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  1. Wingsy

    Mysterious Film on Tesla Windshields

    2019 Model 3: 2 windshields 2021 Model S Plaid: 3 windshields 2022 Model X: 1 windshield Every Tesla I've owned has this problem to some degree. My Model S is the worst. I've tried all kinds of cleaners. I've had a detail shop work on it for half a day. They even tried a ceramic coating on the...
  2. Wingsy

    My Service Story (not good)

    Since I am sure that Elon reads this forum every day I thought I would communicate with him here. To summarize: Tesla Service Needs Your Attention. A couple of updates ago when eye tracking was enabled, my Model S started falsely accusing me of not paying attention. After getting the threat to...
  3. Wingsy

    Elon Should Read This [defective Interior camera issue dinging impacting my safety score]

    It all started with a software update. The one that watches where your eyes are looking, and gives you a demerit if you take your eyes off the road for x seconds. If you get too many of these demerits then Tesla will take away your FSD. In my case I was getting dinged for not looking where I was...
  4. Wingsy

    Replaced Camera Now Things Don't Work

    I had the interior camera replaced, and from that moment things have gone from bad to worse. First, TACC and AP were not available. The info display had a static image of my car (looking at the left front of the car) and there were no visualizations of traffic, roads, etc. In reverse the screen...
  5. Wingsy

    10.12.2 Eye Tracking Shut Me Down

    This is the email I sent to Tesla EarlyAccess Program: ---------------- I installed 10.12.2 (2022.12.3.20) last night and went for my first drive today. Still NSFW (wife) but that’s another story. What is totally infuriating is that the internal camera kept zinging me for not watching the road...
  6. Wingsy

    My 10.11.2 Experience - Not So Good

    My first update since 2021! What took so long? They must have been hard at it making things better, right? Anyway, my first drive. Activated FSD at the end of the community driveway entering the main road. That turn onto the main road was nice and smooth. It didn't try to make a very sharp 90...
  7. Wingsy

    Falcon Max Open Height Not Being Saved

    From the owner's manual: "When Model X detects a low ceiling (for example, in a garage), it opens the falcon wing doors (and trunk) to a lower height, even if no obstacle is detected. You can override this height and open the doors higher by touching the associated door icon on the touchscreen...
  8. Wingsy

    My New Model X After 1400 Miles

    I had a 2019 Model 3 that I got in April 2019, then sold it and got a Model S Plaid in August 2021 (ordered Oct 2020), then got the Model X LR for my wife on Feb 24 this year (after being on order for 13 months). Nice ride. Smooth, stable and quiet. Quiet except for the cabin fan - when it revs...
  9. Wingsy

    FSD on MX Better than FSD on MS. Why??

    Model 3 in April 2019. Sold the M3 and got a MS Plaid in August 2021. Got a MX LR in March 2022. Just got back from a trip from NC to FL & back and I can tell ya, after 1400 miles in the MX the FSD on the MX is WAY better than FSD in my MS. I've had only ONE phantom braking event in all that...
  10. Wingsy

    Taking the Teslas For A Walk

  11. Wingsy

    Wall Connector to MS: 34 mph or 44 mph?

    I have an older wall connector, bought April 2019. It charges my Model S Plaid at 44 miles per charging hour. If I go look at the new Gen3 wall connector there is a chart that shows 34mph as the max charge rate for the MS (and 44 for the M3). Is this a misprint or did Tesla really lower the...
  12. Wingsy

    Map Gone With Controls Panel Open

    When I open the Controls panel the map becomes very dim and totally out of focus, to the point where it's impossible to discern anything. Please don't tell me it's always been this way, because it's so obvious that I'm positive I would have noticed. Would someone with a refreshed Model S please...
  13. Wingsy

    What 10.4 Does on Some of my Roads

    Collision alarm went off right here. Way over centerline, very gradual curve. Might have been the trash cans that did it but there were trash cans all up & down this road. Some a lot closer to the road than these 2. (The 2nd can is just off camera.) There were 5 different rural roads that I...
  14. Wingsy

    Plaid vs Mustang GT500 (Ha!)

    Driving on I-40 yesterday there was a Mustang ahead in the left lane. At an on-ramp another Mustang entered the highway. This was a GT500 with very loud mufflers. He pulled up along side the other Mustang and was bugging him to race. I guess the 1st Mustang declined since he didn't react. After...
  15. Wingsy

    "Report" button, acknowledgement?

    When I push the beta's "Report" button I see no feedback of any kind. No beep, no flash or blink, nothing. Is this normal?
  16. Wingsy

    Does a Refreshed Model X Dance?

