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    Firmware 6.1 - For Classic Model S

    Classic MS 85, VIN P019xx. I seemed to get a boost in my rated range after upgrade from 6.0 to 6.1. I had done a full range charge and was sitting at 250 miles (almost 40k miles on my A pack battery) when I got the notice to upgrade, so I went ahead. Shortly thereafter, with no further...
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    Window Tint in East Bay?

    Omega Tintwerks Vincent is a solo tint artist, did a great job on my last 3 cars. He also did a full hood clear bra on my Tesla. I highly recommend him. FYI, cash or check, no credit cards.
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    Valet Mode

    Is this something you dreamed up during REM sleep?
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    Route 1 along coast, Gilroy to Atascadero ?

    Thanks! Good to know that it's not a problem. I think the snow tires even lowered the efficiency a bit. - - - Updated - - - :-D Thanks!
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    Firmware 5.11

    So this is NOT a good page to leave it on in the background? http://dash.time4tesla.com/
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    Route 1 along coast, Gilroy to Atascadero ?

    Has anyone driven from the supercharger at Gilroy, CA to the one at Atascadero, CA via Route 1 along the coast? I know I can make it easily along Route 101 inland, but with google maps showing 172 miles along Route 1, I'm wondering if I can make it in my 85. My battery now only charges up to...
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    When I put the car in Park the passenger door opens

    I updated to 5.8 (1.39.60) two days ago. Now I have TWICE had the rear passenger door pop open slightly when I put the car into P. I've driven about 10 times, so it's less then half the time. I will inquire with the service center if the old-style door handle is the issue.
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    Walnut Creek Service Center

    I noticed that the Walnut Creek Service Center, previously listed as "Coming Soon" for many months here http://www.teslamotors.com/findus is now GONE. Pretty disappointing all around...
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    Superchargers in Northern California (location speculation)

    Stopped by the Vacaville Supercharger. 12/4/13. Not online yet. Red covers still over every charger. The only car parked there is an ICE BMW.
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    Anybody had confusion with other owners about who's car it is?

    Mine's on the right, my buddy's is on the left. This was a few months ago.
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    Strong Noise when driving above 67mph

    Mine was just replaced last week to get rid of the low, loud hum over 63 mph that I had. I had driven over 13,500 before it started in my S85. It took three weeks here in Northern California to wait for valet/loaner service, but it was very convenient. I think Tesla does need to look into...
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    Walnut Creek Service Center

    I had valet service drop off a loaner and take my car to San Rafael. Valet service is only available to your closest SC. My friend had his P85 serviced at Fremont and they told him WC would open at end of this year at earliest, so I plan on 2014.
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    Valet Service vs Ranger Service

    I have the cheapest 4 year maintenance plan ($1900) from Tesla, which does NOT include Ranger service for free. I can get that for $100 each time. Today, the valet service drove a P85 loaner with 2000 miles to my workplace and took my 85 back to the service center about 30 miles away to fix a...
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    Is there a delay start feature for charging

    On the charging screen, touch Set Charge Limit, then slide the limit along the battery graphic to anywhere you want, typically 60-90% or 100% for max charge. Now the charging will stop at that charge level in your battery. Changing the amps on the charge screen will change the rate at which...
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    Snow chains

    I grew up in the Chicago area and have lived in Boston and Cleveland as well. I've never used, or seen anyone using snow chains on their car in those urban/suburban areas. Most of those roads are plowed or salted so there is not enough accumulation to use chains. If you use it with too little...
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    Anyone switch from Goodyear RS-A to Michelin Primacy on 19"?

    That's why I didn't get 21" to begin with. I was tired to replacing low profile summer tires on my previous sports cars at less than 10K. I figured that I would make the Model S my main car, so I went with the 19" - - - Updated - - - I mainly interested in the performance of the Primacy...
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    Anyone switch from Goodyear RS-A to Michelin Primacy on 19"?

