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The Polestar 2 has been updated to have a seemingly much better charing curve than before. Certainly a better top charging speed. Given this was the one thing it was way behind Tesla on it's quite an interesting development. I maintained all along that Tesla needed to improve build quality...

My car went in for a replacement coolant unit last month and they have no spares so it'll be 2 months before ita ready. They gave me a loan car. But it turns out they gave me a car without am MOT and tried to cover it up when they swapped it. I'm pretty furious to have been given a car that...

I know I've mentioned a few times the model Y is just not my thing (from a design and body type point of view) bit I want it to do well and it appears to be. I ahbe seen so many in West London, an absolute tonne of them, and it's very pleasing. Is the rest of the country like this? Is the...

Anyone know what's happening to this place? The lights are still on but they removed the cars months ago and now they are forsting in all the windows? Wondering if it's shutting down or being renovated? If the latter I'm wondering if it'll become the (very small) site of the mythical Chiswick...

So, is anyone else using the Santa sleigh visualisations this week, or is it just me? The jingle bell turn signals does get very annoying very quickly mind!

Maybe a very niche question but does anyone know of an android app that can be used to create a "dashboard" for the model 3 is they seem to have forgot to put one in! I have an obd dongle so could even get battery info displayed but can't find anything on the app store. Wondered if there was...

HI guys, A curious question about ABRP: Does it take into account the charging curve of the vehicle? The reason I ask is every plan I do seems to have charging stops at various states of charge but none at really low SoC like 10%, which I would expect if you're looking for the faster route...

Hi guys, what’s the longest anyone has experienced a battery precondition? Just had mine come on as a started a 1h10mins 70 mile journey! Seemed excessive. Yes car was cold as it was an early morning start but it’s kept in underground car park and battery temperature was 26C which, to me...

Moderator comment - thread renamed from "Are we allowed to compliment Bodyshops?" Or is this not allowed due to advertising mod rules? Just got my car back after it's disagreement with a bus (tsk, hybrids!) and I'm very impressed

What's the weirdest thing about going back to an ICE vehicle after using an EV? I had to drive the other halves Juke yesterday. It took me a while to get used to not having regen. There's, like 3 pedals in the car. That's 2 too many!

Are the any interesting locations for chargers you guys have visited? Just going through old charging records and I did enjoy one time charging my futuristic car on the avenue of pre-history in Les Eysies France.

Anything you want Tesla to add to adds impressive of experimental line up of tech? For me it would be that the dashcam sense vibrations or other indicators of a crash and auto records. I was hit by a bus yesterday (I'm ok and car luckily drivable of very very ugly) and sadly didn't have the...

Just wondering what people's opinions are: should we have a Joe+ mode which removes all the myriad of bings bongs that a Tesla will scream at you during a regular drive? I'm kind of getting tired of the constant noises. Especially as the sensors are so cautious. I can't park the car in my...

I wonder if anyone has any advice for what to do here: I moved in to an apartment block with a couple of free chargers in the parking. These are supplied by BP Pulse (I think that's their name this week, but it's Friday so may have changed). Since November they have been broken. I've asked the...

So my nearest BP polar 150kw chargers (four of and one 50kw I believe) are completely unusable because they are always being used by taxis. Not sure about the LEVC ones but most are leafs and I’m certain they can’t charge at those speeds. Do I have any right to be upset about this? Technically...

Moderator comment - thread renamed from "Model 3 Odb2 adaptors" Hi, I’ve just got a kit to connect to scan my Tesla. But I’m having problem with Bluetooth connection to the obd2 adaptor, connecting to a Samsung galaxy note 20 plus. The connection won’t stay up for longer than 30 seconds before...

One thing is certain from reading this forum is that we can’t agree on pretty much anything! Get me thinking though: are Tesla’s built inconsistently or do we all just have different expectations and needs from our cars. There are things like soundproofing that I think is ok (although maybe...

Given this seems very far away an Europe, if it come at all. Do you think changing my reservation from tri motor to dual at this stage will affect my place in the queue? Assuming we get them, I'm starting to think the tri motor variant is unnecessary for me.

Not since I owned a Smart Roadster have I had so many positive comments from strangers about my car. Yesterday in a car park an older lady came up to me and said "nice car it looks like a rocket ship" and we had a little chat about it. I didn't tell her it was an EV though. She had a look of...

Is there a way of doing it from a point on the map rather than entering an address? The reason I ask is that the car park in my building is in a slightly different place to where it thinks the address is. This is a problem as sentry mode won't switch off when I'm "home" because the car doesn't...

I love this guys videos. Great watch. One question though: what's the deal with him picking up a cars tow hitch and saying "what is this?" All the time? Have I missed a joke?

Hi, after having a rant this morning about how bad the headlights are on my model 3 I was wondering: are there any aftermarket headlights that have dot matrix capability? Buying proper headlights seems less drastic than buying an e tron just to be able to see at night!

So it happened. I got caught in a rainstorm the other day and, due to having a very distressed four year old to get home, I had no choice but to drive the car in wet jeans. As a result I got quite a lot of dye transfer into my lovely white seats. Apologies if this has been done before but us...

