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    Model S Plaid “Ambient Lighting” - What is it?

    My September 2022 Plaid has an on-screen option for “Ambient Lighting,” under the “Lights” menu… but it doesn’t seem to do anything. What is “Ambient Lighting” supposed to do?
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    Adaptive Suspension Damping… Real or Ruse? Which one do you have? Find out fast!

    Late to the party here, and without numbers at the moment, but I have a 2022 Plaid, purchased in late-September. I find that it has a very rough ride, however: 1. I have had the misfortune of driving three Tesla loaner vehicles over the last three months. They were a 2021 Model Y, a 2021 Model...
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    Charging to 100%? Is it that bad?

    Where, specifically, is this explicit recommendation from Tesla? I own a new Model S Plaid, and I have searched the owner’s manual for such a recommendation. Maybe I overlooked something, but I couldn’t find it. (So we’re on the same page, I don’t consider statements by Elon Musk to be...
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    Model S Suspension Clunk Diagnosis

    Is it from a specific wheel? I, too, was hearing a thunk sound on bumpy roads with the suspension raised (new S Plaid). Hard to know if the raised suspension was related, since I wouldn’t drive on such bumpy roads with the suspension low. Tesla tech found the hub and upper shock bolts loose on...
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    2022 MODEL S PLAID - Cosmetic disaster

    When I took delivery of my Model S Plaid, it had this panel gap. It’s not the camera angle. In fact, the camera angle makes the gap look smaller than it actually is. You can easily fit a finger in there. Fortunately, Tesla didn’t “in spec” me on it. Instead, they told me that the car I had paid...
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    Other person opening our car trunk accidentally

    What is the relevance of their phone being in their hand? A phone can’t open your door. It can only unlock it. Since you were close enough to see this happen, you were probably close enough that your car doors were unlocked due to your own phone’s proximity.