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With all available upgrades?!?!?!?! Are you sure? Next thread: "I've fully-built my Model 3, and a V6 Camry still passed me at 165mph."

2020 Model 3 AWD with 2022.24.8. Anecdotal experience below... Just returned from a 900 mile trip - 1 phantom braking event. We've made this trip numerous times, and the car would predictably phantom brake at this location on the interstate everytime - it's a mixture of a crest with a highway...

I've had two Model 3's (2019/2020) tinted and a Model Y (2022) - none of them had that problem...full windshield tint included.

Sheetz has nothing on Buc-ees, sorry. Buc-ees has pretty decent food, an apparel shop the size of a small trader-joe’s, and it serves barbecue sandwiches, and awesome iceys, and caramel coated peanuts, and caramel and cinnamon coated almonds, and the cheapest diesel in the state of Georgia (we...

Tesla is willing to replace your $39,990 Model 3 (that you've been driving for X months and X miles) with a brand new Model 3. Depreciation over the ownership span will be wiped clean, and you gain the difference in value of the car. Like many here - I'd take the new Model 3. You walk away...

I'd contact roadside through the car or app to get Tesla's input. If they say it is acceptable to drive home or to nearby service center, I'd do that. If not, have them pick-up the car and press for a loaner/rental. That car is new.

Also forgot to mention - Harbor Freight sells great budget 1/2" drive torque wrenches, perfect for this application. Set it at 129ft lbs and let it rip (but not too much).

You can purchase a ratchet, a breaker bar, and a set of deep sockets from any auto parts store, Home Depot, Lowes, harbor freight etc. I believe the lug nut size is 21mm.

2022 Update. 2020 Model 3 LR AWD, October 2020 build date. 51,XXX miles. Lifetime avg. of 278 Wh/mi. 100% Range = 306 miles. Range dropped as low as 290 miles during the pandemic shut down. Before the shutdown, car charged to 90% every two days and discharged down to 20-25% before charging...

Anyone seeing an increase in 100%SoC mileage? My car dropped down to 290 miles at some point in 2021, but it had slowly climbed back up to 310 miles @100% SoC. This was confirmed during a recent 100% charge for a road trip. Car is a 2020 AWD LR, and I purchased it with 2,XXX miles and it...

With our first Tesla, I purchased a spare wheel/tire and a carried my ratchet and a 1" pipe as an extension. 3 years and two Teslas later, we live on the edge and road trip with a can of fix-a-flat, patch kit, and a hand-held air compressor. We made this transition last year after both our 3...

I had this issue around April of 2021 immediately after a software update (HV relay cycling and preventing the car from sleeping). Tesla re-installed the update, but it did not fix it. It was fixed after a software update a couple of weeks later. My temporary solution to save the contactor...

Silver is my wife and my color of choice when it comes to vehicles. We simply love it, especially when it's a metallic silver - so simple to maintain and hides scratches very well. If silver was still available when we purchased our Model 3, I would have absolutely paid for it. I personally...

Love the silver 👍

To answer OPs original question, I’ve definitely noticed an uptick in activity, but still haven’t had to wait yet on road trips here on the east coast. My usual work road trips in the Tesla is from Atlanta to Charlotte and Raleigh,NC, and also from Atlanta to Orlando, FL. Tesla appears to...