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  1. Vern Padgett

    Rats...[question on preventing rodent damage in model 3]

    What kind of snake? Gopher? Boa?
  2. Vern Padgett

    Rats...[question on preventing rodent damage in model 3]

    I've had my Model 3 outside for months now while the wife's Model S is in the garage. My last car, a 1987 Acura Integra, became a host for a gigantic rat colony while it was parked outside inactive for a couple years. Thanks to those who posted comments-- SMAIset and wws and 95 Gator-- love...
  3. Vern Padgett

    Supercharger - Rowland Heights, CA (LIVE 7 Nov 2020, 8 urban stalls)

    That is in our backyard. We may drive over tomorrow and charge for a few minutes to check it out. But no way that we would use it instead of our own outlets in our garage. We bought shares in the company way before the 5 to 1 split and I can't see us doing anything that would hurt our...
  4. Vern Padgett

    Hey Tesla, there is a need for that NEMA 14-30 adapter still!

    Time for a new circuit box? Are you running 100 amps?
  5. Vern Padgett

    Hey Tesla, there is a need for that NEMA 14-30 adapter still!

    What circuit box do you have? 100 amps? 200 amps? Maybe time to replace it?
  6. Vern Padgett

    Rattle in rear (Model 3)

    Other than taking it into Service you've got to have another person drive so you can crawl around in the back and find the source of the rattle (or drive while they do that). Have a few rags with you so you can stuff them in wherever you hear noise.
  7. Vern Padgett

    Least-used supercharger?

    Well yes and no. No because Duluth is on route into Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Not everyone knows about the UP. What a grand piece of America-- unspoiled and beautiful, or at least it was in the mid 1980s when I was last there (In Marquette at Northern Michigan University). I'd like to go...
  8. Vern Padgett

    Least-used supercharger?

    We'll have to check that out. Is it as good as Wickenburg Arizona? That was awesome. I can't think of a way that it could have been better. Have you been to that one?
  9. Vern Padgett

    Least-used supercharger?

    They do offer something in that direction at the design HQ, in Hawthorne California-- the big chart on the wall near the front door shows the most-used superchargers in the world--
  10. Vern Padgett

    Least-used supercharger?

    Sorry, I have confusement. WHICH 8-stall location would you use most???
  11. Vern Padgett

    Least-used supercharger?

    We've charged there a couple times and it's been half full. I remember talking to the family in the Model S next to us last time. That's the one in the same parking lot with the big Casino, right? For BerTX: I'm staying with my nomination of Shamrock Texas for least used. The Nevada ones have...
  12. Vern Padgett

    Rattle in rear (Model 3)

    I took the left rear seat down and had my daughter crawl under the back support cardboard to look and feel for anything rattling. She has a white 2018 Model 3. She couldn't find anything but she did stuff a rag into the area behind the left rear seat top and no more rattle! It makes such a...
  13. Vern Padgett

    Supercharger - Buena Park, CA (removed from car nav 31 Aug 2018 but still operational, 8 V2 stalls)

    So there are 24 superchargers at Buena Park (see Find Us | Tesla But it is not THIS Buena Park... I'll see if there is another thread for the OTHER Buena Park . Vern Edit a few minutes later YES there is ANOTHER Buena Park-- see Supercharger - Buena Park, CA - Beach Boulevard (LIVE 17 Jun...
  14. Vern Padgett

    Supercharger - Ehrenberg, AZ

    Lines at Quartzsite. My Goodness. We've been there 2 times, and of all the superchargers in the western United States, Quartzsite is by far the most pathetic. People line up to charge there? For reference, I'd say the best Tesla Supercharger Station in the Western United States is Wickenburg...
  15. Vern Padgett

    Obvious features/functions that weren't obvious to you

    Thanks-- Do you know how to turn the wipers OFF? Yesterday I sat with the sun in my eyes and the wipers going crazy swiping dirt back and forth for several minutes on a dry windshield, while I brought up the owner's manual and found the section on Wipers. Is there an OFF setting, or just Auto...
  16. Vern Padgett

    Obvious features/functions that weren't obvious to you

    My car is not easy to get into, and sometimes when I am in, it won't work until I unpack my backpack, find my wallet, take out the black card, and hold it over the center console. Our Model S is much easier to enter. Do you have a fix to make the 3 as easy as the S? Thanks -- Vern
  17. Vern Padgett

    Rattle in rear (Model 3)

