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Obviously each person will have his/her own opinions on what is important. Here's all I've felt I needed to do, in order: - 14-50 adapter for the UMC (bought from parts counter as I picked up the car) - Window tint (on day 2) - can't handle so much glare - Wheel cap/center cap kit so I...

Also remember that your home charger, while perfectly adequate for overnight charging, can't fully keep up with the power draw that the car can use while preheating (granted only for a short time). UMC2 Max - 7680 watts Cabin heater on full ~7000 watts Battery heater on full ~7000 watts...

To use a J1772 charger, just open your charge port (from touchscreen, from app, or by simply pushing on the cover when the car is awake). The J1772 plug has a manual pushbutton latch to unlock it (its very obvious when you see it). Snap the tesla adapter onto the J1772 plug Then plug the...

Sounds like you're really concerned about protecting your battery. A lot of people here are. The fact is though, Tesla (and the rest of the industry), does tons of testing and constant tweaking to keep batteries working well. While conventional wisdom would be that car companies will only...

Easy enough test to try turning off the bluetooth on your phone and see if the car locks. (or turn on airplane mode, or turn off the phone)

You are of course, entirely correct. I was trying to make a quick joke about various troubles my home state is having and hastily threw some folks under the bus. Hence why I'm not a professional joke writer, I guess. No offense was intended to anyone, or any class of people. Thank you for...

Yeah, unfortunately, thats a collision as far as every insurance company I've ever dealt with. Can you tell what kind of paint it is? If its just latex paint it should peel off your protected (waxed/coated) surfaces really easily. The undercarriage maybe with a good pressure washer. Given...

It certainly can be a safety issue, and I think they considered that the switch could break on a car. That's probably why there's an option in the touchscreen menu to put your car in park and set the parking brake. It's under safety and security. Huge button. Can't miss it.

Sounds like a hardware/electrical problem to me. Definitely get it serviced.

Haha... I've had that same thing happen... OMG, some guy just opened my... oh wait, never mind :) As far as cancelling the recording when it senses your key, you wouldn't want that if someone hits/attacks you as you're getting in the car... you want that to record everything.

Regarding the auto headlights being on, I did notice on mine (a 2019), that if I start my drive from a dark place (e.g. parking structure) and drive into daylight, that it sometimes doesn't turn the headlights off for a LONG time (15 minutes to an hour or more). This doesn't happen when I just...

I'm not an expert on this subject. My 5 year old Galaxy S8 has worked NEARLY flawlessly unlocking and locking my car for the 15 months I've had the car. But those of you that need to have your phone unlocked or the app open in order to use the proximity key, clearly the phone is the problem...

I don't doubt there's a software issue causing your problem, but did you check that your charging was getting the full power it was expecting? If, for example, something caused your charge speed to be reduced, that would cause the charge to take much longer than calculated. Just a thought.

Not only can you remotely turn on the climate control, you can just leave it on if you're making a short stop somewhere. During the summer, I frequently just set "Climate Keeper" to ON, which keeps the A/C/Heat at whatever temp you want. I've done an entire day of errands and driving around on...

Yes, the amount of regen available is directly related to how full your battery is, and how cold it is (and potentially how cold the motors and inverters are - though I don't know that for certain). I'm sure someone at Tesla has an exact mapping of battery temp, SoC (State of Charge), etc...

Fully agree, and made the decision to use the word 'charger' to make it easy on any new folks just learning. After all, I'd bet 99% of the public refers to that wall-wart they charge their phone with as a "charger". Best to not confuse people with stuff like "can I borrow your A/C to D/C phone...

A simple troubleshooting tip could be to turn off all scheduled charging and just plug it in and charge. Start and stop it from the app and from the car. If it all works, then you're probably looking at a software issue with the recently updated scheduled charging feature that Tesla clearly...

So to sum up: - if your condo allows you to modify the wiring AND - if your garage outlet is on a circuit all by itself AND - if your breaker panel has room for a double-pole breaker AND - you're willing to repurpose that outlet as a 240v outlet only (no more plugging in regular stuff)...

I just watched the video. Overall my opinion is that they were pretty fair. Like all reviews, you only get a piece of the information, and not the whole story (good or bad). I believe they were absolutely right about some things, and somewhat wrong about others, but overall they were...

The "battery heater" in a model 3 is really just the system running power through the stators in the motor(s). This heats the motors up, and the HVAC system then moves that heat into the battery. Same method (but much higher target temps) when the system preconditions for supercharging. The...

No PPF for me. Not worth it. Every car I've owned over the last 20 years has gotten too beat up by my long I-15 commute. My G8 had to have the front bumper cover replaced twice, and patched/repainted 2 more times due to debris in the road being kicked up, a chunk of 2x4 falling off a truck...

I don't have a solution for you, but it might be helpful to explain what it's doing/not doing. Does the camera icon show up? Does it have a Red recording dot? grey X? Does it appear to be working but not saving? FWIW, the holiday update SW we got messed up my dashcam and I failed to...

I've had many days working out of my garage, or even just watching TV on my phone or laptop. My 3 is about 5 feet away. Some days it sits quietly and does absolutely nothing, other days it seems to be waking itself up every 15-20 minutes and is constantly whirring and doing who knows what. It...

I set my "off peak end time" to 12PM (noon) - My on peak is 12PM - 6PM M-F, everything else is off peak. Well, today I came home at 2PM (during Peak time), plugged in, and it immediately started charging. It turns out I never hit the "SET" button after setting all my options. So while my...

Leaving it plugged in benefits: - Makes sure your battery stays at 50% or greater in case life happens and you end up not driving for a week or more - Allows you to pre-condition battery and cabin without using as much battery power (assuming you're on L2) - Allows you to set it to 90-100%...

