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My 21 Model S was just recently hit hard in the rear while stopped at a (red) traffic light. The at fault party's insurance company has accepted full liability but is playing games with damage estimates. As usual with this company, a Tesla authorized repair center quotes X and this company...

My 21 Plaid was stopped at a light and a pick up truck hit the back of the car so hard it launched the Plaid across three lanes of perpendicular traffic landing it sideways in the forth. Luckily for my daughter driving the car that (1) it was a Model S and (2) no one "T boned" her as that would...

This thread is for the general discussion of the marketplace listing 23 Plaid with Accident Damage. Please add to the discussion here.

Tesla, if you are listening........... Skip to the end if you are not interested in details. I just had a brake upgrade done on my Model S. As part of the upgrade, Tesla had to replace several significant suspension components. I specifically asked them not to re-calibrate the ride height when...

I'm upgrading just under 10 KWdc of PV and would like to sell the components being replaced consisting of- 21 pcs Canadian Solar CS6X-305 21 Aurora Micro Inverters 1 Aurora CDD System commissioned Aug 2014 I have no idea what PV take offs are worth but will be reasonable. Components located...

This is a shout out to the most nerdy of my Tesla peeps. Florida is trying to nuke net metering (yea, I know. Instead of charging net metering customers for grid use and growing distrubuted production, FPL wants to force net metering customers back to FPL's primary mission of burning fossil...

Just got the update with Tidal and did a HiFi subscription. Choose a song and after about a minute the song will play for roughly four seconds. Wait another minute and get another four seconds. It sounds GREAT but I need a bit more than four seconds at a time. Does anyone have Tidal working...

Just starting the process of determining price and getting it cleaned up to take pictures. PM me if you want to see the MPVA (prefer not to post with all the personal info). Car will be available late December as we are taking delivery of the replacement MSLR. Special notes AP1, spring...

Just put my daughter on a plane to school and her Leaf needs to go. Reasonable condition likely needs tires and half shafts in the next 5-10k miles. $8k. Has fast DC charge option. Bill

West Palm Beach, FL area Prefer pick up but will ship - buyer pays shipping Please make me an offer. One rim shows significant rash

900 miles No rash West Palm Beach, FL area Will ship - buyer pays shipping $3,400 or better offer

The leading edge of my left front fender liner kept pushing back with wind speeds over 100 mph (here in S. FL we have hurricanes). There are vents on either side of the front bumper that channel air to the front tires. It is this source of air that was pushing the fender liner back on only one...

Changing my Plaid + to a Plaid order and am not really happy with Tesla's trade in offer so I'm checking interest on the forum.... P85D Jan 2015 delivery so it has the firmer suspension L upgrade which ended up being a change to a 90 (85 failed seal test before the upgrade could proceed) Red...

So I've gotten the call asking if I want a Plaid in place of (or in addition to) my Plaid+ reservation. I talked with Tesla before placing my P85D order to ensure I'd be happy with the suspension damping. My tastes run more to the BMW M series of firmness and I was assured by those doing the...

Quick question to new Model S owners. A friend picked up a Y and I had a chance to drive it a good bit the other day. The regenerative braking was stronger than my S and the Y will come to a full stop and engage hill hold automatically without having the touch the brake. Has Tesla implemented...

Just under 80K miles. Red/Red Roof/Black Sport Seats. Early production with Sport (stiff) suspension and Gen1 AP hardware. Aftermarket rims/tires/camber links. Service history- One rear motor replacement for crickets early on One battery replacement for bad contactor - upgraded from 85 to 90...

This latest update (new PM magnet motor in the front and improvements to the "adaptive" suspension) may being bringing in adaptive damping. IMO, Tesla has played fast and loose with the adaptive suspension stuff. To date, all cars have had fixed damping rates. I love my early P85D with...

Has anyone had a side impact that damaged the side intrusion extrusion beneath the left or right side rocker panel (beam that runs along the side of the battery beneath the two doors)? Tks, Bill

Its getting closer to time to replace the P85DL so I'm looking for gossip, inside info leaks and the like for things like refreshes, battery size increases and the like. The S is getting long in the tooth apart from the (very nice) constant improvements. It would seem it is about time for...

I've got a quick project that might best be served by an ATTiny. I've got no desire to get up to speed on Atmel tools so I thought I would troll for one of my fellow forum peeps that is already up to speed. Please let me know your thoughts. Application Ditching the engine driven hydraulic...

Michelin Launches New King of All Tires, the Pilot Sport 4 S

I'm getting a mind's eye picture of Tesla's thinking and it has caused me to speculate about the future of my AP1. I am beginning to think Tesla is starting to see AP1 as a liability. They do not need it to learn from. They do not need it to hype or sell cars. The only thing that can come...

My wife's car delivery has been pushed twice now. The current delivery promise on her MyTesla page is Oct 9th - 16th, presumably 2016 but I guess I should not take that for granted. It is possible that the car will arrive with AP2.0 hardware thus the inability to deliver it prior to the...

I'd like to stir some interest in removing all money from politics. Right, left or center, I can not imagine why anyone would want money competing with their vote and, in most cases, drowning the vote out. If you have a bit of spare time and want to help out, I'm looking for a scalable graphic...

Has anyone heard from inside Tesla or from Reyes as to why he departed so close to the M3 reveal?

