Recent content by jayhawk

Pictures: Tires have 4000 miles total (1000 miles on rims). TPMS sensors, Tesla Cap, Opti-coat, good condition. Couple small scratches (size of thumb nail) on one tire. Will take best offer.

I sometimes get a 'clunk' when I first put the car in gear and touch the accelerator. Had one drive train replaced, and now a loud noise around 40 MPH if accelerating quickly (along with screen message saying to take in for service). I will find out if I get a 2nd replacement on Wednesday...

I put on 1000 miles prior to winter, and bought new rims (Liango) with the winter wheels and drove 4000 miles this winter. When I switched back to non-winter tires, I decided I liked the Liango rims more and switched the tires. So the original rims only had the first 1000 miles I drove on the car.

19" OEM Model S wheels + Perelli Winter Tires + Tesla Caps + TPMS Sensors + Lug Nuts Will provide photos on request. 4x 19" OEM Wheels with 1000 miles driven. Perfect condition and Opticoat applied 4x Perelli 240 Sottozero Winter Tires with 4000 miles driven this winter 4x Tesla wheel caps...

It is confusing the way you are using the term "lease" and "lien". Either you took out a loan for the car, or you leased the car. They are not the same thing. If you took out a loan, you get the $7500, if you leased, the leasing company does. By the way, I am not aware of anyone leasing a...

I am in the same boat once / week, but the reverse direction. I have been checking this board every day to see when this one opened :)

It also takes some effort to use it. If most early Tesla models had issues with the panoramic roof, then the repair rate will be huge, even though it was one problem that was fixed. I am most curious about year 3+, since I knew there would be minor issues the first couple of years.

If anyone is interested in seeing reliability data on the Model S, register your car at truedelta.com. They only have 23 Model S cars registered so far (mine is one of them), but it would be great if we could get a few hundred and track how reliable the car is over a few years. Disclosure...

I have the same issue. I don't know if it is low battery, unless Tesla gave me a key fob with a low battery already (my car is only 3 months old).

Anyone have problems with brakes not engaging (or not slowing down car) after not using them for 30 minutes+ while driving? I am assuming the break pads were cold / iced (was -10F outside), but I was surprised when the car suddenly wouldn't stop (and it wasn't on ice).

What is the lowest temperature you made the trip in? I go to Milwaukee quite often, and it is about 160 miles round trip. I drive about 70 MPH with heat, and had 50 miles of extra range in 35F weather, but was curious how low the temp can get before I need to change my driving habits. Also...

Has anyone bought the TPMS sensors from tirerack.com? Or did you have tirerack put the tires on and then have the SC put in the OEM sensors? Any recommendations? Thank you!

Is it worth getting new rims with the winter tires? Or is it OK to just swap out the tires using only one set of rims? I have 19'' wheels now. Also, in Chicago, it is mainly dry / wet pavement and not Icy. I was thinking the winter tires on the Tesla website would be fine.

I took my car to the dealer I bought my car from (Acura), and they worked with Tesla to have the sale count as a trade in (saved me taxes). The offer was slightly less than Carmax, but the tax advantage made it effectively better. The autonation quote was $2k too low. I took a value that was...

I was able to add the folding mirrors without changing my estimated delivery date of November 15th :)