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Hi All, Just wanted to share my experience with this. I have a 2021 Plaid and early on the smell began on just the most humid/rainy days but over the years got worse until the smell was present almost all the time. Blecch!! Replacing the cabin air filter didn't help at all, so after reading...

Sold! Thanks for checking it out everyone.

Hello All, Up for sale is a new, never used set of Abstract Ocean's Ultra-Bright Interior Light Bundle for the 2012-mid 2021 Model S. (Not compatible with mid-2021-up refresh model.) This kit includes 17 upgraded lights that replace your stock interior lights. Below are pictures of the lights...

It worked!!!! My Model S has been on Central time since late July when I picked it up (at the delivery center in that time zone) and finally, it’s in Eastern time where it belongs!! Thank you for sharing this tip!!!

Hi Fellas, That was my Twitter post and it looks like my buddy George posted the full slip and video on his Instagram account. Here’s a link to that: Login • Instagram

I’m in this boat too! My closest Tesla delivery location is in the Central time zone. I drove the car back to where I live in the Eastern time zone and it’s been stuck in Central time since delivery in July. It’s a fairly annoying issue.

Hi All! Just picked up my Plaid from having XPEL paint protection film and ceramic coating applied and let me tell ya, it turned out excellent! Absolutely looks better than the day I picked it up thanks to the skillful work of the team at Knox Details in Knoxville, TN. I never got around to...

Hi All! I just wanted to give you guys a quick one month update. I got my January order Plaid in late July and after a very smooth delivery process, ownership so far has thankfully been both uneventful and much more than I'd hoped for. I previously owned a 2020 Model S Performance and while I...

I have had this same issue since I took delivery in late July. I'm on the latest software and it still persists. I just wish I could get a definite "yes this is normal" from someone at Tesla, but I'm not sure how I would even go about that without a lengthy service visit. I can go on a short...

Hi All, Just a quick update with a resolution to this issue that I posted earlier in this thread. Hopefully this will help someone. The issue: "The car seems to "stay on" much, much longer after I park in the garage than my 2020 Model S Performance did. Recently, it was still "running" two...

The Roadster 2.0 has a little screen in/behind the strip than ran across the dash on the passenger side. Back when the Plaid+ was still on the table, I was thinking that Tesla may incorporate something similar for the passenger in there. Still very curious about this! Here's a couple shots of...

Hi there, I'm running 2021.12.25.5 Really hoping the next update will straighten some of this out.

Man, this thread is a rough read. Hate to hear all this so much. As for me, I'm enjoying my car but have had a couple weird things going on and was hoping I might find some others who have seen these too. -If I turn on the rear climate (either on the front display, or the rear display) the...

Hi All, Well today was my Plaid delivery day! It was the culmination of a truly wild and completely unexpected journey that all started with an order in late January and the expectation that the Plaids would be rolling out shortly after. We all know how that story played out, so no need to...

I was notified of the delivery appointment change via a text message.

Just a quick update on my delivery- my car arrived at the Service Center today, but my original delivery appointment of this coming Friday (7/23) has been rescheduled to Tuesday (7/27). Hopefully that holds. 🤞 I really hate to hear about some of you having to cancel flights and such, ugh. My...

Thank you for creating a new discussion thread for this @MrExitStrategy I appreciate it! I'm very likely in this boat too. I got my VIN on 7/2, service center called on 7/8 to setup a delivery appointment for 7/16, then received a text the next day changing my delivery appointment a week...

I have a delivery scheduled on Friday morning of my late January Plaid White Ext/Black CF Int/Arachnids order. Thank you to the folks sharing what is going on with the delivery hold. I haven't heard anything yet about my car, but it's nice to be aware of this possible delay in advance. At...

Thanks and I really hope it helps! In all seriousness, solving the carsickness problem improved our lives dramatically, as you could imagine. Regarding which fans I used, I had the one below in the backseat of my old Model S and in the backseat of my wife's Toyota Highlander. In both cars, I...

Just in case it helps, all of our kids got terribly carsick even on short drives and I've cleaned up countless messes from it. I found the solution to this when I picked up a 12v (or USB powered) fan from Amazon that I can aim directly on their face in the back seat. This completely solved the...

Hey everyone! Just a little update on my Plaid/white ext/black int/CF/Arachnids order from late January. Got a VIN on 7/2, then got a call from local Tesla shop (well local is still 3 hrs away) on 7/8 to schedule pickup. Pickup was tentatively set for 7/16 but after a couple days I got a...

Well unfortunately the closest 1/4 mile track is about 3.5 hours away so I didn’t get excellent data like Brooks always does. That said, after my first Ludicrous+ run in the heat, the car would take much longer to bring its pack temp down so that Ludicrous+ would become available again, so the...

Here are the timeslips from Brooks’ video. Coming from a Model S Performance, where the Ludicrous+ mode took 45min to use initially and then 5-10 minutes after each run to use again, this consistency is a massive leap forward in performance and actual usability of that performance! This is huge!!

Just to add another data point for comparison, my old 2020 Model S Performance ran the following on an unprepared surface and stock 19” wheels/tires and high 90% state of charge. It would run these numbers pretty consistently, but not back to back, as the car needed a fair amount of time to...