Did anyone have a "type" of car they went for, estate, SUV etc..? My car history is small hatchback, 2 seat sports car, 2 seat roadster, "fashion" European hatchback. Two big German estates then the model 3. Fuel wise I've gone from oil petrol, to oil burners, to electric. I think the...

I know a lot of people use the website but does anyone use the mobile app for ABRP? It seems a little buggy to me, mine crashed a lot yesterday. Also I think it's quite a resource hog. Even on a wireless charger, plugged in through the usb-c socket, the battery slowly drained whilst running...

So, TACC (and presumably by extension Autopilot) has a LONG way to go before it can cope with the motorcycle couriers that plague london. A drive down Uxbridge road saw me having to switch it off as the car just stopped at everything. motrocycles flying round left right and centre and the poor...

What are our thoughts on PHEVS at charging points? I don't mind them using them of course but should priority be given to BEVs? Not sure how it would work but it just seems that a BEV wouldn't be able to go anywhere if it couldn't charge, a PHEV can at least top up at a petrol station. How...

So, we are moving to a bigger apartment at the end of the year. Our current apartment has free charging in the car park. It looks like the new one doesn't, despite vague assurances from the estate agents that it does. Does anyone else lack home charging? If so, how do you deal with it? Charge...

After they failed to order my full self drive, took weeks to fix it and on more than one occasion failed to ri g me back whe they said they would I've had a further issue. They aren't sending me a copy of my V5, which I need to register the car for congestion charge exemption and to get my...

Weird one today. I was just trying to book a service for the misaligned rear door I have had since I got the car. I was just uploading the pictures when the app crashed. Now when I go back in to it, the "service" option no longer shows up. Has anyone had this before?

and whine about panel gaps. About loose fixtures and fittings, the infuriating order porcess. Phantom braking and not fully automatic autopilots. The M3P has jsut got my missus, me and the bikes all the way to the Dordogne yesterday and apart from said phantom braking incidents it's worst...

Has anyone else tried to navigate to there? It comes up on Nav but not as a supercharger destination. So I guess there'll be no battery preconditioning

Before big trips in an ICE vehicle I used to enjoy the ritual of the check you had to make before a big journey. Lights, tyre pressure and all your fluids. Tesla has taken away some of that routine joy. Reading the tyre pressure sensor and sticking screenwash in just isn't the same! Can we...

I got into the car at lunchtime and it told me I had 27 sentry mode events. When I checked the browser it had one. And that was just me walking to the car. Has anyone else had a problem with getting phantom sentry mode alerts?

Hi Hive mind! quick q: Is there a way of playing audio of premium connectivity, i.e. tune in or spotify, but still have a phone play audio over bluetooth as well? In other words can I listen to tunein, but have Waze connected on my phone and have it read out the directions via the car stereo at...

One more sleep before I pick up my (hopefully) shiny M3P at West Drayton. I can't wait! Looking at the forums there are going to be a tonne of people in the same boat, Anyone else picking up this week? Porbas be good to share our pick up experiences for newcomers too.

So you know if they sell tesla products there? I’m thinking of getting a model 3 key fob, it’ll fit with my use case when I get my automatic frootyboots fitted and was wondering if I’ll just be able to buy one on the day.

Jeremy Clarkson once said (of the Maserati Quattroporte but still): "Owning one is like owning a 2 year old child. Very annoying for a lot of the time. Yet if someone tried to take it off you, you'd kill them" With hearing stories of the quirks and reboots and dodgy wipers and pants gaps. The...

First of all, apologies for using the word froot I know some people don't like it. I think it's a kooky name though. Does anyone know if there have been decent luggage sets made specifically to fit the Froot in a Model 3? I ask because when I had my Smart Roadster I actually got custom boot and...

A thought has just occured to me. I live in an apartment and the parking is underground. I'll never be able to connect to a WiFi and won't be able to get updates. Does anyone have this problem? Any workarounds?

So, I have three things I want to do pretty much as soon as I take delivery: paint protection such as a ceramic coat, window tinting and dechroming. does anyone know anywhere in west London that’ll be able to do all three for me?

Very specific post but sorry if you parked in the Richmond shire cricket club car park today. There was both a white and a black model three and I was gawping inside /admiring the car. I set off sentry mode both times. You should have bought less interesting cars! I did wave though

I can't be the only one who does this as a thing?? Since I ordered mine I've been keeping an eye out for other Tesla's and have noticed there are many more than I expected. I say so many M3s yesterday it was unreal. Mainly in grey too. I expected to see more white ones! Anyone know of any good...

There seems to be a massive discrepancy between other manufacturers vehicle in terms of battery size v range. I know some of this will be down to weight/aerodynamics and some to the power of the motor they are using but I don't think that can explain the he difference between the size of a car...

Apologies for the noob question but, having never had an EV, does the M3 have an optimal cruise speed for battery efficiency? I ask because on ICE cars it's always at a low-ish speed in top gear. I worked out my current car returns best MPG at about 55mph in 9th gear. Wondering if the M3 (and...