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Same here. I think this is because they just close the road if it gets to R3 conditions. I'm sure it's happened, but I've personally never driven a major road that is caltrans controlled in R3 (or if I did, I didn't realize it). They almost always close it when it gets to R3. I've driven in...

LOL. I *literally* said, "not saying it couldn't happen".... :rolleyes:

I've spent most of my life in CA, going to Tahoe from the bay area almost every year, and driving myself there since the 1990's. I've never once been stopped for an inspection to see if I'm carrying chains in my 4WD vehicle with good (m+s all season usually) tires. They just wave me on by...

snip... Like I said, everyone's situation is different. Yours is unique. I was responding to someone who said they make trips to Tahoe from the SF Bay Area, which to me, means 80 or 50 99% of the time.

I have lived in Buffalo NY (four years in my 30's), and CA bay area (currently and most of my life). If you own a second set of wheels for the snow tires, then it's much easier and cheaper to put them on/off yourself, assuming you have a good jack and flat driveway to do the work. If all you...

Engineering Explained has a good segment on what goes into a tire designed specifically for EVs. It kinda feels like one long Hankook advert, but has some great technical content nonetheless. I'm going to be looking for new tires for my model S this summer. I'm on my 2nd set of Bridgestone...

I thought I saw him mention Lemon Law somewhere too....

Do you get the same inconsistent performance when you save dashcam footage? I'm not sure of the frame rate I'm getting, but I get pretty decent (not great) video from the dashcam feature. IIRC, the couple times I needed Sentry footage, it was similar / same as dashcam.

Since when is MCU1 too slow for Sentry to function "properly"? What does Sentry not do with MCU1 that it should do? It seems to work on my MCU1, and I'm not fan of the MCU1, so not defending it. I just never heard this complaint before.

Wouldn't it be advisable to set suspension height to "high" while driving with chains/cables/socks?

As I said, by fall of 2020 when the price was dropped to $69420, the pandemic and supply chain issues were already in full swing. Other manufacturers raised prices too, just not as much as Tesla. I get the "supply and demand" argument; duh. But Tesla has gone above and beyond here, IMO, to...

Are other brands raising prices by 50% in 2 years time? The Model S LR+ price was (infamously) dropped to $69,420 (combining Elon's two fav numbers, to beat Lucid's then claimed base price of ~$72k) in the fall of 2020, right at the peak of the pandemic and supply chain issues. 2 years later...

Uhhhh... "work" is a relative term. I have a late 2017 S75 with HW2.5 MCU1, and EAP. Autopark is batting about 250 for me, Summon was a joke at best and now is pretty much inoperable. NoA works pretty well, but disengages on MANY interchanges and I live in Tesla's backyard (SF South Bay Area...

I'm about the same, maybe a tiny bit more interested in it than you. :) I have EAP on HW2.5 with MCU1 and Smart Summon is a total joke. Like if you want to make fun of Tesla and turn people away from the brand, then do a demo of Smart Summon for a bunch of people at work in your work parking...

I see I've made a friend... 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 :rolleyes: LOL

Rear seat heaters? I didn't know that. How would one know if their rear seats have locked heaters? To me the FSD addition is huge. That's a lot of value right there ($15k worth currently). Not that I really want/need the feature, but it's a lot of value. I would use it if I had it, for...

"CPO" is indeed a euphamism for what you get from Tesla for used cars. I use the term, because the main site I use to scan the listings is literally called "ev-cpo.com" regardless of the fact that Tesla does not "certify" their used cars. They do however, upgrade almost all of them to FSD...

Obviously. But I don't typically have my car for sale on CL, which makes it a better target for this kind of thing. You seem to be missing the point though. You are emphasizing how easy it is to get the VIN, as if we should just not worry about it. The fact that it's so easy is exactly the...

Like I said, nothing you've posted has been helpful. I asked if anyone knew what ACTUALLY happens with a CPO sale delivery fee for out of state shipping to CA. You don't know. Fees are OBVIOUSLY taxed in some cases, no matter what you or any of us thinks is logical or correct. I just was...

The strange thing is, if I get a lift out to Reno and buy a used car private-party, and then drive home and register my newly purchased car in CA. I pay tax only on the purchase price of the car that the seller and I agreed upon. I don't pay tax on my cost to drive it home. It doesn't make...

ROTFL! I am not mad at you. I rate your posts as unhelpful that's all. You're the one getting all wound up over it. You haven't provided any helpful information on this topic in any of your posts to it. So you get the little thumbs-down icon. You vote my posts down because your feewings...

Yes exactly. Assuming OP's story is true, and we have no reason to assume otherwise, it would seem that anyone with the VIN of a Tesla could initiate a fraudulent change of ownership with Tesla and take control of the car via the app. You can also look up vehicle history, where it's been...

Yeah, Petty. Your post was not helpful so got downvoted. Simple. Not because I was sad. Calling out the insulting aspect of your post was just illustrative of why it wasn't helpful. You got hurt feelings over getting downvoted and downvoted in reaction, not because of anything else. The...