I was hoping to find some P90D and DL owners interested in joining our CAN data logging thread. It would be nice to add data from the different battery. example of what we are doing #151

I was hoping there were a few Model X owners that would be interested in joining our data logging thread. It would be nice to compare some S with X data. example of what we are doing #151

I started this thread to put the hardware logging and graphical analysis stuff in one place. I will update the thread with drop box links to data as I collect it and welcome those that want to test and/or develop utilities to learn from collected data. Special thanks to WK for providing CAN...

I was very surprised to hear all the talk of Tesla's AP learning as it went along. Updating weekly. Neural network learning. And all the rest of the speculation that followed some of Elon's comments. My AP did not change appreciably from the original release. Where others saw learning and...

I saw a bunch of signature Xs being delivered out of the West Palm Beach Service Center. Any new owners care to trade a demo ride (my wife has one on order and we are curious)? I can provide a McLaren drive or some aerobatic flying in trade :) Bill

I took a small trip earlier this week which takes me by two SCs. The trip up was uneventful and I charged at both SCs using the second one about 20 miles from my destination as a destination charger. I drove home yesterday and had some very strange events. First, I left my destination with...

Is anyone doing a simple delivery tracking spread sheet on this forum ala the original Model S spread sheet? There are no demos yet in the local Service Center or Stores to look at. It would at least be nice to have an idea of how many are getting out the door (and, even better, an idea of...

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The more I chew on the whole P85D, L upgrade, P90DL and performance thing the more I'm under the impression that Tesla is entering yet more uncharted territory. I'm beginning to think that Tesla is defining impulse power from their packs now that they have motor(s) that way far exceed the packs...

Someone was asking about when we would see aftermarket "Tuners" hoping up the Model S. Here is how I responded. You capture a full car software update including inverter firmware update. Reverse the firmware update or otherwise hack it so that you can bypass Tesla's firmware validation...

Copied from another thread but I wanted to get my guess out there and hopefully add others' guesses as well to see who gets closest to the final dust settling result. I think the P90D was in the pipeline when Elon mentioned the OTA update that would provide performance not seen outside the...

Given Tesla's recent performance (over the last year) I'm a bit skeptical of the crowd sourcing improvement changes coming. Would members with with direct development/usage experience with crowd sourced big data chime in on the legitimacy of Tesla's claims? Bill

I'm looking for points that 99% of Tesla owners/fans can agree on. Please contribute. To date, Tesla has failed to- Tesla indicated AP features would be available soon. It is the one year anniversary of the P85D launch and AP has not been rolled out. edit Removed "P90DL quoted 1/4 mile...

This is a duplicate post but I thought it worth its own thread. Mods, please merge or delete if it has already been posted. I spent about an hour with my dog on my lap (sound asleep) watching this. It was worth every moment although the second half wearable stuff was a bit dry. Brains, Minds...

Perhaps the odds catch up to you from time to time when you use this approach. I'm thinking delays on autopilot, field ludicrous upgrades, Model X and the like. Adds Doug Field, vice president of engineering: “We take leaps of faith that are like jumping out of an airplane and designing and...

I've often defended Tesla from those that claim bait and switch and false advertising. To be perfectly clear, the following IS NOT either of those two. It does not even come close. However, To say I was impressed with Tesla when I got my first P85 would be an understatement. Until that...

Mods: Please roll this into any other existing thread on the technical side of the Powerwall discussion... So, The PW is a 350V-400V DC battery. Put differently, it is a 10KW-Hr version of the MS battery. This tells me that there are inverter companies out there working with Tesla to do 400V...

I'm likely a bit old for it myself but I wonder if there is going to be a correlation between Autopilot release and Randy(ism). How is the cop going to write that one up?

This is part of a response I posted in another thread. Given the interest in lowering MS, here is a very cost effective do it yourself approach. Oh, and here is mine lowered. 2015 P85D Quick search on McMaster for Ball Sockets McMaster-Carr Click on Gas Spring End fittings and brackets Add...

I was working on my web site the other day and found some data from a suspension lowering module I did for MB's active air. Like Tesla, MB uses Continental springs and potentiometers on all four wheels. New Page 1

We just upgraded our cable modem/router and the new router uses WPA2 security with a twenty digit security code. All my household items are transferred over and I've had numerous guests visit and get on the network without issue. There are no MAC blocking or other router based screens in place...

I just got back from looking at my P85D as it rolled off the delivery truck. One thing that struck me is a dramatic improvement in panel gap and fit. Whatever Tesla did on their latest line upgrade they definitely improved build quality. It was good before with a few issues (Frunk lid...

I'm trying to establish the value of an S85 that is three months old with 3500 miles on it (for an accident, not that I am trying to sell one). It would be helpful to know what Tesla gave those customers that had just taken delivery and then wanted to go P85D when it was announced. Can you...

Someone please grab a set of four drag radials, mount them on low mass rims, pull the traction fuse in the warm up box (then put it back in for the race) and do a 1/4 mile pass. Can you imagine the 60 foot times of a PD (not Dave) on warm drag radials :) :) :) And all without the slightest hint...

Zero 11.4 DS 2013 w/ 8K miles My 2015 Zero is on the way so it is time to sell my second Zero. The bike is clean, never been dropped nor has it been used off road. There is a streak of some sort that is cosmetic in nature on the right orange panel. I just washed the bike for the pictures...