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  1. HappyDude

    Damage from lightning strikes?

    I unplug if there is lightening, I've read there is protection but I'd rather not risk it.
  2. HappyDude

    Just Drove My Model Y in Light Rain at Night for 1st Time with "Tesla Vision" (2022.36.6): Autopilot was **Unusable**

    I did a long drive last December in moderate to heavy rain and I was impressed how well AP worked, I'm assuming because my car has radar. That experience and stories like the OP is why I haven't installed the update that takes radar away.
  3. HappyDude

    Going from 2022.20.8 to 2022.24.5 – radar removal or not?

    I disconnected from wifi to delay the inevitable as long as I can. I don't use auto high beams or wipers now because I don't think they are reliable enough. I may be biased because my friend had a vision only Y and often complained about autopilot turning on the auto high beams.
  4. HappyDude

    Supercharging on a really hot day

    Increased energy use was something I did notice, I can usually beat the final estimate in the trip consumption graph but, not with this heat. I left my last charging stop before the computer said I should continue because it was estimating 5% remaining when I would get home. I knew there were...
  5. HappyDude

    Supercharging on a really hot day

    Today ended up being 116F/46.6C, I took the advice to go inside while charging so that the a/c didn't have to cool the cabin and I can say it really was no issue at all. My last charge was about an hour from home and when I parked in the garage the cooling system ran at a high speed for about...
  6. HappyDude

    Supercharging on a really hot day

    I'm planing a road trip this weekend and the forecast currently is 112F/44C. Are there any issues supercharging in high heat? Should I plan on it taking longer than normal?
  7. HappyDude

    2021 Holiday Firmware Release - Predictions and Impressions (after release)

    I liked having my name and the current driver profile at the top of the screen. Otherwise I mostly like the update.
  8. HappyDude

    Security Issue? Log4j

    The IT world is kind of on fire today with a security vulnerability in a common software library. https://www.wired.com/story/log4j-flaw-hacking-internet The reason I'm posting here is because Tesla might be impacted. Scroll down to Tesla to see a photo...
  9. HappyDude

    Do Not Understand Tesla Rationale for Why There is No Sirius/XM in Model 3 or Y

    In my opinion sxm is expensive, low quality audio with too much dj chatter and commercials. I always resented having to buy a receiver (in the price of the car) for something I didn't want. If I did want sxm I would use the app, the satellite channels sound like RealAudio on dialup. (Maybe a...
  10. HappyDude

    Supercharger - Wikieup, AZ

    This would be great and give me a reason to stop in Wikieup for the first time ever. 😄
  11. HappyDude

    How COMPLETELY useless is the dashcam in the Model 3?

    I haven't run into this problem, my car came with the usb drive that Tesla sells on their website
  12. HappyDude

    Test drive or not?

    Ordered then test drove before delivery
  13. HappyDude

    Mustang Mach-E Gets Great Reviews = Model 3 Challenger

    I wouldn't mind having a second screen like the model S but I've never actually missed having a display behind steering while driving my 3.
  14. HappyDude

    Bookmarklet to get VIN

    The bookmarklet worked for me when I ordered but the VIN wasn't in the source code until it was also visible on the web page.
  15. HappyDude

    Why are people buying new ICE cars?

    This shows the great thing about electric vehicles, they can run on all of those energy sources. Since you both live in California you might be interested in this California ISO - Supply If you can charge during daytime offpeak the renewable percentage is around 80%
  16. HappyDude

    Four red proximity warning indicators

    On the bright side I haven't seen it happen since
  17. HappyDude

    Fuel Costs?

    My off peak is 8pm to 3pm at $0.05230 per kWh. They try and claw it back with an on peak demand charge of $17.438 Per kW plus 0.08683 per kWh. I do pretty good at minimizing on peak demand but it only takes one high use hour on peak hour in a month to blow up your demand charge.
  18. HappyDude

    Why are people buying new ICE cars?

    You still have to know you want an EV, hardly any efforts made to sell them to the general public. I wouldn't feel too down, I see more electric vehicles on the road that ever before.
  19. HappyDude

    Difficult situation with a Condo, advice appreciated...

    Do you need more than what an ordinary outlet could deliver?
  20. HappyDude

    Do you use Electrify America as a Tesla owner?

    I have used an EA station in a Leaf, the ones I've seen only have one chademo plug, even Nissan is moving to CCS here.
  21. HappyDude

    Glass top of Model 3 severe crack, safe to drive?

