Recent content by kjl

Hi, I have a SolarCity (now Tesla) solar lease from 2013 which I need to purchase quickly ahead of selling the house (buyer would rather buy the house clean than inherit the lease, which is fine by me). I'm having a bit of a hard time reaching anybody by phone and emails aren't answered super...

Yes, I realize it is probably financially smart to just sell the car and buy one of equivalent age/mileage when I get back, but I developed an attachment to my car. It's older, no autopilot, no sensors (not even parking sensors), old plastic nosecone, but I bought it new and it's mine. I tend to...

So I'm going to store my Model S for at least a year, probably two. I'll leave it in the garage, with a 50% charge rate, plugged in, perhaps with a cover on it. I was also planning on putting it on some of those circular-depression ramps - something like these, but not sure if that is sufficient...

So my model S is nearing its 4 year birthday and I'm trying to decide whether or not I should renew my maintenance plan with the 4 year extension. I was wondering if people who have opted not to purchase the plans have generally found the maintenance on their cars to be pretty low, or if they...

This is different from the "cabin seems colder than usual" thing that I've also noticed (I used to be comfortable at 70 or 72; now I have to put it up to 74 or 76 to have the same comfort). Twice in the last few weeks, my car has been unable to blow hot air at all, and it was *cold* (for CA -...

I had the balloon squeal really badly (one or two warbling notes, kind of chintzy sounding and embarrassing, and I noted it each time I brought the car in for regular service. Each time I would go on a short drive with one of the service technicians or foremen, and of course it would not really...

FYI i was told by my service advisor that this fix would fix the embarrassing balloon squeal fart noise that some people get, and it did for me. So if your car suffers from that, it's a nice upgrade.

Hey, my car's in for service right now and they're recommending I get new tires because of the combination of remaining tread depth 4/32-5/32 and the fact that there's a nail in one of the tires. I think I have about 16-17000 miles on the car right now. I do floor it off a red light occasionally...

Thanks. Yes, the screw hole on the panel had torn thanks to that rubber parking stopper thing getting jammed up in the wheel well, forcing the panel to pop off. But you were right - I just loosened that torx bolt a tiny bit, snapped the thing back on (it took quite a lot of force, which is why I...

Due to bad luck/stupidity (flexible rubber parking mat got stuck to my tire due to wet tires and jammed into the wheel well when I went into reverse), a panel popped off the clips on one end. Is this something I can fix myself? There is one screw hole which looks like it's held by a torx head...

Better the feeling of having wet your pants than actual sweltering sweaty butt!

So, I don't have any experience, but my thoughts are - you're going to slow down when you want to slow down whether you're on standard or low regen - it's just a question of whether that energy goes into the battery or the brake pads. So I wouldn't expect any significant difference.

No; mine still has it.

Well, it IS in range mode, but it's in range mode all the time (AC is too loud if not in range mode imo), so my expectations are already set to a lower cooling speed. Roof was cracked the entire time, but it was significantly cooler outside than even my target temp. Hrm. Weird. I'll have to...

Hey, can anybody confirm that if you turn the AC on from the phone app that it doesn't go at the normal full power? My car's interior was 106 and I turned the AC on to 75 (and cracked the roof) as I have some heat sensitive stuff in there. It's cooling down in there, but really slowly it seems...