Recent content by brucet999

I tried n re-pair, but no soap. Thanks for the link, but I refuse to deal with Amazon.

Article about the idiots who jumped a model S in LA called it a Model S BLM. Is there such a thing?

Well, they got the emmc replaced in the space of 8 hours, but they said they needed another 3 hr next day to update/reload software. At the same time, I got a notice on the app confirming my service appointment on March 24. What? I called back and found out that they had destroyed the...

Late 2015 Model S. Sommer Direct Drive garage door opener. Home Link would not work with Sommer rolling code, so I had to buy a separate little RF reciever switch wired into the wall button circuit. Worked fine until this week when suddenly nothing. I lost the Sommer remote, so don't know...

I liked the reference to Lucas, the Prince of Darkness.

Lots of nearby restaurants, but no convenient bathroom facilities, especially early or late when restaurants aren't open or during pandemic closures.

Yours was the rookie mistake. You have snarkily misconstrued my post. Perhaps I should more accurately have stated it as more power delivered = more range, but the fact remains that the claim for 4680 tabless design is that it loses less energy (kWh) to heat loss, thereby delivering more power...

Power is what drives the wheels, so more power = more range. kWh in the battery = energy, but only produces power when delivered to the motor(s). If internal resistance in the batteries consumes energy in the form of waste heat. then power is reduced. Tabless 4680 delivers 16% more of its...

"For the same battery capacity (kWh) with front and rear mega casts compared to the old battery without mega casts there is a 16% weight savings." News to me. I never saw a weight savings calculation for mega castings coupled with integrated 4680 pack. Where did you get that info? Tesla's...

Got an appointment two weeks ago for 1:15pm next Thursday to replace eMMC. Today a message from service says "The goal is to have it completed before 1:15 on [the following day]." WTF? They have the part and they scheduled two weeks out, yet they want me to drop off at 1:15 when, "Your...

My friend, who lives in Truckee, drives a 4WD Subaru and carries a set of chains to show at chain controls on I-80 over Donner Pass…chains for her granddad's '41 Desoto.

You have roving bands of Tesla charging cable thieves in your area? :)

Hubbell may be more expensive because they had to bring it back from the orbiting telescope? :)

I have a weather tight box with lockable cover mounted at my cabin. The outlet it came with is 2 1/8" diameter; not Leviton, but definitely not as robust as those recommended. So no, I can't just install another face plate.

Photo and radar speed check. Rental company's car, their license number, so they got fined. Adding 17% "value added tax" was insult added to injury. What value was there? But from 6,000 miles away, what could I do?