Recent content by wattsup

TL/DR: The new "Scheduled Departure" seems to have a bug where it slowly "micro-charges" your car, every two seconds, can wear out relays in your EVSE, and generally be annoying. More detail... I just tried out using the new "Scheduled Departure" feature and noticed that my EVSE (a...

Special character like what? Would an apostrophe be considered special, as in "Bob's Tesla"? I bet a lot of people name their car something like that.

Mmm, back in 1917, we had to walk uphill to the Supercharger... both ways... and we liked it!

Today I got my P100D (early 2017) back from the Burlingame, CA service center with the revised 77-C parts installed on the front wheels. They had the car for a week, also did an annual service, and worked on a couple other minor (unrelated) issues. I have been experiencing "the rattle" for the...

Yeah, neither do I. I just have "Home", "Account" and "Sign Out".

At the top of what page? When I log into tesla.com (in my browser) there is no "history" link to click. I've tried visiting the various account and car-related pages... I can't find any "history" link. I have used a supercharger twice with my Model 3 and have yet to seen evidence that I am...

Two issues with v9, versus v8 and previous versions, that I have noticed: * The map gets progressively less and less responsive (both the animation while driving and if moved around via touch) and the animation (while driving) more or more jerky. But, if you reboot, the map is instantly much...

This rattle occurs at low speeds (around 10 mph) and has nothing to do with lane markings.

I don't use either of the pronunciations in the survey. (And I don't know anybody who pronounces the "a" at the end as "er".) Personally, I pronounce it "tess-la". However, I think Elon Musk always pronounces it "tez-la".

Correct. You guys remember the story about the guy who drove his Tesla into the desert to go for a hike, "cleverly" taking only his phone? When he returned to his car, he couldn't get back in, as he was well out of cell range. He hadn't realized that phone app doesn't talk directly to the...

Anybody? ^^^^

On the Model S, are the side-window housings actually painted to match the car (e.g. have an actual base coat, then clear coat, etc.) or are they simply shiny plastic that happens to closely match the finish of the painted metal work?

So, I took my S to the SC last Tuesday. The MCU was replaced, without question, with the repair completed in 3 days (I had a couple other items worked on during the same visit). The invoice says, "Replaced the media control unit (MCU) and verified proper fitment and secure". The yellow ring...

My neighbor, who has seen my Tesla and talked about it with me before, at one point suggested I get a louder muffler, since the car is so quiet coming down the street. I wasn't sure if they were joking or not.

Well, now that I know the trick (holding the handle button), it actually works pretty well Usually, where I work, what happens is you ping the other person first saying, "Hey, is your car done? I can go out in a few minutes and swap the handle. I ping you when I am at your car". Then, you go...