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danny · Jul 11, 2023

We discuss the Ross Gerber - Dan O'Dowd FSD Beta video controversy, and Dirty Tesla provides some much needed perspective on it.

This is a clip from Tesla Motors Club Podcast #45:

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@DirtyT3sla is a Tesla YouTuber and FSD tester. You can fol...

Cstreet · Jul 11, 2023

I just saw the funky camouflaged Cybertruck driving on Alpine Road in Portola Valley. That's one city over from Tesla's Palo Alto HQ. Here is a quick video below from my Model Y's cameras so it's not super high quality. I was most shocked that is seemed a lot smaller than I expected in person. Looks...

Anson Fung · Jul 10, 2023

Hey y'all:

Today's roughly ten years to the day I created my TMC account. So, what's a ten-year-old account doing in the Introductions section? Short of it is that I had never brought myself to actually post anything in these past ten years--this, in fact, might be my first[/I...

Lisa P · Jul 9, 2023

Just got home from a cross country trip from Salina, KS to Vancouver, WA (1755 mi). We towed a small U-Haul (4x8') trailer with my model Y. It was fairly easy to hook up the trailer. I had Tesla install the trailer hitch after I bought the car. The Tesla service guy in Vancouver told me the sel...

BitJam · Jul 7, 2023

I spent two days at Gila Hot Springs, NM. I drove from Silver City but I took the long way through Mimbres to avoid some of the really twisty parts of the road. On a previous trip FSD worked like a champ on the really twisty parts but I was not comfortable trusting it with my life.

There was no ...

voyager · Jul 7, 2023

With just two seats, two (optional) doors, and a full length of 8.3 feet (2.53 meters), the Topolino is not an EV desig...

lencap · Jul 7, 2023

Greetings!

My model Y RWD (EDIT - it's AWD) was delivered at the end of April, and now has 4K miles on it, half of them in the last 10 days as the result of a road trip from NC to FL and back. My wife and I had taken a similar road trip in January, driving her 2021 BMW 330e, a plug in hybrid inste...

solar3 · Jul 6, 2023

Greetings. I haven't been around in a while since I sold my 2018 dual motor. Somewhat unexpectedly, I bought a base RWD last week. In no particular order, here's a quick 1000 mile update.

Delivery at Tesla center: no exaggeration, I was in there for 2 minutes, maybe less. Walked in to the check...

Grendal · Jul 6, 2023

Launch Date: July 9
Launch Window: 11:58:50PM EDT (8:58:50PM PDT, 03:58:50 UTC on the 10th)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida
Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - JRTI
Booster: B1058.16
Fairings: Reused - 9th each
Mass: 22 Starlink 2.0 mini Satellites
Orbit: LEO
Yearl...

Hansshow · Jul 6, 2023

To celebrate Independence Day, we are having a Fourth of July Blowout Sale with savings of up to 33% off

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dcantato · Jul 6, 2023

The bug got me to install this on my new to me 2022 LR AWD when I saw the performance models a few months back. I noticed you can get really like new condition ones on ebay and here for 175-250 so I figured why not, lets give it a shot. I'l...

houstonian · Jul 3, 2023

With the recent news of Ford, GM, Rivian - and presumably others - moving to adopt Tesla's NACS plug and therefore be able to use the SuperCharger network (that is presumably v3 SuperChargers) starting circa 2024/2025, what's your best guess as to what impacts, if any, this will have on Tesla driver...

ZeroCTravel · Jul 3, 2023

I recently completed visits in my 3LR to all the national park units in the Southwest, including 2 in Oklahoma, 4 in Louisiana, 7 in Arkansas, 14 in Texas and 15 in New Mexico. [Links go to my ad-free blog]. Here’s a summary of each state with my favorites.

Ok...

danny · Jul 2, 2023

We are joined by Tesla YouTuber and FSD tester @DirtyTesla to discuss FSD and the latest Tesla news.

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danny · Jul 2, 2023

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Tesla produced nearly 480k vehicles & delivered over 466k vehicles in Q2 of 2023....

taimurasad · Jul 2, 2023

I am trying to make one of those aftermarket rear screens available for 3/Y work in legacy S/X cars. I want one of these so that rear passengers can control AC as well as car music when needed.

