Recent content by FlyingReindeer

They knew I have had 2 Teslas, so it was a moot point. Instead, I’ve suggested they put forward to prospective Volvo owners a Tesla Gen3 due to cost and look. I will ask another person I know who has a Volvo on order too. The reality is, they don’t know much about EV’s yet. The learning curve...

Success with Gen3 Tesla Wall Charger! Electrician installed it this morning and I managed to grab the Volvo XC40 Recharge to test it. I managed to get 15 out of 16 amps on 3 phases - I assume I couldn’t get the last amp due to SOC at 93%. I configured the charger using the phone web page...

I have our electrician swapping over my V2 Tesla charger for V3 later this week, then I will retest the Volvo XC40 Recharge and give an update.

Here is a photo of my charger. Is the revision number 03 then ?

I have tried my gen 2 charger that I got with my Model S, 3 years ago, and it has failed to charge an XC40 Recharge demonstrator (I've got one on order). After getting the right tool to access the front cover, I have switched it to 'legacy mode', but it still fails. So, I guess I will try Tesla...

Yes - if there was an EV road tax, it should be deductible, much as rego costs are.

My approach to claiming tax deductions will be to record actual kWh used in the year (which the Model 3 will tell you from the Trip A measure) and apply the normal grid rate (in my case, around 40c per kWh) to work out the notional cost of electricity. Then claim x% for business use. About 75%...

Speaking from experience - getting a chest of drawers or other bulky pieces including bits of mdf into the boot is a piece of cake with the Model S. The boot and opening are just huge. Now I have a Model 3, I will need to use the wife’s Tiguan (reluctantly as I struggle with ICE cars now) for...

I get about 52 km/h as well on my charger at the beach house (which is on single phase 32 amp). At home on 3-phase 16 Amp, I get up to 75 km/h. These rate are about 40% better than the charging rates I used to get on my Model S - so I'm pretty happy with that. At home, I tend to dial-down the...

I thought I'd try Supercharging on my new Model 3, to compare the charge rate to what was happening lately on my previous Model S P85D. Upshot is that I only got 35-40 kW throughout the charge - although it did stay flat at that rate. Yes, I was sharing a companion stall and yes SOC was a bit...

I bought the Hub set etc from Taptes (cost about USD$60 or so), rather than trying to buy them from Tesla. I figured it would be too tricky to get them from Tesla in Adelaide. I'm pretty happy with them, and the whole take the aero covers off and put the replacement hubs and nuts on, took all...

I can confirm P- comes with Dual Motor and red underline, as per photo of mine.

Well, I specifically spoke to the Flatbed Truck driver about the whole inspection thing. He definitely offered for me to check the vehicle over, but we were sitting out in my street potentially holding up passing cars - a few around at that hour of the day (8.20). So, the car is on ground level...

OK, was expecting delivery today in Adelaide at 11am. So, just out of shower at 7.40am and call from 'Steve' - "Mate, I'm on my way to deliver your new car, your Tesla, should be there by 8.20". I say 'Cool'. I think "Oh my God, oh my God" - start running around the house, unable to think...

I have a similar small balance showing in the source code. As best I can tell, this is due to a slight change in rego costs in Adelaide, between the Order and the Final Invoice. With delivery scheduled for 11am tomorrow, I am going to know soon enough if there is any issue re balance due. I’ve...