Recent content by DaveG_NJ

Same here. At least my state doesn’t charge sales tax on EVs. But the tax credits is only fo’ da po’ fo’k.

This is absolutely how FSD should be positioned. I think Elon and Cathy vastly overestimate the number of people who will be willing to turn their cars over to the masses. And to date, I've not seen any presentation on exactly how Robo-utopia would work - who will charge the cars between fares...

I've frankly grown weary of the Robotaxi hype. Sure FSD is a big part of that, but why has no one talked about the business model? How will the cars get charged during the day? Who'll clean them? How will my white interior not become a grafitti magnet? What about insurance and liability? What...

Unfortunately, if you have a NEMA 14-50 outlet and use a Mobile Charger as your level 2, PSEG won't give you any charging credit. It has to be a Wall Connector that can send data to PSEG. Not a fan of the constant pinging, though. Is this still an issue?

At first I didn't like the idea (of the 1yr lockdown on resales), but scalpers scalp - just look at what happened with Nvidia RTX4090 cards. No one had them but the people selling them for 2x their price. I don't know if a resale prohibition would hold up in court, but Tesla could have just said...

I tried to get into the off-peak discount, for the few bucks it would save each month, but the documentation requirements didn't fit my use case (14-50 outlet installed years ago and using a Mobile Charger as my Level 2 device). They wanted permit copies for "charger installation", receipt for...

Also in for one, though I think it would have been better to fill the bottles with Kool-Aid. :p

It is interesting that Elon reduced the purchase price of F$D (by 20%) after saying he wouldn’t when asked directly on an earnings call. No one in their right mind would buy it at $15k given it’s current state and lack of transferability. I wish other software upgrades would occasionally go on...

Agreed. I guess I was sleeping at the wheel and missed this news. I specifically recall Elon on an earnings call, when asked about an FSD price reduction, saying NO - it’s cheap at $15K 🙄 because everyone want to turn their car over to the masses to be abused like a NYC taxi. I had FSD on my...

The closest analog is trying to change the radio volume (or the Voice Assist) while the wheel is turned (perhaps when parked or stopped on a curved road). Is the wheel turned 180º, 270º, just 90º? Forget about when the wheel is turning. Taking the indicators off the stationary stalk is just silly.

We never use keys. Enter and exit through garages, which have powered openers with battery backup. Haven’t touched a physical key in years.

Lucky you! I bought my Y on the last day in June just before the “one-time FSD transfer” started. I got 3500 Tesla credits for loyalty, but the app requires 10,000 credits for the three month FSD trial. I’m going to redeem my credits for 500 Supercharger miles plus four cybertruck raffle tickets.

Big pluses: improved range, ventilated front seates, quieter, ambient lighting control, at least one new color. Big minuses: stalkless steering column, price increase. Meh: body redesign (still looks like a VW beetle coming towards you). For me, rear screen would never get used.

Geez...if us HW4 owners need to wait for FSD to be "working super well", it's likely to take a lot longer than 6 months. Remember the axiom - "Take the square of Elon's time estimates and halve your expectations". So I'm guessing FSD will be working on HW4 in 36 months, but will still have...

That's how I'm playing it. Bought a truckload of ATM puts that I'll ride down to the 200 day. Get through the last of August any maybe get a Cybertruck bounce in September.