    Wow what happened? Did they say how long the replacement will take? I wonder if they can do it while you wait. I don't know if that will hold or not but I wouldn't feel comfortable taking a road trip with the glass over my head in that condition.
  22. HappyDude

    Reason why no Apple Carplay

    My previous vehicle was a Hyundai Ioniq PHEV that had CarPlay. I rarely used it because I don’t usually take my phone out of my pocket (to plug in) and the Ioniq software was pretty decent. If i need to reply to a text I use siri over Bluetooth.
  23. HappyDude

    Navigation talks over Audio

    Ditto 😄 , and by the time I realize what i did , it has stopped speaking and trying to turn it back up only makes the music louder
  24. HappyDude

    Model 3 - LR AWD Waiting Room

    I took delivery on 3/20 and it had the old software with the Tesla logo at the top, I got the update notification that night. I haven’t had any updates since, I’m on 2021.4.12 now.
  25. HappyDude

    Model LS V8

    Is the goal for longer range like a Frankenstein PHEV?
  26. HappyDude

    Need advice....Car in workshop for 3 months

    I would pay Tesla to repair it and then take the shop to small claims. The car was under their care and its their responsibility.
  27. HappyDude

    Four red proximity warning indicators

    I had a weird thing happen the other day, shortly after leaving the driveway I noticed all these red indicators around the car. I tried powering down but that didn’t help. Had to do reboot holding the scroll wheels. I think its the proximity warning but it wasn’t beeping or doing anything.
  28. HappyDude

    Newbie autopilot question

    OP You are talking about the autosteer feature. If you turn the wheel enough to change lanes that turns autosteer off. Automatic lane change is not included in regular autopilot.
  29. HappyDude

    Will it come fully charged?

    Mine had 95% charge
  30. HappyDude

    Model 3 - LR AWD Waiting Room

    Picked up my car today, everything was great. I think tesla made a big blue batch because most of the other cars waiting to be picked up were blue :D
  31. HappyDude

    Model 3 Performance Waiting Room [2020-2023]

    Do the new cars come with a usb flash drive for sentry/dash cam? I thought I saw somewhere that they did but I can't find it now.
  32. HappyDude

    Model 3 - LR AWD Waiting Room

    So, I woke up this morning to the usual +1 day later range, then about 45 minutes later I had a VIN. A couple hours later I get a text that the car is in Arizona, I'm picking it up tomorrow!
  33. HappyDude

    Model 3 - LR AWD Waiting Room

    I JUST GOT A VIN
  34. HappyDude

    Model 3 - LR AWD Waiting Room

    No VIN 3/22 - 3/30
  35. HappyDude

    Model 3 - LR AWD Waiting Room

    The boss said it was only 2 days
  36. HappyDude

    Model 3 - LR AWD Waiting Room

    Still no VIN in Phoenix :/
  37. HappyDude

    Model 3 - LR AWD Waiting Room

    My order agreement PDF still shows that price, but under completed tasks and price details it shows 10990. Did it change under price details?
  38. HappyDude

    Time to pull the trigger and buy a Model S. Help me understand the pricing though please.

    In my opinion, with any vendor, buy it for what it can do today, not for what it might do in the future.
  39. HappyDude

    Ready to Purchase - Almost

    I've read of people trying to jump on the "inventory" car only to find out it hasn't even been built yet.
  40. HappyDude

    Can I get my Deposit back?

    I've read you can have the order placed on hold if you aren't ready to accept delivery.
  41. HappyDude

    What did you name your Tesla?

    Blue Thunder
  42. HappyDude

    Model 3 - LR AWD Waiting Room

    Another omen would be the tesla website going down for an hour or two :D I’m now dateless in Phoenix too
  43. HappyDude

    Model 3 - LR AWD Waiting Room

    not me, haven’t heard of any yet
  44. HappyDude

    2021 Pricing Changes on Model 3/Y

    I ordered before the 1k price drop, the price details still shows the 1k price drop but the order agreement pdf never changed. Hope they don't hit me with the increase
  45. HappyDude

    Model 3 - LR AWD Waiting Room

    Mine have been spread throughout the day, the most sane thing todo is to wait for Tesla to email you asking for final payment. Now let me go back to my account page and refresh :D
  46. HappyDude

    Model 3 - LR AWD Waiting Room

    My SA checked in with me but didn’t have any information other than saying they intend to deliver by the end of the month
  47. HappyDude

    Supercharger Prices

    On the flip side my off peak rates are so cheap that gas would have to be below 75 cents a gallon to be competitive (in my old PHEV)
  48. HappyDude

    Model 3 - LR AWD Waiting Room

    My dates are gone as well
  49. HappyDude

    Model 3 - LR AWD Waiting Room

    I see “503 backend fetch failed”