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My problem with the Volts is that they are 100% ICE under 4C. Which is basically 5/12 of the year.

Certainly don't want to buy an i3 new. The tires are specific to the i3, no other car uses them. 'nuff said. I haven't driven one in the winter, but our Smart ED works fine in the winter, with cold battery fade as the obvious caveat. RWD also. Somebody I met once managed to get to...

I think that if your displays are showing 120V (ish) then you aren't connecting the voltage sensing leads between the two hot conductors on the 240V circuits.

If you have the voltage feed for the meter connected between neutral and either the red or black you'll get 120V. The neutral sits between the two phases of the 240V, hence the lower voltage. 240V is present across the red and black. Note the Amazon recommendation from the commenter on...

The computers are not material unless you're running racks of bitcoin miners. A/C is effectively zero at this time of year. Same with the pool. if you're keeping it warm all the time I'd put money on the hot tub being a major sink. If you haven't done it already, I'd replace all the lights...

YusufT is on point. Cabin set temperature would also affect the battery usage. We keep ours at 18C and use the seat heaters in the winter. Super comfortable as far as we're concerned. Running high temp will be like running a hair dryer, gluttonous for power. If you're in a private garage...

That's definitely out of line. Our place is similar. We do about 550 km per week mixed between our EVs and our monthly consumption is ~800 kWh. July and August are a bit higher for A/C. Heating is nat gas. Add in about ~250 kWh for partial charging at my wife's office and we'd still be...

Bluetooth has to be turned on in your phone. It used to be that the app also had to be active as well, but not so much anymore, at least for me. I sometimes find there is a lag. So it won't work immediately when I walk up to the car, but a moment later it does. I assume that this is...

The box is quite large, like a small microwave oven. It would be charged volumetrically for shipping so there would be quite the cost for Tesla. You'd probably be better buying off of Amazon and taking advantage of their generous shipping terms. TANSTAAFL

The installation kit allows for two lengths to be installed, and the longer piece can be trimmed if you want. It's a good kit, and very flexible.

$87 by the mobile tech. It's $26 cheaper at the service centre + travel time. As far as I'm concerned, the tech was outstanding and deserved every penny for dealing with our cramped conditions and -2C with snow conditions. He was also happy to sell me a set of cabin filters that I'll...

One of the mobile tech's came by the house today and did the installation for us. He recommended not installing the longer part, and I'd agree, it would be too long. You can always add or trim and add the additional splash guards if you find it necessary. Or trim and add them. Also...

Thought I'd ask if this is common or not. Maybe I'm just special. I've scheduled a couple of appointments via the app. Each time it will not accept the correct phone number and I end up truncating it. Something like 19995551234 won't work, but 1999555123 will. Similarly, 9995551234...

Lawrence has done ubers for me. They've never had EV loaners available in my experience. They will provide rental ICE loaners. Fwiw, I've always asked for an EV loaner, grimaced, and either waited or used an Uber in the hope we can use our other EV to make the return trip.

The RPM one appears to be better integrated, aerodynamically, which would seem to be the point.

Looks like a cedar 4x4 and 2x4 screwed together. There's probably a hole cut through the 4x4 for the electrical feed from the junction box mounted on the back. I'd guess that there is a cement footing poured below with an inset post hole mount. Someone who's put up a fence and an...

We have a 100 amp service with the following: 30A dryer 40A oven (combo induction) 40A A/C 15A electrically heated floor in the main bathroom The usual collection of lights, TV, computers etc. 40A EVSE circuit to the garage In the garage we have a 6-50 receptacle (no neutral) with a plug-in...

On the plus side, there are a variety of EVSEs out there starting at about $250, which is much cheaper than they used to be.

The TPMS sensors are mounted on the rims, so if you change the rubber they will still be there. You'll need new ones if you buy new rims. Kal Tire in Scarborough was careful with our 3 and said that they get a lot of Teslas, so they are familiar with the procedure. I'd recommend buying and...

