Recent content by maximizese

Awesome. For seafood lovers, Giovanni's is within walking distance (though they are not really fast and the line can be unpredictable). Might be a good idea to drop someone off to get the order started while the driver parks and plugs in. I suppose it would be wise to time it so you can match...

Charged here yesterday and was amazed at the 75kW charging speed I was seeing on my old 2013 S85; it held through 43% SOC which is high for my car. I was able to get about 40 rated miles in less than 12 minutes which was plenty to get me home. Unfortunately at least 2 of the parking structure...

That's assuming that services such as these charge $21K-$24K and get their 100kWh battery packs around $11K-$14K and no other testing, parts, and programming is necessary. I don't know what the answer is and I'm curious as well being someone with an older "85" pack and generally love the idea...

I'll take next if Islandbayy declines. I'd love to have a longer range and short SuC sessions; I'll pass our classic S to a relative and plan to swap cars whenever someone takes a trip longer than 300 miles.

I don't have a monitoring device from my insurance, nor does our Tesla get driven erratically (can't say the same with our Fiat 500e) and our insurance for both home and auto went up about 21% year over year. Our umbrella stayed relatively the same. My assumption is that most people's...

If I didn't already have our 13 S85 with 136K miles, FUSC, and MCU2 I would be all over this. I'd love a 100kWh pack and get that Supercharging curve and the greater efficiency of the dual motor. The more I'm thinking about it, perhaps I'll talk it over with some relatives. Seemingly great...

Agreed, not great at all. Lifetime average on my classic RWD S85 is around 290Wh/mi. At first it seems like your mileage divided by the number of drives would hint that you do a lot of short distance driving (95K miles/14,400 drives = 6.63 miles per drive). Looks like you're starting the car...

That's weird. California Energy Commission is showing a very different picture. Less than 2.5% of the electricity mix is generated by coal; not even sure where the coal plants are too. I've seen nothing but nat. gas, solar farms, hydro, wind, two nuclear (1 of the has been decommissioned)...

I think you'll also have to consider a worn out set of tires will likely have less roll resistance than a brand new tire. That new tire will produce less noise, have maximum grip, and will consume more energy now that at any point in the future; therefore, it would be good to reassess the...

I'm very curious to know if you think it's not outlandish to suspect the infamous mid-2019 software update that nerfed the fleet of "85kWh" battery packs was in response to reduce the risk of fires. There were a number of them in a short window of time between 2018-2019 and suddenly you don't...

Does Tesla not run focus groups with prospective buyers of their vehicles? I assumed they would but based on the layout and decisions made, I'm thinking they don't know what people want or they just don't care enough to go that route. I'm holding on to my classic S85 with no AP for as long as...

I don't think there's a coal power plant online anywhere in the state of California. I've never had that happen to me; however, I've been known to roll coal, well roll biodiesel onto left-lane hogs who are holding up traffic. It gets them to move to the right about the half the time. We have...

I don't think there's anything the OP stated that hints they are being unrealistic; it seems you are making an unfair inference that they expected a free repair. Their concern appears to be more about safety and inconvenience than anything else. The 7 year old car with low miles stopped...

Hard to say. Some suspect the OEM manufacturer of the 12V battery to have less than acceptable levels of product quality, but there seems to be evidence that Tesla's software scheme of the 12V electrical system and recharging stresses the 12V battery to wear prematurely. Some folks here have...

I would think you'd definitely want to take to Tesla Service and get this documented. I assume they are warranting their work and perhaps the issue may be directly tied to the work you had done or the issue could be something new. It doesn't hurt to ask; hopefully you'll avoid a diagnostic fee...