Recent content by CO2Saver

2015S 85D, 8-1/2 years, 55K miles. Original 100% indicated range was 265 miles, which I always considered a bit optimistic, but probably doable at 50 mph with all accessories off. 100% charge now indicates 245 miles. So my battery has declined only 7.5%. Really? No way. A number of owners on...

Thanks to all for the thoughtful replies. A lot newer tech! -- sure, but what does that mean for me? When I love my car the way it is... I especially thank Wally, who's been pretty much where I am. So if I've got this straight: I can still get the MCU2 upgrade in the future and it includes a...

I now understand that this is called a MCU2 upgrade. Some say this results in all kinds of grief, others like it. I'm not clear about FM radio -- would I lose it? What about my lifetime connectivity?

2015 MS 85D, drives like Day 1. 48K, no dings, no rattles, battery better than 80%. Three issues to date: two door handles and one trunk latch, all fixed at home. Now I find the small screen beginning to delaminate. I wanted this fixed before my extended warranty runs out in three months. I...

Really? Where/how do they do that? Inquiring mind would like to know...

Don't think we need a firmware upgrade. At least in my case, what we have here is failure to communicate. Previously: Press and hold voice-command button; issue command. Now: Press and do not hold voice-command button; issue command. Tesla just didn't tell us. This really bugged me for a...

Oh god. It's mad cow, I tell ya...

OMG: only two hours of driving and then a whole hour of charging... BE HONEST: Aren't you stating the case in the worst possible light? I drive at least three hours between stops, and I charge in 30-40 minutes, sometimes less, about the time it takes to stretch, relieve and hydrate. Recently...

Thanks. This was actually our fourth touring trip, the earlier three being within California, all similarly easy, convenient, successful... that's 5000 miles of touring with a fuel cost of zero. (I carry a Chargepoint and some other card but have never used them.) We're working our way up. Next...

Following are the basics of a vacation trip from the SF Bay Area to the Grand Canyon, made in late September in a Model S. We visited a number of interesting places along the way, including Yosemite, Mono Lake, Mammoth Lakes, Lone Pine, Alabama Hills, Mt Whitney Portal, Las Vegas and Death...

I too had reservations about the pano roof for the same reasons the OP mentioned (rattles + rarely opened due wind noise), but I got one anyway. I open, tilt and close it all the time (10 months now) with no problems and no rattles. Not sorry I got it.

How fast is human reaction time? For me, it was about 15 milliseconds after I put toe to Tesla pedal that I knew I would one day own one. My wife's car is also an EV, so I don't have to drive ICE cars at all any more. My problem is when I have to ride in someone else's ICE machine -- I find it...

Thanks for that. I was getting the impression from this site that anybody going for a non-P model was a wuss. Every time I demonstrate my 85D's acceleration capabilities, my demonstratees have, within 0.8 seconds, yelled out something like "Oh yeah, OK, that's good, we get it... please don't...

A couple weeks ago Stephen Colbert said on the Late Show that he's driving a Tesla and he loves it. There was a brief shot of a red P85. Was he putting us on? Maybe, but don't think so...