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    An Audio guys impression of the Model 3 Highland LR

    Looking forward to hearing this. We have had three Model 3’s and honestly I have always felt the sound systems were totally unremarkable.
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    Better Blindspot Approach

    Well. Dreams come true. The new update contains a feature where the edge of the side indicator camera / blind spot view turns red if there is a car there. So really you don’t even have to look at the screen - it’s enough to know the lane is NOT clear (which you can see out of the corner of your...
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    Best Practices for Wired Phone Charging in 2021 Model 3/Y?

    This may be a disappointingly simple response... but here it is. My phone charges wirelessly if I put it in the cradle. But often I am using a language learning app while I am driving and so I need to push the pause / play button (which I can do without looking but I need to have my phone in my...
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    More old man wood - RPM Tesla centre console

    Inspired by this thread I ended up buying this kit too. It really is an upgrade. The thing about the grey cover (while I do prefer it to the black piano finish on my previous model 3) is it really feels out of place. The detailing and mostly finish are not like anything else in the car. So...
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    Tesla shopping, all have dings that PDR techs don't want to touch? Are you guys living with your dings?

    I second this. We have two 3’s. My wife and I both park in public lots for work and definitely don’t baby the cars. They show some wear - but dings are not the issue.
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    Water Pooling in Frunk After Automated Touchless Car Wash

    I have had this issue with my 2021 (on multiple occasions) - they fixed it as a warrantee item (first time they tried to fix it the SC actually found it on their own - I didn’t even realize it was leaking). I think the repair involved some combination of a new seal and perhaps adjusting the lid...
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    Blind spot visibility

    This exactly correct. I definitely set my mirrors “correctly” (the Car Talk guys taught me). The idea that a car with this much tech requires an autopart store $4 mirror upgrade is crazy. If you drive cars half the cost of a Tesla in most cases you will find a superior and much more reliable set...
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    Model 3 SR+ LFP Battery Range, Degradation, etc Discussion

    Agreed. I have a 2021 SR+ with LFP battery. 20,000 miles. I plug it in every night and start every day with 100% charge. Supercharge on trips (at least once a month). I lost 4-5 miles of range in first 2,000 miles. Hasn’t changed since. I enjoy the simplicity compared to my old battery.
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    Is PPF or ceramic coating necessary?

    We have two 3’s. Mine has front end covered in PPF (full hood and mirrors) - wife’s has nothing. Couple of years in I would say the PPF definitely helps. My car doesn’t have any chips on the front end (I drive about 14,000 a year). Her car gets driven about 1/2 as many miles and definitely has...
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    Better Blindspot Approach

    In theory my car does that (they all do) but it’s sufficiently subtle and unreliable as to be useless. Sometimes it is correct. But sometimes it is not red even when a car is there. And other times it will show a car two lanes over as red. All of which is to say - if it’s sometimes wrong the...
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    Trunk only opening halfway sometimes after 2022.8.3 install

    I have had this happen 3-4 times and definitely did that but it didn’t seem to make a difference as obviously I’ve had subsequent issues. Strange.
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    iPhone keeps disconnecting

    Agreed on all points.
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    iPhone keeps disconnecting

    I have definitely seen this over the past few weeks in a car with 20,000 miles and the same phone. Even re pairing is a spotty proposition. I assume it has something to do with a recent update to the car. If it goes on for another week I will schedule a service appointment. The “phone as key”...
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    Blind spot detection semi in wrong lane.

    Agreed - consistent with what I see as well. The random “which cars to make red” issue particularly annoys me since this is the core of Tesla’s alleged blind spot system.
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    Blind Spot [I want a chime for blind spot warning]

    Yeah the Tesla system is a hot mess. The red car thing is not emphatic enough and wildly inaccurate (sometimes showing cars two ones over as red - sometimes not showing a car clearly in the blind spot as red. The mythical beep has (in my car) occurred exactly one time (in 20,000 miles of city...