Recent content by bridaus

AP is like having an extra driver. When pilots crash a plane in autopilot they don't look at the autopilot as responsible for the plane. Some people are pathetic. Tesla had to state they weren't turning it off during investigation. As if. It would be like disallowing seatbelt use because...

1000 miles in and no problems. I would not generally report when things were going well, I would only bring up problems. Forums are terrible for statistics because they have built in bias.

Please migrate to Discourse! Just voting if voting counts.

My simple answer: Fill up when you are low. Like an ICE car. This is being over-thought. You have lots of options. After driving electric cars for over three years I have found charging planning equal to gas planning. Mostly easier because of the gas station I have at home! Oh, BTW...

I was shocked and killed by my UMC. Turns out you are not supposed to lick it. Didn't say that in the manual. I'd sue, but I'm a ghost now, and spend my time starting threads in the investor forum like "Elon hired aliens to buy Model S's and dump them on Mars in order to inflate the stock...

I'll beat all you New Englander's to Dedham (maybe Hingham). This time I want to be at the head of the line. Took me a while to save for my S.

That is nearly as compelling as the real thing. :)

If you are truly nervous about your credit call people. I learned when younger, ask questions and people will help! There are many banks that you can tell them your numbers and they'll tell you very likely what will happen. Talk to three or four and you'll feel very confident.

When you remove the awesome data from this post (wk, okashira, others), this is all you hear: One side: We want Tesla to be different in every way and this includes reporting brutally honest real world (instead of nameplate ) battery capacity numbers despite what ALL other companies do...

Annoyed. And under this scenario I have even less of an idea of what I am buying. This discussion is largely empty air without knowledge of what the nameplate capacity of the cells are and the specific draw.

This thread would be greatly helped if we had an answer to how the 85 was calculated, even if it was just marketing mumbo jumbo (which I think is totally possible and no more or less slimy than any other car manufacturer). I still love my five acre plot (4.9), my 55 inch TV (not 55), my AC...

Ahh, some math I can help with! 4/5 = 80% 81/85 = 95.3% So its more like a 4.76 liter engine was sold That's if you take the OP data at face value... Less to write home about eh? Oh and BTW, I don't care about how many liters, I care about power. But wait, you're telling me I'm sold a...

I planned on writing this post. You saved me the effort. Could not have written it better. I would add that Tesla's trip planner and range predictor are leagues above any other BEV (I've owned two others). It ranged from 0-10 degrees F out tonight, and the percentage at destination was...

Picking up my 85D in Dedham tomorrow. Can't believe it, easiest purchase experience for a car ever, and I've bought many...

My guy was fast. Less than a day every time.