Recent content by Ardie

Oh, I dunno. I suppose its cheaper than replacing the windows with ones made with transparent aluminum. -- Ardie And it isn't just for Star Trek anymore.

Hmmm. I wonder. A hovercar would fit quite nicely in the tunnels of the Boring Company, where it is entirely possible to build the floors -very- smooth, and have the hovercars "hover" about an inch or so above the tunnel floor. It would work out quite nicely in a low-speed version of a...

I think that there's a devil that lies in the details somewhere in the definitions of the term "promise" and the term "offer." I think that one could take the stance that Tesla made an "offer" to msvoyager, and subsequently Tesla withdrew that offer and replaced it with another offer. Yes, its...

Sorry to hear about your mishap / glad to know that everyone is okay. But enough of the bad news. So, tell us all about your trip. -- Ardie

mgeneczko, If you cannot charge at home, then your best option would be to charge at work. Your car is there for 8 or 9 hours, so there is no real need to put in costly fast charge equipment, or even 240v J1772 charging stations. You can probably do quite nicely with a 120v 15A electrical...

Well, since the DeLorean was already chosen, I'd have to go with the Ferrari Modulo. I mean, it looks like its only two steps before Tesla converts it into a flying car anyway.

Are you already a Tesla owner? That is, have you gotten the adrenalin rush out of your system when you stomp on the accelerator? You have? Then great. But ... Do you know how to turn on the headlights? Windshield wipers? Open the glove compartment? Operate the cruise control? Roll the...

I don't see why they are calling this kind of attention to themselves. I mean, they are already raking in the dough by cranking up the rates, waiting for the public to scream, then reducing the rates a tiny bit, but then playing with the time-of-day slots that define Peak, Off-Peak...

While GM's "soon" is a bit more realistic than Tesla's "soon," I'm still not all that excited about needing to pay for gasoline from inside my car. Hey, I'm already outside pumping the gas. It just means that there will be a whole new sketchy landscape of parabolic dishes aimed at the gas...

As much as you will enjoy the car, it will not be yours for the decade you plan to own it. I suspect that one (or more) of your children will learn to drive, and expect that the X will turn into "their" car. As you know, Tesla's safety record is hard to argue with (current crazed news...

At least it works both ways. Your car is secure. I recall many years ago when my car was totaled and dragged to a wrecking yard. I got to it the following morning, and anything and everything of value (sunglasses, flashlight, umbrella, the parking meter spare change) had already vanished. --...

Nah. It'll never pass. There's no enough money in it. (Hey, this *is* California. Nothing happens in Sacramento unless the figures have at least six zeros) Certainly assemblyman Ting knows this, so the bill may simply be an opening gambit. I would go out on a limb and predict that the bill...

In the spirit of the Model 3's minimalism, I think that I would prefer it if it were left without either. -- Ardie "If you don't know what car it is, then you're not worthy."

[EDIT] Okay, so I got a bit carried away. It isn't the Fed. Its the State. The California Clean Vehicle Rebate Project puts a cap of $5,000 on your rebates, or, at $2,500 per car, that's a max of two cars. -- Ardie One down, one to go. (Clean Vehicle Rebate Project)

Well, I'm only hoping that there isn't some hacker that has hijacked several hundred Model 3 deposits. And reservations. But the horrifying idea woke me up and I scampered over to the Tesla website, checked on my order status, and its still there, patiently waiting for Tesla to convert the...