Recent content by donv

The only law enforcement in Oregon who care about front plates are the City of Portland Parking Patrol. I don't know if they would ticket an out of state car with no front plate, but I kind of doubt it... but park in downtown Portland and you'll find out pretty quickly!

I also had a 12v warning, and Tesla mobile service came to my house and changed the battery. They were great! I can't speak highly enough of them.

In Portland (I know, not what you were asking) I see them all the time. Multiple sightings every day.

Most people eat and drive without any sort of autopilot at all, so I would think this is an improvement!

My 2015 85D just had this issue, and they say they need to replace the steering rack. It seems to be an issue with D models of a certain age. I have about 35,000 miles on my car.

If you read the article, Calcanis says he has #1 Signature S. Jurvetson has #1 Founder's S, which is the first production Model S. Elon has #2 Founder's S. Hopefully no one tells Calcanis that he wasn't special enough to get a Founder's car.

They used to use Mustang GTs, so it's cool to see them using a Tesla. I chatted with a U-2 guy about this once. He said that the real issue was fatigue-- the missions they fly are so long that they felt it was just safer to have an extra set of eyes, particularly on landing.

Since EVs pay no gas taxes, it seems entirely reasonable to charge an additional registration fee. We need to pay for roads somehow. I believe, but could be wrong, that these revenues are dedicated to roads and infrastructure, in which case this makes total sense.

I found that it greatly reduced the roads where speed limiting was in effect. I'm sure it depends on the road, but I did a longish trip on a highway which is mostly 2 lane, undivided (but no stop lights or stop signs) and the entire thing was unlimited. In the past, only a few divided sections...

I thought many service centers had private superchargers in the service area, for testing and delivery purposes? So maybe that's what you are seeing the transformers for. Was this a newly built building, or a remodel of an existing one? Either way, a huge improvement!

That's good news!

I had that happen for the first time, today. I've driven the same road in more or less the same traffic for a long time, and haven't seen it. I actually thought maybe it was the hill hold activating, since I was stopped on a hill.

Jason, first of all, this is awesome. You might consider speaking with Tesla about doing either an in-house tuner/custom program (think AMG for Mercedes, for instance), or about being an "outside" tuner/custom with a degree of unofficial factory support. In fact, the second could lead to the...

In the old days, Washington Square used to be a deal where if no one was parked in the Tesla spots, just pull in and plug in. Those days are long gone... although I think you're right, if you call them and ask nicely, they might let you charge there.

It can do it very safely. When it reads a stop sign or red light, it stops and goes into "hold" mode. When the driver decides it is safe to resume, he or she presses the gas, and the car resumes travel. Perfectly safe, and perfectly do-able with the AP1 sensor suite.