Recent content by Mercury

Yeah, I just listen for the ARP and take action on that. I do have a much cleaner way to do it, though, so I'll probably be posting another goofy video shortly. It' just for the buttons, not so much Tesla-related. You could, of course still automate the car, it'll just be easier than having...

It's mostly for the nerd factor of tinkering, but it's also substantially easier. Pulling out the mobile app requires a fair amount more work than just pressing a button and doesn't notify you when the car's ready. And, if you're running the Android version, you typically have to kill and...

That guy is me, by the way. Kinda freaky how much traffic it's getting for just stringing together a couple of interesting tech pieces. If only I could make the button make ludicrous parts appear at my service center...

Has anyone else ever had this happen? I was waiting for a gap in oncoming traffic to turn left at an intersection today. When it opened up, I hit the accelerator and the car felt very sluggish; it barely cleared the intersection before approaching cars were too close. I gave it more foot...

Gads, this is horrible. Maybe they'll get to publishing the official phase-in schedule right after Ow, My Balls is done.

This is a really good point. Imagine the situation if you accidentally drove off in valet mode with the max speed set to 20mph. Not only will it cause an extremely exciting situation when you pull out into traffic, but you can't undo it without entering a PIN. Very dangerous.

Just to be sure, is the driver's seat belt engaged? I noticed my car does some absolutely annoying shifting at super low speed with the seat belt off. For instance, if I just want to back it from the garage to the street, it gets all jerky and pops back into P when I get on the brake at creep...

2A charging on the USB ports. When I was going over the car after delivery, I kept bumping into things I hadn't researched or considered. Every time, the car beat or exceeded expectations. I looked at the USB ports and assumed, "oh, at least one of those is 2A for sure, no doubt about it"...

Can you do customer service roulette? That is, call the main number and pitch your case. If they won't make the changes, just call right back and see if you get another rep. This is surprisingly effective for changing air travel reservations and anything else where the CSR has a bit of...

Hahahah, seriously, I noticed that after I drove the car away and it remains the best picture I have for now. I can't believe I got photobombed by a cactus.

Consider me another data point with this value. My old 2004 Pathfinder would open the garage door from 4-5 houses away over its Homelink. The P85D needs to be right at the lip of the driveway. Ugh.

My case for MC red is below. P85D, delivered on 12/31. I also have a very cool desktop wallpaper of the hood of the car, as taken day of delivery. It was raining, so I pulled into my garage and snapped this up super close.

Historically, some clients do not play well with some routers, most often due to one of the two devices having a subtle bug in its implementation of a security protocol. It's much rarer now, but still common enough that it does happen. If in doubt, switch something on your router and see if...

That's actually not true, at least from my perspective as a contract developer. I've been on probably a little over a dozen mobile projects in the last 3-4 years, doing both Android and iOS work. Typically, the Android guy points out his work at the same rate as the iOS guy and the delivery...

Quick thread necro: I set up a repo for this little app and updated the version in Google Play to strip out the Proguard stuff that was causing trouble. I also fixed an annoying bug that would sometimes stop the real-time monitoring of the car during a charge. The repo is here...