Recent content by Nopantz

My safety score was 98 leading to the update on Christmas Eve. I noticed the score disappeared from the app but it appears my car now has the FSD beta. I took it for a drive in the neighborhood and it nearly crashed into a couple of parked cars and is very aggressive on accel/decel, despite...

I pay a very low rate ($0.043/kwh) in exchange for a peak demand usage (one rate overall, another during 2-10PM). As a result, I charge very slowly whenever I can, between 5-12A, some times over multiple days. The software isn't really setup to either start AND stop during a window, or even...

I was charging often 50-80% and my battery was reporting low (~290 mi after about 10K miles). Despite what the manual said, the service center recommend charging 30%-70$ or 20%-80% for better calibration. They had me deep cycle the battery - I ran it down to 7mi and then charged it to 100% to...

I just got a quote to repair my rear bumper from a body shop, including the $365 for a new bumper, but they said they can’t get it painted like Tesla can. With painting and all the labor it came to $1750 !!!! I’m hoping Tesla can do it for the $1100 and in only a few hours, which would be more...

My door ding needed paint repair, including blending the next door. $1300 to fix, before the days of auto sentry mode. Im now hyper vigilant.

Yes, the orange floor jack is from Harbor Freight. The jack stands I mentioned are apparently $170 (each!) * 2 - 25% discount right now and a low profile floor jack is $100 from Harbor Freight is $100 + tax, so that is $365. More if there is tax/shipping on the stands.

I hit a bad pothole w/ my AWD w/ 19" sport wheels. First it was $336 to Tesla for a new tire. Left with a vibration. Then $704 to Tesla to replace a bent wheel, but still a vibe. Then $250 to Firestone for lifetime alignment and balance where they found the other wheel on the right (rear) is...

I’ll continue to get an emergency hotel than buy and put on chains, and spend 5hrs driving back to Denver. Happened twice in 15yrs.

I’ve lived in the Colorado front range for 20 years and have had AWD cars the past 15 (Subaru Forester, Toyota Highlander). Usually factory tires are crappy, last 25k, and I then get the best tire for snow/ice short of getting studless winter tires. Handling in bad weather is then great and I’ve...

I didn’t like the auto flopping around on my charging pad, so finally found a clean way to install it using the included vent mount and a short cable. I was going to use double sided tape, but then couldn’t move it to other vehicles.

I am also at 100% health on my year old iPhone Xr been charged mostly on home and auto wireless.

I feel it is more frequent and generally takes more input than driving the car (on a straight road). I wish you could signal another way that you are here, like a heart rate monitor sensors.

I had a blem on my front bumper on delivery. Tesla paid $1200+ to a body shop to repaint it. So I would think the answer is "no".

Quoted $100/rotation, which is like $5-600 over the life of the tires. Can’t see how that makes financial sense to avoid premature wear, unless that saves them from lasting around 30% or the life.

Yeah about $1100 or so for me. I was going to skip the vanity plate, but a rounding error compared to the ownership tax. And no thanks to the republicans, I can’t write it off since the SALT cap is now so LOW. I get free charging at work, but still every dollar I save on gas goes to extra...