cabin in the woods. Been working a lot and I need a break. I will however...

Same here. With my new Y I have a hard time keeping up with the car. It charges so fast. Normal sit down meals aren't even possible any more. I wish they would add some urban type 72 kW max stalls. Those are ideal if you plan on taking a longer stop.

Check-ins for 2024-05-13 - Downingtown, PA (#1889) - Exton, PA (#1890) - Morgantown, PA (#1891) - Pottstown, PA (#1892) - Quakertown, PA (#1893) Check-ins for 2024-05-14 - Easton, PA (#1894) - Mt. Pocono, PA (#1895) - Blakeslee, PA (#1896) - Wilkes-Barre Township, PA (#1897) -...

Nice! That's a big milestone

Not making much progress. Still have to manage work and Supercharger hunt Check-ins for 2024-05-07 - Annapolis - Buschs Frontage Rd, MD (#1869) - Grasonville - Hissey Rd, MD (#1870) - Georgetown, DE (#1871) - Ocean City - Ocean Gateway, MD (#1872) - Rehoboth Beach - Coastal Hwy, DE (#1873) -...

It shows 'closed' in the car navigation, but it is working. Just charged here

Notice the large opening and a handle. I'm a big guy but apparently my bladder is smaller than a teenage girl saying she needs to pee every 30 min on a road trip. This makes life driving long distance so much easier. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Is there any research how faster vs slower discharge/charging affects degradation?

I had the absolute worst experience at the border going to Canada last year. I won't go into details, but I have decided not to go to Canada any more.

I think when Tesla makes official recommendations there are several things they are considering. We tend to assume their recommendation is to optimize battery longevity. That's not their only concern. They want the best user experience as well. For example, we know that, for lowest...

What's everyone's take on reliability of V4 superchargers? I have used a handful and I've had trouble at the majority of them. Either it would just say 'ready to charge' but won't. Or the charge rate is low.

Check-ins for 2024-04-28 - Laurinburg, NC (#1842) - Dillon, SC (#1843) - Lumberton - W 5th St, NC (#1844) - Durham - Fayetteville Rd, NC (#1845) - Cary - Tryon Rd, NC (#1846) - Knightdale, NC (#1847) Check-ins for 2024-04-29 - Henderson - E Andrews Ave, NC (#1848) - Franklin, VA (#1849) -...

Colonial Heights / Conduit Rd says is closed but it works. Charging there now...

Here is a quick update on my now 6 month old Model Y Performance. This graph is generated using Teslafi.com, a logging service that tracks everything the car does. There are thousands of other users so it has data from many other vehicles and allows you to compare. My range is pretty high...

Check-ins for 2024-04-23 - Albany, GA (#1827) - Ashburn, GA (#1828) - Dublin, GA (#1829) - Gray, GA (#1830) (met with @PLUS EV ) - Dothan, AL (#1831) (forgot to log it a few days before, so I added it out of order) - Tucker, GA (#1832) (First to check-in) Check-ins for 2024-04-24 - Commerce, GA...

Yes that's the way to go. If you don't want to follow the car's charging stops, just add the superchargers you want manually as waypoints and then tap on 'remove all charging stops'. It will remove all chargers suggested by the car but keep yours. It knows they are superchargers and will...

Anyone in the Carolines the next 10 days? I'll be driving around both states if anyone wants to meet up.

The pizza slices came a few days after I took the photos. I have them installed and after almost 20k miles on them, I'm still loving them. No issues.

True, Germany was late in offering incentives for buying EVs. I think they were 5 years behind the US

I grew up in Europe. My dad worked in France for a few years. I honestly don't really understand why. France wasn't very much about going green or progressive. Germany was very much about saving the environment. I learned about climate change in the 80s in school in Germany. But things much have...

I dropped mine off a few years ago and haven't picked her up since LOL

Yes, sorry I should have added the version in my comment. Important for future reference

We will see what Tesla decides to do. I had 3 months trial with the car with the old version of FSD and it was so bad I didn't even bother doing the subscription. Basic auto steer with TACC worked fine for me. The new version is far better. I have been testing it for over 2000 miles. I feel like...

The little anti-nag device that goes inside the steering wheel works well with the current version of FSD. Zero steering wheel nags. The only exception are situations where the travel lanes might be changed due to construction or something like that. If the car sees barriers/cones it will demand...

Now it's down to $99 a mont for full self driving. That makes buying it outright even less attractive. In fact I would be upset if I had spent $12k on it just 6 months ago when I got my car. That's 10 years of subscription. I assume they will lower the price for buying FSD some time later this...

Just keeping up to date... Check-ins for 2024-04-11 - Vicksburg, MS (#1816) - Alabaster, AL (#1817) - East Point - N Commerce Dr, GA (#1818) - Marietta - Windy Hill Rd SE, GA (#1819) Check-ins for 2024-04-12 - Norcross, GA (#1820) - Gainesville, GA (#1821) - Flowery Branch, GA (#1822) -...

I have a relatively new Y (Oct 2023) but I have driven 16k miles in it already. Mostly southern states with lots of AC use. No smell whatsoever. I can't speak about older vehicles.

That has been fixed by Tesla via software. The car will run the cabin air fan to dry the filters if needed. I noticed this often when I park my car after driving in it for a while.

I camped at Buc-ee's for the eclipse. Lots of other people had the same idea. It was packed. 2 hours before there all parking spots and the street leading up to it was full. Teslas came and left so some ICE cars tried to take those spots. To be fair, the vast majority realized they are charging...

I'll be at the Ennis Supercharger in Texas tomorrow for the eclipse I figured it's close to the center. I know the weather isn't looking too good. But it's a Buc-ees so at least there is plenty of food and parking.

Sorry for being rather absent. I got more on my plate than I can handle but in a good way Check-ins for 2024-04-03 - Destin - US-98, FL (#1812) (First to check-in) - Orange Beach, AL (#1813) (First to check-in) Check-ins for 2024-04-04 - New Caney, TX (#1814) - Humble, TX (#1815)

That makes sense. So fresh air goes through the large HEPA, then through the 2 small ones inside.

Oh that's what this is! I noticed this and was thinking it's an overactive cabin overheat protection. But that makes perfect sense. It basically blows the air filters dry on it's own.

I tried to find some info but I can't find anything definitive. My Oct 2023 Model Y P has the normal cabin air filters in the center foot well. But it also has the large HEPA filters under the hood. As the HEPA filters used all the time or only when I turn on the 'bioweapon defense mode'...

I don't have the original tires any more so I can only measure the ones I have. That means as much as I could accurately measure them, without having an equally accurate measurement of the original tires, I'm not sure how useful it will be. I did some distance measuring on long drives. When I...

I agree, the obsession with minimizing battery degradation is not necessary. Moderate loss of battery degradation doesn't affect daily driving whatsoever. Even a 10% range loss doesn't make a difference in any but the most extreme situations. What I did find pretty annoying with my old Model S...

I am trying to find it. I guess it wasn't in the manual, but it was either in a thread here on on their official discord channels. The switch is instand but the power ramps up over some time. The same is true when you change the regen amount. I assume the car does it to avoid a sudden change in...

Prof Jeff Dahn recommends 30% for 'airport parking'.