Recent content by tetsuos

I'm 190 cm (6'3"), 80 kg (175 lbs), and the driver's seat in my HK-version (RHD) Model Y is so painful it's almost unbearable. I'm now walking around with a limp from the pain. I need to find a solution urgently or I can't keep driving this car :-(.

I am thinking of doing a subwoofer install in my 2.5 roadster, but the options seem limited. Has anyone ever tried creating a subwoofer enclosure using the area under the door sills/side panels? The space between the carbon fiber body panels and the roadster frame/tub seems like an ideal space...

I'm looking for a used Universal Mobile Connector for my Tesla Roadster. Ideally it would come with a 32A 230V connector (for UK/HK standard), but if not, I can purchase an adapter from Tesla. Any offers?

Are you guys using the single-DIN or double-DIN head unit? I have the single-DIN Alpine iDA-X305 in my Roadster, and using the Apple USB to Lightning cable definitely does NOT work. There is a note about the incompatibility issue on Alpine's website (as well as other forums). According to the...

The trip meter is obviously incorrect. I suspect the time and energy consumption are accurate, which suggests usage of 144Wh per minute of drive time. This is quite possible. Most likely, there is an error in the distance calculation due to charging and not resetting the odometer.

Mine failed recently. Unlocking the doors with the fob took a few extra presses (and smaller range), and following unlock, the door handles did not release the door latch until the car had booted up (around 5-10 seconds after unlock).

Why not just request new buttons from your service center? Mine were replaced during a service visit without even asking.

Wow... I'm not even close to these numbers. When I first got my Roadster in March, I was at 298 km ideal in standard mode. I'm now usually around 278-283 km ideal. Odometer is around 10000 km. I am in HK, which has a much higher ambient temp than most other Tesla climates, which I suspect may...

The sound when alternating between accel and regen is normal, and it is due to the motor's reversed torque causing it to rotate slightly on its (rubber?) mounts. I can hear this when driving around 30-40 km/h. The squeaks from the dash are normal and irritating. I partially solved this by...

Did you email your customer advocate (Naomi?) about it?

Hi Mark, I suspect this might not be a bug. The charge history is on a per-day basis. It is likely that your Charge History on August 2 is an aggregate of both Aug 2 and Aug 1, if the session on Aug 1 extended past midnight. If there is a +10% variation between the reported charging usage and...

Hi Mark, This is very helpful... it precisely matches my observations from 13A charging at 220V. Also, your note that larger percentage charge sessions are more efficient makes sense given some of the previous charge graphs I have seen, where towards the end of the charge cycle, the current...

My experience with the Roadster suggests that the ABS engages in an all-or-nothing fashion. If one wheel locks up, due to hard braking on an uneven surface where a single wheel becomes airborne, all wheels go into the ABS pulsation mode. I can demonstrate this by going over a sunken manhole...

I have had a few scary experiences with the anti-lock brakes, which would be due to Tesla's interpretation of how they should work. When braking hard to avoid an unexpected obstacle, if there is any uneven portion of the road that causes one of the wheels to come off the road momentarily...

Wow.. no aircon in Hong Kong right now would be unbearable, even at expressway speeds. I was just going to comment that this is the perfect weather to test the aircon diversion away from the cabin during "spirited driving." I achieved this last night in less than 5 minutes of driving. Ambient...