Recent content by watilo

Actually switching gears completely - bought an F-350 and a fifth wheel and hitting the road. Sure wish I could buy an electric truck today that could haul a 19k trailer! Had my reservation since the beginning and got the 3 in June. (A lot can change in the time in between!) Always knew it...

I'm selling my beloved satin-wrapped, matte black Model 3 Long Range. With about 8,000 miles it's still brand new. $55k - includes HOV stickers and Enhanced Autopilot! In its short life, I've done a few things to it: Wrapped in 3M satin black Digital license plate* Red HOV stickers (valid...

Update: Reformatting fixed the issue. For about a day. Now I just get the X like everybody else. Seems like everything is just pretty buggy at this point....... =]

I've seen posts about the dashcam not working without reformatting, but I haven't seen posts about my particular issue: The TeslaCam folder is saving 1.2 KB mp4 files, and the root directory has *.REC files - some around 30 MB and others in the KB range. I'm using a 32 GB FAT32 stick. The...

@andremc I'm coming from a car that had a key fob that worked flawlessly (Lexus) and it never had to come out of my pocket, so having to reach into my pocket to pull out a key card - while a first-world problem - actually is an inconvenience. The bigger problem is that, since the Phone Key is as...

This thread has gotten a little out of hand. I created the poll to gauge whether Tesla built their software modeled around iPhones. It looks like they have, and I'm pretty sure now that I'd have better success if I switched. I'm sure the internal conclusion at Tesla is that if everybody used an...

I emailed Tesla about the problems with Phone Key, and to ask if they're planning a key fob. The reply I got? Phone access is a convenience feature only, and not meant to be the primary form of access. WOW. This straight up contradicts what we were all told upon taking delivery, AND what is...

Ah interesting @KenF! I was dinged on my driver’s test for not pulling up to where I couldn’t see ground between me and the car ahead. It happened at 3 lights in a row, so 3 times I got dinged, which means I almost failed my driving test! Probably why that little bit sticks with me so much!

Ooh these are great! The auto-locking inside the garage while charging is a bit of a hassle. I should add one more: 8. Don’t enable auto Homelink for the same garage for at least a couple minutes after it’s already used My house borders a street. When leaving my community, the GPS senses I’m...

Had my M3 for about 2 weeks now. Overall it's great, but as a user experience designer, I keep finding myself wanting a few things tweaked. DRIVING 1. When creep is disabled, don't allow car to roll backward in Drive, or forward in Reverse The car should artificially not allow the vehicle to...

Just a heads up... if you take your 3 in for service, might be worth taking an inventory or photos of your contents inside the car. I had an electronic device that has gone missing from my center console during my Model 3’s 3-day service trip to the Buena Park location. I specifically saw it in...

I’d be personally insulted if they made fobs and tried to charge us for them. As-is, these cars are lemons. (Have you ever heard of a car whose key doesn’t work 100% of the time?) Providing complimentary fobs would be the least they can do. The problem is that there is no communication here. If...

I took it to the service center earlier this week for this. Kept the car for 3 days before saying it was a firmware bug. Pushed 24.8 to me and said it would fix it. (Spoiler: it didn’t.)

What kind of phone? I’ve experienced different issues. Literally every time I release the Forward or Backward button, the car locks and the phone disconnects. Then I’ve also experienced times where it won’t connect at all, hangs on Connecting, or says I’m too far away from the car (literally...

@BJD3388 Interesting thought about the LEDs. I have LEDs in both garages I park my 3 in, but I also have issues with a community gate where there are no lights nearby. Leads me to believe it’s Homelink in the 3 and not limited to LEDs, though I’m sure this can solve some one-off cases. Never...