Ok, I would never make fun of something serious like a car accident, but something about the idea of opening my app and seeing the graphic of my car upside-down, or status as "in a tree" struck me as really funny... That being said, I would hope that they have some kind of status on the app...

I was under the impression the "rewrite" software was for FSD only. That's what Elon was saying he was using in his daily driver. That is in beta release only right now, and obviously only to FSD cars and select drivers. Separately, and for the rest of us, is v11 which has been referred to...

Check out Out of Spec Motoring's youtube channel. They did a cross-country road trip with a roof box installed the whole way this summer.

While I admit I've never tested it thoroughly, leaving your phone in the car (with BT on), and then locking the car (via key fob, keycard, etc...) should secure the vehicle. The car *SHOULD* see that the phone is in the car already and not use it as a "key" to unlock the doors. Otherwise you'd...

Agreed, but then you'll probably still end up buying a 14-50 adapter for your UMC as that is probably the most common 240v outlet available out in the world that you someday MIGHT charge from (at a campground for example). You may never use it, granted.

Do you intend to charge them simultaneously? If so, you'll need to turn down the charging rate of each car to 6amps... which is really really slow. But hey, if it works for your needs, right on! Either way, congrats on a multi-EV garage!

Fully agree on investigating the cost of the 14-50 outlet. You're going to want faster charging sooner or later. Might as well get it now and not have to think about it. Obviously try to have the outlet in the most logical place (close to where the driver's side rear of the car will be) where...

Take it back to the dealer you bought it from. The car is now missing an advertised feature that you paid for. It probably isn't their fault, but as the SELLER, they have to make it right, or at least get involved. 100% agree that Tesla should NOT be removing features that have already been...

I doubt the car is set up to cut off power at a lower current rate when you're not in it. Assuming the charging system works similarly to an ICE car, when the engine is running you'll be getting higher voltage from the 12v socket (roughly 13-15 volts) due to charging the 12v battery. The...

While I understand how heat pumps work, the system in the 3 and Y are very complex and include a bunch of routing of cooling/heating lines to allow for cooling or heating of the battery, motors, and cabin. Its all tied together with the new "octovalve" that routes the refrigerant to wherever it...

Paid my first "registration" renewal bill in August: $555 (includes all fees, taxes, bonus taxes, bonus fees, taxes on bonus fees, Gavin Newsom's hairdresser fees, etc...) My insurance for this car alone is just under 2K for a year (paying just under 4K a year for 4 cars total, so this car is...

Sounds more like a phone OS problem than a Tesla problem. I don't know how it all works, but I would ASSUME that the phone tells the car there's a new text, the car doesn't rifle through your phone looking for new texts. I have Android as well (older S8+) but haven't seen this particular issue.

In a world where we have very advanced users (like many of you/us here on this forum), and very novice/timid users, companies are increasingly pressured to cover their butts and do what is safest for the masses. They still give you the option to turn off the A/C if you insist, but they default...

Either way, gas is a turn-off

The "precondition" option only works if you schedule a departure time. You can't turn off preconditioning (as far as I know) if you're using departure time. You can only set it to precondition every day vs only weekdays. If you use the "Start charging at" setting instead departure time, it...

I had the exact same thing happen to me. Had very bad moldy smells. Replaced the filters and did a A/C cleaning foam all over the evaporator coils. Let is sit for 20 minutes or so, then dried it all out on low for a bit. Smelled great for a whole 2 days, then the smell came right back...

Waaaay back... in 1990 or so, when I was a senior in high school (and therefore still an immature kid), I had friends that drove diesel trucks (I drove a Camaro). One of the fun things to do was to pull up next to someone who appeared to be a "save the Earth-type" - typically driving a Toyota...

As a California native, I can tell you that this type of crime is on the rise and has been for several years. The reason is simple, Californians voted to allowed it. This has nothing to do with political affiliation, it has everything to do with simple crime and punishment. The idiots here...

Yeah, it really depends on the situation, and how many other people are fleeing an area. Overall I'd agree that an EV is probably better for many of the reasons listed here. However, there are other situations to consider. If you run out of juice, your car is a brick on the side of the road...

Yeah, your consumption is obviously ridiculously high for driving down the street at 20MPH. Something else seems wrong here. Stuck parking brake? Check for heat after a quick drive. I agree its totally normal for your replacement tires to cause more consumption. The factory tires were worn...

One tip: Our cars (and just about all rechargeable batteries) charge fastest when very low on charge (11% - 45%). You can actually save a little time by stopping more frequently at superchargers and keeping your charge low. Basically using the "bottom half" of your battery capacity. So...

Today is October 14th, and it "only" got to 99 degrees. The next 4 days will be about 100 degrees. We topped out at 122 degrees about a month ago. White interior... every. single. time. (for me). Even if it weren't super-hot 6 months out of the year here, I'd still go white. Very easy to...

I haven't done this on my TM3, but on some older cars I had in the past, I used the old-school method of cleaning off the rubber residue that gets stuck on the windshield by gently scrubbing it off with bon-ami cleaner. Then get some fresh wiper blades. You need to get the OLD formula of...

1 charge cycle = using the full capacity of the battery and charging it back up. It does not matter if you go 100% to 0% and back to 100%, or if you use/charge 10% a day for 10 days. That's still 1 charge cycle. Keeping the battery somewhere in the middle is what's best for a lithium...

That's a seriously inexcusable safety defect. Thankfully you didn't have to find out the hard way. Your story has inspired me to go give all my belts a significant tug or inspection to make sure mine are ok too. As far as the tech blaming something being spilled, he's obviously not at...