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Seconding to simply power off the car via menu. I personally don't think there is any harm in leaving it on, it's just packets being sent either way, but it's an extra precaution we take cause it's trivial. No need to disconnect the 12v.

No, there is a default speed limit for service mode for a variety of reasons. Once you leave service mode there is basically no difference in how your car performs.

It stands for Gateway. The gateway is the state management system for the car, holding its config and managing the data sent through it. No, it's not a concern. It just means service commands sent over ethernet will be rejected. Even when "unlocked" I don't think it accepts arbitrary commands.

As far as I know, all XM tuners should work; we had some older information that said the B tuner wouldn't work but that was before the software update.

Yes, that's the contention. You can't use the feedback from the first adopters as an argument for a general population. I'm not calling your feedback biased, it's your take. I'm saying you can't use yours and others as representative for the general population. It's about a population, so I...

It's called selection bias: those that took delivery of their stalk-less car are most receptive to it. It's not like we are getting an honest and fair sample of the driving population when we ask people that spent 50k+ on a car if stalkless driving was an issue.

The plastic should be radio transmissive since WiFi is around the same frequency of SiriusXM, and the housing of the patch antenna is thicker than the plastic of the mirror housing. It looks like there is enough clearance based on videos for a vertical orientation but I'll check myself when I...

That would be my half-assed attempt, haha. Mine is a bit different being a non-branded Antenna but it's largely the same "patch antenna" with a slightly wider form factor due to the underlying circuit board. I don't know why we have never suggested this but why aren't we putting this in the...

Others have confirmed this works.

FYI: If anyone is holding off on updating and accidentally connected to WiFi, if you go into service mode to "software reinstall" it will clear the downloaded update. Obviously do so at your own risk yada yada and you can't undo anything you already installed; only clear what you haven't yet.

The antenna is/was between the B roof pillar and the glass. Not 100% on the plaid but I don't see why they would change it other than needing to remove the glass to get to it.

When I get some time I'm going to dig out some plastic in a right rear reflector and try to embed a stripped antenna in epoxy to make it truly seamless. I think at that angle it will drastically affect the signal quality though, would you feel up to try driving around with it taped to the...

I bought mine for facebook marketplace under $50. Offerup and 5miles are other alternatives. Finally car-part.com can get you reaaaally cheap parts if you're local and you can pick them yourself.

Realistically, that's $10k of work, which might even be patched eventually. Voltage glitching internal hardware and loading custom firmware will never be commercially viable.