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Working well in the first few sub zero days we have had. The screen defrosted very quickly in the "Boost"position, but took 1% of the battery.

44.30.7 installed today 15/1/21 at 12:15. And the changes are?? Release notes seem to be exactly the same as previously. Strange.

Bill, you have a "potentially life changing problem", to quote the TV Ambulance programmes. Disconnect the charger from the consumer unit and get in a specialist.

That explains it. For it to need cooling it must get rather hot, or is this more clever tesla energy management, collecting waste heat from the computer to use elsewhere.

Indeed.. I phoned Tesla today and got the same explanation. I was told to ignore it and it a debit and credit appeared in my bank statement to ignore that as well.

The M3 LR went into to Tesla Winchester to have the Car Computer replaced. The invoice (FOC) states: "Confirmed fault within vehicles car computer, replaced for new, carried out coolant purges and topped up. Firmware installed and vehicle road tested, confirmed all operating as designed"...

January 13th 2022 3 months and 8 days after the initial fault my car is back, with a new computer. A final slap...they were unable to save any of my settings, the old unit wouldn't export anything so I had to delete the car from my phone, delete the Tesla app and start as if it was a brand new...

Perhaps we need a little device, stuck on the battery case, that every few days vibrates the battery... :eek:

Agree with the general consensus "the cocket should be "dead" until the socket and the car have discussed the issue. When I charge I plug the cable into the car, then the cable into the charger socket. A LED changes colour and after a few seconds there is the sound of a relay closing and the...

I do exactly that on both the Tesla and Morgan. Well, I did until the winter. Now I take the Tesla to the nice people in the Tesco carpark and I keep the Morgan in the garage. Life is too short to spend it washing and detailing a car, unless you enjoy it.

I'm had the use of a 2017 MS 75 today as the M3 AWS is in for brain surgery. So fat 170 miles and likely to be more tomorrow as the job is not completed. I had wondered about a used MS 75D when selecting the M3 AWD: I'm now VERY glad I did. Why? The S 75 is a motorway mile muncher, it really...

The new Winchester site seems to be making progress, loads of empty big wooden cable drums and heavy plant. Visited 12 Jan 22.

I'm not counting on it.... (FSD, that is)

I'm 70. If I knew that my SIPP only needed to last 15 years then I'd go for it. But it might have to last 30 years. That is the dilemma of the SIPP generation...well, one of them. A global financial meltdown is another.

It makes a welcome change from news about a "Tennis Player" in Australia, and other rubbish!

+1...

I'd not thought of a M3 Plaid... hmm....

For me, that is the key question... I'll me mid 70s by the time the car arrives..

Has anyone here in the UK placed a full reservation for a Roadster? I'm on the same horns of dilemma as Automatic Man. OK, I know I won't see one for about 2 years, but it is beautiful. Yes, I know it is essentially a Model S Plaid in a pretty frock, but I think this is the only thing left...

Report it to Tesla. ASAP.

I swapped a 4 year old potential money pit (Mercedes C63 Estate) for a LR with about 50% of the price on a Tesla PCP over 5 years. You seem to be preparing logically for a properly funded future, given you will probably be working in some way into your 70s. Remember, money is a tool, it lets...

No, our Mercedes ICE car has exactly the same right hand side want to control the gears.

Modern ICE Turbo engines have made us forget just how responsive a naturally aspirated, fuel injected engine can be. With a good auto box (NOT Double Clutch rubbish) they are almost as responsive as a M3.... until you remember there is no torque at low revs and you have to thrash them! My...

Thanks!

And why I don't use Autosteer. If the eye monitoring camera works that will be a different matter. IF..

I have an April 2021 build Made in China Long Range and the V5 states the variant is E5D, so a LG battery, but what is the capacity? Does anyone know for sure?

Not at that price! Halfords replacement £65.00 Worth changing every 3 years, I think!

A flat battery leading to a dead car is not unusual. What is unusual and unacceptable is that there is no warning and that without a 12v battery the car is useless. I have a Morgan Plus 8, it needs to be kept on a trickle battery charger when not in use for more than a week as if the voltage...

Surely not! To have survived this long we must have accumulated some skills... well at least my generation has, the ones still living....

In most cases the driver is the best car accessory. Without the driver it is a heap of metal, glass and plastic.

