Recent content by pacman65

It's mainly financial interests and unions protecting jobs. In asian countries train are very close to autonomous. Lots of light railways are unmanned (Dockland light rail, UK). In the UK the biggest obstacle to autonomous trains is unions refusing to refusing to allow development or testing...

Agreed with the simple soap message - sometimes the old ways are still the best. it's a virus, not a bacteria so in this case soap is better than alcohol and far less likely to damage your car or other surfaces. Do all-natural soaps and cleaners protect against COVID-19? On a similar subject...

Just got my M3 back from having a fault like this repaired. The Tesla team were great, especially the Bristol SC staff. They said it's a wiring loom issue. RHD only. The connector is positioned where it wasn't expected to get really wet, but clearly that's not worked out. They now have...

After much thought I became one of the only 4 to tick "if they sort out my issues" because I'm sure they will, but it's unbelievably frustrating waiting. Before delivery; Agreed terrible. I really can't see why they can't get basic customer communication. Handover; Mine (London) was great...

Hello, Yes sensible to ask. This is engineering ; always ask the dumb questions, you might be the only one that thought of it. I had done a power off which as I understand is the step beyond a full reboot : How To: Perform Hard Reset on Model 3 - Tesla Owners Online...

Hello Diablo, did this get fixed by the SC ? I have the same issue which after repeated alerts for a week I found the car with no regen breaking, but no power assisted steering either. The steering is very heavy with no power assist. It's in the SC at the moment. They thinks it's probably a...

Thanks for the detailed rely. I'll watch the video, much of my comments were assumption, so I may be wrong (my wife tells me buying the Tesla was one of my few good choices). I'd hope the charge installations are protected from the battery connecting to the house as although it's unlikely with...

Great review - I'm jealous you made it to 10k before me. Ernie is at 8400, but he's only got 1 motor, so it's earning its keep. Surprised how fast your BMW got through tires, but it sounds like you drive them hard. Fully agree on the charging. It's much more convenient to leave home every day...

So as expected the SC team at Bristol have been great. They had me away in a loan car ( S 85D) before 9. They spotted marks on the chrome that nobody else had noticed in 2 months. The car's ready and on charge I see ; where else does you car get filled up when it's serviced ? The remaining...

Ernie is in at the Bristol SC 08:30 AM tomorrow ( delayed by me from end of Oct). Surprised to have a txt at 17:28 on Friday to say "please be advised this will be completed while you wait however a loan car is reserved in case the repair runs more than 3 hours". They had previously confirmed...

Welcome to the brave new world - you'll be glad you joined. My vote on range is that the SR+ is a very capable car, and £60 per month wisely spent buys a lot of happiness in other ways. Ernie my SR+ is just 2 months old and has covered 6631 miles, so it's not holding him back. He's been all...

I think QA is quality Assurance basically the same as Quality Control. with TQM (Total Quality Management) methods you’re typically start Ok, and keep getting better even when you have passed any “good enough” status. Improve because you can, and because it’s always cheaper to make it right...

I agree they are much worse when it’s rainy. The SC have said they will look at it and maybe burnish them. I found other post saying that due to most breaking being regenerate the disks can corrode a bit which is rubbed off by driving with the brakes on. Not convinced as mine have squealed...

My wife said she passed a Black Tesla being winched onto a breakdown truck Northbound on M3 down near Southampton. Hope it’s not serious. Do they just load up for a puncture on the motorway now?

Great to hear. My Ernie is booked in at Bristol SC for the end of this month. Minor paint issues from delivery and the brakes squeal like banshees when reversing especially when wet. Virtual service have been good so far. Looking forward to meeting the service team.