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Just got the car back, they were nice about it and really tried to get me a loaner (which I did get) since there was obviously something else going on and it might be a while to debug. They said it turned out to be a faulty master charger controller. I believe I had the master charger replaced...

My late 2012 model P85 is having serious 12v issues. Was first replaced proactively at an annual service last year or year before, I forget. Went in for annual service this year late Jan, few weeks later get low 12v warning. Call Tesla, they say it's safe to drive and it warns a month early. I...

Status update on my LA -> SD -> LV -> LA trip this weekend. LA->SD (Fri 1/17): I stayed at Hotel La Jolla which had 2 blink chargers. I was charging at 10mi/hr and was able to get enough charge by the morning. Blink cost for me was $1/hr and the hotel valet rate was $14/day. Before arriving...

Thanks for the tip Mark! Very timely, I'll be heading to Vegas this weekend and it'll be my first time using the Barstow chargers.

Heading to Vegas this weekend for a bachelor party. This time I'm bringing the Tesla and will keep all your suggestions in mind and report back! I'm coming from SD instead of LA this time around. So my trip will be LA -> SD (overnight @ Hotel La Jolla) -> LV (weekend) -> LA.

ugh, I can't believe this is still happening. I feel like they should have done a recall if this was widespread and they knew what was causing it.

Yeah, the situation was a bit more complicated since we were also giving other people rides and we were all staying at a hotel off the strip. Didn't have much downtime as everyone also wanted to leave early Sunday morning to avoid traffic back to LA. Just wanted to minimize any timing drama...

Thanks for the info everyone. I ended up having the gf drive in her ICE. It sounds like not much has changed for charging options (few slots at Venetian). The SC rollout map looks like there'll be a SC installed at Vegas or at the border anytime now... For everyone that did the roundtrip...

Hi everyone, P85 here, what's the status of LA->Vegas. Is there still only a Barstow SC and scrounging around for some charge while in LV? Deciding between the ICE or the Tesla for this weekend and I'll only be there for one night.

I saw that and the hotel was booked when I was there, and was going to suggest it to the OP. However, looking at the Recargo comments, it seems these are actually non-existent as of Oct, so I didn't bother mentioning it. If anyone can confirm or deny the existence of the chargers at the Hyatt...

I was just there for a bike event last month. I drove up from Los Angeles and charged at Harris Ranch and Gilroy on the way up. Fremont was crowded with a queue of people waiting to charge so I skipped it. I hit traffic for the last 30mi or so on the way in. I kept track of the energy graph...

Thanks, I'll try that when I get home. I did try to push down, but obviously not hard enough with my pinky finger nail in that slot. I think my pinky is just a bit too big.

Which tabs and which way do I push?

I don't think there's a spring. Just a tiny bit of play, maybe a millimeter or so, not enough for tilting the battery. There's also electronics behind there it seems so I don't want to push too hard either. I tried sticking my pinky nail in that hole in the top to try and push down but...

Has anyone replaced their keyfob battery? I feel like an idiot since I can't figure out how to get the battery out of the holder. It seems the battery is held in by 3 fixed tabs that aren't movable. Help?

LOL! :scared:

Weird, I mostly contact the main sales guy there Ryan: [email protected] and have never had a problem. They also have a discount if you mention you saw them on the forums too.

Protective Film Solutions in Santa Ana! (http://www.protectivefilmsolutions.com/ I think they've been mentioned in a few other places on the forums.) I've had all my windows done and XPel Ultimate fully wrapped around the whole car. Looks great! They've done many Model S's already. Did 10+...

Yeah, but this is pretty bad either way. out of 7kWh I pulled an extra 4kWh! So some of that 4kWh was vampire and some of that was overhead of charging. I've gone through about 2MWh so far on my car and have had it for over 6 months. Assuming 3kWh (hypothetical, subtracting 1kWh from...

Sorry! Can the mods update the threat title to say "Trip meter kWh total not inclusive of vampire load"? I don't think I can edit it myself...

Trip meter kWh total not inclusive of vampire load (Apologies if this has been already mentioned, but I did quickly scanning through posts in this folder but didn't see anything pointing this out. Mods, feel free to move this to the lifetime kwh topic but I think that thread's just keeping...

My pedal placement has an offset and was delivered late last year. So I feel like they've been doing it for a while.

No carpool lanes on that stretch of the 10.

RE: gear/drone noise at highway speeds. Brought car into the service center for windshield replacement (FINALLY), and they also looked at the noise I get at highway speeds again since it wasn't fixed/diagnosed last time I brought it in around February. They isolated the noise to some kink? in...

Probably something along the lines of ownership experience associate/agent

Yep, good point. I basically buy it back based on how far out the option is and how much premium has eroded. The further out it is, and the more it has eroded, the more likely I'll buy it back. I have to balance it with the premium I'm burning from the newer less in the money calls.

