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  1. Akikiki

    Superchargers in Hawaii (location speculation, general discussion)

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  2. Akikiki

    Cars and Coffee Hawaii

    @chadconway , was our pleasure. Great looking Roadster too. Thanks for bringing it. We hope to see you again.
  3. Akikiki

    Supercharger - Kaneohe, HI - Kaneohe Bayview Golf Course

    Today's pictures. Not much as changed of late.
  4. Akikiki

    Supercharger - Kaneohe, HI - Kaneohe Bayview Golf Course

    You are probably right about the amount of solar not being enough. I just glanced around the buildings when I was visiting. Its a busy (golf) place. Besides the golf course, they have zip line, driving range, miniature golf and a parttime open cafe. I think there may also be some other small...
  5. Akikiki

    Supercharger - Kaneohe, HI - Kaneohe Bayview Golf Course

    The property owner has several buildings there on the property. All have solar on them. Good chance he's also going to power the Supercharger site from his own solar array. We see Kahala Hotel installing Superchargers, and I would suspect they are getting a cut of the proceeds from this...
  6. Akikiki

    Supercharger - Honolulu, HI - Kahala Resort (12 stalls)

    Interesting times, eh? We went from being the least populated Supercharger state to probably most expensive to charge state in 1 day difference.
  7. Akikiki

    Supercharger - Honolulu, HI - Kahala Resort (12 stalls)

    I don't understand your "likely valet only parking situation" question. Sorry. We don't know any newer than what the sign on Post 15 of this thread says. If you scroll back and look you will see that their sign says 4 hours free with validation. So, a Supercharging session would be well under...
  8. Akikiki

    Supercharger - Honolulu, HI - Kahala Resort (12 stalls)

    Today's rumor ref: Kahala Superchargers: Word is the Superchargers at Kahala Hotel will open effective 27 Feb 24. Looking forward to some local folks visiting and reporting their experiences.
  9. Akikiki

    I retrofit MCU2, IC2, Tuner2, and FSD Computer into my HW2.0 Car

    As well as you may be putting your friend's job with Tesla at risk asking him to do something like that.
  10. Akikiki

    I retrofit MCU2, IC2, Tuner2, and FSD Computer into my HW2.0 Car

    Sorry to burst your bubble. I was the first to put a FM radio module in a MCU2 model S. I working with a TMC poster installed a Model 3 FM radio on my S with MCU2 6 months before Tesla agreed to offer the radio with MCU2 upgrade. It took a couple of weeks to gather and figure stuff out. During...
  11. Akikiki

    Supercharger - Kaneohe, HI - Kaneohe Bayview Golf Course

    @Big Earl, This Bud's for YOU. 'er - pictures I mean. I knew you would ask and we like to deliver when we possibly can. I drove by today and collected these two. Does not look like much, but its a start. View from the street, and view from what looks like most likely place. It appears from...
  12. Akikiki

    Supercharger - Aiea, HI (6 stalls)

    Yes, you are right. That's where I looked. And you are right about no permits where we can see them for the 6 stall location. Happy to have done it/tried to do it. If you want, I can go by there again as needed. Its a pleasant drive.
  13. Akikiki

    Supercharger - Aiea, HI (6 stalls)

    Well, I am stumped. I drove to the building, the parking structure here 3+ years ago the fold-up sign was posted at the entrance stating the Superchargers would be installed there. There's nothing there. No signage, no construction, no hint of pending construction. I drove around the outside...
  14. Akikiki

    Supercharger - Aiea, HI (6 stalls)

    Since this is a different post, in a different thread, I will update it. I will drive over there tomorrow and get some pictures.
  15. Akikiki

    Superchargers in Hawaii (location speculation, general discussion)

    @Mrbrock , good questions. let's use this picture above since its already posted. The orange pin showing represents where the current 6 stall Supercharger is. Its right at the back corner of the closed Sears building. That's a covered parking lot. The second level is also parking and is...
  16. Akikiki

    Superchargers in Hawaii (location speculation, general discussion)

    Yes, that's what I am saying. I didn't take picture the time I visited the site 2+ years ago. All that was there was a poster. They had not even started tearing up concrete. I hope my message was clear. Based on that sign picture you posted, we believe the count of 32 represents 12 at...
  17. Akikiki

    Superchargers in Hawaii (location speculation, general discussion)

    Good catch. And thanks for posting that picture so more people can see it. "We" talk to the Supercharger Team as often as they will talk to us/share with us. Pretty tight lipped about specific plans. BUT we do know this. 12 Superchargers and the 8 destination chargers are "in progress" at...
  18. Akikiki

