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    Test drive of a petrol car

    Do you have a petrol pump attached to your house? Because that was what I was talking about. How many people do you know who refuel their car with unleaded petrol or diesel at home? If you think it is more convenient to drive to a petrol station and fuel there than plug it in overnight, good...
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    Test drive of a petrol car

    This is a good post. I also think it's worth mentioning that nobody has a petrol pump attached to their house. Something about safety, issue with getting a truck to come to the house to refill it when it runs out. So people with ICE cars have to drive to a filling station to get it refilled...
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    Frozen windscreen washers

    Try going into the app and selecting 'Defrost Car' within the climate settings. That should blow hot air through the handles. Just turning the climate on (like I do) isn't enough to defrost the handles if you are unlucky enough to have them freeze. My handles don't freeze when I'm parked on my...
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    Frozen windscreen washers

    I've had a few frustrations on the last few drives to work! Yep, it's consistently cold everywhere right now (although I've driven a Tesla in -10 before....), but since the recent autopilot changes my Tesla is determined to put the bloody windscreen wipers on whenever a passing lorry blows grit...
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    I thought Tesla drivers were better than this?

    I'd move my car to block him in, turn on Sentry Mode, and go off and enjoy a coffee, meal etc in the motorway services.
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    I thought Tesla drivers were better than this?

    This isn't true. My car is capable of charging at the full 130kw / 150kw available from a V1/V2 charger up to at least 50% of my battery (if not more), in warm weather, preheating etc. I have had the full 250kw for a significant amount of time at the lower end of the battery from a V3 charger -...
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    I thought Tesla drivers were better than this?

    If you see this again, take a photo and report it to Tesla. Supercharger network access is a privilege that they can revoke at any time.
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    [UK] 2022.44

    Use Brave as your browser (no Chrome!), use Startpage as your search engine. I do not have anything Google on my iPhone. Apple isn't spyware so much - they don't treat you as the product. Google does. Apple treat you as the customer, so they're always trying to sell you their own stuff, but...
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    Early delivery of Model Y

    Lease costs have gone up massively in the last year or so. It was one of the deciding factors in me going for a Tesla loan rather than go into another lease agreement.
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    What's everyones insurance renewals this year?

    I used to have my 78 year old mother on it but now she actually makes it more expensive! I’m working on getting the spouse…
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    [UK] 2022.40

    Yes I have also found it takes a long time go back onto AHB after dipping. But I'd much prefer it do that than the opposite. Agree that this tech should have come sooner - but I've been happy to manually control it up until now. The true test will be when I drive down to Cornwall and see how...
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    What's everyones insurance renewals this year?

    My renewal cost £1500, that's with 1 driver (me), £1000 total excess (compulsory + voluntary combined). 14k miles a year with mixture of business and personal use, 4 years No Claims. I am 35 years old and an IT professional with no criminal convictions, but I have 1 at-fault claim within the...
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    [UK] 2022.40

    Happy to report that this week, I've had auto high beams on for normal driving and for AP and it's been nearly flawless. It's a huge improvement over what it was like before. The only time I've had to manually intervene is for when it decides to keep the auto high beams on even when driving...
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    EV's to pay Road Tax from April 2025

    It's great that most people here aren't too concerned about this. In the great scheme of things, neither am I. It is a cost I can absorb. What is troubling is the reducing appeal of getting an EV. The cost of the vehicle is going up (the Model 3 LR costs about £10k more than it did last year)...
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    EAP and FSD price at UK

    My car is on a 7 year loan with 6 more years to pay so I'll be keeping mine long term too. I just don't have the finances to be able to buy the car outright and swap it every year or so. So FSD makes a lot of sense to me too. Especially if it goes up to £15k in a few years time, or subscription...