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I'm with GIO who said that the glass roof of a Model 3 is covered by the policy. However, I had to email and ring them and request a definitive statement because the wording was not sufficiently clear (to my mind) on the policy document.

200 Euros per annum which is about AU$320 per annum [plus currency fees] for a lot less than my $120 gets me. I'm happy with the 10 bucks per month.

Here's a comparison. My Renault Zoe is approaching 6yrs old and we still like it very much- particularly for around town. Battery SOH 90%. It has an embedded SIM and modem etc and has OTA updates and some other things like email and weather access, congestion routing, TomTom live services et...

This might not be useful info. But, last year I bought the two roof shades from Tesla and they stated they were for a date range that definitely did not match mine (mine is Sept 21 and the stated compatibility was only to 2020). But they fitted perfectly. Here is the thread leading up to my...

I'd photo them and send to the Council. They have a head ranger guy who is sympathetic to EVs and WILL chase them down or drop by a few times at suggested times to try and deter them. The utes/trucks should not be able to identify you as the dobber.

Recently I've tried for a Jolt charger a few times when going shopping but always someone there and sometimes someone waiting. Totally different from a year ago. So it is probably a mixture of so many people getting freebies (just look at all the posts in this thread about getting 6.9999999kwhrs...

On top of that, their Hydrogen Combustion Engine is somewhat of a no-goer as well. 'Though even more so. Problems with poor efficiency and the amount of H2 you need to lug around to make a car viable plus the cost of Hydrogen and transportation of same. Plus all the usual moving parts of ICEs.

Maybe-> see the fine print "Availability unknown in Australia"

I've seen heaps of them. However they only appear when I am navigating a route. I have 2024.8.7

No, my phone has not come off the wireless charger and probably only would if the car rolled whereupon there would be worse issues at play. I will not be pushing buttons or icons on my phone when it is sitting on the pad and I am driving. You are entitled to your conclusion that this would be...

Hm, maybe. The phone is loose (sitting on the pad) so I thought that might not comply if I touched the screen. I've seen it described as a wireless charging pad but have not seen it described as a "Tesla Phone Holder". Transport NSW website says: "Mobile phones can be a dangerous distraction...

The build quality was a valid complaint for earlier Teslas coming out of Fremont. However, people have been very happy with the build and assembly quality out of Shanghai. I must be too old because I listened to your audio and could not hear the whistle! It'll be interesting to see if other Y...

Weird! In 31 months of ownership I have not had this occur even once where I believe it was caused by the car. We had OnePlus3 and Oneplus6 phones for a couple of years and zero requests for the key. HOWEVER for the past 6 months I have had a Google Pixel 7A phone and perhaps 8 times I have had...

I can't find any Tesla voice command (tried "answer call", "answer phone"). But it is a good idea to try Google answering the call. I think "Answer Call" might work in Google Assistant. Given (if she is there) my wife can answer a Signal call on my phone and the audio goes okay via the car...

I was in Canberra year before last in the dead of winter. Temperature inside the car was -8degC. Car was absolutely covered in frost- you could not see anything through the windows. Daughter in law's Holden was sitting near the Tesla and in the same state. I started the car defrost from my...

My family used Signal for messaging, phone calls and video calling. If my phone is connected to the car via Bluetooth and I get a regular call or SMS, all is good. I can answer calls using the left wheel button or the onscreen green and red buttons. However, incoming Signal calls ring through...

I drove Sydney Northern Beaches to Canberra (325km) Friday afternoon in the horrendous weather. So it was a good chance to test 2024.8.7 which I received the night before. I really needed well functioning wipers and I'm pleased to report that (at least for me) they were the best they have been...

Just returned from Sydney-Canberra-Sydney. Site reported up all the time so no issues. Checked Telstra signal there and environs and it is good. Just missed getting a photo of 6 white Model 3s charging today. Just got the door of the cafe open and one left. Each of my two visits last few days...

Strange. I've been with Chargefox for over 3 yrs, have an RFID card and signed up with NRMA on their App and with my paid account etc. I have the latest Chargefox App. But it shows neither Bathurst nor Lithgow. Goulburn is still there along with the 10% NRMA discount. So this seems rather...

Interesting to see the two Toyota Lexus EVs in this UK range and efficiency test of 12 EVs on a controlled circuit. Worst range and worst efficiency. High price.

Sounds like comms. My phone App shows it now is up. I have a Telstra SIM so will have a look at LTE strength tomorrow (also on the car). I'm glad the superchargers there are proving to be just as reliable as other ones albeit with a bit of false reporting.

Yep, will definitely be trying that. Given the report a few days ago, it might be a problem of reporting "down" but actually being "up". I'll report back in a couple of days (if it still says down but is really up) Might or might not try the 0% SOC. We'll see.

I'm hoping the auto wipers are better- planning a 300+ kms trip tomorrow through the predicted 300mm deluges. Maybe I should also take the Zodiac on the roof.....

