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That is apples & oranges. The weight of the trailer matters very little unless the trailer has brakes and you are using them. If you got yourself 3500 lbs in gold bars, you'd get almost exactly the same range if you put them in your trunk vs if you towed them in a small trailer that fit entirely...

I think about those scenes all the time when I'm in the Keys! I was in the USAF for 5 years, and even though only the Marines used the Harrier, it was always my favorite plane!

I think you are confusing it with posting on forums about experiences you haven't had. I'm curious what you think I should have done instead: Spend a couple thousand dollars renting a huge uncomfortable truck for three weeks, and then have to use it as my daily driver while at my destinations...

No/yes. It got close, but was always estimating that I needed for example 70% battery to get to a charger that I actually needed 80% to get to. It did a pretty good job of picking out chargers though. Once or twice it picked out a charger that I'd have needed 100% to get to, and would have had...

Well, that's kinda like saying a $10 bill is better than a $5 bill. The question is not whether a MYP is as good at towing long distances as a big-ass diesel truck. The question is whether it is acceptable. There are two a really interesting subtleties that I didn't cover in my initial post...

Which CT? If AWD, I doubt you will have to stop. With a rated range of 340 mi, and a vehicle that is likely less efficient than a MY, you'd probably be good for 120 miles of useable range per leg towing my boat. What I will tell you is this: It takes 100 miles or so for the car to settle on an...

Hey Everyone, I thought I would share my experience with my most significant towing trip yet. I have a '20 MYP "stealth," which was originally rated at 315 mi of range. Now my 100% range is about 298. Something I've wanted to do for a long time is bring my boat, a small trimaran, to the FL...

I figured out a way to remove these end caps that seems to reliably save the tabs. It's a bit difficult to get a good hold on it. On the front ones, I was able to insert the tip of my finger into the T-slot and pull towards me (not up). With the rear, I couldn't get enough grip with my...

There is an important detail quietly underlying all the comments about how Tesla should solve this problem for us: It presumes that the driver can't learn, or refuses to do so. Low regen mode is a training tool. Much like training wheels, it's meant to be temporary, to help the driver adapt to a...

David, zero regen is not what you think it is. Regen is just engine braking that happens to be stronger than most ICE cars' engine braking. It sounds like you think zero regen would get a Tesla to behave like an ICE car when you take your foot off the accelerator - mild engine braking. That's...

And more generally, I figured I'd report in after my third Winter Driving School, and first one in 11 months. This time there isn't much new to report. Only one thing stood out: It appears to me that Tesla has tweaked the definition of the 0-100% regen slider. In the past when setting it really...

Just thought I'd chime in here after another WDS: My experience was also that the heat pump was always running when I was in track mode. I wouldn't call it "full blast," it seemed the same to me as when I'm running a/c on a hot summer day. I don't know what it's doing since most of the time I...

Yes, and there is at least one thing that is clear from the video alone: The driver let an extended period of time go by while continuing to do nothing. Granted once he got hit, he was probably freaking out, and freezing up when freaking out is fairly common. I wonder if he simply fell asleep...

Hey all, I thought anyone following this thread might like to hear the good news. The Chief of Police for the town of Littleton responded to my online submission. He explained that what the town had requested was that the $10/hr surcharge would not kick in until 4hrs after the car had...

In this case, the policy is new within the last year, and it does not cut you off, it just starts charging you more. I believe the motivation is that this town gets a lot of day trip tourists from nearby ski areas, and they want to increase the availability of the resource to promote more tourism.

The limiting factor in usability of the mobile connector anywhere else but your own home is finding an outlet that is close enough to somewhere you can actually put your car. Extension cords that can handle 240V and 30 or 50 amps are quite expensive. I tried using it at a friend's house once -...

No, I said that's how it was a year ago, and there was no need to do that. It simply charged you the same rate as long as you were plugged in, whether you were charging or not. So slowing down the charge wouldn't help. Now it starts charging you an extra $10/hr once you've been there for four...

Huh? How would that help a penalty that is time-based?

Oh boy. So, some or many of you may have seen the thread I started a year ago about brining my MYP to winter driving school, and optimizing track-mode settings for winter driving. If not, TL/DR: It was a huge success, at first the car was awful in the snow, but after a lot of analysis & testing...

I do this as well. I've seen it do both - advise me to get to my destination with 4% or less SOC, and add an unnecessary supercharger stop and put me at my destination with a little over 10%. This is just the first time I've seen it advise two supercharger stops when none were needed, and then...

Paul, you may have missed a key detail here: This is a new behavior as of one of the last few software updates. I can't quite tell from your post if you are trying to be constructive, or if you're a fanboy that is always going to say Tesla is perfect no matter what the details are. I maintain...

Aw shux... Thanks ;) Well, a few reasons: Have you ever actually tried driving with 0% regen? It is terrifying. Most ICE vehicles engine braking has an effect equivalent to - just guessing - a setting of about 40-50% regen on my MYP. However, that's not a measure of how much farther the car...

This is definitely incorrect. For me, I believe it happens about 25% of the time, with one exception that is nearly 100%: If I've just gotten out of the car, and closed all the doors, then it has a very impatient timer even if I'm right next to the driver's door, where it locks (beeps...