I am gonna try my hand by getting the cheapest screen available so that in case all of this fails, the fi...

tonybelding · Jul 1, 2023

Just saw this report with more info than I've seen before about the Lotus Type 135:

Lotus Elise successor to arrive in 2027 at £75,000 | Autocar

Electric sports car – which will also replace the Emira – to have mid-engined-style platform

www.autocar.co.uk

I've been watching all the EV sports car developments, pondering a replacement ...

MrGnocchi · Jul 1, 2023

*note - this is not a salvaged Tesla and it is not banned from the supercharger network

Just being silly (and curious, and excited to try this out in person)

The car knew it was supercharging, but it seems like the charging cost isn't shared...

redmamoth · Jun 30, 2023

Last weekend we returned home from our first family road trip in our new (to us) 2021 Model 3 LR. I thought I’d share some information on the experience overall. We travelled from Leeds to North Devon and back, c320mi each way.

The Roof Bars - I was able to get mine a little cheaper than th...

Matt-FL · Jun 30, 2023

I've been contemplating a method for viewing sun/cloud coverage with a long-term plan to use these images, weather data and ML to automate some aspects of my smart devices (raise/lower house temp, close blinds, etc). I found a solution for the sun cam and figured I'd share what I did. Of course, i...

Grendal · Jun 30, 2023

Launch Date: July 7
Launch Window: 12:29pm PDT (3:29pm EDT, 19:29 UTC)
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - OCISLY
Booster: B1063.12
Fairings: Reused - 4th and 7th
Mass: 48 v1.5 Starlinks
Orbit: SSO - Polar LEO
Yearly Launch Number: 45

A SpaceX ...

Roy B · Jun 30, 2023

@greentheonly reporting that a new nav/map data update for Europe is rolling out

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Also TeslaFi.com Firmware Tracker reporting quite a few cars getting the update.

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_Limitless · Jun 29, 2023

Really wanted to pick up the Dream Case, but didn't want to shell out over $1K for it so decided to try to build my own. There were a few helpful threads of other's builds, but none quite what I personally wanted so I kind of tackled the project to the best of my ability myself. Obviously, I am not ...

ZeroCTravel · Jun 29, 2023

UNESCO chose eight Frank Lloyd Wright sites for World Heritage status, and I visited them all this year by EV. An exhaustive tour of Wright’s designs could visit 100 sites, but the Heritage 8 are sufficient for me. My cross country trip went from Hollywood, to Arizona, Wisconsin, Chicago, Pennsylvan...

AZAV8R · Jun 29, 2023

We just returned from a week in the Colorado mountains, driving an M3 from Hertz. For those that haven't done it based on the FUD out there, our experience was pretty much flawless. A few things to keep in mind:

1) Make sure the charging cable and adapter are in the frunk. Hertz will charge you if ...

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SKEPTICAL → Tesla may be able to meet demand and the SC network buildout will continue as normal.

SKEPTICAL → Tesla may be able to meet demand but requires accelerating the SC network buildout.

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OPTIMISTIC → Good chance Tesla will be able to meet demand but requires accelerating SCs buildouts.

YUP → Tesla will meet demand without needing to accelerate building out the SC network.

YUP →Tesla will meet demand but requires them accelerating the buildout of the SC network.

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Is the new Fiat Topolino (only) street legal as a golf cart in the U.S.?

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SpaceX F9 - Starlink 6-5 - SLC-40

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Vendor Hansshow Fourth of July Blowout Sale- Save up to 33%

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Talking FSD with DirtyTesla | TMC Podcast #45

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Tesla beats expectations and produces almost 480k vehicles in Q2

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New Roadster versus Lotus Type 135

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Just another Road Trip post

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Sun Cam - Project

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SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 5-13 - SLC-4E

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Car Camping Build (Detailed, Picture Heavy) | Model S

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Cross Country Frank Lloyd Wright World Heritage Sites by 3LR