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Looking at where Chargefox is positioning themselves in the market, I can both see why NRMA is building out their own chargers, and why ChargeFox seems to be stalled and not extending or maintaining their network. Chargefox was described as a service company providing billing and charging...

I am just glad that East Gippsland Council has joined the party. I can't imagine that anyone other than Evie would do the billing and servicing for the Omeo charger, but I am definitely looking forward to driving up through there as soon as the charger is in place. Means that we can treat these...

I did indeed add the progress photos to PlugShare. I know that these are being built with the cooperation of the East Gippsland Council, but I am certain that they are Evie Networks since the council is not about to create a charging network. All of these towns are on the Evie rollout map after...

A bit late, but worth noting that Ford Australia have only said that the F150 is coming to Australia, not the Lightning. They have more or less admitted that there are no plans for the electric version at this time. I suspect that the first long range EV pickup/SUV we will see is the Rivian...

One other thing, I saw no evidence of a Tesla Supercharger in Cann River either, although the vacant lot across from the Skate park that has been discussed does look promising.

As we all know, the Princes Highway through East Gippsland is a wasteland for fast charging. Tesla has promised a Supercharger at Bairnsdale for years and the latest update pushes it forwards yet another quarter to Q1 2023. So, we rely on other charging networks instead. I attended the AEVA...

I will be on Kangaroo Island around ANZAC day and was initially excited to see that there were a heap of Chargepoint charging stations on the island. Unfortunately they are all J1772 until the new RAA/ChargeFox rollout happens. So, I have two problems. Firstly, it does not appear that either...

I am the same. A quad motor is the ultimate in off-road traction, and a high-voltage, water-cooled winch, maybe 10-15kW with 50m of dyneema and a variable speed controller would be amazing. You could winch all day, not in 5-10 minute bursts like we do now. You are obviously a 4WDer since your...

Looks like the space saver idea is not going to be a good idea with the kind of remote trip that I have planned, which is annoying since they do save a lot of weight and space. Thanks for taking the time to get that postal estimate for me. I am going to source a local wheel and tyre combo. Now...

Is this wheel still available? I am looking for an option for a 9200km road trip coming up (in Australia). I would be happy to pay the original US$100 if you would coordinate with my shipping/wrap it in something to stop it from getting too badly trashed (don't care if it is scratched). We never...

Looking for a cheap spare wheel for my Performance Model 3 (big brakes, 20" OEM). I have a very long trip planned (9200km round trip to WA) and am very uncomfortable doing it without a spare. I would also be happy to rent a spare from someone in Melbourne for the 3 week trip (and pay for it in...

I have a big trip coming up and really want a full-sized spare. I am hoping that someone bent a rim and bought aftermarket units so is now looking to get rid of their OEM wheels. Would also be interested in pretty much any wheel/tyre that could do as a spare, even a cut down to be honest.

I would buy a second of the set, if there was a desire to split the set up. Would need it shipped to Australia, but willing to pay for it/arrange that.

FAT32 is probably the closest thing to a universally recognised disk format at this time. Linux, Windows, Mac, Android, and pretty much everything else can read it. I do agree that a built in mechanism for cloud synching and automatic purging would be excellent. I mean our phones do it for...

Yep, as an old command line hand, I could not understand all this fuss about special formatting functions until I tried to format a fat32 partition bigger than 32gb. Turns out that Windows 10 format utility is deliberately nerfed so that people will use exFAT or NTFS instead. Just a shame that...

LOL, I did not think of that. I guess I wanted to take the wheels off anyway so lateral thinking was suppressed :-) @Vostok, I might use the sikaflex idea for the top of the rear flap to get it to move around a bit less. The less movement, the less likely it is to damage the paint. Then again...

PM me if you like. I am up in North Warrandyte, so close to start of some good drives

The bottoms of the front flaps are secured by two long plastic rivets which replace the factory short rivets which secure the inner guard. The tops of the flaps are partially secured by a built in plastic clip, but this is not good enough. The idea is that you drill a small pilot hole in the...

I live on a short dirt road, made extremely dusty by recent dry weather. My car is completely covered in a fine layer of dust every time I drive the 300m from the main road to my driveway. At least I now have my mudflaps fitted, although this required the purchase of a low-profile floor jack...

Interesting development, according to the Tesla online portal, my vehicle has turned into a model 3 long range with 18" wheels. Super bizarre.

Yes, very satisfying. I like to think that they missed a few pieces deliberately to give me the peeling pleasure. I was always surprised that the froot hooks were supposed to be missing on 2020 cars. They are not exactly expensive.

No mat. Will get one from eBay or AliExpress like I did with my mudflaps

So, successfully took delivery of my blue beauty "Rigel" today. Picked up with 11km on the clock, now at 121km. Start with the bad. I have found three places where they missed peeling protective film. Rear right tyre was down from 42 psi to 37 psi. Drivers wing mirror would not adjust far...

