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Seems like this is quite likely for a Samsung. There was a poll about this ages ago - How Far Away Does Your Phone Key Work to Unlock ?. Initially I didn't use the phone key for this very reason, instead used the phone like a keycard, but then convinced myself that with a bit of care then it's...

Strangely seemed to be re-offered 2024.8.7 yesterday evening. Already on 2024.8.7 but noticed the update icon in TeslaMate so woke the car up with the app, sure enough it said a software update was available and clicking the release notes showed it to be 2024.8.7 with an 'Already Installed'...

How is the SSD powered ? If it’s from the USB port then is there definitely enough power for it ? Could be that the power is borderline so it’s effectively getting powered off for time, then when it gets enough power it’s as if it’s been re-inserted. When I got mine the recommendation seemed to...

If it helps anyone regarding the offline/asleep issue...mine spent ~5 hours yesterday morning offline when I would've expected it to be asleep, it's been asleep the rest of the time (other than when being driven or awoken). This is with Teslamate 1.28.3 and car firmware 2024.2.8. Certainly not...

Strangely, due to the Tidal pricing changes I ended up with a Spotify Premium account. One other thing Tidal have done is to introduce a new £9 monthly charge to use it for DJ-ing (Spotify doesn’t support it anyway), although that might not affect people in the car too much. Previously was...

I believe it's more common if you have these...

No spurious wake-ups for me on 1.28.3, if it helps.

I've just installed 2024.2.6 and got something different to both of these (2022 Q1 M3 RWD)...

First drive in significant rain with 2024.2.3 and wipers worse than they've ever been for me, they've always been underwhelming but never had to use the manual button as much.

Fairly sure I've got a long-press on the left scroll-wheel configured to save dashcam footage (in addition to the horn), for cases where something happens but you don't want to draw attention (or cause confusion) with the horn. Not sure I've ever used it, though, but think it's worth setting up.

I’m looking forward to my annual petrol station visit, as it’ll mean it’s spring and thus needing petrol for the lawnmower. Pulling up at a pump in the Tesla can get a few funny looks, even when you pull the plastic can out, biggest problem is giving the grass it’s first mow without getting...

If you’ve gone back in time that’s around 50 Wh/yr, not bad.

Mine was left with sentry on for 24 hours almost-exactly over the weekend, and lost 9%, so on a 2022 M3 RWD I reckon that's ~225 W. So, if it's at home for 90% of the time on a rate of 30p/kWh then that's ~£600 per year. At that point for many a CCTV system for the home would pay for itself...

In fairness it's impressive how good the car is at spotting cyclists without lights in the dark, which seems to be the vast majority round here. Still seems to be a problem when you switch to the radio after listening to another music source, unfortunately.

One thing I did in the recent cold snap (without giving it much thought) was to turn on climate control ~10 minutes before departure, then defrost ~5 minutes before, this might slowly warm the windscreen up a bit before blasting it and maybe reduce the chances of it cracking.