Recent content by Dr_BTF

The ability to update is a blessing and a curse. How many other car companies continue to push free upgrades to customers for years after purchase? Most traditional car dealers will charge you $500 just to update the maps in your GPS system after you drive off the lot. I’m not a Tesla...

After multiple calls and messages with Tesla Service and 2 days of troubleshooting, the car is back to “normal”. They had to push a new “update”. I’m assuming it was to repartition the navigation sectors on the cars hard drive because the maps would not re-install over WiFi. They did confirm...

Because I don't carry a garage door opener any more? Thanks for being a smartass.

Until a few hours ago, the reset was simply rebooting the system. Not anymore, apparently.

My MCU2 SiriusXM was not working tonight so I tried to reset the system using the buttons on the steering wheel. Bad idea. Some new glitch in the software caused that to do a full FACTORY reset. I lost all my settings, data, etc. I can’t even pull my car into the garage tonight because I...

I'm more interested in your Avatar. 😜

This is a fascinating video series where a professor of Automotive Engineering at Weber St. University dissects the rear drive unit and power system of a Tesla Model S. The videos are long, but very detailed and useful to understand how Tesla's actually work...

I just got the Toyo Proxes Sport A/S tires on my 2017 P100D Model S with square 245 x 21” wheels. Love them so far. I had cheap Nankangs before and they only lasted 1 yr. Much quieter and a much smoother ride so far. Highly recommend.

Center console USB ports won't work (I think they forgot to plug them in) and I can't sign in to YouTube because I get a "insecure browser" warning. Other than that it's working great.

Since completing it would have required driving in every one of my neighbors' yards, I deferred to opportunity.

Tesla has included rendered trash bins in their visualizations with the MCU2 upgrade. Seems kind of silly. Today was trash day and my center display looked like a slalom course.

I spent some time on Tesla's website today figuring out how to get to their chat support. Here is the link and the specific paths to get to chat support through the Tesla website: Link: Tesla SSO - Sign In You can get to the chat feature from any of the following submenus if you click "Yes"...

You can also get to the chat from the following submenus if you click "Yes" you need more help: "Tesla Service & Repair" --> "Schedule or modify service..." and "Question about upcoming service" "Vehicle & App Features" --> All submenus go to chat if you click "Yes" you need more help...

Here's the link: Tesla SSO - Sign In You have to select "Vehicle Apps and Features" from the first menu Select any option from the second menu and click "submit" Then click "Yes" when asked "Do you need more help". You will next type a subject for your chat and you will be forwarded to the...

If you go to Tesla support and get to their chat feature complaining about the small font size, the comments will be escalated to engineering. The chat rep said they are getting lots of complaints about it, so hopefully a fix will be forthcoming. Also, it makes no sense to move the gear...