Recent content by blanche

I've completed multiple road trips (each average 1000 miles) in my Plaid and have had no issues with 21" wheels. For the long highway portions, I keep it on Comfort. IMHO, the comfort mode reminds me of a floaty boat -- good for long stretches on autopilot only. As the name implies, we can...

My winter setup is a 19X8.5 RIAL LUGANO with the 245/45R-19 MICHELIN X-ICE XI3 XL tires on my P85D. I didn't add any offsets and installed the wheels myself with a hydraulic jack. Absolutely no issues. Yes, it may barely touch when you do a full wheel lock but in reality this is not an issue at...

When I go on long trips, I leave the battery at around 50% charge and plugged in. Does your parent's garage have a 110v outlet? If so, why not leave it plugged into that? That should be enough to cover any vampire losses per day.

I've nodded off in a very expensive Porsche. Yup, with all that incredible din behind my head. That's what working 80 hour weeks does to you. I only woke up when the car drove onto the green grassy strip between opposing lanes. Fortunately, nobody and nothing was hurt other than my ego. Pretty...

I have a colleague who is also a Porsche enthusiast. He sent me this email, which I'm quoting for context. The second para relates to Tesla.

Totally agree. Also, worth pointing out that tire and wheel packages purchased from TireRack.com get Hunter Road Force alignment performed before being shipped. I've never had any problems with purchasing winter/summer packages from them.

The only way, as @iffatall correctly pointed out, is to put the car in neutral, and apply E-Brakes from the Settings screen. The car remains "on" with the HVAC and audio systems continue staying on.

Got my car on 8/22/2015 and got the tags on 10/9/2015. They had to mail me another set of temp tags after the first set expired after 30 days. Pretty poor service and a complete lack of proactive response from the DS. I had to goad them with multiple emails asking them to track down the plates...

Happens to me quite a bit. While seated in the car foot on the brake - go to control settings and press the e-brake button then the "power off" button. Remove your foot from the brake. Wait a full 90 seconds and press the brake and the car will restart and you should be good to go. This usually...

I use this feature twice a week -- on trash/recycling days. When taking out the trash cans, I have the car pull out first by itself and then I roll the cans to the curb. When I get home from work, I park in the driveway, drag both cans back into the garage and then tell the car to park itself...

The two motor design is also more battery efficient than a single large motor. I'm sure this has more to do with a dual motor design than an obsession to provide AWD to those who don't need it in warm weather climates.

Right on the heels of the news that Tesla may have outsold every German luxury car manufacturer in its class last year, I’m now starting to see the Germans take Tesla a bit more seriously. Success has many fathers as the old saying goes, and the Germans are not about to let you forget that...

Most media outlets are posting that he died from heat exhaustion after struggling to get out of the car. Quite the tragedy and it made me look up the mechanical releases for the rear door on my MS. http://ktla.com/2015/06/11/elderly-man-dog-die-because-car-doors-wouldnt-unlock/

I suspect that these complaints from Model S drivers have something to do with body size of the driver. I'm of medium build (5' 7") and can't stand the cold (grew up on a tropical island). Anyway, I find the next gen seats to be fantastic when it comes to heat. In fact, I only ever use 1 or 2 on...

I drive the Express lanes on the toll road and I chuckle at this all the time. This weekend, I drove down to Middleburg and Route 50 has sections where there are two speed signs posted directly on top of each other "55mph for cars, 45mph for trucks". Sadly, the Tesla latched on to the latter. No...