Recent content by montefuego

Hi, Anyone know the best way to sell a Model S? I've never done it before. Carmax? Tesla? It's 2016 70D w/FSD, only 36,000 miles. Any advice appreciated, I have no idea.

Thank you guys so much! Really appreciate your knowledge and experience. Strange the techs at Tesla are not saying this. Here are two 'wrinkles': 1. I several times asked about upgrading the MCU, the tech people did not recommend it. Apparently, there have been many changes, including new...

I upgraded my 2016 Model S to FSD HW3 on the last day of the special. As I pulled out of the Tesla shop, I noticed the center screen went dark for a few seconds, then came back on. Also, Autopilot was still calibrating. 1. Autopilot never finished calibrating, stayed around 98%. Eventually they...

Does anyone know if the MCU upgrade helps the sound? I have Premium sound, old MCU. Frankly, the clarity is not that great; with the Model 3, I can hear instruments that I can't hear at all in the Model S. I'm thinking to possibly upgrade to after-market speakers, but wondering if the MCU is...

Hi! Any way to know for sure? Thinking of doing Fsd today or tomorrow but never if that’s true. I have 2016 Model S delivered Jan 2017

Anyone know when mcu2 came in? I have 2016 Model S bought December, delivered Jan 2017. Thinking of FSD update from EAP tomorrow. Thaanks...

You're playing a very risky game. My best wishes to you, but it looks to me that you should be reducing your risk, not increasing it like you are doing. We can never know everything, and diversification is one way to deal with that. It's easy to get obsessed, especially to 'prove' that your...

I might be crazy, but I think the sound system--I have premium--might be better as well.

I love your sense of humor, but completely disagree with this last statement, which is the condescending attitude to other companies. You think Porsche somehow doesn't think about charging? That Samsung doesn't know anything about batteries? Really? You are illustrating the point of my posts...

I'm just trying to counter the bias against German technology that was raised in the attacks against Volkswagen. I love the sports team-like loyalty to Tesla-- "Rah, Rah!"-- and I have some very aggressive investments in the company, but when the loyalty extends to ignoring the real competition...

The company that was responsible for the Bandoliers was building them in the Gigafactory. Tesla, JB, etc, tried to fix it for them, and couldn't . Despite all the software improvements at the Gigafactory, all the hours put in, in the end the Germans had to do it.

I read all those reports, as well, when they came out. The 'new, fully operational automated line' was built in Germany. All the work done at the Gigafactory never achieved its goals, which is 'an automated line so fast you need a strobe light to see it.' They could not get sufficient precision...

The Germans have outlawed diesel cars, they are forcing the carmakers to go electric or perish. That is even more motivation than Tesla has.

You guys really think that Samsung and LG don't know what they're doing? The battery system that Tesla installed in Austrailia used a lot of Samsung batteries. Samsung makes half the stuff that Apple uses in its iphone. They lead the world in solid state memory. Their industrial capabilities are...

Because the experience of driving the Porsche, other than the ICE engine's power curve, was a great joy to me for the time that I had it. That simple