Thank you and apologies for the slow reply, I’ve been away from the computer today. My EDD status was blank before I received a VIN and I only received an email, no text at all. Good luck and I hope you get your VIN soon!

Holy cow I got a VIN! Woohoo!! 😁👍 The wait has been tiresome at times, but reading this thread and everyone's contributions over the months has made the journey more tolerable, enjoyable and definitely made time go by faster, so a huge thank you to everyone in here for that! Still crossing...

Finally got a more specific estimated delivery of "July 15-23" yesterday on my late January Plaid white ext/black interior/CF/Arachnids order only to have it disappear and return to blank this morning. Sigh.

Thinking of going to check out Fast & Furious 9 tonight...as close as I'm gonna get to seeing a Vin anytime soon.

My sad and lonely wall connector. Without a buddy since February. Been through too many estimated delivery dates/months to count. Currently parked on "July."

If folks are serious about a replica Plaid delivery event badge, the guys at Billet Badges Inc. would knock it out of the park I'm sure. I worked with them on badges for a car project of mine and they did an incredible job. They make custom CNC badges for all sorts of high end and OEM one-off...

For my fellow long-suffering carbon fiber-loving order hodlers out there, boy have I stumbled upon something truly amazing. I, single-handedly, have solved the carbon fiber shortage. I can't get into the details too much, as I don't want to give away my trade secrets, but trust me, I have hit...

Thank you for the update and congratulations! This has to be one of the first Plaids to be delivered out of Nashville. I don't live in Nashville, but that's where I'll take delivery of my Plaid...when I get my VIN in the year 2042. This is the path I chose, the path covered in carbon fiber -...

When I refused the offer to switch to the dark wood trim from carbon fiber for a quicker delivery, I think put myself at the back of the line forever. Plaid ordered on 1/28, very blank and carbon fiber is now the most endangered substance on Earth.

Had the same call from Tesla today asking if I wanted to switch from CF to ebony wood. I liked the CF in my old Model S and heck, I've waited this long, what's another 5-6 months?

I tell ya, when Tesla pushed the March 2020 update out to my Model S Performance that added the new, easier launch mode, Cheetah Stance, increased power, new power gauge on the dash, dash cam viewer, etc, it was like every Christmas morning combined!! I have a video of this special moment if...

I think we share a brain man! I know most folks could care less about 3mph difference in an advertised 1/4 mile trap speed, but having done a little drag racing over the years, it leaves me scratching my head a bit. Since you can get a decent idea of horsepower from 1/4 mile trap speed using a...

Great idea, I'll do the same!! I think they spray VHT on the roads here in East Tennessee 😁 Here's what my old 2020 Model S Performance did on the first try. The data is from a VBOX Sport, which I plan to use on the Plaid too.

Monkey working overtime on my account. Last night my old Plaid+ order was auto-converted to a regular Plaid order and this morning my regular Plaid order (placed on 1/28/21) is now showing June 26-30th after a couple blank weeks. Now I suddenly have two Plaid orders competing with each other...

The Plaid does seem to get lower compared to my 2020 Model S Performance in Cheetah Mode. Here's the Motortrend pic that you posted compared to my MSP

See!?! Checking the account page constantly does help and is a great idea! Clearly @dfinn1 is being rewarded for his checking efforts, so don't neglect your account page, double down! Check once every, oh I don't know, 3 minutes or so! 🐒

This seems like a fairly pedestrian observation in contrast to the great data and analysis in this thread, but here goes... What caught me by surprise about the Plaid Model S is how quickly it can precondition it's battery when selecting "Dragstrip Mode." With roughly the same battery...

This is next level sleuthing man, well done! Also this (and your prior post) are making me seriously consider waiting a bit. This is always the challenge with Tesla and their iterative changes. Ugh. Would waiting be worth +$10,000 (or more) bump in price though if it meant getting some...

This is pure gold!! Thank you @omarsultan 😳👍🏻

Hi @omarsultan First off, thank you so much for all the awesome information, pictures and videos that you've provided us, it's been so helpful! I have a question/request if possible. Last night while on Twitter, there was some speculation about the circled area below. It looks like a piece...

Here's the video that I got the preconditioning screen grab from. Highway pull looks super legit.

The Plaid does require preconditioning. I grabbed this screenshot from a video of a new Plaid owner doing a highway pull. When you have selected the "Plaid" drive mode, "Drag Strip Mode" can then be selected which brings up the message below on the binnacle display. I couldn't tell you how...

Here’s a look at a Plaid making a 9.23 at 152mph 1/4 mile run. This is from the same Jay Leno’s Garage segment but with a pro Tesla driver, Still hoping to see 155mph like we see on the website. 👀

Here’s a little news segment of Jay Leno racing the Model S and talking Tesla!

For the folks wondering about Plaid vs Dragstrip mode here are my observations based on videos I've seen so far and how my Raven Model S worked. Hope this helps some other launch nerds out there. 😁 On the Plaid Model S, you can select "Plaid" under "Acceleration." (This is very similar to how...

My Plaid white ext, black cf interior (ordered in Jan) went from late June for awhile, to blank for a week and now July as of this morning