Recent content by Jallum.pa.us

I've decided to upgrade the battery pack on my sailboat! I bought four "sheets" from a salvaged Model S 85 battery pack, and have set about fitting them into my boat, to run the "house" electrical needs (lights, refrigeration, inverters, etc.) If you're at all interested in the project, take...

Yes. It's happened about a dozen times for me, but it goes away almost immediately. The most frustrating part is that it will disable the cruise/autopilot without any warning. I haven't noticed that it correlates to heat, but anything is possible. I called my service center and asked them to...

I know, right? Don't you know how many nogas they have to skin for each seat?

I visited a relative in Charlottesville, VA this past weekend. If I didn't have dual chargers, I would have had to spend 3+ hours at a public charger in order to make it back to the Woodbridge SC. Instead, I charged for an hour.

I was just proactively contacted by Tesla to schedule an appointment to replace a part used in the ludicrous update. Does anyone know what this part might be, or why it might need to be replaced? Has anyone else been contacted about this?

Update: I've gotten my car back from the SC in Devon, PA. These guys were great about it. Turned out due to SoC, my car was actually the second one that they'd done. I'm pretty happy with the bump in speed -- especially for passing.

Update: my upgrade is done, and they're recharging the car. Tomorrow morning, they're going to do some tests, and then i should be able to pick it up -- by noon at the latest. I've heard that my car is the first to be done at the Devon, PA service center. If so, I'm happy to let them take...

My upgrade is scheduled for 2/8 at the Devon, PA SC. They told me the same thing... Run it down low, bring it in first thing in the morning and it'll be done the next day. They're giving me a loaner while I wait.

I purchased 10/14, and took their specs at face value. I'd be fine with 1) an aknowledgement of the problem 2) corrections to the marketing materials (mostly done, now) and 3) a reasonable credit towards a future purchase.

i imagine they'll tone down on that in the coming weeks / months.

I'm probably one of the three people that bought a p85d with textile seats. I love them. I'm really not a fan of leather seats - both the way they wear over time and how they feel. I'll take some pictures for you in the morning, in the daylight, if someone doesn't beat me to it.

Hey, bud. I really appreciate your passion on this issue. I do. That said, it's not really fair to fault people for not seeing your post (or the article), or for after reading it, not taking it as the gospel. I would hope that you would appreciate that to the vast majority of the people in...

It's pretty straightforward, really. At the announcement (and really, for months past the delivery of the first cars), nobody knew about how they arrived at their motor power numbers -- there was no indication as to which standard or testing methodology might be in play. With an electric...

It seems a bit to me to be a distinction without a difference: In neither case does it appear that the car is making it's rated number in the field. I would think that we're beginning to see the same way, just about different numbers. ;)

Actually, JonG and I are saying the same thing with respect to the 85kw packs's potential limitations after upgrade. His description is much more thorough.