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Arguable semantics. Whether your fault or not there was a claim. If you had NCD cover then NCD should only be partially reduced rather than totally lost. I'm still waiting on what's going to happen with mine. I did have my first accident in 35 yrs due to me before Xmas. Was reminded at the time...

Hmm. Privilege doesn't sound so privileging. I'm insured with LV through AA (daftly cheaper than directly) and LV sorted everything. No need for me to be involved at all As it happens I had a claim against me again recently... someone claiming I'd reversed into them. I saw no damage to either...

I've been hit with some medical issues recently so car hasn't been washed 2 mths. Front was flocked with bugs. Past experience shifting them has been painful. This time I just sponged over with autoglym shampoo then spread a thin cloth soaked in the same over the whole front while I 2-bucketed...

When I was offered a local repairer recdntky the first thing I did was ring them and ask how familiar they were with Tesla. It was they that stated they didn't want to do them.. so back to insurance company who found an appropriate Tesla approved shop but far enough away that they themselves...

The insurance company should deal with it all for you...including arranging to flatbed it to a Tesla approved repairer. It should be a no fault claim although somehow they always find a way to up the premium No point hiding things from new quotes..as commented above I'd have some sympathy for...

Manufacturers are all about keeping costs down. The good old days if thick rubber protection strips and overriders on bumpers are no more.

Local garage just keeps the blocks of timber they cut up the first time my s was on their hoist. I'm all for DIY but just to lift it, take off a wheel to access for lube... I doubt they'd charge me more than they do for a puncture. £20 last time. In reality I'd take the opportunity for them to...

Then you send down a roach on a piece of string to retrieve the tape? 😁

I don't know if it still happens since I retired but the joke UK was paying the data protection fee. It was common for rouge agencies to get their hands on upcoming renewals and send a demand a day or two before the gov letter and adding their handling fee. Thus proving how poorly the govs...

They'll claim they're a car company not a computer company. You can't expect them to keep files safely 😈

100 miles is nothing .. about £12. Better to have it than not but hardly significant in the grand scheme.

Bent cars get fixed all the time. Bodywork is bodywork. The only difference with Teslas is possible access to programming and the peculiarities of where all the controls are. A Tesla approved shop should have the latter figured out. My S had front end damage fixed a few months ago by an approved...

Possibly a reflection of economic realities and reluctance to buy secondhand EV with range loss concerns, charging issues including installation cost and then EV repair costs.

If memory serves there used to be a downloadable app someone had written to view on a PC. Also Puretesla have some tutorial on the subject. Google is probably your friend.

The issue is that anything reliably sticky will leave residue. First thoughts are either a self-tapper to hold a plate of plastic etc (will leave a small hole but may be locatable somewhere less obvious) or if the glovebox won't be used for other stuff then just jam the items in place but allow...

Which is the same reason no-one wants it..or want it cheap enough to allow for a new battery. What's your current range?

It's a problem. I'm also considering parting with my 2018s for something simpler that local garages can deal with. It really comes down to the question of 'would you buy a 5-7 yr old Tesla ' knowing the costs to fix half shafts, lights, screens let alone dents or dings. There may be a potential...

What's really missing these days is a washable floor with a hook to hang the curry takeaway...those bags always leak yellow stain..

Different strokes. Junk in the boot along with pump, spare wipers, water and paper towels and overflow snacks etc. central storage for snacks and thermos.vthevdoir pockets were where I kept A-Z, large UK folded map and school atlas in case I was venturing abroad Amsterdam? No problem.. Calais...

Would have been handy to record that apology as an admission of fault by the company via their rep.

The good ol'daysvwhen windscreens were tempered and a stone ended up with lapfuls of glass bits and hours of vacuuming....there was the clearer middle section where the bits were bigger so it was possible to see through if the whole thing hadn't collapsed. The hammer option to a new screen...

Why be rash about removing that protective film? My wife's previous Nissan was superb under the layer of moss when I scrubbed it pre-sale..

There are approved fonts and sizes now. However, out here in the sticks you still see DIY dodgy jobs hanging from the back of trailers and farm stuff. It’s not difficult to just print off letters via PC and turn them into stencils, or paint over them neatly with weatherproof stuff and make your...

