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Thanks everyone for the replies! Will try to be a bit more relaxed about it :) It's just a pain sometimes not having charging at home and something urgent comes up, although we've managed pretty well for almost a year now! And in that time only twice took it down to 0% (which is pretty...

Thanks for the replies everyone! Yes, was pretty confident that slower charging was better than faster, but the "wrench" thrown into that is that when we L2 charge, we typically don't get around to it until 20% (or lower...even as low as 5% sometimes...). If supercharging, we could keep it at...

After a *lot* of trying, we never ended up getting charging installed at our condo building for our 2020 M3 SR+ :( What we've mostly been doing for the past year we've had the car, is to L2 charge (ChargePoint, Flo, etc) whenever at a destination (such as a coffee shop, etc). We would charge...

Ha! I tried! It wasn't an option though ;)

Second time this has happened to us and it's extremely annoying...sometimes the technology "overkill" creates such a nuisance. 1. Wife & I got into car using usual BT method with my phone 2. I got out of the car to talk to someone a few feet from car and so it likely locked 3. Wife opened...

My wife and I try to do our part, so what better car to use for activism than the environmentally-friendly (depends who you ask of course...lol) Model 3 SR+ !

Thanks everyone for all your input on this thread! Just an update that we are going with the straight cabling run from the electrical room to our parking spot. 240V/40A. No transformers. Will post pics once it's completed :)

Believe or not, we've just been charging off public stations for the past 6 months. I work mobile, so I'll park somewhere near a starbucks and charge while having a 3-hour work/coffee inside :) Was working out well until pandemic/lockdown...lol. Now, I will go to a mall and park/charge there...

Trust me, that was my first idea, as we can easily live on 2.4kW - but believe it or not, there are NO sockets anywhere nearby. Only outlets for heat trace wires on the piping and those can't be used :( You would think 120V sockets would be ubiquitous, but alas, they are not...

Thanks! Yeah, I think that the limiting factor is not the wire cost, but the difficulty in routing between floors, as our only electrical room is on P1 level and our parking spot on P2 level. That said, with the neutral requirement on the transformer, it will be our only option (running wire)...

Thanks! The main issue is that we're the only one in the building that wants charging, despite there being over a dozen EV's (trust me, I've asked them...). So no cost sharing, we need to go it alone. Good call on the center-tapped and potential to ground requirements...hmmm...maybe running...

Yeah, if transformers are that expensive, then running the wire from the electrical room is our next option. It's just that it's over a 200ft run....

Thanks user212_nr! Good memory about the original thread :) Yes, this has been an ongoing project for months now and I'm even a board member at the building! I can only imagine how painful it would be for a "regular" resident. Yes, this would be an install for just our one unit. The...

Thanks iluvmacs! Good call on the buck-boost as they are a lot cheaper than isolation txfrmers. Our car is a 2020 model, so I assume our UMC and doesn't support 277v, so 240v sounds reasonable :)

@ Thanks mongo! Good links. Our requirements aren't that high - even 3kW is enough charging for us :) So will probably look for smaller/cheaper transformers, but will make sure the wiring can accommodate larger if we ever decide to upgrade.

Finally making a *bit* of progress trying to get charging installed in our condo parking spot for the M3. The building manager said the easiest would be to take power from the overhead fluorescent lighting unit as we switched to LED lighting a few years back, so the load on the panel is way...

Thanks MasterC17! I guess I just have to accept it, like I do for all the body panel gaps everywhere...lol. Tesla quality :rolleyes:

True! It will run slower on the inside wheel, so it's like an external diff! ;) Maybe Tesla did it so that they could save some money not putting a real diff in this car? Genius! In all seriousness though, does anyone have a clue why one wheel is different? Is it just different batches? My...

Too bad one wheel will be slower then as it has no holes :(

Thanks. That's the best I could figure as well...that maybe it was wheels with the same part # internally for them, but two different batches, where they switched to using notched ones (or to using un-notched ones). Tesla....lol...

2020 Model 3, SR+ with 18" Aero Wheels Went to the mechanic to swap winter wheels/tires to summer wheels/tires and they discovered something very interesting/strange... On three of the wheels, there are "notches" on the inside. On the fourth wheel - no notches! At first, they thought it was...

Thanks eprosenx! Yes, the building has 3 levels of underground parking. Not sure what the electrical service is, but we had a load test done last year and apparently have enough capacity for 70 EV's. I believe the solution proposed by the electrical co. was to do exactly what you mentioned -...

