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  1. snellenr

    Does using Tesla Tyre Repair kit require you to pull the nail out first?

    I've done it a couple times, and would highly recommend a kit with T-handles on the reamer and plug inserter. Even after "lubricating" the tools with the repair liquid, it can take a lot of force to push the tools into and through the tread. My current kit is the Slime 1034-A repair kit - it's...
  2. snellenr

    Service center left my car blinker on overnight at their yard.

    Not to mention the the wires leading to the blinker eroding over time. One reason they remove the original "knob & tube" wiring when renovating 100-year-old homes is that the wire thickness has shrunk from 12- to 16-gauge.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    BFR harks back to the BFG 9000 ultimate weapon in DOOM, which was released in 1993 (!). And if someone tells you that young Elon didn't play DOOM and use one of these while he was at Penn or interning in Silicon Valley around that time, assume that they're an idiot... (And yes, the canonical...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    "SpaceX is targeting Monday, December 11 at 8:14 p.m. ET for Falcon Heavy’s launch of the USSF-52 mission to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A backup launch opportunity is available during the same time on Tuesday, December 12." 24 hour weather...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    3a. To what extent (and how) will these Tesla-produced, 3rd-party-branded Superchargers be integrated into the navigation and trip planning in Tesla cars?
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I'll bet the chauffeur's name was Otto...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Munro's tear downs of the Model 3 & Y were fascinating glimpses into how cars are manufacturers, despite the occasional flubs about technical stuff. He's started talking about doing a tear down of the CyberTruck, as well, and I'll watch all of that content when and if it occurs.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Brook's Law: "Adding programmers to a late project makes it later."
  9. snellenr

    Yoke vs Steering

    Definitely prefer the yoke - yeah, I still occasionally tag the wrong turn signal button, but it's rarer and rarer for that to happen. Biggest transition was hand-over-hand turns but that problem went away once I started using the undersides of the yoke crossbars more effectively. And lightly...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    What does that "unlockable" but otherwise unused 20 (or 40) kWh capacity weigh, and why am I dragging it around unnecessarily?
  11. snellenr

    What to do with your Model S when you remove a tire

    I'm in the part of the country where we need snow tires, so I bought a full set (wheels & tires) from Tirerack. When I had to repair a tire recently (screw), I just put on one of the snows while I worked. If you don't have a set, I'd suggest buying a suitable used wheel & tire somewhere...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    There's an engineering principle called "Eating your own dog food" (aka "dogfooding") wherein a company uses its own products in daily operations. It shows confidence in and commitment to the product as well as gaining real-world operational experience that can feed into customer support and...
  13. snellenr

    Route planners with waypoints and battery level thresholds?

    I've used EVTO-Tesla on my iPhone for several years to plan long distance (transcontinental) trips. It excels at creating multi-day segmented trips by letting you set your "nominal" leg length (i.e., 9 hours) and displaying where that puts you in the route. I've also tried using ABRP for this...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    She posted her question on Twitter - and it it was such a damp squib that I'm glad that she was spared the embarrassment. Paraphrasing - Did Birdco have a written contract to poach Tesla's software engineers, and was that ethical? Likely answer: (trimmed, as it was both wrong and covered in an...
  15. snellenr

    Aluminum Wire for charging

    Google coughed up a Cooper 5754N 14-50R which lists aluminum compatibility - looks like an Eaton product. No idea of quality, but pricing is higher than the big box store Leviton stuff, FWIW... Link to what I found...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    You're using the wrong model. Cop: "We're in hot pursuit & need some help!" Dispatch: "Roger - we're dispatching a 10 RoboSquad swarm to intercept!" Cop: "The target car is a top Dodge hemi!!!!" Dispatch: "Roger that - we'll dispatch 15!"
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    Tesla Y Back windows open occasionally on their own?

