Recent content by RichBenn

Utter crap. Works “sorta” OK on well marked freeways. On more rural, windy roads, be highly alert, ready to take over, which is exhausting. How about fixing things like phantom braking first? How about copying what Mercedes does(which is level 3 and FAR BETTER).

For someone like me in a rural area with snow, dirt and bright sunlight, even the standard “autopilot”(adaptive speed control) is crap. The FSD beta is more crap. I’d never pay for it.

I am on TOU. I used to pay a little over 5 cents/Kwh at night, but it recently doubled! That, and a particularly onerous summer daytime schedule that now costs 40 cents from 3 p.m. to 9 pm has me wanting to go back on a regular schedule. It’s only a couple cents more than the night time rate! i...

I looked up the CCS chargers along the way and max seems to be 50 kW and iften broken. I always went out 50 to go to Colorado from south of Carson City(pre Tesla)but until Ely has a Supercharger, i80 would be faster and less hassle.

Sadly, for me, I needed more ground clearance than the 3 and AWD. So had to pony up some more $ for the Y. I love bargains, and the 3 really is for what you get. So is the Y, compared to other EV AWD SUVs, with the federal rebate.

i thought the EPA publishes range according to some manufacturer formula/testing, although they may accept too much hand waving from the manufacturer compared to gas vehicles. Hopefully someone who knows can chime in. i’m not positive it can be litigated, from that standpoint anyway. As to what...

I’m a rural driver as well. I stepped up to the long range, but now that I’ve had it, a standard range would have been fine. If they were using LiFeP04 like in the model 3 standard range, I probably would have ordered that, as a 100% charge on those is actually a good thing, unlike the regular...

Having led product design teams for 40 years, you always bring everything to the table. Too often younger engineers don’t look at existing designs, and older engineers can be stuck on “we’ve always done it that way.” All approaches need to be brainstormed and considered. During recruiting, we...

You can go with a ”minus 1” package with 20” wheels, although you need to verify that the bigger performance model brake calipers fit. I would guess no way for “minus 3” or 18” And maybe 19” work. Minus sizing is typically somewhat better for snow tires due to higher profile. Tesla pricing is...

Tacc I believe it is because Musk doesn’t want his engineers looking at what others do, as it’s “not invented here”. This thinking worked worked in the early days, but they are WAY behind now in FSD now. I think I saw an unbiased review that put 5 or 6 car makers ahead of them. They used to be...

Too bad they didn’t offer a no glass roof option! We would have been all over it.

Still debating. The reason I’m a DIYer(worked on cars for >50 years!) is I know it’s done right. This repair would entail removing adhesive that’s hard to get to and remove. Well maybe a quality glass place could do a reasonable job. So I won’t likely demand they do it if I’m not going the rack...

Insee some small alignment issues, but this one is the worst and a problem if and only if I choose the roof rack path, even an overpriced Tesla one. The other ones I can live with.

I would likely get a third party rack ((Tesla doesn’t make these, BTW) and install myself. Haven’t decided yet, but I have kayaks and windsurfers, so…. Probably I’ll call my service advisor to discuss.

…Concerned that a roof rack might be more likely to crack it.….” Roof racks only have a small area where you can mount to - a hidden piece of metal under the weatherstripping. Numerous reports of cracked glass. AND I have about 15 days left to correct assembly problems. So hopefully I can here...