    Supercharger - Kaneohe, HI - Kaneohe Bayview Golf Course

    I was just over at that address this week. Bay View Gold Course (Par 3). Talked to the golf course manager. No signs to indicate exactly where the Superchargers would be located. I do think its going to be a great location for Superchargers. Next closest will be 16 miles away at Pearlridge...
  19. Akikiki

    2020 Model S radar detector mirror tap - switched power

    Its Not switched power. Its always on. You can reach out to him via his teslatap.com web site to get another opinion. I sourced the plastic connector on industrial electrical sites to find the connectors first. But he made the cable you see.
  20. Akikiki

    Key fob battery low message won’t go away

    Thank you for reminding us. Even though it should be easy to remember, - well - we don't. Surely helps to be reminded it usually pays off.
  21. Akikiki

    Self Built Spare Tire Compartment

    Hi. Can you post a link to the tire and company on Amazon that you purchased yours from, please?
  22. Akikiki

    Key Fob Battery Low Warning - please help

    Fob firmware updates are rare, and I think most of those times, they go unnoticed because people often put the fob in the cup holder area anyway. (That's where Tesla said the fob should be when getting a firmware update. I am only guessing that's what yours got, because you said you...
  23. Akikiki

    Key Fob Battery Low Warning - please help

    @Phil Stasik, That was an excellent post. Thank you in behalf. I don't have 2020, must ask. You can add/remove the fob on a 2020 S? I thought that started with 2021> Good to know. I see on your post that you rebooted (#5) after you added it back. I believe it would have cleared the...
  24. Akikiki

    Current owners of 40 kWh configuration

    @Rocky_H, I now, think you are right about a smaller amount for a while. Then we didn't hear anything for a long time. I think aged memory is catching up with me.
  25. Akikiki

    Current owners of 40 kWh configuration

    Could be. Sounds some what like MCU2. MCU2 says processor is Atom, not Tegra. LTE came out in new cars in April 2015. So, they have had 8 1/2 years to have done that by itself. Especially considering 3G was turned off by at&t almost 4 years ago. (Feb 2020, if I recall correctly).
  26. Akikiki

    Current owners of 40 kWh configuration

    New Subject, Look on your screen under Software, and pull up the properties of your car - the MCU. You will breath fresh life into your car with a MCU upgrade to MCU2. I am guessing, but I suspect yours is still MCU1. If I had your car, and was considering spending $2500-3000 on it, I would...
  27. Akikiki

    Current owners of 40 kWh configuration

    I don't know how best to pursue this. We almost never hear of upper management above the SCs, but I think that's who you need. If you can, I'd visit more than one SC. Maybe you will get a different answer. And might as well as for free Supercharging. I mean, would, they want to sell you...
  28. Akikiki

    Current owners of 40 kWh configuration

    Congratulations on the Tesla. Good. Might be useful to you to spend some time here on TMC searching for 40 kWh threads. I think you will find some useful info. When the 40 was new Tesla told owners they could unlock from 40 to 60 for $10,000. This worked/was true for several years. Some time...
  29. Akikiki

    Key fob battery low message won’t go away

    Yes. The car doesn't "see" any trigger unless you can so-to-speak make it recognize something. I tried updating/saving a profile, but that didn't trigger a response. I also went through the menu and performed a SHUTDOWN. And I sat in the car for a good two minutes before pressing the brake...
  30. Akikiki

    How to get crumbs out of my ventilated seats? Dyson vacuum not doing the job

    All this just to get crumbs out of the seats? Actually there's a better way that is "EM sanctioned" You can take your car in and request the "rotisserie service". When not barbecuing ICE dealership owners, they use the rotisserie to shake crumbs out of seats and credit cards or parking passes...
  31. Akikiki

    Model S Door Assembly Removal and Reinstall Tip or Two

    Passenger door handle stopped presenting. I bought the kit on Amazon (paddle gear and two micro switch harness) and later bought a used door assembly on eBay and that fixed it. But here's my suggestions if you are going to do this. Its not hard. Watch videos to gain insight. I watched several...
  32. Akikiki

    Return of the Yellow Border

    I owed an update about this. Bottom line: Worked. Made a big different. Screen looks brand new. Well worth twice/thrice the cost of the lamp. I bought two of the lamps that show in the Teslatap.com article. I want to make sure its understood. I left these lamps plugged in and 4" from the...
  33. Akikiki

    Model S Handle update to 2.1

    What calibration is required for replacement handles? Here's an idea that I hope everyone finds useful. I was watching Rich Rebuilds handle removal video. There's a part where he uses the window switch to move the glass up and down to access bolts and get the handle out. He plugged the...
  34. Akikiki

