Recent content by CJMurphy11

Reviving a ~7-month old question because I have relevant experience... This issue arose about 12 months after we took delivery of our MX refresh. We had already surrendered to the reality that this issue (or something similar) will require us to clean our Model Y coils with kool-it every...

It looks like this tilts back for trunk access--have you encountered any issues getting into the back? How is the clearance at superchargers?

I looked into this a bit before going with a solution that puts sliding tools inside the car. The downside to this solution is that it effectively limits us to four passengers. If I were dead-set on an external rack (in order to fit more than four passengers or for any other reason), I would...

Is the new filter the same thickness as the old filter? I assume that a thicker filter with a smaller area could provide the same surface area and thus avoid a reduction to replacement time (iirc, they increased the maintenance schedule to specify replacement every three years instead of every...

It really depends on your tire alignment, which can vary from car to car. As far as I can tell, the "medium" setting is better than "low," but I believe the software automatically sets it back to low once you reach ~55mph. Similarly, it lowers from "very high" ~10mph and it lowers from "high"...

I think it was, once upon a time...but they lowered self-referrals to 1,000 total miles long before they nixed the program entirely (late-2020 or early-2021, iirc; whereas they didn't scrap the program in its entirety until maybe late summer or early fall of 2021).

I haven't seen it discussed anywhere, but it's likely I've just missed this... Does the redesigned sub-trunk cover not have any way to stand "vertically" on its own? In pre-refresh models, the little "shark fins" that the cover rested on were designed to also serve the function of holding the...

Honestly, that would seem par for the course at this point. Wouldn't surprise me if they VINned everyone on 4/2 and retracted on 4/3. No April Fool's joke--just incompetence.

I agree, but to play devil's advocate for a moment... 1) I wouldn't be surprised at all to learn that they're throttling the MS LR a tiny bit in order to widen the gap between LR & Plaid; 2) The 0.7s difference in 0-60 as measured by Tesla may be less accurate than the 1/4 mile testing by a...

I suspect EoQ push is prompting this. They have good certainty on their inventory of build materials and factory labor between now and the end of the month, so they know how many units they can produce and where they will be able to deliver them before April 1. I got a similar text for a Model...

How fast were you driving? Range drops off faster than most people realize as speed increases--I think I recall something like, compared to 65mph, you can expect 8% less range @ 70mph; 15-16% less @ 75mph; and 23% less @ 80mph. Granted, even if my recollection is accurate, I would assume that...

If I recall correctly, there were at least a handful of people who could not find it. It seems possible (if not likely) that this connector is not part of the Model S wiring design, but was included in some builds for unknown reasons (perhaps because they had spare wiring harnesses for the...

I have been driving with the yoke for 4 weeks now. I was worried at first but got used to it within the first week or so. That said, I would still switch to a round wheel in a heartbeat. Nothing about the ergonomics feels "better" to me, though I'll admit that I don't have a prefresh S/X to...

The order page says that this replacement is not heated (i.e. the heated steering wheel functionality will no longer work). Is this true?

Most folks suggest staying within a range of 10% to 80% state of charge with this time of battery. Even if you exceed that and regularly go 10% to 90%, that's still under 285 miles. If you expect to drive more than 285 miles per day in a vehicle the size of a Model X, you might need to...