    Buena Park or Costa Mesa?
  18. Vern Padgett

    Model 3 Rear Passenger Seats Rattling

    I've had my wife ride in the back seat for hours trying to find the source of the annoying rattling-- we decided it was due to the cheap ass cardboard construction of the panels in the back area-- Tesla is anyone reading this--- Pay over 52 THOUSAND for your car and it sounds like a CHEAP junker?
  19. Vern Padgett

    Model 3 Rear Passenger Seats Rattling

    Thanks to all-- the annoying rattling in my "new" Model 3 is so bad that I wonder if I can recommend this car to prospective car buyers-- Pay over 52 thousand for a car and have it sound like a cheap rattle-trap--
  20. Vern Padgett

    Tire Noise

    I've been reading up on the Bridgestone Turanza Quiettrack. Anyone have intel on those? dBA ratings would be a nice thing to know. I had the wife's S90D in for 3 year service and the tech recommended 3 new tires for $850. Car has 25,500 miles on it. Said the tread depth was down to 6/32"...
  21. Vern Padgett

    Salt and Now Oil

    Here is the article: How Electric Cars Can End The Age Of Oil Mar 25, 2019 Samieraa How Electric Cars Can End The Age Of Oil
  22. Vern Padgett

    Salt and Now Oil

    I read an essay about salt. The author said that salt was valuable in earlier days, but a technological advance (refrigeration) rendered salt less valuable, and now we get small packets of it for free at cheap food places. That author wrote that oil is the next salt. Should I sell my few...
  23. Vern Padgett

    "Car not Safe to Drive-- Pull over Safely"

    Thanks byeLT4. Kevin, the Service Manager, said that he had 20 years in automotive service, and sometimes these things happen! What could I say? That I was rebuilding water pumps before he was born? (Thinking of helping Dad rebuild the water pump on the 1941 Cadillac-- every 10,000 miles...
  24. Vern Padgett

    Changes in Service-- Should I take a refund on my prepaid Service Agreement?

    I picked up my Model 3 today from Buena Park Service. It needed a new motor after only 737 miles. I asked the Service Manager about bringing in our S90Ds for the 3-year services. He said that service had changed. On the way home I listened to Tesla Tidbits and to Elon Daily. I heard that...
  25. Vern Padgett

    "Car not Safe to Drive-- Pull over Safely"

    Thanks to all for comments. Car was ready yesterday. New drive unit in. Service manager Kevin said it happens sometimes.
  26. Vern Padgett

    "Car not Safe to Drive-- Pull over Safely"

    Had a text today that my car is ready for pickup. Tomorrow I'll find out if they fixed it, and fixed that annoying rattle from the right rear seat area. Thanks to all for comments. Nice that I had a spare S90D to drive during these 18 days without my new car (I turned down their offer of...
  27. Vern Padgett

    Tesla Superchargers are overwhelmed with Model 3s

    We drove 10 hours L.A. to Arroyo Grande and back today (we have traffic). Charged at SC Oxnard and SC Buellton. Neither was completely full, but both were nearly full, and both had half Model 3s. I saw a silver 3 with 19" wheels. So beautiful!
  28. Vern Padgett

    "Car not Safe to Drive-- Pull over Safely"

    Today I have a text from the Service Manager. He reported that the rear drive unit needed to be replaced! I texted back "OMG-- what is wrong with this car??" So what do you all think-- is this not like changing out the engine on a gas car???
  29. Vern Padgett

    Obvious features/functions that weren't obvious to you

    My wife was dumbfounded by the whole episode. I knew I had broken the law, but she did not. She had never heard of that law! She is a California girl completely.
  30. Vern Padgett

    Obvious features/functions that weren't obvious to you

    Randy you are completely right! While we were sitting 30 minute waiting for the Oklahoma Trooper to get out of his car, I watched the cars go by, expecting to see them in the right lane. NO! -- Not even one. They all moved over. Never possible here in California.
  31. Vern Padgett

    Obvious features/functions that weren't obvious to you

    That happened to me first time I used AP to change lanes. It was on I-40 in Oklahoma in July 2016. Car came back into right lane as we passed the trooper. He pulled us over miles later and gave us a $240 ticket. That was after he had us wait 30 minutes in the car, he in his car, probably...
  32. Vern Padgett

    "Car not Safe to Drive-- Pull over Safely"

    The tow truck hauled away my new Model 3 today. Only 737 miles. Error message said it would not drive. I called Tesla Roadside Assistance, and talked with Spencer, and he put me on hold and came back and said he had no idea what was wrong and would send a tow truck to haul it to Buena...
  33. Vern Padgett

    Tesla no longer matches Carmax on Tesla Trade-Ins?

