Recent content by rpratt

My 2020 M3LR did the same thing, and I got the same "within spec" answer when I took it in for service. Didn't bother me much but drove my wife nuts. I sold the 2020 and bought a new M3LR at the end of 2021 when used car prices were crazy, since I didn't mind waiting a bit for the new one...

somewhat related, the safety concern is real. My neighbor broke her toe when she snagged her flip flop on her Tesla charging cable. It was in her own garage, but could definitely happen across the sidewalk as well.

I sold my 2020 M3LR with radar and replaced it with a brand new 2022 M3LR. The lack of radar is irritating, especially at night when the vision system likes to use high beams, but the better soundproofing from double pane windows and other improvements matter more to me.

if it makes you feel better my neighbor has an Aston Martin that rats have chewed on twice. His repair bill for the two incidents was over $40,000.

Out of curiosity, why did you both pickup in Colma and Fremont vs home delivery? I did home delivery for my model Y in November and my new Model 3 in December and thought it was great. I was actually on a ski trip when the Model 3 arrived but it was waiting in the driveway when I came back...

There does seem to be some randomness with the 'phone as key' behavior in the newer model 3's. I sold my 2 year old Model 3 (silver/white, LR AWD) in November and replaced it with an identical but brand new one in December and the phone as key behavior has changed. With my old car the phone...

I sold mine to Carmax, they made the highest offer. Tesla’s bid was $2,000 lower.

I sold my 2020 Model 3LR with 24K miles last month and replaced it with a brand new but otherwise identical M3LR delivered last week. The only change is that I did NOT get full self driving on the new one since I hadn‘t used it for w years on the older one. with that change, my total out of...

There are a lot of MY in Red on the SF Peninsula (Palo Alto/Menlo Park area). At one stop light today there was another red MY next to us, a MSM Model Y behind us, and another red MY crossing in front of us. Of course, there are a lot of every Tesla variant here. I feel like every 3rd or 4th...

I wouldn’t be too concerned. I ordered my red MYLR (white interior, 19inch wheels, 5 seat, no trailer hitch, no FSD) Oct 17 and it was delivered 3 weeks later, Nov 7. Absolutely no idea why it came so fast, but there was/is nothing wrong with it. And it was home delivered with 25 miles on the...

I used the Tesla provided adhesive mount for two years with no problems, I’d go with that unless you really don’t want to stick the front plate holder on permanently. The 3M adhesive involved is equivalent to one cyclists have used for years to glue on tubular tires, which I promise have to...

I had a white interior M3LR for 2 years and the seats still looked like new after 2 years / 24K miles, with exactly zero maintenance. Sold it last month for about what I paid, waiting for a new M3LR end of this month also with white interior. And my wife just got a red Model Y with white...

I like the optimism that we'll get another substantial rainfall this month. I hope so, but after that one big storm to open the rainy season warm and dry appears to be what we're stuck at.

Interesting question. Not sure if "windy" in this context means lots of turns or lots of wind, since highway 1 has both :-) but in any event you'll be going relatively slow the entire time. I'd be surprised if you average much over 50mph, unless you are much luckier than I've ever been with...

2010 Infiniti M56S for my 2020 M3LR, and just sold that car while waiting for my new M3LR to arrive.