2024.8.7 also downloading for me.

Yes, realise that but I DO want my pies (for offspring in Cbr/Qbn) and coffee! Plus I have Supercharger credits expiring next month.......

Arghh! Exeter has been down a couple of times recently. I was just entering a route Sydney/Canberra and the car says Exeter is again out of action with no ETA on a fix. Does anyone know what is going wrong with the site and what is the prognosis? I had been planning on leaving with 80% and...

Have you tried cleaning the cameras?

Not sure why you say "their proprietary data". Have you had a problem with their behaviour and your data? Certainly there is 6yrs of my solar data on their site and I'm happy for it to be there. I can also allow anonymised access to it (for instance on my website) if I want. Sometimes useful...

Mine are also right on the Coast. I saw the actual MTBF figures for Enphase Micros (they have sold many millions) and they are very, very impressive. I have also bought some old M-series ones and used them for an offgrid project. I tried to pull one apart for interest. They are fully potted...

Certainly not needed for 25kW DC charging. It used to be very frustrating at JOLT chargers when the car (LR in my case) was sucking 6.6kW to unnecessarily heat the battery. They fixed that with a software update last year so now there is no heating or preconditioning for 25kW chargers even in...

I believe that Enphase Microinverters have been more reliable than string inverters for years. I've had Enphase for 6 years and no problems- not that this means anything in particular as 6yrs is not that long. As paulp said, there was another brand though they were strictly Optimisers rather...

I have 2024.2.7. Yesterday I built a route with an Evie charger as the first waypoint. I started moving and the display was saying that preconditioning was happening. I did not complete the trip as it was just a test, but I think preconditioning with selected third party chargers is now here!

Yes, on my M3LR for quite some time and works fine. I have Premium Connectivity but even with that, you can only watch a few minutes of video at a time and there seems to be a daily quota (or seemed to be last time I looked). That could/would relate to the upload and download quantities in the...

I concur. Today, I was in a downpour and the auto wipers were yet again hopeless/dangerous. Saying "Wipers maximum" got me out of bother and max speed was able to cope whereas the auto setting would not go faster than intermittent wiping.

Zero strikes and always on Sport

Aha, thanks for that useful information. It does seem a very sensible way to do it and presumably therefore highly automated as to which third party chargers are considered acceptable to the Tesla Nav.

My query relates to Plugshare. Is that where Tesla gets the charging data? In Europe I thought third party providers (who wanted to be included in Tesla Nav) had to regularly log the data to Tesla as part of their submissions to be included in Tesla Nav. Is that how it works? Would NRMA and...

I really do not know. Others might have more insights.

I had a quick look at Plugshare for Narrabri and from my casual look, it does not look as if there have been enough Tesla sessions. Of course, not everyone puts their sessions into PlugShare. Still, it's a plausible explanation. Of course, if not in the Nav they may be less likely to be used...

Diagnosed & repaired aircons, replaced compressors, replaced accumulators, replaced evaporators, regassed, repaired air movement motors, replaced sensors, repaired flaps and so on

I've worked on the aircon in my last 8 ICE cars (all European). Although I acknowledge that one COULD use the heater in this way and maybe early Teslas did this, it sounds rather inefficient. None of mine has used the heater in this way. To maintain temperatures less than ambient, they have...

I am delighted with the battery on my MIC 3LR. 28 months old, 20,000kms, capacity lost 1.6kwhrs from 74.5kwhrs, 97.8% SOH. 78% AC charging so far. Our 2018 Renault Zoe has averaged 2% drop of SOH per year and is at 90% (from an initial 101%) after 5.5yrs and 30,000kms. Cars only go to 100%...

Now you have done this, does it work? What can you now do? $110 and a bit of work seems an excellent price.

I was reasonably happy with auto wipe before the holiday update. Let's say 8/10. The very occasional dry wipe when the sun was at certain acute angles. Then the holiday update and I found I was forever pressing the stalk for manual wipe, much like the experience of a number of others earlier in...

Wow! So many cars do not have a manual handbrake any more. My 2012 Peugeot 508GT (ICE) was the same. Incredible that the testing authorities are so behind the times.

Absolutely true. In my 59 years of driving, I've always had Euro cars. While still working, I travelled the world (inc 104 trips to the US) and so nearly always had cars with indicator stalk on the left. I did drive heavy trucks for many years and they had the indicators around the other way...

2023.44.30.8 Installed this morning. Nothing particular to report so far.

Moved up to #2

Sorry, not sure I understand what turning circle has to do with it. I needed a charger, one spare, easy to enter/exit just that the ground clearance is no good for that charger on the end of the row and designed for nose in.

2023.44.30.5.1 went in yesterday. Just did 350km and the wipers would not turn on in rain and heavy slush thrown up by heavy vehicles. I had to continually press the stalk button. Double checked and the setting is still on Auto. Used to work fine for me but now it's useless. Hoping for a fix ASAP.