Recent content by totochi

OMG! Look at the damn tax form! The tax credit shows up on line 54 of form 1040 (2016 version). This impacts the total tax liability. Notice this line is before you take account of any tax payments you made during the year (tax withholdings). Do you see line 56? It says "Subtract line 55 from...

Instructions say you are supposed to put all three stickers on your car. There is also a form that has vehicle information and sticker number that you're supposed to keep in the car and show the police office if he/she asks for it. Carpool sticker theft is real... unless there's a Ford Focus EV.

I sent in my form before I got my plates (~2 week after delivery). I left the license # field blank and DMV process the form anyway and sent me my stickers a few months later.

S60 to S75 100% increased from 206 miles to 242 miles Used to charge to 100%; now charge to 90% Increase from 206 miles to 217 miles for #2 I rarely Supercharge but going from 50% to 100% previously to the 90% now feels about the same speed. I've only used the Santa Ana SC and charging speeds...

My daily commute is 40-50 miles each way and TACC/Autosteer is on for most of the freeway portions. I'm "quite happy" with the features as it makes the 1.5 hour commutes more tolerable. I've only had the car for 4 months and it's a huge improvement over my previous car (2011 Nissan Maxima -...

For the same price of course. Since I'm in SoCal, I decided to put the extra $5k towards a solar system so I got a plain 60 instead of a 60D.

The 208-210 numbers you are seeing are for the S60 (RWD). Rated range for my Dec-16 S60 at 100% charge was 206 miles. Dual motor models have slightly better range.

I got the $2k upgrade yesterday and charged to 100% to check max range. Looking at Remote S app, I noticed that the current draw decreased dramatically as the battery got near 100%. I was using a 40A Tesla wall charger at work and at 99% charge, the current was down to about 15A. The first few...

Upgraded S75 @100% = 242 miles so +36 miles

60 kWh @100% = 206 miles 75 kWh @90% = 218 miles Going to charge to 100% now, will know full range in 1 hour and 20 min

Since we're still a private company, there is a short list of approved investors for each purchase offer. Sometimes SpaceX will buy back shares as well. It provides an opportunity for employees to cash out without an IPO.

It seems pricing fluctuates quite a bit. I just checked my paperwork and the base price for my S60 was $66,000 from last November so I'm still slightly ahead ($68,000 with battery upgrade) since I didn't want the glass roof. I really wanted the powered lift gate but couldn't justify the extra...

We have purchase offers ~2x per year where investors offer to buy shares from employees. I exercised and sold some stock options.

Done. Total was $2,155 with tax. I just sold some SpaceX stock last week so just giving money back to Elon. :)

Awake in bed at 4am debating whether to spend $2000.