    Had this happen randomly a couple of times in our 2022 Model S - we'd plug into a Supercharger, go into the store, and then receive a "window is open" notification in the app. Different windows, partially or completely open, no obvious pattern - it was very puzzling. We raised a Service issue...
  18. snellenr

    Supercharger idle fees.... How do we charge THIS clown?

    Sorry, I left off the /sarcasm from my post. I would have hip-checked the truck until its alarm went off... Being from northern Michigan, I throw a fold-up camp shovel and a bag of kitty litter into the frunk at the first sign of snow...
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    Supercharger idle fees.... How do we charge THIS clown?

    We went through here a couple of times in November, and the hotel folks seemed nice enough - let us have some coffee (after we asked nicely, of course). Surprised there wasn't anyone at the desk - and that they've done such a piss-poor job of clearing the snow around the stalls. I'd be inclined...
  20. snellenr

    Wall Charger tripping adjacent Breaker

    It looks like the breaker melted at the bus bar connection, so I'm wondering whether the exposed bus bar there had become weathered/corroded/dirty over the years. I'm surprised that the 60-amp breaker didn't trip thermally if it was radiating enough heat to trip the GFCI breaker next to it...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Tesla broke down (to an extent) a similar tightening of restrictions in Michigan by filing a lawsuit and demanding *all* communications between the dealers, lobbyists, and state representatives in their discovery motions. After those fine people failed in their appeals attempts (which took a...
  22. snellenr

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    That was the original plan, but then one of my speculative stocks went spectacular... :eek: 🤷‍♂️
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Just add additional issues to the initial post as a comment using that icon on bottom right. Just did that - primary issue was about a "Power Limited" alert, then added a comment asking them to look into a separate issue regarding windows.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    "1-3 years of free autopilot" costs Tesla $2400-$7200 of lost subscription revenue...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    3Q 2022 Investor Deck (pg 10, "Outlook"): "Over a multi-year horizon, we expect to achieve 50% average annual growth in vehicle deliveries." I've added bold to some important words. The responses to questions about production in the Q&A portion were also consistent about the 50% being an...
  26. snellenr

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    May the gods bless the person who provided this in our hour of need...
  27. snellenr

    How to tell how many Kwh's you have just charged in to the car?

    It's the sixth option in the current iPhone app's list for the car, between "Security & Drivers" and "Upgrades". Yes, I'm using the word "tab" rather loosely...
  28. snellenr

    How to tell how many Kwh's you have just charged in to the car?

    You can scroll across the bar chart in the app's "Charge Stats" tab to get daily kWh charging info, if that works in your scenario.
  29. snellenr

    CCS Adapter - ?

    Here's an oddball question - can the Tesla CCS adapter be used at a J1772 charger in place of the "pure" J1772 adapter we've all been carrying around for years? I'd have thought it could be (CCS being a superset of the J1772), but the manual doesn't mention anything about it.
  30. snellenr

    Which Snow-Chain are you using with your Model S?

    Yeah - I used Z-chains on my 2014 Model S for a few years, and *always* had to carefully check the far side of the tire after they were installed to make sure the inside cable was against the tire and not hung up on that control arm. Remembering to perform that step while in a night-time...
  31. snellenr

    Which Snow-Chain are you using with your Model S?

    I decided to spring for those König chains from Tesla for my 2022 S (after having used Z-chains on my 2014 S). Unfortunately, I had to send them back after I learned that when Tesla says "The fitting system has been pre-configured for Model S 19" Wheels", means that it will *only* fit on...
  32. snellenr

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    If I recall correctly, last time it was because they were bat guano* crazy... *Polite euphemism
  33. snellenr

    Best to charge to 60%?

    An alternative strategy, based on my "nerfed" early 2014 P85 (103,000 mi) with 248 mile max range (265 miles, at birth): Daily use: charge to 90%, then let day-to-day use "walk it down" to roughly 20%. Rinse; Repeat. Trips: Set limit to 100% and "Time of departure" to around the planned...
  34. snellenr

    Shipping advice for wheels. With or without tires? Which carrier?

