Recent content by MitchL

My justification in a nutshell: - it's a car designed and built right here in Silicon Valley, the way we do things out here. - I'll be part of the first generation that leaves internal combustion behind. - powered by the sun, no noise, no emissions. - my wife amazingly said "yes". Don't know...

Finally getting around to updating this: Signature VIN#936, 21" tires: Cumulative since purchase (Nov 2012): 18.3K miles, 374Wh/mi Last 3000 miles: 382Wh/mi. Location: SF Bay Area Driving: Mostly city/local commuting, occasional freeway drives. I'm guessing my higher figures are due to...

No pictures, since I was driving, but: Three Model S's so far while vacationing here on Maui: A brown one parked along Dairy Road earlier this week. A silver in traffic somewhere in the valley, I forgot exactly where. A Sunset red with the dark turbine wheels parked at the Japanese restaurant...

In the regular dealer-network car buying world, I think the "pay cash" incentive for discount works because it tells a dealer you're serious, you want to buy today, and you'll stop shopping if they take your money immediately. They value volume as much as profit. Past couple of times I went...

I dunno, sometimes I think I need to be driving in a particular direction for the XM antenna to work.... So .. maybe? :-) /Mitch.

Daily driver here too. We kept the minivan for long out-of-state trips and Home Depot runs (5 people in the household, my father-in-law lives with us). About 1K miles per month on the Model S, I think I've bought at most 4 tanks of gas for the van since last November. My wife's due for a new...

I emailed ownership about this and they responded with a phone call -- I also get puddles near the driver's rear wheel. It's definitely AC condensate. In my case, water appears to dribble along the plastic gasket that goes between the battery and the frame and finally falls out near the rear...

Doesn't even have to be video. A couple of the local parking garages here now have sensors over each stall so that the counter displays on each floor are accurate. You'd have all the info you need: - Car not present, charger inactive: open for use - Car present, charger not connected to a...

I got some sort of update today, but it failed to install. Dialog on the screen says it'll try to remind me about it later. I was on some variant of 4.5 already, so I wonder what happened... Mitch.

Interesting info, thanks! The main point I was trying to make was for those attempting to replace fuses not to try to put larger ones in. I'm spooked even to change brands, and will deal with blown fuses until Tesla comes up with a real fix. /Mitch.

The fuses I used are the same type, rating, and brand (same part #) as the originals. Messing with the rating or type is probably unsafe, so changing brands might be the only variable I mess with. Something in the car (or charger) is drawing >100A on what is supposed to be an 80A load. Those...

I should have taken pictures of the fuses - they're the ones that say "Edison" on them, little cylinders with big tabs sticking out top and bottom. You can see them in the upper left side of the HPWC when it's opened. I bought my replacements at (I'm sure there are cheaper places)...

Does your HPWC have a green light on? If there are no green LEDs at all, and your main breaker is ON, then you probably blew the internal fuse like many others (including me) have encountered. This fuse blowing bug happens when charging at 80A, which is why the 4.5 firmware caps you at 60A for...

Replaced the blown fuse in my HWPC today. Unfortunately, the rear fuse was the one that blew, and it's a real PITA to get out/in. The side walls of the charger make it a really tight squeeze to get the screws on and off. But, 15 minutes of wrangling later, I'm back in operation (and have 4...

I can't think of any options that don't require replacing the HWPC either (that's kind of what I was asking). Sounds expensive for TSLA. Wonder how many HWPCs they've sold. If the fix is a replacement unit, someone will need to install it (many of us could do it ourselves, but not all are...