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Anyone tried these and do they work for the tesla. I assume the plug are only usable if the nail is on the part of the tire that contacts the road; no tif the nail is to side. But still worth carrying

Most tire stores will have sprares for normal cars , but not for Tesla. SO I checked at COstco tire and Wheel works - the tesla spare was a week of special order, but of course you can go to Tesla in a big city. So if you are travelling away from a big city then you are in trouble. Also a local...

But with most other cars a local tire store will have a replacement available; but NOT for Tesla. For example neither wheel works or costco has the replacement for tesla - one week special order even in the bay area but in the bay area you can go to Tesla they will have a space. If you are on a...

I wish I had read this thread before ordering my Tesla -- This car is obsolete. Except for its electric drive and auto-driving simple things suck. Iphone integration for music has been discussed since 2013 -- no fixes so far. USB is syncing form my PC/Mac is a was of time unless you don't...

Tesla's music integration via iPhone is a joke, Most cars since 2009 let you browse via the car's display. I read several discussions on the net and the best is to transfer songs to flash drive - here the challenge is that every time you change you playlist you need to copy the songs all over...

An easy improvement is to copy what many Honda models do: when the driver flips the signal indictor show the the rear (or better the side) camera view on half of the display. Tesla has a way to show rear camera on half the screen, but it is all time or none at all. While not as good as the...

My son's 2015 mazda 6 ($25K) has excellent blind spot monitoring - flash on the mirror whenever a car is in the blind spot plus a beeping sound if turn indicator is on. I have not seen it fail. It also warns of cross traffic when backing out - this is a very useful feature especially when...