Recent content by jeremyz

Yeah @Vip , I feel like the service centers are pretty random when it comes to things like this. They said they were fine putting on the OEM parts even if I got them myself.

I can confirm that the little plastic bits were just for shipping and aren't needed. I had the Tesla service center replace my wheel bearings because they only charged $78 per wheel bearing to replace them. I felt like that was worth it because I was expecting to spend a lot of time spraying the...

The service center told me one of my front wheel bearings needed to be replaced. I ordered two of them (to replace both front bearings) using the link German Amazon link that Rolf68 posted in this thread. I just got the bearings in the mail. The box got a pretty good beating during shipment and...

Tesla on Twitter Model 3 interior is now 100% leather-free

It says that they passed the final electrical inspection on Wednesday. Interactive Development Review Permitting and Inspection | AustinTexas.gov - The Official Website of the City of Austin They passed the final building permit on Friday Interactive Development Review Permitting and Inspection...

Carl Medlock and his Medlock & Sons Tesla Roadster rehab shop in Seattle recently received a profile by CNBC. Medlock is a former Tesla employee and “one of the few people in the U.S. that can fix the company’s original Roadster car.” Spare parts for the original Tesla are difficult to source...

I thought that this would be interesting to some people here.

My bumper appeared to just be scuffed. I thought that it would just need to be repainted. When Autocraft took my car apart, they found out that there were a couple of broken plastic attachment points.

I had a minor read-end accident last year; idiots in big trucks like to bump into me for some reason. I had it repaired at Autocraft Bodywerks in Austin (Autocraft Bodywerks), which has been a Tesla certified body for many years. It took a long time to get the bumper because Tesla had run out of...

Part of the parking lot is fenced off now. There's also an small excavator and some containers inside of the fenced in area.

When I test drove the Performance Model 3 last Friday, I asked about the vegan steering wheel availability. Luckily, the person who went with me on my test drive was vegan; consequently, he was very interested to find out about the non-leather steering wheel. He sent the videos that I attached...

These are relevant comments from the 2018 shareholder's meeting.

The CEO of nvidia owned 49 or 51. He auctioned it off for charity many years ago.

I wonder how expensive it would be to build an L1 cache for the battery with ultracapacitors. It might not make sense now, but it might in a few years. http://www.maxwell.com/images/documents/whitepaper_electricdrives.pdf I would love to have a lightweight 20kWh battery made out of energy dense...