Recent content by rstefani11

Friends, I can vouch for diminished value claims. They do work and can be very successful. I was hit from behind at a stop light, and was able to max out the person who hit me's insurance of $50k. It was $11k damage to my Jag, and the lawyers took $10k, leaving me with $29k (as a thank you, I...

Yeah, there was a lot of work unfortunately. I think my disappointment is dates keep getting pushed back, and anytime the body shop realizes they need another part, it's ages before they get it from Tesla. I wish I had totaled the car.

Hi All, I've been using the Tesla Support/Body Shop Support group on my Model S. Short story is that I went through about 3.5 months to get 'most' of the parts to rebuild the front end after a Feb 26, 2018 accident, but sure enough, the body shop needs some additional parts and I'm getting long...

If you can afford it, and willing to take the slight risk, you may want to look into ceramic tint for not only the side and back windows, but also the front windshield. In my experience it reduces the ambient temperature significantly. Now there is always risk that a police vehicle may require...

Thanks Silver. For your questions: (1) yes, it's an Tesla approved Body Shop here in LA, they worked on original Roadsters, so I believe they have the knowledge, (2) Agreed, that's probably the reason. I knew Tesla frowned on using 'salvaged parts', just looking for a solution at this point...

The part I'm missing from what I googled seems to be the inner aluminum shell that covers the right front and rear passenger doors (which would make sense since the back right door was crimped inward by a post during the accident. I emailed them...hopefully will get lucky. Just totally bummed.

Thanks, worth a shot. I will email them tonight and report back.

Agreed. I tried that several times. No luck going through either the Tesla owner's escalation process or by asking for escalation with the Body Shop Support team. The thing that bugs me is that it's a part that is obviously available for new Model S vehicles, so why would it not be in stock...

Hi DanCar, here is a portion of the invoice with the relevant part (and other parts received prior). The email was from Tesla to the Body Shop here in LA. Invoice date from Tesla has a 5/9 date, so I suppose it's 70 days so far, though the body shop said they made the request on 5/4. In any...

Hi Friends, I'm a strong supporter of Tesla and love my Model S, but I need advice/help. Involved in a car crash back in late February which required a lot of repair parts. Parts were all ordered from Tesla in early May by the body shop (I've seen the invoices), and I'm still waiting for this...

The one experience I can share that will "feel" like an unexpected acceleration is when using regenerative braking at 'normal' level'. As I unfortunately found out driving on some black ice, if regenerative braking is turned on, and a tire detects a slip, it immediately cuts off, which will...

Great feedback Bhzmark. I think you are right about the ABS. I genuinely can't remember now whether I had foot on brake the entire slide or if I let it go. One of the earlier feedbacks above was to 'not be a passenger' and engage the vehicle as best I can. I wonder if Tesla can offer a...

The body shop is over an hour away and I completely forgot when I went to see it... Pulling out personal belongings. It was a miserable site to see the car in such bad shape. It was damaged as well during the tow. The good news is that it 'seems' like the car is repairable from the body shop...

Thanks, yep, I think it did not help going 25-30...then when the regen brakes stopped, the 'surge' and the impending doom for the car was inevitable with all the other previous issues (no true snow tires, etc). I haven't lived in Chicago for 18 years, so I was absolutely overconfident in...

Before all the kind folks in this thread provided feedback I believed that to be the case as well... the feeling of the car shutting down, but it did have 17% power (approx 55 miles remaining)... distance between main lodge and village is 4 miles...but through the windy roads. The regen cutting...