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Thanks. That's about 8 miles from my home. Might have to go take a look.

Where is that truck?

$776/3376 miles = $0.2298/mile. Thanks for posting your experience.

I love the ability to shift between R and D while parking or "un" parking, and I know the OM says it's ok and is permitted below 5mph. But lately I'm getting a very disturbing noise from somewhere in the left/front area of my 2019 Model 3 Perf when doing this maneuver. The sound is hard to...

Yes, I searched (maybe not well enough, just yell at me). My coolant level was below the line on the bottle when I bought the car years ago. Foolish me, I didn't bug the service center about it in the few visits I had with them. The level has not changed over years and I've not been able to...

I charged here on Saturday, 16 March. While the charging was fine, I didn't feel comfortable leaving my car to find a restroom. There were several sketchy looking gents just wandering around or laying on the walkway in front of the businesses.

When I've got to cut it close I always monitor the energy app: My experience is that it works really well and lets me know if I should slow down some. You mentioned that you were planning to limit the AC use. Slowing down a few mph will have a much greater impact. Also, check your tire...

Interesting discussion. I have a '19 M3P and my 50K ownership is showing about 260 whr/mi. Of course, when screaming on the freeway at 80+ mph it's considerably higher consumption. I've been thinking about getting the longest range version of the MS available, IIRC, that's around 400 miles...

I've had my M3P since Sept '20. Love it, love driving electric. And I don't mind the supercharging breaks on long trips. What is boring is that since most of our road trips are on i20 to same campground in North Carolina, I have to visit the same 5 or 6 stations on the trip. Some diversity...

I regularly see the Tesla mobile connectors for $150 on facebook marketplace. the Gen 1 is good for 40 amps, the Gen 2 is good for 32. Only rub is you'll need a NEMA 14-50 outlet but that's easy enough to install. My home charging setup is a Gen 1 mobile EVSE with a NEMA 14-50 in the ceiling...

Over the last two days I replaced the compliance arm bushings on my 2019 M3P. I ended up needing to pull the fender well covers so that made for easy access to the side cameras. I've had the glare issue discussed in this thread so I decided to tackle that while I was at it. Since I don't have...

Finally installed the Suspensia bushings. Pretty easy with a 20 ton shop press. Steering response is definitely better. Now to see if they hold up long term.

Last week I was exiting my neighborhood and making a gentle right hand turn with gentle acceleration - basically what I do every day. But on that day, I heard an abrupt, odd sound that I think came from the front - left area of the car. Not metal on metal, I really thought I'd had a front left...

Got the Suspensia bushings from RockAuto. I've not pulled the arms from my car so I can't compare them side by side, but I'll comment here on what I find. As another experiment, I'm considering filling the voids with JB Weld ...

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Thanks for the wisdom. All good points I'll admit. I'm good at replacing suspension bushings. Got good at it during my old BMW days. Plus I'm near retired so I've got the time. Rock Auto shows it as a "favorite" part, meaning they apparently sell a lot of them. As long as it's as good as...

2019 M3P, 70K miles. Never tracked, usually driven very mildly. I don't like the looks of the compression rod bushings. I'm considering trying the "Suspensia" brand from Rock Auto, a whopping $8.37 each. I could find only one mention of that brand on TMC - someone had used that brand on a...

I was there last week and I can confirm there are MagicDocks.

The new Texas electric vehicle tax of $200 goes into effect on 1 September. If your registration expires in Sept, Oct, and maybe Nov, then get your new sticker ASAP and you won't have to pay the extra $200 for this year. My sticker was set to expire in Sept '23. I got my new sticker last...

Is that supercharger stop at exactly the 180 mile mid-point in your trip? I'm betting "no", and the longer leg will dictate how fast you can drive for that portion. For the shorter leg, sure, drive as fast as you can get away with. I have a 940 mile one-way trip I make to a vacation spot...

I've had a 2019 M3P since September 2019. I've made a lot of trips from Fort Worth, TX, to North Carolina on i20. My experience is that the Tesla routing has improved a lot in the last 3 years. I don't just automatically trust it - I always do a quick sanity check if I know it's going to be...

(I do not currently own a Y but I am considering it ...) When backing a small trailer into a tight spot I like all the rear visibility I can get. Will the Model Y allow me to drive in reverse (with a trailer attached) with the hatch open? Thank you, Keith

Well I wasted some time searching around ye olde net and the consensus among the mom's basement experts and the some of the more academic types is that increasing automotive tire pressures does reduce energy consumption - yeah, duh, I know. But the point of diminishing returns is about 45psi...