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One email address, although it is unique to Tesla. So I could easily setup a forwarding rule to make sure she gets them, I just haven't. And yes, she has full access from her phone. We have both Android and iOS too, if that was a concern

For what it's worth, my wife and I are both contacts on the same account, are co-registrants etc. There is still only one login, probably because there is a single credit card attached for the supercharger payments.

We use the same app sign-in and authorize multiple devices/cards in the car's firmware.

Can you wash ours too? It's is more grime and red than black and red at the moment. And where are your winter steelies???? :eek:

Random comment: I find it a "happy making thing" that there are now regular discussions about "that's not a Tesla charger, that's an XXX charger site". Only five years ago it was crickets.

They did something similar in Barrie, ON. Both sites are still operating.

Don't forget that Tesla is a data driven company. They know how many Canadian Teslas regularly charge at home, office, SC etc and the TCan has been 'coming soon' for as long as they've been rolling out the super charger network. As long as most owners are in good shape for regular...

I think the program length varies based on what kind of deal the individual utility made with FleetCarma. There are a bunch of folks in BC who have used their service, so maybe one of them can shed some light for you. I have a unit on our Smart that's been running for several years, but it...

Advertized 100% charge range is 386km. @80% that's 309km. Depending on how you drive that 10km difference is not that significant. It's about 2.5% of the overall expected range. If you are driving on the 40x highways at over 115 km/h that would totally account for it. As someone who...

I'm also interested in the same thing...

For those of you who may be waiting for a Model 3, we just drove from Montreal to Toronto and saw four trucks full of shiny new TM3s heading east. Enjoy!

Those bubbles look nasty, but the other one can be touched up with the chip kit. So far I've found Tesla service and warranty support outstanding. They're not there to give away money, but they do their best to make good. If you are within the 7 days, you could try going in and asking...

While Canada isn't Kuwait, our GHG emissions per capita are pretty bad. Spending some money to reduce it is money well spent, regardless of the political party.

That is correct, the register price is the discounted price.

Good timing for us. We need a new waterheater. Tankless here we come!

Thanks! I used their black earlier this year and it was pretty easy and finished ok. Anyone have a photo of what the blue looks like? I'm thinking that might go well with deep blue metalic.

Nice job! Whose paint did you use?

I hope so. I've pushed people to install L2/J1772 at places where you stop for "a while". It always seems like a good idea. Of course, as an EV only family member, I'm biased :)

I'm also curious which non-Tesla vehicles were under consideration...

Saw this article today about Moosejaw supercharger... Tesla To Install New Charging Stations in Moose Jaw - DiscoverMooseJaw.com

We had a lot of rain here over the weekend and I did about 700km over the two days in quite variable conditions. I'm finding 28.2 to require fairly regular manual intervention. It definitely underwipes when there are slow but steady bigger drops of rain, and when there is steady levels...

You should probably consider the solar system separate from the car, and calculate the car vs grid rates based on overnight charging. We don't have a solar setup and the overnight rates in Ontario are pretty low, which is when we charge the car. I have talked to a couple of solar installers...

Plus given the schedule for the OLA, it most likely won't be looked at until next year. If I were a cynic, I'd say it was just opportunistic PR to help influence edge votes for the upcoming election.

Too true. Although they should have installed them farther from the door.

We also received the same "you have to keep it for 12 months" letter. Two days before our 12 month on-the-road anniversary with the TM3. Good use of government (mis)managed money...

Standard Range and Standard Range Plus based on MSRP with higher priced variants up to $55,000 MSRP excludes additional costs, such as freight, delivery, and other fees FAQ We found absolutely no problems in our LR RWD during the winter, even without snow tires. Commuting in Toronto in...

Make sure your car is connecting to wifi at home. It can take some time for it to download the new firmware.

We're using a 256G Samsung flash drive Bar Plus. Other than the left side camera recording empty files from time to time, which is a Tesla firmware bug, it has been a solid performer.

Thanks. Looks like folks are definitely liking the CCS idea. :)

You should have an option "Waiting for the CCS adapter".