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I have a very hard time centering my Model X in a parking space. Could be because I am vertically challenged, but I just cannot see the lines once I have committed to pulling into a space. If I put the car in reverse before I put it in park, I can see the lines in the backup camera and make...

Last week, I dutifully installed 2022.44.25.5, anxiously awaiting the new New Year's animation. Much to my surprise, I cannot find how to play it. Is my 2020 Model X too old? While researching for the answer before posting this message, I also saw where Tesla will now allow you to design your...

I think I can answer my own question. Upon further Googling, I found that Tesla has opened a new showroom in Norfolk. It has been working on this for well over a year and has had to fight the state DMV along with several other state agencies since it is against current law for a manufacturer to...

Does anyone think it odd that Tesla would close a service center in Virginia Beach, VA only three years after opening it and move to a new location in Norfolk which is pretty out of the way for many Tesla owners? I never received any notice and found out about it only by the new address and the...

I tried leaving my fob in the car but I guess it knew I wasn't in the driver's seat. Touching the screen is a great idea. We will try it next time we stop.

I know this sounds crazy, but whenever we make a stop in my 2020 MX, like at the Supercharger, when I leave the car (and take my fob with me), the car wants to shut down. I put it in Dog Mode, but according to my wife, it still cuts off the radio after a few minutes. Please note that she has her...

You know, it occurs to me that Tesla has the opportunity to allow consumers to choose how certain things work in the cars. After all, the Tesla is basically a huge computer with wheels and a battery. The way that favorites are handled is completely arbitrary. Why can't they let it be modified in...

Remember that several years ago, Elon discussed wanting to have cars without steering wheels? With my experience with FSD in my 2020 MX, that is the last thing I would wish for. I am totally NOT impressed with FSD. Disappointed actually.

Almost three months later, my tires look great!

I know this has been talked about over the years but I am getting quite frustrated with SC speeds. Just recently a new 250kW SC was opened nearby and it seems no better than the 150 down the road. If the charge on my 2020 X is down around 100 miles then plugging in will peak up and I might see...

I sure hope my score isn't predicated on erratic driving caused by my attempt today to use Autopilot on the way home from work. It actually changed lanes successfully for the freeway offramp and then put the turn signal on for a merge right when it spasmodically jerked left (with the right turn...

You know, when I am driving in Autopilot and there are yellow flashing lights (the ones on top of a sign saying "Signal Ahead" or such, my MX spastically slows down or actually brakes. Quite dangerous, really. So, the technology exists already, all Tesla needs to do is change the color it is...

There are a LOT of this sort of thing that has never and will not likely ever get addressed. Especially frustrating is that many of the shortcomings could be solved by software. And even more frustrating to me is seeing what they actually do fix via software. Very puzzling.

I had all four tires wear to the belt on the inside. It was because I had adjusted the ride height down and apparently the suspension lowering system does not compensate the camber of the tires and it wore them out pretty quickly.

I have gotten three flat tires in one year on my X from nails and screws which is about two more flats than I had on my 2009 Highlander Hybrid in 10 years (I ran over a spike on the interstate). You may be talking about leaking tires, but I am talking about flats. My theory is that there is a...

Yesterday I drove a couple miles to pick up Chinese takeout. Keep in mind that it is August in Virginia, so it was about 95F outside. The battery fan was whirring like an F18 ready to take off from an aircraft carrier. By the time I got there, the fan noise had abated. I ran inside and picked up...

I have noticed that my MX is not a quiet ride. In fact, it seems to amplify road noise. If I am on very new asphalt, the ride is super quiet but transition back to old pavement and it is like someone cranked up the volume on a rock station. I replaced my OEM Conti tires with Pirelli Scorpion...

I had the second replacement of my half shafts last month on my December 2019 2020 Model X (just under 40,000 miles.) It is MUCH smoother now than it ever has been. Interesting note, It was recommended to lower the suspension height to minimize the vibration, so I dropped it down to medium low...

I have a similar situation. It is a diamond shaped sign with two yellow lights flashing alternately. It is an intersection in a curve and the lights are a caution, always blinking. It rapidly slows down each time but fortunately no one has been tailgating me when this happens. Two things come...

I guess that is one plus for X/S is we have the wiper controls on the turn signal stalk.

Yeah, what could possibly go wrong with that?

It is nice up here but I imagine pretty sparse for FSD. Hopefully I will get my beta some time this week and I can try it out.

Today, I drove my 2020 Model X from an intersection on one side of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia, over the mountain and down the other side before going over a smaller ridge to get to my home. I started at the top of the picture where it says State Route 664. The remaining miles on my...

