Recent content by jbarnette

Johnson City SC just celebrated grand opening yesterday (not Fredericsburg, but close).

Dual motor first mostly due to new batteries needed for 500 mi. range of Tri-motor. Waiting for tri-motor and Texas direct sales hoping to pickup at factory.

My RWD LR Model 3 on MPP sport coil overs feels great on Old Spicewood Springs Rd. or Lime Creek Rd. near Austin. My prior cars are 6MT Sport package BMW 335i and 535i (still have as old BMW depreciation exceeds the grin factor and non-M BMWs no longer feel the road). The Model 3 both is more...

I can easily see LFP being used for say the RWD CyberTruck where it’s lower density is not an issue in a ~half-capacity pack. Saves 4680 cells for Tri-motor and Semi.

I used to use chill mode regularly around town, but don't so much any more except when I'm hypermiling on a longer leg between chargers. I would really appreciate if chill mode worked as it does for the first half of the throttle, but still allowed access to full performance when I floor it...

I’m very interested. In traditional German cars, the lesser models (say 1/3-series, A/C-class, etc.) have notably less sound insulation than the intermediate and larger cars (say 5/7-series, E/S-class, etc.). I firmly believe this is part of the up sell and very frustrating as cars get larger...

I’m anxiously looking forward to the new FSD computer as I think much of the slow response of AP or NoA is due to reduced frame rates, resolution, and relatively deep processing pipelines with a neural net waiting for multiple frames to confirm/update its situational awareness. I also think much...

Good luck. Chill mode and drafting are your friend (one 244 mi journey in LR RWD model 3 in Missouri starting at 10 C declining to 0 C 30 mph headwind with sleet). Started with 97% supercharge and arrived with 3% and a newfound respect for range anxiety especially in/around Arkansas.

I grew up driving Hondas and switched to BMWs in 2001 when I bought a used 2001 BMW 325i wagon (steptronic unfortunately). That was such a fantastic car, but I missed my manual transmission so in 2004 I flew to Germany and bought a modestly equipped BMW 525i sedan with 6MT and drove 50k miles on...

Last fall I drove a LR Model 3 RWD from Nashvile, TN to Fayetteville, AR going via Sikeston, MO to Springfield, MO; it was a nail biter as I left Sikeston with 97% charge and 55-60 F temperature and drove against headwinds into 32 F spitting snow in Springfield arriving at the supercharger with...

If you have an iPhone, I found out the hard way that USB splitters power port will not charge an iPhone. I ended up buying a 3-port USB 3 hub (found this one at Fry's: Fry's Electronics |). I installed a 256 GB music flash drive, a 32 GB dashcam flash drive and the Tesla-supplied IOS charging...

Be careful with these assumptions... This past November I took a road trip where I travelled in southern Missouri from the Tesla Supercharger near Sikeston, MO to the Tesla Supercharger at Springfield, MO, a distance of 241 miles. I drove between 60 and 70 mph in my long-range RWD with 19-inch...

I agree that Tesla did not make a good engineering decision with the front door releases. My elderly father with dementia will always go for the lever unless I press the button by reaching across before he thinks about pulling the lever. Fortunately, he doesn't tend to push the door open...

Thanks, I had tried it but am just now playing with it; I suppose it comes down to expecting 250 miles to be a reasonably in-range segment for a road-trip, and finding that it may be just beyond capability. I normally drive +5 over the speed limit which is generally on the slower side of flowing...

I'm planning on taking my first road trip in my LR RWD Model 3 leaving north Austin with 90% charge stopping in Huntsville, TX, Alexandria, LA, Jackson, MS, Tupelo, MS and arriving Nashville, TN. So far everything looks well in range with worst spread of 207 miles from Huntsville, TX to...