    bsf29 tells the truth. Mattzilla, we had the same experience as you. In December I took delivery of my Model 3 Midrange. I've waited for that Blue Star since before Elon was with the company. Tesla offered me $49,700 for my Model S90D as trade-in. I e-mailed back and told them to keep the...
  34. Vern Padgett

    Model Y unveiling event 2019-03-14 (official thread)

    Thank you. I get it. Our Southern California Edison weekday rate is 45c a kW, but we charge our cars after 10 pm at 15c a kW. And we have never never heated the car before driving it. Cooled it, yes, but never heated it. Petrol is indeed cheap. It was $1.89 a gallon a few weeks ago in...
  35. Vern Padgett

    Model Y unveiling event 2019-03-14 (official thread)

    Yes, it is all about ride height. Americans are too fat to get in and out of sedans.
  36. Vern Padgett

    Model Y unveiling event 2019-03-14 (official thread)

    Agree totally. I never understood the whole SUV / Crossover / minivan / whatever appeal until I watched my wife's two obese friends get in and out of their giant pickup truck. Or my obese friend get in and out of the passenger seat of my Model S. He was so big that I had to buckle up his...
  37. Vern Padgett

    Model Y unveiling event 2019-03-14 (official thread)

    That is disturbing. What are you paying per kW to charge your Model S?
  38. Vern Padgett

    SCE Rate Plans changing 3/1/19?

    Very confusement. We received today a sheet from our new electricity provider, CPA Clean Power Alliance, stating that they would pay us for any overage above $100, and to roll over lesser amounts to next year's bill. What is going on in the Think Tanks at SCE? Switching from 45c a kW at 8 am...
  39. Vern Padgett

    SCE Rate Plans changing 3/1/19?

    Are you with Southern Calif Edison? Or DWP? or What?
  40. Vern Padgett

    Any advise on purchasing a used Tesla from the experts;-)

    Wow that looks good. I'd buy that myself if I wasn't trying to sell one. --Vern
  41. Vern Padgett

    Any advise on purchasing a used Tesla from the experts;-)

    Red Loubs & Wine, check out my S90D, 2016, new front end, 13,957 miles, free supercharging forever, $58,000. Actual leather seats. Model S / 2016 / Silver - 1abda | Only Used Tesla I'm selling it because I now have the Model 3 I've been waiting for since before Elon was with Tesla (really)...
  42. Vern Padgett

    Fully Loaded, Custom Ordered 2017 90D for Sale - $82,000

    I'm selling my silver 2016 new fascia S90D for 58,000. See the ad at www.onlyusedtesla.com L.A. area. Near-mint condition. Mileage is 13,957. Battery charges to 277 miles. Free supercharging forever goes with the car. I priced it at mid-range Kelly Blue Book. Price is, indeed, what the...
  43. Vern Padgett

    General chit-chat in "For Sale" threads

    Prescient comments, Yoda Man 79. I am selling a not quite 3-year old Model S90D, and am resigned to accepting 10s of thousands of dollars of loss. -- Vern See my car at www. only used Teslas . com
  44. Vern Padgett

    Unspoken Rules for Posting a Tesla For Sale on TMC

    Too funny. And add "Ping me off-line" without any clue as to what that means.
  45. Vern Padgett

    Supercharger - Rancho Cucamonga, CA (12 V2 stalls)

    What a miserable experience this afternoon at the Rancho Cucamonga Supercharger. What is it, a parking lot for dead Tesla owners? Sat in line behind 6 other cars for 30 to 45 min, with only 2 or 3 stalls apparently active. Big sign said "See Parking Lot Attendant." We saw a tall Asian girl...
  46. Vern Padgett

    Supercharger - San Clemente, CA (LIVE 18 Nov 2017, 49 V3 stalls)

    Gaswalla, it could not have been worse than our experience today at Rancho Cucamonga! 6 cars waiting, and when we finally plugged in, only 27 kw charge rate! 12 stalls with Teslas, half Model 3s, but only 3 or 4 stalls seemed to be in use-- the rest were parking spots as far as I could tell...
  47. Vern Padgett

    For discussing the issue of locals charging at California Superchargers

    Has the SLC squatting/parking problem been eliminated because of the idle fees?
  48. Vern Padgett

    For discussing the issue of locals charging at California Superchargers

    Speaking of all those Model 3s, my daughter has one that looks just like yours and she lives in Long Beach! Except she has the stock 18" wheels with the black plastic covers. Looks good with the white paint! -- Vern
  49. Vern Padgett

    how to best sell my Model S

    I went to Carmax, and they were 14 thousand under the middle Kelly Blue Book value. I'll sell it myself.