It is a problem with LED lights across a range of brands. SWMBO's Mercedes does it. , insufficient heat to shift the condensation. What's next? Heared light covers?

It is a LR, performance upgrade and optional wheels.

My pal Alex ordered on "Day 1 for UK orders" and got this message today: Next steps for your Model Y order Sign in to your Tesla Account to complete pre‑delivery tasks for your upcoming delivery. So is his car now on a ship?

I convinced my friend Alex to buy a MY: he has rug rats and needs a hatch. He ordered on the day that Tesla opened orders in the UK. Today he got this: "Next steps for your Model Y order Sign in to your Tesla Account to complete pre‑delivery tasks for your upcoming delivery." So his car is...

Before the M3 LR.... Mercedes C63 Estate... (9 months) Wonderful engine, comfortable Mercedes cabin equipment, terrible ride unless fully loaded. Needed to be AWD as on anything but smooth, dry tarmac I felt the back end wanted to go first. Mercedes AMG A35.... (2 years) Harsh ride, unsubtle...

We are... I begin to suspect that V11 was designed for landscape mode, the new 2022 Model X and S will have landscape main screens. 1. The MCU hasn't crashed since V11 was installed... 2. With the HVAC controls squeezed on the bottom of a portrait screen I can see how difficult it must be. On...

I have a Sync EV charger, mounted on the outside wall, connected to a specific RCD in the consumer unit, so I can say it has its own isolator switch. It charges at up to 7kw, 32A. We consumed last year 8,522 kwh, but also generated 3394 kwh from the PV panels. In the summer months we use very...

The last conventional car I owned that had a normal handbrake was my 1991 Mercedes 180. OK, the Morgan has a handbrake, but it comes close to a chocolate teapot for functionality....

And therein lies the problem. Before we can go 100% electric the vast majority of looped supply connections will have to be upgraded to 3 phase. £7,500 is cheap... Our supply is on poles and the distance to the transformer is 175m. Even so the Scottish and Southern engineer estimated about...

I had on for a test drive, slightly better than the dire EQA, but not much. I'm a long term Mercedes fan and have driven them since 1990. I really wanted Mercedes to offer something to properly compete with the Tesla, but they don't and I don't see on any time soon.

Glad you are unharmed. The M3 certainly did a great job protecting you. An EQC 400 is not a reasonable replacement for a M3.. 1. It is a SUV, not a car. 2. It has a range of barely 220 miles in the real world. I'd decline it and insist on a Tesla M as a loan car.

Exactly, the 11KV and above sectors of the grid has plenty of capacity, both generating and distribution. It is the rural and urban low (240v) parts that are the problem. Much of it was built in the 60s and 70s when the idea that homes might need more than a 60A supply was beyond the planners...

The power of surgery means that my SWMBO has hips of an 18 year old, the rest of her is a "quite a bit" older. She rides a horse and drives a Mercedes C Coupe.

In the UK EV sales will stall because the low voltage domestic power distribution system will not meet demand and as a result the Government will keep on extending the sales window for PHEVs. Hydrogen power will be the 2030 rising star.. both fuel cell and ICE.

I fear you are right....

I've found that with the seat/car heating set at Auto, the fan seems to run at 2 or 3. The V11 logic is, I think, keep the person warm using the seat, don't heat the car. I'm quietly impressed.

Likewise. Y would I want to try a Y? I don't have a young family and SWMBO hates crossover/SUV/high riding things. When they offer a test drive in a Roadster I'll be there like a ferret down a trouser leg. But SWMBO will be ahead of me...

Then I'm blind!!! Yes, I knew the lights and indicators work... Perhaps, in "dark mode" it is more obvious!!

Dual motor Long Range, 18" wheels without Aero Trims, 7 months, 5315 miles As of 18:30 on 3 Jan it has 44% battery which it claims is enough for 148 miles. Extrapolating that is seems that at 90%, my charge limit, i'd have a range of 302 miles. But re-charging at 10% that really means 270 or...

Standard cruise control isn't bad, in that it keeps you a set distance from the car ahead, but otherwise it is unimpressive: I use it, but not often as it does tend to brake for no good reason. Based on my previous C63 Mercedes do a far better job, but without the distance stuff and phantom...