Recent content by vogz

I agree. I should have said harsh, not stiff. It was definitely stiff, but it was too harsh for how floaty it was at higher speeds.

Exactly

I've driven a 2024 Long Range and I can confirm that the suspension is improved overall, but in that trim it's a little too soft for my taste. I also disliked the stock suspension on my 2020 performance. It was too stiff at low speeds for how floaty it was at highway speeds. I upgraded to...

That's no guarantee. The current PUP brakes barely fit under my T-Sportline 18s and the new Performance model has larger brake rotors.

I was going to say the same thing. After watching some reviews (including Camissa's), it's pretty clear that this car is a huge step forward from the previous performance model. IDGAF about "only" .2 seconds off the 0-60 time with the massive upgrades in other areas including top end power...

Yes, it may, but this thread is specifically about preconditioning BEFORE driving and that's the use mode I was referencing.

He's not wrong, technically. Using "shore power" to precondition instead of the battery charge itself reduces the daily cycling depth of the battery over time and would indeed reduce degradation. How much it would reduce it might be nominal, but every battery has a max amount of useful cycles...

That's not true. My car sat at work the other day and the lowest ambient temp was 37F. Drove home and charged from 70-80% SOC and it sat in my heated garage overnight (55F). In the morning when I started pre-conditioning the car, it heated the battery for a few mins too. Battery definitely...

Ah, there you go. You plug in at work and it keeps the battery warm. My car just sits for 8-10 hours in the cold parking lot.

I'm really surprised you didn't lose any regen at all last week. I have a 7 mile commute (obviously less than you), but I also have a heated garage and pre-conditioned for 20+ mins before leaving in the mornings and by the time I was driving home in the early afternoon I had absolutely zero...

So you don't refute anything said, but instead poke fun at reference links and then put someone on your ignore list because they disagree with your assertions? Jeez I fully expect to end up on "ignore" too.

I also haven't been able to find anything to quantify it. My hypothesis is that the larger factor is that the LFP Teslas are all single motor and don't have standalone battery heaters so they just don't have the same battery heating capacity as dual motor cars or the S/X that have standalone...

Yea, seems like a number of contributing factors in the Chicago area charger issues. The first is compared to how large a metro area we have, we have comparatively less supercharger density vs. other metro areas. Add to that a TON of LFP Model 3s out there doing rideshare with people driving...

Not quite as cold down here in the Chicago area but consumption is definitely up in my PTC heat car. Car works flawlessly despite the cold.

Yup. Still better than not being able to turn them off at all.