    If that's the total, sounds like a good deal. What brought the idea to mind is having my local tire shop accidentally punch through the sidewall on my Pirelli Sottozero 3 snow tires - on two separate occasions. Leaves a nice, clean rectangular cut...
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    Shipping advice for wheels. With or without tires? Which carrier?

    (Just so it's clear, I meant to cut circumferentially around the tire in the sidewall area, not inward radially toward the wheel rim - which would be dumb). Just in case that was the reason for the downvote... 🤷‍♂️
  36. snellenr

    Shipping advice for wheels. With or without tires? Which carrier?

    Since the tires are trash, cutting through the sidewalls (where there's no wire reinforcement) with a reciprocating saw is an easy way to separate the wheels without damaging them.
  37. snellenr

    Unlocking Car While sitting inside for passengers

    Popping the drivers side door open extends the handles on my 2022 S...
  38. snellenr

    Convert NEMA 14-50 60 amp line to Hard Wiring Wall Connector

    Note to all electricians reading this: Yes, this is totally and absolutely approximate and SWAG-ish. :) I see what looks like a "THHN" in the first picture and found charts that show the *total* diameter (including insulation) for THHN #4 & #6 wires. Although there are some minor (0.00x")...
  39. snellenr

    Convert NEMA 14-50 60 amp line to Hard Wiring Wall Connector

    Hence the "wire nut" part of the suggestion, but I'd still disconnect & wire nut the neutral wire in the panel so there's no question of a panel issue resulting in a hot wire at the other end. There's not a lot of extra space inside the wall connector for an unused #4 neutral wire and wire...
  40. snellenr

    Convert NEMA 14-50 60 amp line to Hard Wiring Wall Connector

    It looks doable, but I have some "not an electrician but have installed a wall charger" thoughts/observations. Assuming the wire is 4/3 NMI (Romex): Make certain that it isn't aluminum wire - it's cheaper and your current box may allow it, but Tesla's doesn't Splices in 4 gauge wire aren't...
  41. snellenr

    Lifting pucks

    I've kept a set of these in the car for years. I use them when I swap my snow tires using a 3 ton floor jack, but I've never had a tire shop ask for them. Hockey Pucks (set of 4)
  42. snellenr

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    He pointed out (@3:12) the crush cans bolted to the front casting that allows less energetic frontal impacts to be repaired. But yeah, any impacts severe enough to damage the castings will total the car.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    "How that moose got on the motorcycle, I'll never know..."
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Sigh. "... roll back any such subsidies..." is not the same thing as "get rid of electric cars". Now that electric vehicles have finally become qualitatively and quantitatively a better value for most purposes than the equivalent ICE vehicle, I'd prefer eliminating subsidies altogether and...
  45. snellenr

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    That article is from 2011 - 11 years ago! Is there anything comparable that is more recent?
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    The relationship is comparable to that of McDonald's Corp. and its franchisees. A restaurant doesn't *have* to serve the McRib sandwich, but if they do it has to be sourced and prepared as McDonald's demands. What has Tesla (semi-)flummoxed is the offending states' imposition of this franchise...
  47. snellenr

    Tesla Service 2013 Tesla model s 60 Rear brake pads are seized in calipers service estimate 1363

    This doesn't look particularly out of line - the *main* repair is to replace the rear brake rotors, which they're estimating at taking about an hour @ their $185/hr labor rate ($205 labor). They'd need to unbolt the calipers and move them out of the way to remove the rotor, and they're going to...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    8. All data (logs, camera video, etc) for any incident shall be automatically provided to all affected parties and <insert appropriate authority> within 24 hours.
  49. snellenr

    FSD Beta 10.12

    It is, and there it is! Thanks for the tip...
  50. snellenr

    FSD Beta 10.12

    Well, I'm confused then... I'm running FSD Beta 10.12.2 (2022.12.3.20)- do I need to completes dungeon or kill a boss to unlock this "Little Camera Icon" level? 🤷🏻‍♂️😀