Recent content by SteveBaker

It's hardly a statistically valid sample!

The car does have 360 degree coverage...the resolution of the cameras is the limiting factor for the wide-angle cameras because it limits the effective range at which the camera can see fine details. But intersections you should be just fine with 80 meter visibility from the B-pillar cameras...

We had a small fender-bender with our 10 month old Model 3 a while back - and the body shop in Austin told me that odds were good that the insurance company would want to total it. Evidently, the high cost and low availability of Tesla parts to 3rd party repair shops can make the value of a car...

We had a small fender-bender with our 10 month old Model 3 a while back - and the body shop in Austin told me that odds were good that the insurance company would want to total it. Evidently, the high cost and low availability of Tesla parts to 3rd party repair shops can make the value of a car...

I heard that in cold weather, the residual warmth in the engine compartment of a gasoline car is what attracts the rodents - but with an electric car - you'd think that wouldn't be the case. But evidently, it's still an issue.

I presume if it shorted to some other wire with voltage on it? I don't know. But in any bundle of wires, there's pretty sure to be one at ground voltage and another at 12v or whatever - so when a wire is shorted to some other wire - then more or less anything is possible.

I have to tell you a story about that... Back before I was a Tesla fanatic - I was a MINI Cooper fanatic. One morning my car had that kind of damage - I was able to limp to the dealership on Saturday with all manner of exciting warning lights flashing. It was a MINI/BMW/Cadillac dealership -...

Hmmm - that's annoying. Seems like access to geolocation isn't a security issue providing people are given the option to enable it or not. The car seems to have no problem displaying the site. The browser is still pretty raw though - no way to deal with cookies or preferences or anything of...

I have a piece of web software that I wrote myself (I do this kind of thing for a living - but this is just for fun) - it uses geolocation as a part of what it does. On my Model 3 (FSD), I get a popup saying that geolocation isn't available. That's weird because Google Maps uses geolocation -...

Ah - OK. Very stealthy! :-) It kinda looks like HAL from 2001.

Hmm - to the right of the drivers' name on my model 3 there is a circular icon that has a red "light" in the middle of it if you touch it - and goes off if you touch it again. I have no idea what it does...but it doesn't SEEM to do anything much. It's not mentioned anywhere in the owner's...

Hmmm - so epoxy? :-)

I have to add yet more steps! When they ask you for a copy of your insurance WITH THE TESLA VIN ON IT - they don't mean a cellphone photo or a scanned copy or a paper copy - they mean the actual PDF of the original document (three more emails to get that one straight!). I never did get the...

I always wonder whether an ultrasonic "wiper" could be developed that would kinda shatter raindrops into a fine mist that would just blow away. Get rid of all of the moving parts - avoid having any kind of moving arm that distracts the driver continually. No idea whether it would work...but...

I know that when two cars that are in adjacent supercharger parking slots are both charging it happens more slowly (presumably some internal limit in the wiring to the superchargers) - hence the charger "etiquette" of trying to leave an open spot between your car and the next. I suppose that...