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I'm surprised no one's recently mentioned DEF CON and Tesla-related items. Last week I drove to Vegas to attend the con and along the way stopped by some relatively-new Superchargers, including the new V3 setup in the middle of Vegas (next to High Roller). There was a Car Hacking Village where...

I recently completed a 2-week, 4,982-mile trip starting from California and on through Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and back to California with my 2014 S85. Started with over 102k on the clock. I've never attempted a trip like this in my life but I...

Today marks 4 years with my S85. It has been (mostly) good. I've been tempted to trade-up to a newer version or maybe even an X. I also test-drove the P3D a few weeks back and I briefly considered it. Write-up: 2018.09.30: And 4 Years Later While the new cars are better, my Model S is worth...

Warranty expired last month and now some water is in one of my tail lights: 2016.12.17: Flooded Tail Light It's not the old condensation issue in the reverse lights (I had the chrome applique replaced for that). Has anyone removed this piece and if so, how hard was it? Not sure if the water...

After a spray-down at my local car wash bay last night, I was driving home when the center screen locked up. The music was still playing, but nothing would respond to touch. I rebooted with the old double-scrollwheel-hold but the screen never lit up again after going dark. No Tesla logo or...

Has anyone tried this when stopping by the Harris Ranch Supercharger? Interesting how the price "will vary."

While charging at the Fremont factory again tonight (a frequent tendency lately), I wandered off to the other side of the delivery center and saw what looked like a new purple Model S: The area was relatively dark with only the overhead LED parking lamps shining down. I figured I was...

Happened to be at the Fremont factory today and came by this: On closer inspection, the fenders are a bit more cut back at the opening with no well liner:

Was at the factory charging this evening and came across this when walking along the other side of the delivery center (where they relocated the long tent for new car deliveries and test drive vehicles): Not sure if these are meant for expansion of the existing set of chargers at the...

Was at the factory Supercharger last night and happened to come across what appears to be The Official Tesla Security Patrol Vehicle. The badge is apparently quite reflective. I didn't check whether it was a P or D.

tl;dr - S85, took delivery 9/30 with 9 miles on the odometer, less than 2 weeks later at 173 miles in I got a 12V battery warning on the freeway, towed to service center, got a loaner. Seems like record time from new car to first problem. Longer version: I'm currently at less than a single...

My car was built at the very end of September so I have what appears to be the new hardware for lane-assist, etc.. It also seems like I have a new windshield version which doesn't have that "black area" behind the rear view mirror where bridge toll transponders are supposed to go. When I crossed...

Has anyone driven through areas with terrible air quality or significant foul odors? How well does the cabin filter and/or new ionizer maintain a livable breathing compartment within the vehicle? For the SF Bay Area folks, I'm specifically interested in driving through areas like the Dumbarton...

Perhaps it's just my own experience, but the vast majority of blue Model S vehicles that I've seen on the road or in stores had the tan interior. I personally prefer the black interior as I think it's sharper to look at (plus the dash looks more seamless to me as opposed to with the tan...

Hi, this is my first post on this forum. I've seen some threads which somewhat touched on this topic here (particularly the one from December) as well as on teslamotors.com (although I haven't read through every single thread) but I wanted to do a pulse check again, especially with new owners...