Recent content by Captrod

That price seems about right. I paid a similar price for brakes and rotors for my BMW 335i at an independent shop...BUT, I had them put on low/non dusting pads, actually recommended by my shop. I've always used that type of pad on two different BMWs and they perform perfectly with almost zero...

Well, I guess I'm still capable of learning something new every day! I thought the charger capacity was 120kW; In the case of the charger capacity being 144kW, as you state, David99's solution sounds pretty good to me too, MP3Mike! Are you listening, Elon?

Wouldn't half of 120kW be 60kW, so that on an equal sharing situation, whether you were first or second to be sharing, each would get 60kW? If the first person were getting 120kW, then his rate would drop in half upon the arrival of car #2. That wouldn't make me very happy!

I live in Carlsbad and I've been watching the building process of the Carlsbad supercharger for months, took pictures and also posted about it on a number of occasions. So, when I was in the neighborhood on El Camino Real on Tuesday Oct 2, I decided to give it an inaugural test, only if it was...

I was just at the site at Tuesday 1:30 PM. You can just drive in up the hill now, and cruise around through the good looking, nicely marked lot. No one there. All of the 18 urban style chargers are on display, except for the two handicapped ones in the lower lot...they still have black...

This thread has been continued for 20 pages so far with many pictures including drone shots of the La Costa SC site. What has been concluded by member commentators is that the site was permitted for 26 charging pedestals, but it has been reduced to 20, with a potential option to add 6 at some...

I'm going with mid to end August, as well. Most likely, switch flipping at the end of August...if all goes well with inspections. With any of these projects, the most critical is the actual START date!

Great view of the area as it existed. Those of us who have moved to the Carlsbad area more recently don't have the perspective of how it used to look! I spent some time at the site of the new proposed service center yesterday. The building is huge and it will be a great location!

Call in the "Space Force" (DroneMan)!

Great sleuthing!! You know how to get the job done. I should have known that building and development records would be on line. Bringing this discussion back to 7710 El Camino Real and the new 20 unit supercharger at that location, Carlsbad will be a hot Tesla destination. By definition a...

I don't know if there is anything public, that is why I'm asking if anyone who has access, as some have in the past, to look and see if they can find anything to share. If there is nothing now, then some monitoring may be required. Meanwhile, we can "enjoy" the unusual but steady progress being...

Really very sorry, but Tesla can be vindictive as well as secretive. But, if someone can find a C'Bad planning/building public document (I don't know if one exists yet), then all is good.

(Moderator note: this thread was created on 30 Aug 2018 out of posts made in the Carlsbad Supercharger thread) Tesla seems able to keep secrets very well compared to other auto companies. For example, the way Tesla presented the new roadster during the semi-truck reveal...absolutely...

A couple of us have asked questions of supervisors about various aspects of the project (see earlier posts) when we were called over by them. They questioned us about our intensions, and given safety lectures, even though we didn't go inside their barriers. Several weeks ago when asked about...

Sorry about posting about my experience at the Downey supercharger site using urban type chargers, but there have been members questioning the reasoning of using this type of charger at Carlsbad's 7710 El Camino site, and whether they would be adequate here. I, as well as others, had not used...