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Having been a Tesla customer for over 13 years now, I can tell you the list of things that Elon has said there weren't true is long and distinguished. They haven't gotten him yet. Now if someone dies because they thought their CT was bulletproof does that raise the stakes? I guess, but people...

Creep mode has been gone for a while. As long as they didn't stab the accelerator with their foot as they were leaning over they'd be fine. As for practicing, did you watch the event? I don't think they rehearsed anything ;)

To be fair, the Roadster prototype did/does exist and it has 2 S/X 100kWh batteries stacked one on top of the other. They needed that many cells in order to be able to get the performance they wanted with reasonable per-cell discharge rates. Thank you for bringing this up. This part has...

The Ford Lightning. More capable, speed is a wash vs the Dual Motor CT, and the Ford will handle better off road. I expected the top of the line to be $100k (I am on record saying that here on TMC for years now) but I did expect it to have 500 miles of range for that price. Instead Tesla both...

The cars were probably new to the driver's as well. My guess is that they didn't put the vehicle in park so they would either have to punch the screen a couple of times to unlock the door or they could just reach over and push the button to open it. I have this issue when doing school drop off...

Which works great unless you are towing something that is wider than the tow vehicle. The cameras are in the wheel arch. There will be a huge blindspot next to the trailer that the camera cannot see. That is why modern trucks have telescoping mirrors for towing. I guarantee you that neither...

So I'm still thinking about it. I don't want to do anything rash and will wait to let it all sink in. Tesla hasn't emailed me to order so I still have time. Also, I don't NEED a truck. We have a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee Diesel that is our farm vehicle. It hauls any trailer I need and with...

If an X will do your mission, then you aren't actually in the market for a truck. What am I missing? @T3SLAROD has a truck already. There are still good deals on Lightnings if you want one. Ford is offering $7,500 in incentives plus dealers are knocking off more. A dealer near me has a...

Just be patient. Although the current webpage let's you choose a "configuration" you are still just making a refundable reservation, not an order. No one (except the people who took delivery today) have an actual ORDER for a CT.

Agreed. Go to your account on Tesla.com. My CT doesn't show up in my app but it does on tesla.com. If it's still not there, maybe in your haste to reserve you made a typo with your email? Although as I type that, you did get the confirmation email so nevermind :(. You should be able to...

Thank you all! Hmm, this will actually make this easier as she thinks her current car is leather but as a 2018 it isn't. So I think a 2020 will be ideal for her. Those still have the traditional vertical screen with Mercedes steering wheel and switch gear right?

It's going to have the exact same software as the Refresh S/X. I appreciate you relating your direct experience. I haven't followed any X/Y towing threads to know if Tesla's are smarter about range estimations when towing. I recall that Ford made a big deal about how the truck will learn your...

Thank you. So wait, are you saying that her 2018 MS100D is vegan vinyl?

Hi everyone. My wife currently drives a 2018 MS100D. I have a 2022 MXP. She likes the space in my car but hates the Refresh interior. She wants stalks, a vertical screen, and leather seats. What years should I be looking at? I assume a Raven would be best but did those still have leather...

It's not like saying that at all. Both of those vehicles exist and can be directly compared. The only reason my comparison is "on paper" is that the CT does not yet exist. But as details are being leaked, the consensus is that the production CT will much closer to the Lightning than to the...

Based on the rapidly diminishing specs on the CT, Lightning V1 is stacking up pretty well against the rumored consensus of CT. Literally the only things that are (assumed) better in the CT is 4 wheel steering and acceleration of the tri-motor. CT Real world range will be lower, frunk is much...

The configuration that you "reserved" has nothing to do with what you will end up ordering nor when you receive your invitation to configure/order. It will be done by reservation number and geography. Then if you order a configuration that they aren't building your order will sit. Tesla will...

Can you try lifting it and then click the button to open it again? Maybe if you have upward pressure on it when the latch cycles it'll pop open?

So.... you are new here. Batteries are the limiting factor, not motors. Assuming they use the same size pack, Tesla will ship high margin (tri motors) first. If the tri motor uses a larger pack, they may ship duals first as they can ship more trucks with a given battery cell production rate...

Ramp is not present in the RC models. "Leaked" specs from yesterday: Overall length: 18.6 feet Overall width (no mirrors): 79.9" Overall height (medium setting): 70.5" Wheelbase: 143" curb weights2 motor 6,670 Ibs 3 motor 6,890 lbs Tow rating 11,000lbs Max tongue: 1,110lbs Bed length length...

Well, I am thinking about using it for powering my house in case of an outage so the continuous rating is more important. I am not interested in spending thousands of dollars for a dedicated V2H solution - in the past 7 years we have only lost power once and that was for less than a day. I can...

It would be nice if CT had outlets in the frunk but a 50A in the bed is a huge improvement over the 30A in the F-150. I hope it has a full 9.6kW inverter. I can easily run my house off of that. Just need a male-male 14-50 cable and can plug into one of the garage outlets that I used for...

Delivery event is supposed to be later this month - 30th I think. That will be a handful of trucks to insiders. But hopefully we will learn the final specs, pricing, etc.

Wait, what? I just went to Tesla's website and configured a 3 and a Y. There is no option to add FM radio. I know they killed AM a while ago but that was due to bad reception/interference from the drive system. But we've had 2 MS and 1 MX and all have FM radio.

Oh yes, it was absolutely done to be distinctive and (they hoped) iconic. Unfortunately they tried too hard and went too far. IMO they should have gone with the diamond pattern that is their logo. The nostril look on the Rivian is just a colossal miss.