    I have a Model X on order (ordered jan 27 within minutes of introduction), hopefully due any day now. But what I really want to know is, can the refreshed Model X dance? You know, flashing the lights, opening/closing doors, playing "Wizards of Winter" loud with the windows down... that stuff. If...
  17. Wingsy

    Where's My Energy Graph?

    I've used the energy graph in my Model 3 on several occasions and found it to be very useful. But on my new Model S it is nowhere to be found. At least, *I* can't find it. If anyone knows where it is, please help. I know there is a number on screen that shows total miles left in the battery...
  18. Wingsy

    Elon! Say Something!

    Elon! Say something about the attack on FSD by the NHTSA! Silence is anything but golden in this case.
  19. Wingsy

    Plaid+: Late 2021 or Summer 2022?

    I ordered a Plaid+ back in October, within minutes of the announcement that orders were being taken. At that time delivery was expected to be late 2021. And then, not long ago, delivery of the Plaid+ was pushed back to summer of 2022. Question is, is the summer 2022 for those people ordering a...
  20. Wingsy

    What App Is This?

  21. Wingsy

    PLAID Plate

    I'm ready for it! I put this on my truck which I seldom drive. When I get the new S I'll transfer the plates. I tried to get just "PLAID" but someone already got that back in July.
  22. Wingsy

    Most Significant Thing About 2020.36.3.1

    I went for a test drive last night after downloading 2020.36.3.1 and was pleasantly surprised at what they have done. Before this update my M3 would slow WAY down for curves and would do so well ahead of the curve. For example in a curve with a suggested speed of 30mph my M3 would slow to 23mph...
  23. Wingsy

    Unintended Stop Sign

    After update 2020.36.3.1 (9/9/20) my M3 stopped for this stop sign. Came to a dead stop about where that car in front of me is now, about 50ft beyond the sign. In case it's not clear, those stop signs are for the road joining the road I'm on now, not my road. Even prior to 36.3.1 I have...
  24. Wingsy

    Car Lurches While in Park (Not)

    Sitting in my M3 in the garage waiting for my daughter...took my foot off the brake and the car started lurching. Not going anywhere but rockin & rollin pretty good. After a few seconds it stopped, then a minute later it lurched one more time. So... we had a recent software upgrade so I...
  25. Wingsy

    Weak A/C in Model S Test Drive

    I test drove a Model S Performance the other day. Temp outside was 95. Air from the vents was just cool and it took nearly the full 15 minutes during the test drive to cool the inside of the car. Is this normal?
  26. Wingsy

    Model S In My Future, But Questions

    I own a Model 3 SR+ with FSD. This Jan or Feb I plan to get a Model S Performance... maybe even a Plaid. A few days ago I went to a Tesla store and test drove an S-P, but I went away with a couple of unanswered questions. 1. The dash display behind the steering wheel was too dim for my liking...
  27. Wingsy

    What Is Wrong With This Picture?

    And no, my foot is not on the GO pedal. There appears to be a few places near me where I can increase the speed beyond the 5+ over the posted limit. And I'm almost positive that it is intermittent in that sometimes I can and sometimes I can't (in the same place). Have you seen this too...
  28. Wingsy

    Vers 2020.4.1 Added This?

    Just after installing 4.1 I was driving down the interstate on AP, left lane. Ahead of me on the left shoulder was a construction pickup with orange lights above the cab, flashing. To my surprise my Model 3 (hardware vers 3) moved to the right side of my lane as I passed it then re-centered...
  29. Wingsy

    Cold Weather Range Reduction - This much?

    I was in Greensboro NC the other evening and needed to get to my sister's house (39 mi) and then home (38 mi). I had 70 miles showing as my range and the temp outside was upper 30's so I stopped at a supercharger before leaving GSO and charged to 120 miles. I figured that should get me the 77...
  30. Wingsy

    0-60 After Update 36.2.4 M3 SR+ 5.14sec

    Beats my previous car, a 400hp Charger (5.2)
  31. Wingsy

    Wheel Alignment, How Far Off is This?

    Can someone tell me just how bad this is? I went to my favorite tire place to have the tires rotated and they refused to do it. They said they don't have the jack needed to safely lift the thing, but they did tell me that my front tires are showing signs of scalloping (cupping) and I need to...
  32. Wingsy

    Dashcam - The Missing 3 Seconds

    I've complained about his before and I'm about to do it again... Here is a frame from the dashcam as I approach a turn lane: In this frame the car is starting to enter the turn lane. It is the last frame in a 1-minute clip. It gets almost half way into the turn lane and then swerves back...
  33. Wingsy

    Early Access Program Dead?

    Does anyone know if the early access program has been canned or will it be continued?
  34. Wingsy

    Phantom Braking Not Just Tesla - Everyone!