Petty. You were snarky in your response to my thread. You offered nothing of value; instead you insult me and the state in which I live. So I downvoted your comment. In response you downvote my OP. Wow.

Uhm... read the whole thread? OP described the issue at length. Also, it's very easy to slide a piece of paper down and cover up the VIN.

I'll say this: your story made me way more cautious about protecting the VIN of my car, as I have it listed for sale on Craigslist.

How did you sell it? To whom did you sell it? To the original buyer who tried to transfer it before (causing this issue), or someone new? I'm not sure how you could sell it, with the "ownership" of it (as the Tesla system/app sees it) in question, as transferring ownership in the Tesla system...

I'm considering an upgrade to my Model S75 via a CPO purchase. Does anyone know what the fees and taxes are when buying a CPO Tesla from out of state, and having it delivered in California? CA DMV shows that used car fees and taxes should be roughly $15 plus about 9.x% tax on the sale price...

I guess this is the crux of my question - I did not think that FSD "required" MCU for anything. MCU provides the visualizations, but those are not "required" for AP/FSD, right? The FSD computer does the heavy lifting, and that (AP computer upgrade) is included in the price of FSD. So, as long...

Interesting. Is the implication here that FSD should still work, even without the MCU2 upgrade, but that it will be a less-than-ideal visual experience? Or will FSD not function at all w/o the upgraded MCU? If the latter, then I'd say they need to pony up. But I also somewhat agree with...

Someone explain please: If you bought a 2017 mcu1 model S and paid for FSD as part of the initial purchase, are you now unable to use FSD if you wanted to? The beta of FSD is now available to "anyone (with the hardware for it) who asks." I thought if you at any point purchased FSD, that they...

2 cubed is 8, just saying. Power = Force*Velocity Aero Drag Force = constants*Velocity^2 So Power increases with the cube of velocity at a minimum (which you said correctly). However there are other forces working against the motor: power losses, wheel friction & drag on pavement, mechanical...

Not sure I agree with your assumptions here. An MX is bigger, heavier, and less aerodynamic than an MS, so the "by extension" doesn't work. This person's MSP is a 2020, which includes many weight reducing, structural, and electrical enhancements over your 2016, not to mention more efficient...

The basic buoyancy math works out, roughly anyway. What I can't figure out is what is the propulsion for the CT in cyberboat mode? Spinning knobby tires in the water ain't going to get you anywhere very quickly, if at all. Any ideas on what would propel the CT while afloat?

Par for the course with Tesla customer service:

I'll check. I have just noticed that for the past few weeks, my powerwalls never reach full, and my peak power midday is 1-2kW. Plus I live in the San Jose, CA area, so it's not like I'm in Seattle or Duluth or some other way north city. EDIT: right now app is showing 2.6kW, so a little higher...

Just as a follow up to this, I have Tesla Energy scheduled to come to my house tomorrow to figure out what's wrong. Will report back this weekend! Too bad my solar production is down to almost zilch these days. Not even dead of winter and I'm down to about 2kW peak generation. Was over 6kW in...

Same here. Except in my case no one could do it over the phone. I'm sure this was false but I had no progress until I showed up in person.

This happened to me as well. I had to go in person to the service center and made an appointment to come back later so they could clear this. Super annoying. Like, please just go in and clear the f'ing last service? Do I really need to come back? The front desk folks are sometimes really...

You get to see and inspect the car before driving it off the lot. You aren't forced to buy something sight-unseen. But if you want to give some dealer your money for a car w/o EAP or FSD for almost the same price, seems like you're throwing money away. The one benefit I see is that you might...

Uh, OK then: https://www.tesla.com/ms/order/5YJSA1E29KF333145#overview "not previously repaired" and lower miles. I'd buy from Tesla over some random used car sales place that has no clue what the car has or doesn't have or what the features mean, or are worth, and also can't get a mfr's...

Any reason you're not looking at CPOs from Tesla? For example, this one up in PA: https://www.tesla.com/ms/order/5YJSA1E25KF337208#overview Includes FSD (most not all CPO cars include FSD) and a 1-yr 10kmi additional used car warranty from Tesla.

LOL, just comparing to other 2020 and 2021 cpo samples, the options list is longer, and I know most of the things they list weren't really "options" either, as they were mostly standard by then.

Huh. Interesting. That's a really short list of options.

@JimmyB and @DerbyDave would you mind checking your option codes to see which option code battery you have? I think you both confirmed a "G" battery, I'm just wondering which option code this corresponds to, since online cpo listings don't show the battery as H vs G; all they show is the option...

sorry for resurrecting this old thread, but how do you see nominal full pack in ABRP?

I am 6'7" and need to raise the headrest to its max height, or the base of it annoyingly hits the base of my neck / top of my spine (c7 area). Even then I'd prefer it to go a little higher still. AIUI, they brought seat production in house ages ago - like in 2015 or so.

Wait, what? They removed the adjustment for the headrests in the model S? I'm very tall, and that head rest doesn't go high enough for me as it is. :(

That's still a great range for an X! Only 6 miles off spec, not too bad.

Wow, good to see such interest in these, given I may sell my model s with rear facing seats soon. :)