Every day it is looking like the production CT will dramatically miss the expectations that were set at the launch. We probably aren't going to get 500 miles of range. Prices will likely be higher. The frunk is going to be smaller than the F-150. I'm worried about whether there will be...

It's not that we don't believe, it's because Tesla CANNOT DO IT. 4680 production is nowhere near where Tesla thought it would be. The Plaid+ was killed because the cells didn't (don't) exist. Elon's excuse about no demand was BS to hide the fact that the 4680 production is way behind. His...

Everything about the Rivian is perfectly conventional and well-executed, until you get to the grill. It doesn't fit with the rest of the vehicle. It's like inserting a kazoo into a Mozart symphony. As soon as I look at it I cringe - it just rubs me the wrong way. FWIW I had the same reaction...

Cool. I changed my vote. Yeah, I could have replaced them with 255s but I have had some issues with the front pushing in corners and triggering traction control so I'm hoping that the slightly wider tires will help.

My 2022 Plaid 20" came with Pilot Latitude 3 with a front size of 255/45-20 when 265/45-20 is listed in the manual for the US. 255 is listed in the manual for Mexico. I think Tesla was/is shipping whatever tires the manufacturers can deliver. After 20k miles the Latitudes are toast - I'm...

Everyone keeps saying it's smaller. Has anyone actually measured one of these RCs out in the wild?

I have no idea. Clearly Tesla changed something in the 2022 and later cars. I wonder if they are doing something with the coolant to generate heat for the heat pump to use when the rest of the car is cold? My old Jeep Liberty diesel had a viscous heater - a mechanical device that would...

I still think this is the heat pump warming up some component of the drivetrain when it is on the cool side. I notice it more when the ambient temps are lower. But it is definitely "normal" as in Tesla has programmed it to do this. It is not mechanical IMO as the frequency does not change...

I have long said that the SC network should move under a Tesla Energy subsidiary along w/ solar and PW. Keep the car people focused on cars and the stationary energy people focused on that.

They may be testing different designs. I'm guessing they went w/ red only due to size limitations. The US is odd in that it specifies a minimum area for brake lights, not intensity like other countries. So if you make the tail light area too small, you have to use the same lights for both...

Not sure what your point is? Rivian as well as Ford and a bunch of others will have NACS ports and Tesla SC access in 2024. By then Tesla will have only delivered a handful of CTs. So there will be many, many buyers still waiting for their CT when the others start supporting NACS. Those...

I realize it's an old page. What is interesting is that Tesla Legal hasn't had them scrub the numbers. Would literally take a few minutes to replace all of the numbers with "huge" or "class-leading" or something and then adda little "*Preproduction version shown" at the bottom like other...

So I find it interesting that Tesla has left a lot of specs up on the tesla.com/cybertruck page. 3,500lbs of payload, 14,000lb towing capacity, 6 seats, external storage, 2.9 0-60, 500 miles of range, etc. I realize none of that is binding, yadda, yadda, but I do find it interesting that Tesla...

Can you explain this? Literally EVERYTHING inside a Tesla is plastic. Seats, carpeting, trim, etc. You are funny (and ill-informed). Tesla is the king of overestimating range. See this graph from Car and Driver:

Tagging onto this thread for 20". One bit of confusion is that the manual states that the front tires should be 265/45R20 but my car came with Latitude 3s in 255/45R20. Should I change to 265 or stick with 255? I was thinking of going with the AS4.

There is a niche for a smaller EV truck. Honestly it would fit my needs better than a CT but I cannot get past how ugly the Rivian grill is. If the CT proves too big to deal with regularly I may have to put on some blinders and get an R1T. I'll just have to be sure to always approach it from...

Well, wrap options are post-production so doesn't change the assembly line. I expect tow hitch to be standard (it is on MX and almost no one tows with that). So that leaves interior color and wheel. Have we seen any RCs with a white interior or different steering wheels? I think Tesla could...

Apple is not the model if you want innovation. Apple has not come out with a single new product since Steve died. Tim is running the company extremely well, but there is zero vision. My point was to split the difference. Have someone competent doing operations that can ensure customers...

So part of this is simply people's preferences. Look at the 911. Compare today's 911 to the older ones. It is exactly what you accuse the Roadster v3 of being. It is a massive vehicle that is packed with technology yet it is still considered a sports car. The 911 is the Roadster v3's...

Tongue weight from a trailer also counts against payload since the truck itself (and not the trailer) is supporting it. Payload also includes everything in the cab (people, luggage, etc).

There is no such thing as "his configuration." It's dual or tri motor, with or without FSD. So they just need to build a bunch of each variant and FSD is enabled or disabled via software as VINs are assigned. As I think about it more, if they are following their previous scripts, they would...

I have this issue from time to time. Wheel swap reboot brings it back. It's definitely software. A few months after I bought the car it happened and I took it in for service. They did some diagnostics, rebooted the car, and it started working. So now I just reboot when it happens. More...

Agree. I think a lot of Tesla loyalty is the SC network. It will be interesting in 2024 and 2025 as the other manufacturers will have transitioned to NACS and Tesla will have opened up the SC network. Charging will no longer be a differentiator and the vehicles will have to stand on their...

Sorry to hear that. 2024 models will have NACS so charging is a non-issue. If I got rid of a car because of software issues I would not own a Tesla. Eyeing the Eletre to replace my MXP in a few years but will see how it goes.

Well, they do benchmark but only on what Elon cares about which is performance and range. My wife is thinking about upgrading her 2018 MS but doesn't want a stalkless car with a worse interior than a Yugo. Mechanically the EQS is a perfect fit but the interior is too blingy for her. She is...