Yep, this is the synthetic long we've been talking about. (I assume by "base" price you really mean "strike" price.)

Yep, same here, I've been rolling my calls up when they get deep in the money for exactly the reasoning you point out (they all initially started out as a synthetic long). I just leave the short puts alone. My plan is to use the profits as it comes back down (whenever that happens) to increase...

If you guys get this fixed at the service center, could you let me know how they fixed it? I brought it in a few months ago complaining about the wind noise at higher speed sounding like it was coming from the pano roof and took them on a drive and they said it was normal.

reviving this thread... just curious, anyone still waiting on a windshield? I am! :(

Within the day. Dropped it off in the morning, picked it up in the afternoon. Just a clarification if you haven't dealt with a service center, I'd call ahead to make an appointment first, not just go there and drop it off :). Or sometimes they'll have you swing by to take a look then put...

I had a similar issue a few months ago. I thought there was actually a crack in the pano roof. Turns out it was dried out excess sealant goop that was dragged by the roof. LA Service center is familiar with the issue and they basically cleaned out the sealant and put in new stuff so it no...

Yep, my P85 wasn't initially like this, but after the first 1K miles (I'm now at 4K miles), it started happening. Service center couldn't diagnose it when I checked back in February.

Don't treat options like leverage, you will get burned. Treat options as a way to achieve additional protection either through selling premium or limiting capital at risk for control of the equivalent amount of shares. (sorry, don't have time right now to do a writeup on options, but I'm sure...

What I'm doing is basically in lieu of stock, and has the exact same payoff profile except cost basis is adjusted downwards a bit. I like to write as much premium as possible generally so I wait for a pullback and write puts. On the other hand, when the stock runs up, I can buy back my puts if...

Yes, I'm basically ONLY in synthetic longs for now. Got a pair of Junes and picked up some Jans today. Except one tweak, it's really a synthetic long where I sell the put/buy the call at the same strike. You still get a good maybe 3 bucks off of the current stock price this way. I think this...

:biggrin: - that is all. Superwishful thinking... I wonder if folks trading this stock to buy a model S will create a positive feedback loop... ;) stock goes up, everyone buys model s, sales go up, stock goes up more, rinse repeat.

Maybe try some bike degreaser spray on a cloth and gently try to rub it off the headliner.

Just go to the local service center and they can install it for you and have extra screws. Or you can go and pick up the extra screws from them and install it yourself. You need a little drill to start a pilot hole through the nose cone though.

Called yesterday. Still a backlog of windshields. They're dealing with the stress crack cases first, so I'm at the back of the queue :(. On a brighter note, they redesigned the windshield and it should no longer have the distortion on the bottom.

I was in SB earlier this year, and as mentioned on another thread, the Rabobank in Goleta (Recargo app can show you the location) is a free Tesla 70A J1772 charger you can use for a quick boost. It's not too far from UCSB I think. (edit for street view link) You can see the charger here. It's...

whaaaaaaaaaaaaat, they've been telling me it's on backorder here in LA :(. Perhaps I'll call them up to check.

Do you feel strongly about that? I feel it'll probably go away as planned due to some level of saturation of EVs by then. But I won't complain if it gets extended :).

I did exactly this today at Protective Film Solutions down in Santa Ana. They did my full body Xpel Ultimate coverage and window tint a few months ago. Ryan at PFS used spare 3M vinyl wrap stuff to put the stickers on. Apparently the adhesive on that is a bit waffled so it comes off cleanly...

Thanks for the tip! I'll try this out, got nothing to lose!

How big was it on the hood? I recently learned about Hindu's putting swastikas on their new cars for some ritual. Google search turns up an article like this: http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Hinduism/2003/01/Photo-Essay-A-Puja-For-My-New-Car.aspx

Anyone got their windshield replaced recently? I've been told they currently don't have any spare windshields for replacement so I'm stuck unable to drive my Model S now. My crack (it was actually a result of a really bad rock scraping against the bottom edge of the glass) has grown a bit too...

Wait, you're not really D Grohl are you?????? But you do have a strong resemblance in your profile pic... hmmmm

Yeah, either cars not noticing bicycles or being agro towards bicycles in general :(. Like I said, this incident was a "right hook", morning daylight, clear bike lane. I'm guessing he/she was maybe in a morning rush and maybe did the (wrong) tradeoff between being on-time vs putting biker at risk.

Apparently my coworker riding on his bike was cut off (zoomed past, then right turn hook) by a Model S on the way to work today in Santa Monica :(. It just sounds really wrong that this happened! Standard car lane + bike lane street (Broadway Avenue + 20th). Just a PSA for us to remember that...