I am now 3.5 hours out from delivery and my car was just registered and now appears on VicRoads site.

I am not sure when the rego and VIN will show up in VicRoads, I suspect that paperwork will not be submitted until the vehicle is picked up. I do know one other thing. Systems like Motorweb that do rego and VIN lookup to get details on your car will not work with any Tesla. This is because...

So, with delivery tomorrow arvo, excitement is building to a magnificent crescendo :-) A few observations on the payment process for anyone who has been wondering. I can confirm that Citibank definitely supports the New Payments Platform, so if you are with a bank with modern systems, the...

It has always been my car route of choice. WRX, STI and then BMW M3. Now the Tesla :-) Bikes are often slower on this route than cars in my experience :-)

For those of us in Melbourne, there is a meetup and cruise being organised by Matt on Tesla. Melb Tesla Matt on Twitter I will be going along, although I am recommending we run the route in reverse since the Reefton Spur is usually run from the Reefton end.

For those of us in Melbourne, there is a meetup and cruise being organised by Matt on Tesla. Melb Tesla Matt on Twitter I will be going along, although I am recommending we run the route in reverse since the Reefton Spur is usually run from the Reefton end.

Stay strong, your time will come!

Finally got the call/email (since I am still a few hundred nautical miles from Sydney) with a delivery for December 12th. Woohoo! Now to line up my charger install.

My exact vehicle on the list. Their stock control and allocation really are garbage.

I am literally writing this on a cruise ship in the South Pacific heading back to Sydney from my own cruise. I am hoping that by the time I make it back to Melbourne that I will get a delivery call as well. Fingers crossed!

I Sent an email to Tesla to tell them that I will be back in Melbourne early, but the response was still vague. They are definitely playing the Melbourne deliveries close to their chests!

Had anyone had a delivery scheduled for a vehicle which arrived on the Synergy Keelung? If so, where are you picking up? I am waiting for mine in Melbourne

Did you at least get the HPWC installed? When did you notice that the UMC was missing?

I posted my plates off to the delivery centre in Melbourne today. One more step in the process! The Synergy Keelung has left Auckland and is smoking its way to Sydney for an evening arrival on the 22nd. As long as this ship does not sink, I feel like I have a reasonable chance to get my car...

Super genius :-)

Did anyone else just get a marketing email from Tesla inviting them to book a test drive in a Model 3. The marketing people at Tesla need their heads examined. To send order holders for the Model 3 an email entitled "It's time to drive Model 3" when our deliveries have been pushed back 4...

This does not sound right. It is not like they have unlimited free supercharging, beyond free charging received from referrals, you will be paying $0.40+/kWh at a supercharger. Why would Tesla care how your car is registered? [citation needed]

When I questioned the delivery people about why the new delay, I got exactly the same form email :-P Eventually we will get our cars, we can just try and be patient. The frustration is the lack of Tesla-initiated communications, and the fact that we have well-documented examples of people with...

Had to reach out to Melbourne delivery about another matter, and so I prompted them for an updated delivery date. It looks like my delivery has slipped from "Late November-Early December" to "Late December-January". No reason given, I would assume that vehicles arriving on the 22nd November...

Had to reach out to Melbourne delivery about another matter, and so I prompted them for an updated delivery date. It looks like my delivery has slipped from "Late November-Early December" to "Late December-January". No reason given, I would assume that vehicles arriving on the 22nd November...

Of course it goes without saying that the delayed ship was the one with my car on it. Oh well, I had banked on the November 22 arrival anyway, not having your confidence that Tesla could get a new car into a container and then on a ship inside of 2 days after manufacture :-)

Lots of interesting stuff there. Of course no USB hub thingy :-( If I don't get a response to my email to Jeda, it may be that we just call this whole thing off. Sounds like a good product with poor support and sales staff.

Don't you mean never started communication at all, randomly delayed delivery by months and then delayed again? Actually they are more like a really badly run Indiegogo or Kickstarter campaign, where the constant dear is the your item might just never show up and that you would be stuck with...

And no lag. Even an original Leaf feels good compared to any ICE car.

Don't forget the HUD, this is an awesome change for 2020 model year! /s

I have started a thread for geographically coordinated group buys of Jeda hardware to save a bit of shipping. Perhaps even get a discount coupon out of them. Head over if you are interested. Jeda USB group buy I was also thinking that passing the items on to the other members of the group...

I have been thinking about grabbing one of those Jeda Model 3 USB hubs since they solve a lot of the concerns that I had for the small number of USB ports, particularly when one is taken up for dashcam/sentry duty. Postage to Australia seems to be a flat-rate US$28 (~A$40) priority, which is...