Recent content by Vince Cobelo

Received my invitation to order about a month ago. I don't want to take the car but my son wants it and I know that I can transfer the reservation to him after talking to the main customer support. But how much time will they leave the invite open before it closes? Has anyone experienced this...

That question is probably better asked in another thread where people will pay more attention but I would say the reason is to control those functions you need a app. Apps can't be loaded on the Tesla browser. That said you could check your messages but it would have to be a browser based...

Update: Works perfectly. No modifications.

Yea....why have a Dot? Just use your phone and say "OK Google" play whatever and it will play over the car stereo. I use Amazon Music as the default music player and works great every time. I want to use the OBD port to power my wireless charger without running a wire across. I did the...

This is a very old post and was very helpful at the time. I did the jumper and it works perfect. But I bought a vent mounted wireless charger for my phone and had to run the cord across the bowling alley and up the display tucking it behind the leather wrap around. Not a very clean look for...

Yes...I have seen that. This is a interesting discussion that someone posted on Youtube.

Amen. That was my first thought. Here in Florida it is very common to move in front of a car not passing and slow it down until it moves over. Then accelerate off into the distance. For the life of me I cannot understand why troopers don't enforce the law. It causes frustration, is...

I had the same problem and finally figured it out for my car. The bowling alley in the joint between the leather and the alley itself. If any moisture got in there from any source say a water bottle spill or the slightest rain came through a open sunroof the smell would return. That is what...

Yes...I have had a couple SC experiences and all were better than excellent. I have had my share of new luxury cars from the likes of Mercedes and while they give a VIP experience better than any Chevy or Ford dealership I have been to they don't come close to Tesla's service. Tesla has...

If this Wawa is frequented by Tesla's as it likely will be I wouldn't be surprised to see Wawas adopting SCs all over where it makes sense. Wawa in our area is the early adopter of gas station superstores.

Yea but a 85D had 270 miles of range. Putting another motor in adds to the horsepower and subtracts from range by almost 10%. I'm very happy with my 85D. Almost 40K miles and only 2 miles of range loss at 100 and 90% charge. Plus it it still faster than any every day driver with the...

Here is a theory. All of the automakers have been enjoying quite the run cyclically over the past 5 years or so. GM and Ford especially. Now Ford is struggling (new CEO) and GM sales are trending downward. This tells me that in the short term they have other problems to deal with and so...

This is why mine was coated (CQuartz) within the first week of delivery. In Florida we have birds, trees, bugs every pestilence that can mess up a car's paint. I swear by the coatings and 3M clear. They are worth every penny.

+1 on not lubricating. Torquing is a application of "stretching" the bolt and threads precisely to accommodate stress without breaking. Lubricating causes more torque to be applied to achieve the same stretch. Don't do it.

I think making it fit is the easy part I guess I should say. Handling a power cable, waterproofing, quality control of the the entire mechanism, repetitive use in a hostile environment with varying temperatures and degrees of rapidity. Tamper resistance, online communications and diagnostics...