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I didn't install the initial release of v11 because several important to me features were missing. With the addition of a button to start a dashcam recording, I'm willing to download 2022.4. Will my car download 2022.4 if I never installed the initial v11? Or do I have to tolerate that version...

But is it the EPA number with 20" non-aero wheels?

My energy graphs have always looked like this, and I've speculated the same (2019 Performance with the massive non-aero wheels). Have you also noticed that the battery indicator in miles remaining (or km remaining, as the case may be) is always laughably optimistic? This is why I do all my trip...

The driver's seat has a weight sensor too. That's how the car puts itself in park when I unbuckle in my driveway and lift my butt off the seat to grab something from the back. Also, I bet @bmah is about to tell us to get back on topic. 😁

As @ElectricCyclist mentioned, about 20 stations were roped off. And of the stations that weren't roped off there were probably around 5 available (although I didn't stop to actually count). So that's correct, not completely full.

I charged here around 11 this morning. I saw 212 kW when I started charging at 17%. Most of the available chargers (the ones not wrapped in caution tape) were in use at the time. Pro tip: for now at least, there's still fencing around most of the lot. You have to enter by going straight from...

I stopped at KC2 at 11:20 this morning. They had about 1/3 of the chargers closed off with caution tape wrapped around them. The first charger I tried to use (not a roped off one) wouldn't latch and I had to move to a different one. By the time we got back to the car after eating, the place was...

I'll be going to Kettleman 2 by default from here on out (assuming availability of course) because that's where the In-n-Out and Starbucks are. Amenities are important!

Echoing all the other folks, this thread is fantastic. I have always loved proving that you don't need a giant SUV to do big things, and this is just another great example.

So... How's Thanksgiving weekend travel going out there? Anyone reading this while waiting in a super long line? Anyone choose the 99 instead of the 5 since there's more Superchargers now than there used to be? We're making the trek from south to north on Monday, then back next Saturday. I'm...

The finished product:

I want the following distance to automatically adjust for the type of vehicle in front of me, 7 for semis, 1 for anyone else.

Mine finally started working today, yay! I noticed similar behavior but I chalked it up to it resetting after passing through the intersection. Who knows what the algorithm is doing under there.

Are you saying the speed limit sign shows up in the visualization with the car, in addition to the existing speed limit display? I haven't seen that. Maybe I just need to be more patient?

Is anyone's car not setting the speed limit based on normal, white speed limit signs on local roads? There's two places in my commute where the actual speed limit is very different from what the car thinks it is (Actual: 55, Tesla: 35 in one location, Actual: 65, Tesla: 45 in another). I was...

We usually try to get an early start to beat the crowds, regardless. Seems even more important with the Tesla. My husband would love to go at night, just not sure if I want to deal with cranky kids who won't sleep well in the car. (Seems like no matter what, someone in the family is going to end...

We've done two road trips this summer in the Tesla, one being this exact drive from LA to Sacramento, the other going out to Colorado to visit my parents. It is an AMAZING road trip car. I swore up and down I wouldn't drive out to Colorado with the kids in tow (2 boys, 8 and 4), but we didn't...

Okay gang, I know it's still more than two months out, but I'm a total planner at heart, and I'm already thinking about Thanksgiving travel. We'll be driving from northern LA county to Sacramento to visit family for Thanksgiving. Do we brave the Superchargers over the holiday week/weekend? Or...

With all the customization ABRP allows you to do, I'd prefer ABRP be accurate instead of pessimistic. I'm not willing to give my Tesla account password out to third parties, so I think I'll try to back-calculate my actual reference consumption.

Yes! My husband and I were really confused by this at first, thinking maybe a Supercharger was offline.

And the results are in. The car expected me to use 12% on the way to work, and I used 14%. It again expected me to use 12% on the way home, and I used 16%. So extra A/C and a headwind did impact the accuracy, but it was still overly optimistic in better conditions in the morning. I feel like...

@AxlxA I'm going to actually pay attention to the SoC calculations for my drive to/from work tomorrow. That should provide an interesting comparison: 35 miles at highway speeds, 70s with a slight tailwind in the AM, in the 100s with a stiff headwind in the afternoon. We'll see if the accuracy is...

@AxlxA what do you mean when you say rated limit? The speed limit was variable, from 55 mph in the curvy mountain parts, to 80 mph across most of Utah. When you say it sounds like 1% every 10 minutes is a lot, it makes me wonder if the car is using rated range with aero wheels, not my actual...

