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Garage makeover project is close to being done. All that's left is installing a mini split for heating and cooling.

Quick ONR wash on the 3.

Once you get over the initial issues, you most likely won't see the service center much. It's just dealing with them initially that's frustrating, even if they're located near by.

Don't quote me on this, but I don't believe it prevents them from opening a service center, just deliveries. My state doesn't allow direct sales but there is a service center.

One issue Tesla still has is limited service centers in some areas. I have a friend looking at buying a Tesla but from Myrtle Beach, it's 2-3 hours to the nearest service center.

I think if they could get more batteries and semiconductors, they would sell more. A lot of people don't like the Y styling, and prefer the traditional dealer network for service. Many hate Elon and want nothing to do with Tesla products. Ford is selling Mach-E to those types of people.

Best glass cleaner and it's readily available at most brick and mortar stores.

I think karma is biting them in the butt. Before the first deliveries were made, they laughed at the Tesla quality issues, which were one-offs out things that don't occur often, such as windows shattering, a bumper coming off in the rain, fit/finish issues, etc. With only 30k-40k delivered...

the black on gray looks so good. oh, you missed a few spots on the tire shine ;)

This stuff works great in stripping wax, is really cheap, and readily available at most chain auto parts stores and Walmart. You can either use it with a foam cannon or by a wash mitt by hand. Their APC is also good and inexpensive. It'll need to be diluted depending on what it's being used...

Ditto. It takes me almost 10 minutes to get my pressure washer setup lol

This is usually how I do it. Wash and clay on a Friday night, Saturday morning do the paint correction and the rest of the process. I'm not 21 any longer and breaking it into smaller chunks of work is easier on the body.

yeah, those tires are narrow and the load rating is 1389 lbs, which is on the low side for a Y. Two 200 lb passengers in the front would be 2600 lbs of load on the front axle. These tires would max at 2778.

Anyone in or near Delaware that needs help with this stuff, swing on by. I'll swap them out for you.

3 months. Wife and I did it in April (mostly the wife). It's a daily driver, but we take the Y for longer drives.

Yeah, chalk is nice, too. Can't go wrong with either.

Yes, the vinyl is from Avery Dennison, Gloss Rock Grey

The best gray :)

Yeah, I haven't seen much variation between 68-85% SoC. I find battery temp is more of a factor, 50F vs 105F.

that wheel/tire fitment is spot on.

Yeah, for me, it's still harsh at lower speeds but floaty at higher speeds. I don't think we can soften it too much due to the spring rates, but, the better shocks help soften the ride at higher speeds.

Those runs were completely stock. I've since upgraded to MPP coilovers and 20" aftermarket wheels and stickier summer tires, but I haven't done any runs since then. Not many good spots in my area that are flat and with little traffic.

Here's my 1/4 run where I let off early. SoC was 79%.

Your mph is a little lower than mine, which is odd. My 1/8th is 8.00 @ 93mph, 1000' 10.29@ 105.79. I let off the accelerator at the end a little early, so my mph is low, 12.30 @ 107.15 mph.

The traction control can be very finicky, dialing back the power slightly and causing the variation. In my runs, I've gotten anywhere from 3.9 to 4.2 (1 ft rollout) on my 2020 LR Y w/ AB, stock 19" Continentals, SoC varying from 68-85%. I tested on a few bad surfaces (lots of little rocks) and...

That car is an anomaly. I've never seen any other LR Y run faster than 4.6s stock. Owner most likely had a 980 motor and didn't realize it.

Yeah, 19s are a good compromise for looks and handling. Range isn't an issue since we have a Long Range Y that is used for longer drives. The M3P typically won't see trips of more than 150 miles roundtrip, so an extra 20-30 Wh/mi is no big deal.

The original plan was to downsize to 19". It was a matter of finding a used set of wheels in the region, powdercoat them and put on all-weather tires, but I found a set of TST wheels with Pirelli Sotozero III winter tires, so the stock 20" Uberturbines will stay on the car for the warmer...

Construction outside Philadelphia, PA on I-95: ( One pothole, two tire blisters. Barely 1000 miles on the tires. There's just not enough sidewall protection on these to hit a small pothole at 65 mph.

Family BBQ. Two Ys and a 3.

In Auto mode, the recirculation symbol is a light/opaque blue, not the normal darker solid blue if you select it manually. Doesn't this mean it's going to use fresh & recirculation as needed?

One thing you're forgetting is the car is using other accessories to cool the battery pack, depending what the battery pack temp was after you finished the charging session. With ambient temps around 90-95F in my area the last week, I'm seeing battery pack temps of 105-109F. The car is pulling...

I posted these in another thread. Forgot to put them here.

No problem. Lots change with various software updates. It's hard to figure out what's good info or outdated info even going through the search items on this forum.

It will if there's enough energy to pre-condition and get to the destination. In the image below, I parked into the Supercharger spot and took a screenshot. It shows battery at 10%, front and rear Stator motors pulling 3.0 kW each. This was pre-2021.4.11. Post 2021.4.11, the battery pack...

Update 2021.4.11 made changes and can start preconditioning much sooner than what it did previously. It all depends on the ambient and battery pack temp. I've had it start preconditioning 50 minutes from the supercharger in sub 40F temps. It'll shut off the Stator motors as needed and will start...

No problem. People have been doing it for years.

I think what he was trying to convey is preconditioning gets the cabin to temp and the energy /fan speed is lower than jumping into a vehicle with the fans at full blast. The trip meter only shows the energy use while in Drive. If you precondition and the a/c is only pulling 500 watts at a 3...

Yeah, I had the old workbench there and had the electrician add 8 more outlets, 4 up high and 4 lower, along with 4 more by the garage door opener which is where all the batteries get charged.

New Age workbench, lockers and cabinets finally arrived after 13 weeks (backorder).

If you aren't able to sell as a set and would like to sell pairs, I'd be willing to buy a pair.

New Age cabinets, workbench, and lockers installed. Still organizing and cleaning.

A harness to tap into the CAN bus, and a Bluetooth OBDII reader. If you go to the Scan My Tesla site, they'll link where you can purchase the harness. I bought the reader from Amazon.

I'm finding my LR makes similar power output between 68-85%, the difference being about 10 hp. Numbers are from the Scan My Tesla app.

Sounds like there's an M3P in your near future since the wife has the Y she wants ;)

This thread is a bad influence on relationships. Lol

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I've clocked 12.26 and 12.30 @ 113 mph with the Dragy

Gloss Rock Gray crew~ (yeah, I know, it's a 3, get that outta here)