Yeah, I think one of the issues will be with paying the corporation back for the electricity used, but I think a simple Wh meter attached to it should suffice...

Electrical cost is time of use billing, but averages about $0.1/kWh I believe.

Thanks brkaus! Those were my thoughts as well. I think the issue with installing the Tesla units is that people may have different charging needs/vehicles...so they want something likely J1772 that will support all vehicles.

I sit on the board of directors for a condo and we had an electrical company come by today for a walk-through. They have done many condo EV installations in our city and are quite the reputable company. It looks like they use rebranded EverCharge units, which are networked and can do...

Hey MP! Didn't know you guys were in T.O.! :) Yeah, we blew through 50% of the SR+ battery in a short trip from north york to vaughan and back...crazy... What year is your SR+ and how was your T/C with the partybox disabled? Did you experience the same ridiculous lack of acceleration on turns?

What a B.S. cop-out answer. I emailed my local service centre, but what number do you text to report the issue? Maybe if enough of us report it...

Thanks coconutboy84! Ok, so that now makes 3 of us that confirm the traction control was beyond ridiculous/definitely dangerous in the snow here on the weekend...we can't all be crazy. Something definitely messed up with our cars' TC.

Thanks - good idea! Will try the bug report feature in a parking lot. But of course, I probably won't be able to replicate it now... Oh no, my BMW was awesome in the snow a couple months back - even with the summer tires and TC fully enabled. I was quite surprised! It was while waiting for...

Thanks for the feedback dsgerbc! To be fair, that tire test you linked looks more skewed because of the way some of the graphs look. But when compared to the summer tire control, you can see that even the Kumho is exponentially better in something like braking distance. Also, I have the...

Awesome...can you please post here whatever they say? Thanks in advance!

Hey coolmanfever! Ok, whew, so I'm not crazy then :) I wonder if there's some problem with the 2020 SR+'s in that case? Any advice from TMC on how to best get Tesla on this? I really don't want this experience to sour me on this car :(

Agreed. It's not even about granny-mode...it seems broken (and definitely dangerous) with this type of behaviour. I can't believe people have been putting up with this...

Really? I thought Kumho's were half-decent...and also thought they should be at least better than the stock A/S tires in the cold & snow. It doesn't make sense - isn't it required that the rubber on winter-rated tires need to stay pliable below 7C, whereas A/S tires turn more brittle as it...

Thank you! Will try those suggestions as well!

The tires are Kumho Wintercraft RP72. Only a few weeks old.

Yes, this is 100% the situation. On straight line it was ok. It was the turning that was ridiculous. It understeers like crazy and almost put me into the other lane. I was expecting a typical RWD which is to oversteer.

Thank you! Good ideas - I will change the acceleration and regen as well to see if that helps.

Thanks! Yeah, everyone was accelerating faster. I'm also coming from a long lineage of RWD manual trans. cars over the last 20+ years (last one a BMW 6-series) and would definitely have been much faster than the M3 was doing!

That's a good idea, thanks! I think my pressures are a bit high from the tire shop. What do you recommend for fronts/rears? Standard aero wheels on it.

Hey guys, 2020 M3 SR+ here. Love everything about the car so far, except: Just had a pretty significant snowfall here in Toronto yesterday and I noticed the car pretty much disables acceleration entirely when starting from a stop. I have proper winter/snow tires on the car, so traction...

Got our M3 SR+ White w/Black Interior last Thursday :) Hoping everyone gets theirs soon!

Ha! I'm totally a car person (had almost 20 of them!) and you described my current car to a tee! BMW 650i - v8, NA, straight pipes and Manual 6-speed :) I'm going to miss all that, but the writing is on the wall for ICE cars...

Just went to the "new owner orientation session" yesterday night and it was pretty useless. However, the reps did confirm that this quarter Tesla focused on overseas markets before N.A., so I suppose that's why some people's orders are taking so long.

Yes, the app work. Just show's the Tesla and my name with a "jackpot" symbol at the top (for the referral code) and also some tutorials.

Oct 23rd ordered, SR+ white/black/no autopilot. Yup, Lawrence!

Pickup date just got assigned!! Yay! December 6th!

Ordered M3 SR+ on Oct 23rd at a retail store - White with Black Partial Interior and regular autopilot. Just got VIN in source code today!