Recent content by solar3

Got a real good feel of how nimble this car is this morning when I swerved hard to avoid running over a chipmunk. It just darted half way across and stopped right where my left tire track was. 1500 miles now and my average remains 198Wh/mile. Went 150 miles on 50% charge from my last full...

Drove normally, not exactly in a hyper-miling manner. The current drive was the whole drive. Trip A was reset when I got on the highway 65MPH limit, and it was pouring rain. Climate set to 68 auto.

My RWD that was picked up a week ago. The next day I polished it and applied two coats of CarPro CQuartz UK 3.0 and a coat of Gliss. This was the first drive out after curing, straight to Electrify America to try the CCS adapter.

Oh yes, quite noticeable. The RWD doesn't have the pillar speakers or the subwoofer, so it not going to thump like the AWD and Performance cars with the full premium audio. I test drove a long range Model Y couple of days after I took delivery of the 3. It was very noticeable hopping back...

Greetings. I haven't been around in a while since I sold my 2018 dual motor. Somewhat unexpectedly, I bought a base RWD last week. In no particular order, here's a quick 1000 mile update. Delivery at Tesla center: no exaggeration, I was in there for 2 minutes, maybe less. Walked in to the...

@BrianBrian I'm not familiar with shipping tires but I can't image it'll be cheap. It'll be 4 separate packages, each weighing like 50lbs. @contritebeatle I replied to your PM. Thanks.

Sucks to say but summer is over so snow season is not that far away. I'm selling my set of 18" Continental VikingContact7 snow tires and wheel package from my 2018 dual motor Model 3. Used for 2 seasons (2019 & 2020) and the tires have less than 9000 miles on them and the wheels are in great...

Brake caliper lube for $74 is reasonable for all four corners, if you don't also have to pay for the "general inspection" charge. I DIY'ed it myself couple of times. If where you live is snowy and uses salt or other chemicals on the road, I'd definitely have it done at least every other year.

The area where the road debris hit is covered (skip to 13:50). How did whatever debris get through it? Think we should be thankful here that his insurance didn't have pay a $16K claim, could've jacked up the premium for everyone. Also, Tesla should've verified that his policy meets minimum...

Since I bought my car in 2018, summon has worked ONCE early on in my ownership. I've tried it once each time there's an update to the car and it never improved. The car would back up a few inches and stop when it sees where my concrete floor meets the asphalt driveway, AND it would proceed to...

I disabled wifi when I learned about the messed up UI with "holiday update". I don't remember how long exactly, but within a month of release it downloaded itself over LTE. After a week I caved and pressed the install button. I wish I hadn't like some of the guys here that are still holding...

Probably a good thing since you bought your car with the current UI. It used to look like this picture. Speed display front and center, and with a lot more symmetry than the jumbled mess that it is now. The map display shrunk to make the driving visualization portion larger. On cars with...

Finally crossed 2000 miles on my PS4 A/S thought I'd post an update. Efficiency is pretty much back to what it was with the stock MXM4. It took a while to get there. Extremely pleased with the smoothness and quietness, and the car is definitely more responsive with its handling. I can...

That is just plain dirty. I'm very thankful that I have never had to bring my car in for any kind of service or repairs. I'll be lubing my brakes and putting back the all season tires back on in couple of weeks after this brutal winter with the constant salting on the roads. The rear brake...

I tried these wipers from Costco last year. I had to dremel off a piece of the decorative cover for it to close. A couple of months later, the passenger's side broke off. The funny thing was that the car decided to turn on the wipers while I was in the garage when it happened, which is much...