Well, truth is I don't know. Hmmm .... my previous answer might not be totally correct.

If the tire is an "Extra-Load (XL)" load range tire, which the stock 18" tires are, then they meet the "Load Index" #98 rating of 1653 pounds load at inflation pressure of 42 psi (per info on this page from discount tire: Discount Tire | Tires and Wheels for Sale | Online & In-Person ). I read...

Yep, my car is a "full" Performance with the big red calipers. You can see a pic here: Some Sunday afternoon fun on the new toy Yes, gotta "shave" the calipers. The front calipers will clear but BARELY. The rears must be shaved some. I was at first concerned but apparently caliper "shaving"...

I put 18" Aeros on my 2019 Model 3 Performance back in 2020 when I got the car. Also been very happy with them. One thing to keep in mind - when you get them balanced, make sure the person doing the job knows to put any stick-on weights away from the caliper areas. Otherwise the weights might...

I remotely enabled the AC which allowed me to look into the intake vent after it opened and fortunately I barely have any debris on the coils. I assume my silly grill is doing its job. I've added a few pictures of my less than stellar installation.

I made it slightly oversized and it stays in place. Took some "cramming" to get it in place and it did scratch the plastic a wee bit. I also used some small gauge wire to tie it to the grill that's there already, but I doubt the wire was necessary. If I were you I'd just buy the one from...

Shortly after getting my Model 3 two years ago I fabricated my own air scoop grill using one of these rain-gutter covers from Home Depot: ( Amerimax Home Products Lock-In 3 ft. Black Metal Mesh Gutter Guard 6360X2 - The Home Depot ) I used thin cardboard to create a template then trimmed the...

I charged here last week with no issue, but I did notice that the cable plugs were missing the "center pins", highlighted in the pic. I checked EVERY station and all those center pins were missing. (arg, pic isn't posting for some reason)

The Ruston chargers work great. If you have pets, you can take them into the Petsense store there and use the restrooms! One odd thing, I think the parking lines in front of the stations are not really in the best spot. Something is off.

Before your next visit: https://www.rvautoparts.com/VS301-Fia-Bug-Screen--Front-End-Universal-20-Inches-Inches-Height-X_p_342927.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIm9veiL6u-QIVLgaICR0JaQ-SEAQYASABEgLoAPD_BwE I’d start with trying to find a vacuum cleaner attachment thin enough to get in there and remove...

While we're mentioning superchargers we'd like to have, I wish they'd put a V3 station at a better location in Shreveport, LA.

I like to cut through Alabama east of Meridian, MS, and charge in Montgomery. The last time I went that way the nav sent me to Cordele. From now on I bet it will send me through Albany.

Count me happy! That will make my trip from Fort Worth to visit my mom east of Tifton, Ga, easier and more direct than it is now. I do agree with an earlier comment about how handy it would be to have a supercharger station in Clayton, Ga. We travel to that area several times a year to escape...

Watching.

Update, got the same message as flapsfail about my car.

Same on my car. I'm getting "Driving visualization temporarily degraded" and "Automatic Emergency Braking is disabled". Started about two weeks ago and I could not engage cruise or autopilot. I did the two button reset (no luck), the service panel power off (it wouldn't power off), then the...

Hmmm. Mr. FalconFour, might a future firmware update “break” your adaptor harness?

SOLD

Full set of Model 3 wheels/tires/TPMS/aero covers taken from a 2020 AWD LR. Perfectly round, no plugs or patches, and perfectly balanced. Some curb rash and some wear points from always using the aero covers. About 4/32” tread depth. Note, these are NOT bluetooth TPMS. I actually used these...

They will fit if you "shave" the rear calipers. I did that on my 2019 M3P and I've been very happy with the 18" wheels/tires.

Agree with MorrisonHiker, V3 SCs don't share the total power with adjacent stalls. If working properly, you'll always get the full power available and not get annoyed when a newbie parks in the adjacent "sharing" stall.

Meh. Level 2 ....

I had the same problem, got seat sensor replaced at the service center. See attached.

I took my car to the Fort Worth, TX, service center last week to get an AC vent problem repaired. While there, they took another look at this "stuck on charging screen" issue and it's fixed now. Looks like a seat sensor was replaced, see below.

Too bad there's not a way to add a grease fitting.

My suspicion (and hope) is that here in the US, a Tesla branded, very expensive adapter will be required. That would slow wide adoption.