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Unless the gas station is really close to where you live, when filling the tires at the gas station they will be warm and the pressure will not be correct. Pressure adjustment should always been done cold, first thing in the morning before you have driven one mile slowly.

Tesla haters are going to do that regardless of which Tesla you purchase. However, in over ten years of Tesla ownership, I've only had one vandal incident--and my Tesla lives outside. Someone smashed the driver's side window.

At a dealership, a market adjustment is on top of "dealer additions". The Tesla $20K includes extras that at least half would likely purchase anyway. If you add up the value of what's included, it's almost all of what might be termed "dealer additions", many of which are useful unlike pin...

The side fender panels are fixed to a structure on top of the casting. The plow xould be attached to the same structure.

With oxygen tight butyl rubber, it's impervious to oxygen. There might be some migration, but it would take a very long time (unless the butyl liner is damaged from mounting). Airplanes use it for two reasons. First is fire, nitrogen doesn't support combustion, second is ice. If the air is not...

Nitrogen filled tires are very close to a scam. Dry air is no different. If nitrogen inflation is free it does no harm, but don't think that it makes any difference.

I read into it that you will not have to pay the $12,000 to activate it, which makes the $20K not that much of an extra charge.

I just realized that this refers to a snow plow rather than an agricultural plow :-)

From 2013 to 2015 you couldn't use auto wipers, pushing the button worked fine. Then they worked pretty much perfectly until a couple of releases ago. The most common issue is they do one wipe early in the morning, occasionally they do a few wipes, but it's not often. Once I had them start in...

Except for those pesky sharp rocks.

If it affects this or next quarter's profits, it's doubtful they will do more than virtue signal.

I'd hate to see their worst idea.

Agreed, but sometimes the local power grid goes down. Of course, gas cars can't get gas then either, but it's typically only a local outage so they can drive 50 miles or so and get gas. For EVs it can make you wait until the grid is restored because the distance vary from 100 to 200 miles...

The microphone industry has been 48 volts for decades.

Copper can corrode if subject to chemicals or pollution. Because the wire will be insulated, this shouldn't be an issue. I believe they are thinking of really thin copper wire, the wire in the CT will be thinner but not fine.

That would be great if it happens.

The inspection will likely be similar to state car inspections. Costly and not much value. Example: If there are four chargers and only one is working, that's still counts as up.

Agreed, but there would be eminent domain complaints (and lawsuits "the government it taking our land") plus NIMBY.

I'd rather wait until they have made 3K or more so the early items they didn't find out about in their testing are resolved. A bit over 3K was the number when I got the 2013 and it had most of the early improvements (such as the B battery) other than the defroster being passenger centric and the...

Tesla has had Foundation series in the past. The only difference is that in the past it was part of the reservation deposit, this time the announcement was after the first deliveries.

I'd liike to know how the tent deploys with the range extender. They are products that really should go together because some camping is done where there is no electricity available (e.g. the beach shown in the photo).

You can press the camera icon and get the large rear view camera, just the same as any other Tesla.

I believe he estimated a conservative distance his cars could go full throttle and not blow up.

Agreed, but I thought the weight savings he talked about was over the original prototype? I recall something like 25%.

We have Leaf too. The bird's eye camera is useless. The Tesla's backup camera is far more useful in parking. I've never used parking assistance because the Tesla is so easy to park.

My X was my house for about eight weeks during the remodel.

Usually the numbers are pretty close because the manufacturers run the EPA tests themselves. Only a few vehicles are actually tested by the EPA (unless that's changed).

Replace the rear window with a door, put in a small fan. Bob's your uncle.

And even if they do know, they might want some other Tesla for various reasons (size, ease of entry, etc.)

So will be be able to use our microphones requiring phantom power? For Karaoke if nothing else.

With a Tesla, you just set preconditioning and the snow is cleared off.

OR: What's the point of having a second childhood if you don't get toys to go with it?

Isn't it part of the battery management system for the LV battery? Also having a separate LV battery means that the power steering and brakes will work should the main pack shut down. The first Roadsters did not have an LV battery, but that was soon changed.

Yes, you're right. It's been several decades since I worked on this.

Either there is a difference in the test method, or the CT has a larger frontal area. Whether the wing mirrors are removed or not would make a big difference.

I have a car with bird's eye view. Pretty much unusable. On the two Teslas I've had I've always used the rear camera. It has worked great. I tell people that the Tesla is the easiest car to park. (Might be the second easiest if you also consider the DS-21).

Sure, if you have the equipment and the space to put the equipment, it won't be that hard, but many folks have neither.

In the early days of the Model S, there were no Superchargers (unless you happened to live in the part of California where the three Superchargers were installed).

Any new vehicle will have ramp issues. I think the jury is out on whether the stamped steel can provide more crash protection. It does certainly provide more protection against annoying dents. Also in many areas larger vehicles have issues with narrow roads and parking. Ideally the stainless...

4x for me. Camping not towing.

Agreed, but the vertical distance in the bed (from the current centre of gravity) is much smaller than the horizontal distance from the centre of the vehicle if the pack was in the under-the-bed compartment. (I'm thinking about ice days).

But it takes a month to get a Service Centre appointment in my area. So this is definitely "let's go camping next week" kind of thing. Also it's similar to deciding to go on a trip in a gas car. "Do I really want to spend the $300 on gas?".

I certainly hope that's true. On my most frequent trip, the five Superchargers were opened up in late 2014 (IIRC or maybe early 2015). One has been added since, and one has been upgraded (both in the past six months and both very welcome). To get to fifty miles between SCs, seven additional...

Only if the interstates are on the East and West Coasts.

This is why no one follows a pickup closely. Junk falling out of the truck happens all too often.

The closer the weight is to the centre of the vehicle, the better. The storage is way aft of the centre.

The can't see out the back is just silly. You can't see out the back of an X (at least the ones 2020+) as the factory tinting is too dark. I haven't used the rear view mirror since the 2013 S because the rear camera is so much better and has a much wider view than the silly mirror.

Isn't that what $TSLA is for?

Agreed, but based on the current rate, it will be many years before that happens in the Supercharger desert.

Agreed. But 500 miles without stopping is not the issue. The issues are that when there is 150-200 miles between SCs and the power is out in the area, you won't be able to make it to the next one L2s are few and far between in rural areas (This has actually happened to me three times). Also if...