My local garage is great..let me hover and look over shoulders and deal with any needed Tesla buttons and drink tea. 😢

As well as the few folk owed a free roadster through referral points. It was on my list for next car but abandoned the idea 2yrs ago when I lost all faith in Tesla CS

If it's just brakes can't your local garage do it? Mine did my S before last mot.

30mph on single track lanes with blind corners... The only folk that do that around here are the local rally club at night when hopefully the sheep aren't in the road...

Not a good Idea in Wales. Certain time of year on these lanes it'd be full of wet leaves, hazelnut shells and poor footed squirrels ...

I'm a different generation.. they used to mean dolly birds with headscarf, shades and knee length skirts...(sigh)

.but in 2 weeks time the car will drive itself so doesn't matter where the steering wheel is....😈

Silly true anecdote...as a student late 60s I had made up my own plates from letters from scrapyard. After one stormy night I was stopped by a copper who asked me the reg. I didn't help things by asking ' why cos they're on the front and back' before finding out they had washed off in the night...

Consider if the chip repair fails and turns into a proper crack ...

Personal view that four crosses not the most rational place at the mo'. Somewhere around nesscliffe A5 would be way busier or if local authorities had any real sense of encouraging tourism then proper multiple charger stations in main carparks.. not just one or two that might be occupied or only...

There is outline planning consent for a charging station at four crosses (between Oswestry and welshpool). It also looks like the site is for sale if any of you feel entrepreneurial.....

Unless someone is finally prepared to limit population growth then biofuels are not going to work...the land is needed for food production. A more logical approach would be solar fuels.. recycling CO2 and water into energy dense hydrocarbons..ideally in desert locations where land has limited...

..and once the thief is in your garage they have more time to deal with stealing it...

It's not very Lotus..looks like someone sat on a Range Rover :cool:

Or as happened to me recently..come to A road bend, lorry coming opposite, loud bongs from my S, a big red truck icon on the binnacle display and having to wrench the wheel back from Tesla trying to swerve me into the ditch! And I wasn't in any tacc or autopilot mode.

Indeed although mine was a kit from freemont assembled in the Netherlands but doubtless still full of Chinese chips ..

Nothing via wifi calling and no cell signal rurally here. We'll just have to look the apocalypse in the eye..

Similar accusations probably apply to anything China made even if it’s further up the supply line (raw steel etc). Remember the accusations levied against work ethics in Freemont with exhausted staff? That EM is prepared to work himself to those levels doesn't excuse him demanding everyone else...

Your coastal highway or our motorway network are served well enough. But many trips only become possible by using extended dogleg routes instead of a direct secondary road option. Again we already have issues during public holidays on many routes due to insufficient charger numbers. With EVs...

Very mg'ish , just a shame it's Chinese but showing Tesla how to bring a roadster to market...

Wales is hardly off road and away from civilisation - just lots of tiny villages away from the (few) population centres. It's not even a big country - in your terms a bit smaller than New Jersey. But it does need a lot more scattered fast charges to avoid long detours - long in the sense of...

The roadster was going to have a 600 mile range as was the original plaid spec at launch. IIRC the Cyber was to be 500 mile range.. My S has 300 mile range which in reality means that if I've left it charged to 80% and want to keep a safety buffer of 20 % in case of roadworks/accidents and the...

The vid you linked also says that circa 13.40

As I understand it the lane change requires driver to activate the turn signal which is arguably not hands-free driving although the lane change itself is automated.

There should be plenty of repair experiences by now. My insurance ding before Christmas was referred by Insurers to a local crash centre and when i rang them regarding it they were the ones that didn't want to touch a Tesla. Back to insurers who found a Tesla approved place 75 miles away. They...

Folk keep pointing this out. It's truly a crock. Instead of franchised dealers taking a negotiable cut you have Tesla milking the customer directly - just look at their margin. And without the benefit of easy phone access to discuss issues or giving two hoots about service any more.

If he undoes his jacket you'll see dozens 9f watches and bracelets pinned in there...😂