Recent content by Shock

I was bothered by the loud whine from using the AC. I had a Ranger out (for another reason) and I had him look at it. He put the screen in diagnostics mode to show me that the Model S uses the same motor for running the AC compressor as it uses for the battery cooling. When you use the AC...

LOL - I felt the same until I took my wife in the Model S to the more elegant restaurants... Then I discovered they always put the car just a few feet away on "display" like they do with the most impressive vehicles. :) Shock

Been trying to figure it out myself, and I'm voting for accelerometer. Going down a steep hill with max regen does not turn the brake lights on, so I'm thinking it's not tied to regen. By the "feel" and watching the brake lights they come on I'm convinced it's based on negative g-force...

When I saw the video I was thinking since you have to refill the water - "where does the water go"? And since the plates dissolve (according to the inventor) where does the dissolved aluminum go? Toxic fumes for the water evaporation leaving a toxic soup of the aluminum? Not being a naysayer...

The weak link here for me is att. When I park my car at night (when I could be downloading updates) I have absolutely no service. I need the car to connect to my home wifi while parked. And quite frankly, if I could connect to my homw wifi, then it could connect to a portable mifi device -...

I called the service center. I will post their findings here. More to come. *update, next day...* Tesla service took the report seriously and sent tech out the next day to replace handle. Ugly job to remove inner door panel, window sill, window, etc to get to that handle. If it happens again...

My rear passenger side door popped and swung wide open as I turned onto my street today! Came home from work (30 minute drive), stopped to get mail - left driver door open, got mail, sat back down, put on seatbelt and drove about 100 yards home. Turned twice and on second turn I heard the...

I bought a new microfiber cloth and tried to lightly wipe the accumulated dust off the dash. (I did not wet it because that leaves streaks on the new dash, I wanted to keep it looking new as long as I could.) I too heard loud crackling sounds and the display freaked out, rapidly changing menus...

Last week I left my Model S in the airport for 4 days, and lost 40 "miles" of estimated range. In Phoenix and winter time so temps were cool but not cold by any definition. Sky Harbor probably has hundreds of thousands of parking spots - with 2 spots that have a public car charger. They are...

Reservation number 11808 became chassis 5032 delivered 2/2013 - right at the beginning of the expected delivery window. Exactly as promised!