    Key fob battery low message won’t go away

    I can't simply let that go without my two cents. I have to first ask, have you looked in the manual? You didn't say you did. I will admit, I already know this (from reading one of the previous versions of the manual for my car), so I am not going to look at a more recent version to see if it...
  35. Akikiki

    Return of the Yellow Border

    Me. er. Me too. I was one of the first to get MCU2 - that was Mar '20. And yes, the yellow border has returned on mine too. I reached out to my bud, Teslatap and he has some experience with this. He fixed his and can fix it again if needed. And he did it for just a little more than $20...
  36. Akikiki

    2020 Model S radar detector mirror tap - switched power

    Hi, based solely on your number of posts, I am guess you recently go your S. I'd like to introduce you to one of the best sources of Tesla info around. Can cost you ZERO. My bud, Teslatap maintains a portal with bushels and pecks full of Tesla info. Look around when you have time. In the...
  37. Akikiki

    Supercharger - Lanaʻi City, Lanaʻi, HI (4 stalls + 36 wall connectors)

    @MagicDave , Excellent report. This is first insightful explanation of assets there since we here first hear the Superchargers were going to be installed. Thanks very much.
  38. Akikiki

    Power Trunk Retrofit on Current 3s

    Cost? Price?
  39. Akikiki

    Key Fob Battery Low Warning - please help

    If I were in your shoes, since this is odd behavior, I would sit in my car with both fobs and swap the batteries between both fobs. To me that's a simple test of the fob (which likely has no problem) and test that new battery. I like and agree with what @doghousePVD , regarding knockoffs. I...
  40. Akikiki

    Key Fob Battery Low Warning - please help

    Yeah. In case this has not been covered recently, last time we went through this, the trick is - both fobs. Move both fobs into the car at the same time. (Useful to change both batteries at the same time, but not required.) With both fobs in the car at the same time, within a minute or so...
  41. Akikiki

    Supercharger - Kaneohe, HI - Kaneohe Bayview Golf Course

    P.S. Too late to fix it myself. But "my projects" should read "any projects".
  42. Akikiki

    Supercharger - Kaneohe, HI - Kaneohe Bayview Golf Course

    @TerranApart , The Honolulu C&C Dept of Plans and Permitting has had some serious scandals over the past couple of years. It literally stopped forward motion on my large projects. The Superchargers and DCFC likely were impacted. While not specifically not named, those projects were likely...
  43. Akikiki

    Wiki Consolidated eMMC Thread (MCU repair) (Black Center Screen)

    Accepting the quote is just that - a quote. You've not committed to the work until you sign for the work. Besides, I doubt any tech wants to become famous for voiding all common sense and installing a MCU1 eMMC update daughterboard and reinstalling a MCU1 after removing a MCU2 unit. (He would...
  44. Akikiki

    Wiki Consolidated eMMC Thread (MCU repair) (Black Center Screen)

    @OK-S , yep, @Krash is dead on right. Their records simply don't know your car now as MCU2, Just decline the offer. And if they started working on it, before they even did anything, they would notice its not needed.
  45. Akikiki

    Georgia power super off-peak charging rate 1.4 cents/KwH

    I agree with @SigRed12 I can share you excitement by such a great deal, but I doubt many will benefit from your comment, unless they are looking under her for information like that. You are officially encouraged to create a new thread and brag about your deal so others will benefit from it...
  46. Akikiki

    I retrofit MCU2, IC2, Tuner2, and FSD Computer into my HW2.0 Car

    @KyleDay, Kyle Day You DA MAN. Always been DA MAN. And still DA MAN. I can't guess where we wouldn't be without you. Good to see a comment from you.
  47. Akikiki

    Faster A/C charging?

    Ahhh, I had not thought of those explanations. I guess, and I guess, I guess wrong, 'cause I thought it meant: OBC = Overtaken By Comments.
  48. Akikiki

    Superchargers in Hawaii (location speculation, general discussion)

    Thanks. Interesting. From Google Maps it looks like that is a residential high rise that's adding owner/resident charging. Gonna make a leap here. Likely not going to be public charging. It may help in a small manner by taking moving some cars currently publicly charging to private access...
  49. Akikiki

    Current owners of 40 kWh configuration

    You might be able to get your 40 upgraded to a 60 - for free. I encourage you to drive to your SC and ask. You have a rare one there. Do you charge to 100%? Its okay to do so, and does not harm the battery. You might find it interesting. From early Jan '13 to April '13, there were about 400...
  50. Akikiki

    M3 Parking Brake makes loud sound when sitting all night [Update: normal if parked and rotors wet]

    Nothing wrong with your car or the e-brake. Its oxidation that occurs between pads and rotor. A slight coat or rust creeps up because "ya rode 'em and put him up wet" as we used to say about a good horse. Common occurrence. Likely to happen again. Just truck on.