I'm curious if anyone else is experiencing this, and if anyone knows when it was introduced? Of course if I might have done something to cause this, or if there's a setting that could influence it, I'd love to know that too: Navigating home from about 60 miles away, I added a stop to an...

What he said. This was a big problem for a long time, this is exactly why this feature was introduced.

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Haha - in principle, neither do I. However I do appreciate a sexy tread pattern, and as you can see I'm not above being suspicious of a tread pattern. I think the Hakka's have a pattern that looks like it would do its job well and is attractive. The CC2's look to me like they'd do a great job...

I believe the sound you are referring to is the heat pump. I'll pay more attention to it this winter. Perhaps once you're in a cold enough environment then as long the battery is cool, it doesn't turn on?

Weight is not a big factor in range, especially with an EV. It affects handling, acceleration and deceleration. The latter two of those are made up for quite a bit by regenerative breaking. Aerodynamics are the biggest factor in range impact. If you made a 50 lb carbon fiber shell that was the...

These comments are surprising. It sounds like you have some legit authority w/rt the app, so I won't presume to contradict you. However my experience from WDS doesn't reconcile with your comments. Did you observe this during slip conditions, or is this just in normal driving? I'm pretty sure...

Someone else already gave you the primary answer & pointed out the drawback of not having access to navigation. I vaguely recall that there are other features that are unavailable when in track mode, but I don't recall what they are. The obvious one is that without navigation you lose charge...

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Dad, I had this happen and was afraid exactly that was going to happen. First, I'm fortunate that the first time I searched it here, the first two posts I found were from people who did successfully get it covered under warranty. Second, I procrastinated on it for a LONG TIME, and perhaps that...

I pay attention to tongue weight limit indirectly. I am more concerned with having proper trailer behavior, so I want tongue weight to be around 10% of trailer weight. If it were say 15%, and that happened to be say 375 lbs, I probably wouldn't got to a lot of trouble to fix it. My observation...

Oh wow, no, I hadn't. Just did a little searching, and found a table of compiled reviews/specs, and a spreadsheet for calculating efficiency. I suspect you're talking about the former. Thanks!

I also find the CC2 tread pattern "ugly." I'm not sure if that's because it looks inefficient (and noisy), or if it's just separate. Tread patterns don't strike me as something to care about aesthetically, but I do like the Nokian Hakkapeliitta tread pattern, and back in the day when the...

Thank you for this input. I looked for these, but couldn't find them. I needed something ASAP b/c I blew out a sidewall in early Dec, and had put my winter wheels on as a quick-fix, since it was time anyway. But then it was April, and the winter tires needed to come off. I was very close go...

Still can't find anything. Maybe I voted a long time ago and don't remember doing it. But I don't see my votes either.

You make many of great points, and they add meaningful perspective. I appreciate that. However, you also seem to be trying to police posts, or train the world to act the way you want. I don't appreciate that. If you feel like a sticky post, or modification to one, is in order somewhere...

Well, of all possible types of habit, that is the least effective form of habit to both form, as well as to have. I don't have to look at the symbol to know whether I'm in drive, reverse, or park, b/c I can tell from the physical sensation within half a second and a few inches of travel whether...

Where were they buried inside the Loot Box? I was able to submit photos back when the contest started. I haven't seen anything since then. This is all I see in there now (and I just updated the app on my phone):

I thought I would share my own experience here. I have experienced about a half-dozen instances of unintended acceleration. In my case, the problems is that there is a difference between intentionally enabling "autopilot" and unknowingly enabling it. I'm specifically referring to "traffic aware...

Wasn't sure what forum to post this in - I normally frequent the MY forums, but this is a 3... I feel for this guy: He only had 1000 miles on his M3P, and he got a nail in a tire. I was working on my boat at the yacht club, he appears to have been there for an event b/c the way he is dressed...

The Tesla app says "share your submissions on social media to increase your chances of winning." So, I put it on IG & Twitter - anyone please feel free to ♥️ my posts if you'd like to help get my photo on Tesla's radar!

Holy Moly! While very amusing, that is one of the most over-the-top exaggerations I have ever heard. The Tesla connector is a better experience, no doubt - but if that is your analogy, then I don't think that is actually beer in your mug, I think it's something else that just happens to be the...

I'm very late to this thread, so what I have to share has probably already been covered. I'm not going to read all 8 pages to find out though, so instead I figured I'd just share my relevant experience: This happened to me early on in my Tesla ownership days. The problem turned out to be...

Ok, got it. Are you able to do this continuously, quickly, without hitting the brake in between? I couldn't find a rhythm that worked like proper rocking in a manual ICE car. I don't remember what the issue was. it was one or both of the following: The car refused to shift gears without me...

I guess I'd say I get a little less than half compared to how I normally drive. That would be 80mph with medium acceleration most of the time, not really trying to extend my range, and I probably normally get 85% of rated range.

ICE vehicles are not heavily impacted in range by towing b/c they are already so inefficient. I had a Corsair F-24mk2 before, and did some amount of towing with my Subaru Outback XT. The simple answer was that the range hit was small enough that I didn't think about it. Highway I'm guessing it...

Empathy is a Farrier Marine F-22R, built in NZL. Your only challenge in the US would be getting a tow kit that doesn't void your warranty. Tesla doesn't offer it for the M3 in the US. They do in Europe. This is the #1 reason I waited for an MY instead of getting a 3. I wonder if you could pop...