We just got back yesterday, and I figured I'd post how it went down for posterity. We stuck to the ABRP plan on the way to Colorado, and we used the in-car nav on the way back home. I think the in-car nav is better for our family because it tends to prefer fewer, longer stops. I think that...

Does the in-car estimate use rated range, or actual range based on your car's efficiency? With the Performance rated the same as the LR, I find rated range/efficiency laughably wrong.

I'm planning a road trip for next week, from SoCal to Colorado, and I'm curious what assumptions other folks use while planning. I'm using A Better Route Planner, and I have a Performance with the 20" wheels. I started with that version selected, but the default reference consumption seemed...

Sounds like it's coming soon, folks. This seemed like a weird missing option to me too.

Update: zero new progress when I drove past today. I was hoping they'd start work again with things starting to open back up, but no such luck.

I'd just like to point out that some kids (like my 7 year old) are just prone to car sickness. My 'spirited driving' style surely doesn't help, but I've made him sick with gas powered cars just as easily as the Tesla. When your kiddo turns 2, you can use Dramamine. That's my best solution. Or...

Which means no more pizza for OP. Problem solved.

1. Center console organizer 2. Frunk/trunk mats 3. Key fob (call me old fashioned)

It took 22 days from approval to mailing for me.

I picked up a demo back in December, it had been built in September and had 600 miles on it. It had exactly the specs I had ordered. They gave me $3k off, and I *didn't* have to buy FSD. It was listed as having FSD, but I didn't order that, so they didn't enable it. Super happy with my purchase.

If you add the charger as a waypoint, you can click the gear next to it to tell it what SoC you want to charge to, or how long you want to charge for.

Another data point for the crowd: 22 days from approval to a mailed check.

Another key fob carrying Luddite here. I really like being able to push a button to lock the car immediately instead of using walk away lock in parking lots in sketchier locales.

@dmurphy it looks like @jjrandorin found a lightly used Model 3 for you to replace your wife's Buick. :D

Out of curiosity, I looked at NHTSA complaints against the 2018 Toyota Camry, and found several complaints of unintended acceleration. Same for the 2019 Honda Accord. If you go looking, I bet these complaints exist against most cars, it's just been blown out of proportion with Teslas.

Yeah, I know there's chargers at the elementary school within walking distance from my husband's parent's house. My husband is just fairly sensitive to inconvenience, so I don't want the Tesla to be the cause of inconvenience and then have him say we're never road tripping in it again.

I'm hoping this is built by June. That'll greatly help my campaign to convince my husband to bring the Tesla instead of the ICE SUV when we go visit his family in Woodland. Off Topic: I stumbled my way to @EVnut 's webpage from the above links, and it was fascinating to read about the GM EV1. I...

Do we know if these are going to be V3 Superchargers? Is that all they're building these days?

Not a dumb question, but a dumb comment: I told my coworker I was getting a Tesla, and he told me not to run him over in the parking lot.... you know, because it's silent, and I guess I'm going to stop looking where I'm going? I had no clue what to say to that. On the positive side of things...

What's the wheel size on "2019 Model 3 P/AWD"?

Fun fact, I just got a call from the CVRP office and it sounds like I'm eligible for the $2,500 amount since I placed my order before Dec 3rd. I just had to provide my order confirmation document. Happy to get an extra $500 I wasn't expecting!

41 degrees F, 5 degrees C, per the owner's manual

Yep, I've seen the same in that area. My guess is that the construction has shifted traffic far enough to the right for the car to think you're on the off-ramp.

If you add the charger as a waypoint, you can click the gear next to it to tell it what SoC you want to charge to, or how long you want to charge for.

Love: adaptive cruise control (except the think below), the speed Hate: can't resume previous cruise control speed, can't set child lock differently for the two different back doors.

This is awesome. The most useful tip I'll take is the idea of the suction cup iPad mount on the roof. I'm working on convincing my husband to take the Model 3 up to Nor Cal instead of the ICE SUV next time we go, but we're spoiled by the built in DVD player in the SUV to entertain the kids...

Most of the people in the performance waiting room were really stoked about the gray wheels, so I'm not sure how much luck you're going to have. Have you thought about power coating your silver wheels to gray? I'm considering that myself.