Recent content by Willy81

I ordered a MYP on opening day. Today I received an email to open the trade in estimate window. I clicked yes, then 2 hours later I received a SMS to say a Model Y had been assigned to my order. No VIN is being shown yet and the EDD has vanished from the app. Fingers crossed…. Did this happen to...

Same here. MYP ordered on launch day before midday. Received the SMS today stating a Jan-Mar EDD

Does anyone know if the MYP has been delivered in the UK yet. There don’t seem to be any videos on YouTube. There are some videos of the RHD MYP if you search for MYP Hong Kong reviews, so it looks like some MYPs have been produced out of Shanghai.

Haha. When hotels are competing on EV charging! Won’t that be the day… :)

Thanks for the feedback guys. I’m contemplating whether I should email the owners and nicely discuss that their price might be a bit high. When I requested my refund I did tell them the total power usage just to give them an idea of how much energy EVs actually use. On the other hand, maybe I...

M3 LR stats are impressive. As you say, the S is a big car. We’ve actually ordered an MYP, so we are looking forward to the extra range.

The other hotels I stayed at were free for guests and $20 or $25 if not a guest. So that’s why $35 seems a bit steep to me. They are not running off a diesel generator out there. Also, there “charger” was just a 3 phase outlet where as the other hotels were Tesla destination chargers, so very...

The Stats 3270km, 629kWh of charging and average efficiency of 192Wh/km. Total charging cost: $150 (including the Winton rip-off hotel of $70). Predicted petrol cost: $525 (assumed 8L/100km, $2/L) So what did we learn from this? Always ring ahead. It's a good idea to check with hotel staff...

Day 10: Biloela - Brisbane (603km / 8 hours) The trip home was a dream. We headed from Biloela to the QESH fast charger at Miriam Vale. I had intended to charge for 25mins, but the kids had such a good time at the park close to the charger that we charged for 40 mins. We saw two other Teslas at...

Yeah I agree, this is a long stretch, even for a 75kWh Model S. A charger at Alpha would be perfect. Still, it's so good to see these chargers going in. It would have made my trip a 1000 times easier.

Day 9: Emerald - Biloela (313km). We knew this would be a big stretch as it's the biggest leg we've done. Depending on how I configured ABRP, it was telling me I'd make it with 5% or I had to go to Rockhampton to charge on the QESH DC fast charger. This is pretty much driving past the Biloela...

Day 8: Longreach - Emerald (416km) Another big stretch. My original plan was to do Longreach to the small town of Alpha, charge for an hour and then head onto Emerald. However, given the car was using more power than I budgeted, I decided to charge in Barcaldine again, spend some time...

Day 7: Winton - Longreach (179km) Another easy run. Unfortunately there are no hotels in Longreach that provide a charger. I contacted the council prior to the trip and they told me I could charge at the showgrounds. I contacted them a few days before arriving and they told me the showgrounds...

Day 4-6: Barcaldine - Winton (286km) We made it to Winton! At 281km, the stretch from Barcaldine to Winton should have been fairly easy, but for some reason the car was telling me to reduce speed to get there. I dropped speed to 105km/h and a convey of cars caught up, so I let them pass and...

Day 3: Carnavon Gorge - Barcaldine (550km / 12.5 hours). Our biggest day! By this stage, I had realised that our phones don't work out bush. We are with Belong, which despite being Telstra does not work in the small towns. The Tesla had 3G, but our phones did not. Before leaving Carnarvon Gorge...