This is a bit of a rant, but as one who is anxiously awaiting my own stab at FSD later this month, I have to say it. I just drove from Norfolk, VA to East Rutherford NJ and back over a two day period. I drove on US routes and well-marked roads. No back roads. I used NOA and it was a horrible...

They also use containers on railcars and it is very simple for semis to haul containerized loads.

One disappointment I have with my Model X is that the range number while charging is expressed in "unicorn miles". The percentage reading is pretty accurate, however. Why can't the car just be honest with me? After 22,000 miles of carrying me around, it should know how I drive and should be able...

If you think about it, long haul trucking is an anomaly. I doubt that Tesla is vying for the coast-to-coast business. What he is most likely looking to sell to is the "warehouse to outlet" niche. Anheiser Bush, Walmart, UPS, etc. make relatively short runs from distribution facility to store or...

True, but can't they combine the left and right forward looking cameras with the one by the rear view mirror? Not sure if it is enough. Maybe if they add a nose camera it will be able to be retrofitted.

I have been trying to figure out why I have such a hard time negotiating diagonal and perpendicular parking spaces. I believe it is the high sides of the MX, almost like sitting in a big box. By the time, I commit to a parking spot and start turning, the lines on both sides of the parking space...

Interesting point.

For the record, I am vertically challenged, so my head does not bump the top glass in my MX. Having said that, I find it a bit challenging to line up the car between the lines in a parking lot. I usually end up much closer to the right line than the left. The side cameras are of NO help and even...

Y? (Sorry. I just couldn't help myself...) :rolleyes:

I haven't heard it emanate from my X but I heard something like it at the Supercharger yesterday. I think it was a Model 3. My wife's RAV4 Hybrid puts out the most God-awful sound, I truly thought her transmission was chewing itself up until I did some research. I understand why they do it but...

Thought it would have flipped on the last try.

Staying out of the passing lane is a luxury afforded only to those who have highways with at least three lanes going in the same direction. With heavy traffic, the concept of "passing" in the left of two lanes is laughable. The concept of blocking traffic by not speeding up (also known as...

Don't get me started about lane changes. Even when the sun is not low in the afternoon sky, I often have trouble changing into the passing lane, even when there is no one behind me in the left lane. When it finally decides to pass, it will jerk to the left and then sometimes violently jerk back...

Just the other day, I made a sharp turn and I happened to glance at the dash. The Model X avatar was sitting at about a 20 degree angle from vertical. Then I started noticing that even making soft turns showed up on the dash. Was it always like this or is this a new "feature"? (If it is a...

My axles (?) were replaced about three months ago and no more shudder. It had gotten pretty bad. Model X ca December 2019.

I would love to have an option where the << or the >> would step to the next station numerically instead of to the next shortcut. Seems to me that I complained about this on the Model X forum before I found that there was a numeric keypad where you could type in the channel number you wanted...

I had an issue on my 2020 MX last week. It was fixed by a mobile tech on Monday. My AC worked in the morning, at lunch it blew massive hot air out the vents, then going home that evening it worked fine. The next several days, the AC would quit working at random times after driving a while. What...

I had recommended that via Twitter not long after I got my Model X and right when the water started spraying and the dangly rags started dangling my wipers came on at high speed. I froze for a few seconds, not knowing what to do. And that was after the rollers started trying to push my car...

Valuation for business and taxation purposes.

I looked on KBB and on Edmonds and neither were able to give me FMV on my 2020 Model X. Does anyone know of a website which can provide current trade-in or resale value for a recently purchased Model X? (By the way, KBB.com only had the Model 3 listed for the 2020 model year. Edmonds had all...

I did Claymont DE at the Wawa one freezing night in January. Had no competition for a spot!

My Model X has 13,000 miles. I just went in this week and had two axles replaced. The shudder is gone for now. It may be my imagination, but the regen braking seems more aggressive and acceleration also seems to be a bit more "peppy".

My Model X still refuses to reliably change lanes when I am in Autosteer. I have figured out that if I am driving with a bright setting sun flashing through trees on the driver side, it will refuse to change lanes. I get that. It is functionally blind at that point. However, on a normally sunny...

I was just thinking the other day that the only time I use my brakes is in tight traffic and if I misjudge a stop light. It is getting more rare for me. Interesting thing about regen. When I first picked up my X in December 2019, if the car had a full charge, regen was almost non-existent. Now...

I am looking forward to quieter tires on my X. The stock Conti's pick up so much road noise that I think they are singing to me sometimes. Not looking forward to paying for the new shoes but it kinda goes with the territory. When I had my Toyota Hybrid Highlander (which I traded in with...

With that photo, it is kind of hard to get the wrong part, eh?

My car was born in December 2019. Last week it "rebooted" three times whilst on the road. Has me a bit worried. Interesting, it always is preceded by skipping of my audio from my iPhone via Bluetooth.