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I use one and have been towing a popup camper for a year now. It works as expected and I didn't even know what a brake controller was prior to buying the Y.

I bought the cheapest lock + ball pin combo at a uhaul. It's working without issues.

Thanks. I'll check them out. My main purpose is to heat the camper. We live in the Seattle area. The surrounding 100 miles or so have cloudy / rainy weather 8 months in a year. I was reading somewhere that Coleman sells a cig lighter adapter to run the internal heater if I can power the fan with...

It is painless since it's plug and play. I didn't know what a brake controller is a week ago :). This directly goes into the Tesla installed 7 pin plug and the brakes are being applied as expected without me doing anything else. It's $200, but other options seem to need to run additional wiring...

Another huge huge difference Tesla made is with Autopilot. Cruising slightly slower than rest of the traffic in the right lane at 60 mph, it's like a nice train ride!

We took out the camper this weekend towing with the Y. The consumption was about 350 wh/m. Plugged in at the campground while there. Feeling bold, I did take a detour to go to a more remote day camping area near Elma WA Google Maps. It was amazing. We spent a few hours there on the way back...

I did about 300 miles of mixed driving involving flat roads and windy mountain roads, 80% on interstates or state highways at 60-65 mph. The consumption is clocking in average 350 wh/m. Easy to remember 1% charge gets us 2 miles with the camper in the back. :)

There are good videos on youtube with exact temperatures and battery drain. I did it 3 times and it's about 1% every hour with ~55 F outside and 72 F set in the car.

I said this in the other post without being specific but the backup camera is able to show the hitch ball receiver pin while backing up to attach to the trailer. With this, I was able to hook and unhook without anyone helping / guiding. Also, Saturday was the first time I ever towed anything or...

I drove about 60 miles round trip last night on I-90 East from Renton. The road goes towards the mountains, so it's sort of a good representation of a non-flat road. I did 60 mph with auto-pilot (turned off the trailer mode). The overall consumption averaged 355 wh/m. For my style of driving, I...

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Hitch is installed. Everything works. The camper has controllable brakes. I bought a Curt Echo bluetooth brake controller and inserted it into the Tesla and inserted the camper cable into the controller. When Tesla regens, the camper brakes are activated. It's like magic. :) I did a short 20...

woot! Hitch is installed. Everything works. I bought a Curt Echo bluetooth brake controller. I tried hooking up a 13 foot camper with dry weight 1200 lbs and drove for 6 miles in hilly terrain around my house. The regen when I pull the camper in the back is activating the brakes of the camper...

My car is in the SC today to get this done. Fingers crossed that they actually do it and I can pickup the car in a few hours.

Model Y tow package is back in stock. I called Renton and Bellevue SCs to find if they installed a tow package on another car and both said yes. I placed an online order on 9.3.20 and picked Renton for delivery. Took a mobile service appointment for 9.16 hoping I can switch to service center...