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Mine originally was just the 5th bolt on each wheel a locking one. Somehow ALL of mine were changed to the locking ones! (Not by my request--done at an annual service for some unknown reason.) I am replacing them all! I hope Tesla will do it for me when I get my annual service done.

Thanks. I checked with Tesla and they only have the original ones with the locking key. I plan to get the aftermarket ones with hex bolts. Easier to use and in my situation little risk of having the wheels stolen (I hope!)

I need some parts from Tesla for my Roadster (bolts for the wheels) so I will try that before considering aftermarket bolts. Thank you.

Thank you very much!

Any recommendations for service centers in LA? I live in Santa Barbara and Tesla stopped servicing Roadster here. I am told Long Beach services Roadsters. But when you phone them there is a round-about of choices with nothing related to Roadsters. They tell you to make appointments with the...

Well we will do our best when we get there.

Sounds like a great plan. I think the organizers of this event should look in to it--especially if they want Roadsters in the future!

Well, when you leave the event stop in Pismo Beach on the way home for dinner and a charge and you should make it fine!

Madonna Inn is 94 miles from Santa Barbara so you should be able to make it without a problem. Charge once in SLO or in Pismo Beach on the way home and you will make it fine. Not much trouble-hassle so I hope you can make it!

In the past, there have been about four roadsters that want to use the charger at Madonna Inn. We have had problems because there are newer Teslas that are using it instead of the supercharger and blocking it for our use. Could we ask Madonna Inn to reserve it for the roadsters? We could then...

What if we asked the Madonna Inn to hold the J1772 charger for Roadsters only and asked those charging to call the next Roadster in line when they are finished charging?

Charging is very, very difficult for roadsters. There are level two chargers at the Madonna Inn, but often they are taken by new cars That should be using the supercharger. I think they should be reserved by the club and have the roadster owners contact each other when they are free so we can...

Zounds!

I have never done updates--I didn't know it was necessary! My app says v4.31.0-2552. Does this mean my app is updating automatically?

Fabulous! Anyone who owns a Tesla should watch this.

Glad it worked! Sure is better when all things on the car are working fine.

I tried many, many solutions--none of which worked. I gave up and went back in the house. I came out a hour later and started the car. Everything worked! Go figure. 'Time cures all ills.'

I just developed the same problem today. My Model Y is almost 3 years old and never had this problem before. Is there a solution other than removing my profile and reentering it?

They paid millions? How many?

Millions?

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How did the charge go at the Supercharger? 😎

To go back to the 'old' days, I purchased my Roadster in 2011. When driving from Santa Barbara to SF, I would look at the movie times in Atascadero and time a charge at the then 'fast charger' (70 amps--all the Roadster could take) at Rabobank. The movie would last 2 hours and that charge would...

I put on a 7" extender so the bike rack would be further from the car and I could open the hatch without hitting the rack. I didn't like it and removed it. I just made a point each time I put the rack on the car to tell myself not to open the rear hatch. So far it has worked! The rack is...

Here's hopin'!

Are full battery replacements available at this point? 3.0 upgrade?

As I recall he bought one Roadster and was driving it in town. Someone came through a cross street and crunched his car. It was going to take a long time to get it fixed, so he bought another to drive in the interim.

Interesting!

I guess it was Dan O'Dowd. I have seen him several times in that part of town.

What is LSMFT?

But use a condom. There are too !@#$%^&* many people in the world already!!

How would you compare the Roadster and the Elise to drive?

There were 7 Roadsters in the show and one in the parking lot--but only these three were still owned by the original buyer! And the red one is a Signature 100 car--number 33!

Bueno! Thanks.

And where do they charge?

I have used AD07s front and rear ($330 and $409) at Tire Rack. I get 18,000 miles on the front and only 6000 miles on the rear tires. But, of course, I follow the rule that at each traffic light when red turns to green the accelerator is required to be pushed to the floor!

I have the Kuat bike rack. It is great. I have the standard Tesla hitch. Even with the L shaped lock mentioned a few messages above, it is a real pain putting the lock on because of the electrical socket. I never plan to tow a trailer with this car--just use the bike rack. Is it possible to...

Yes, your mother. She talked to me when I was parked in the area where she lives--and that is how we met in person years ago!

Let's check it out!

I have frequently seen Dan O'Dowd driving his red Roadster here in town. I have known him since before he owned the Roadster! I would guess this is probably his. It is the only Roadster I see semi-regularly here in town. I think there are about a half dozen Roadsters in Santa Barbara.

Manhattan Beach? Who needs a top AT ALL down there! :D

"Does this mean that Musk/Tesla still cares about us?" I wonder how Carl Medlock would answer this question?

Nifty! Looks a lot like mine. I love the manual steering and the feel of the road--except when parallel parking. A difference in our cars--I never (well, almost never) put the top up!

I think I have an extra. If I can find it tomorrow, you are welcome to it--no charge. Ciao! Tim(othy!)

And am glad no injuries!

I was always taught you should be 3 seconds behind the car in front of you. So--longer distances at higher speeds. I am struggling with many changes in the MY updates where directions are not provided. The Roadster is much easier--old fashioned manual speed control and none of this modern stuff!!

Hmm... That is more than 1% of the Roadsters in existence in the USA!