    Saw this on CBS news this morning. It seems that almost all cars with autonomous emergency braking are having their fair share of false alarms. (And not just Nissan either, although that is who CBS is raking over the coals this time. The list is long.) You might think that this would bring forth...
  35. Wingsy

    My Tesla M3 Wants Me To Buy A Tractor

    Just cruising down a rural road when I get another phantom braking event. I went back and repeated the drive through the area and got it again, same place. I drive this road from time to time and have never had unexplained braking in this area before. I went back again and made this movie of the...
  36. Wingsy

    Sun Washes Out Front Camera?

    Bottom image is pulling into a parking space at a McDonalds. Mid-day sun is hitting my windshield. Top image is after moving ahead a foot or so where the building is now blocking the sun. I just recently got my car back from the body shop where they replaced the windshield (among many other...
  37. Wingsy

    Record TouchScreen Video?

    I know there is no Tesla way of recording the touch screen display, but has anyone ever heard of a hack to enable this? I wish they would add a 5th channel to the 4 already being recorded by the dash cam so we can see a little of what the car was thinking when we push the capture button.
  38. Wingsy

    Hit a Few Plastic Barrels, Pay Half Your Car's Value

    Hit a few of these.... Pay This... The damage was an order of magnitude above the initial ins co estimate of around $3k. The car is in the shop now and I doubt if I'll ever see it again for the next few months. 213.5 hours of labor. Isn't that enough to make a new one?
  39. Wingsy

    Gaps In DashCam Video

    This has probably been mentioned before but I couldn't find it, so... The image on the left is the last frame in one 1-minute clip and the image on the right is the 1st frame in the subsequent clip. What happened between the two is that a car was passing me over a double-yellow line, and...
  40. Wingsy

    Automatic Emergency Braking Failure, the Movie

    This is the dash cam movie for the posting I made last week. I held off posting this until I heard back from Tesla, but it appears they don't want to talk to me about it. I'm posting this so everyone can see what happens if you rely too much on its collision avoidance software. It can fail you...
  41. Wingsy

    Spastic Ghosts

    My M3 went in for service the other day for a leak in the battery coolant line. They replaced a hose and a fitting and added 3 gallons of coolant. 2 days later when I get the car back I see this in the display. Erratic display of passing cars. I had a little of this before but now it's terrible...
  42. Wingsy

    Automatic Emergency Braking - Sometimes...maybe..it depends...etc

    Boy, Tesla sure tries to cover its rear end with this feature. The owners manual states in several places that it doesn't always work. It's like "yeah we have that, sometimes". I get phantom braking all the time. For no reason whatsoever. But yesterday, when this construction barrel appeared in...
  43. Wingsy

    Bluish Fluid Leak + Corrosion

    Bluish fluid leaking from under Model 3 (Delivered May 2019). I understand that this is battery coolant. The point of leakage is the center of car just rear of the front wheels. But that light brown stuff... what is that? It looks like corrosion that you might see when an AA size alkaline...
  44. Wingsy

    Tesla 3sr+ Acceleration

    A plot of acceleration vs time for my Model 3. I used the accelerometer on my iPhone as the data source. I held WOT until the speedometer read 60mph then released. I'm sure the reason the 0-60 time looks so slow is due to the lag in the digital speedo, but you may at least find it interesting as...
  45. Wingsy

    Phantom Braking Measured

    When I try to describe phantom braking I get a little frustrated with myself in not being able to find the words to describe just what it is that I feel when the car suddenly decelerates for no apparent reason. The graph above shows just what happens (TACC on, Autopilot off). The data was...
  46. Wingsy

    Human Brain vs TACC

    The other day my wife and I went to the store. We were on a rural road, wide and well marked. An oncoming car had slowed to a stop or nearly stopped. Then it turned left, crossed our path and entered a driveway. It was far enough away that had it stopped in the middle of my lane I would have had...
  47. Wingsy

    New Tesla Today! Q About On-Ramps

    Picked up my Tesla today. M3+ with full self driving. 80 miles to get home. Along the way I got off I-40 then got back on. I engaged autopilot at the start of the on-ramp. At the end, where the lane starts to narrow and I'm running over those big white arrows suggesting I merge left, autopilot...
  48. Wingsy

    Exactly how many miles driven per hour of charge?

    For a Model 3+ (being delivered next week), how many miles driven per hour of charge will I get from a wall charger wired into a 60A breaker? I've seen people say 44 and I've seen people say 32. What have you actually seen from your wall charger?
  49. Wingsy

    TACC On Mountain Roads

    Hello people. Just ordered my Model 3+ with FSD yesterday and this is my first question. And certainly not my last. My previous most favorite car was my Dodge Charger R/T with adaptive cruise. It's an outstanding ACC and much better than 3 other brands I recently tested when out shopping with...