    At 14k miles, my OEM Goodyears on the 19" wheels are starting to get louder. The tread is about half gone. I'm wondering if anyone has switched to the Michelin Primacy tires that Tesla is now offering as an option and claiming to provide 3% increased range on your charge. Are they really...
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    HVAC Temperature Settings

    I usually need to set it to 69-70 to be comfortable. This is about 3 degrees lower than the setting in my Infinitis. I seem to recall that in the wintertime, maybe Jan or Feb 2013, there was a software change when many owners were complaining that the car did not heat up enough. The software...
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    Best Car in The Doctor's Lot

    Yup, me too! I responded to this thread quite a while ago when I got my 85 at the end of 2012. I'm still the only one at my primary hospital, although I convinced an ENT at out sister hospital to get one and he's been thanking me ever since. Just a few days ago, I got my Model S together with...
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    P85 Loaner Cars! Sweet!!

    I enjoyed this loaner out of the San Rafael Service Center for a few days this week. In SF, I was parking diagonally into a high curb, so I spent a minute looking around on the main screen to raise the car up to very high...then I realized that it did NOT have air suspension!
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    My Key Fob Opened Someone Else's Model S

    You should have sat in the driver seat and see if the car would start by pushing the brake. That would have shown if your fob really was linked to that Tesla. The owner could have turned off the auto-lock when walking away and forgot to lock the car, so it was sitting unlocked and waiting for...
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    ProClip mount: any Model S Owner in/near Madison, WI?

    I've been really enjoying the angled mount clip in it's intended position on the bottom right of the center screen. I've had if for about 2-3 weeks now, and it's a pretty natural position to reach my right hand over to it. I can easily use Siri on my iPhone via the car's bluetooth and do many...
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    Courtesy info supercharging station

    Superchargers should be treated more like a gas pump and not like a parking space. Stay with the car or actively monitor it with the smartphone app while it's fueling, then move your car to a regular parking space for the rest of your shopping/eating. What do you think would happen if an ICE...
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    Pulled over driving Model S

    Lacewood is more uncommon, but I love it. You can see and feel the texture of the wood grain, it's matte so never any fingerprints. All new passengers in the car will run their fingers along the wood when they see it and usually comment how great it is! I just wish the center 17" screen was...
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    Pouring rain, door handles don't extend (wrong car...doh!)

    At the Harris Ranch supercharger recently I came back to 3 blue MS in a row. I had to look for my license plates to figure it out.
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    Pulled over driving Model S

    I drove down to LA last weekend and a CHP pulled me over and said I was driving a little erratic and wanted to make sure that I wasn't drinking. That was a real brief conversation and then he proceeded to ask me a bunch of questions about the car. It was a little weird since I saw quite a few...
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    One Year Later: What's Missing?

    I remember something about 4G being a hardware update. If the price is not too outrageous, I'd do that when it's available. The 3G is so slow for me that web browsing is almost unusable.
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    pete8314's Key Fob Cover

    Another order for 2. I'll use my current Case Logic ones for USB drives as they are meant for when I get your Tesla fob cover. Please consider making blue ones, since blue is one of the most popular MS colors.
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    Alas, new problem: Windshield Stress Fracture. Anyone else?

    My first windshield replacement was done around 1500 miles. My second replacement was just done this week at 9000 miles. Both had the crack in the lower right corner. I hope this does not become a semi-annual event for me.
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    Panoramic roof creaking noise.

    Had my car at the San Rafael SC this week, mainly for the windshield replacement, but also had my pano roof creak addressed while it was there. They put in the shims per their TSB and so far today, no more creaking. Here is the info from my service report. ----- Customer Concern: Customer...
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    Alas, new problem: Windshield Stress Fracture. Anyone else?

    I must be really unlucky with the windshields. My original one cracked in Jan and was replaced at the Fremont Service Center. A couple of days ago, another crack in my new windshield appeared in the lower right corner as it sat in my garage overnight. I called Fremont and tried to get valet...
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    Lifetime Average Wh/mi

    At 7900 miles, I've been at 369 wh/mi for the past 3000 miles or so. It was 380 or so for the first few weeks that I had the car. My usual freeway commute of 25 miles each way is mostly at 75-80 mph set with cruise. For the most part, I can maintain those speeds being in the reverse commute...
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    Request for Enhancement: Pedestrian Horn

    How about a pedestrian horn that imitates the sounds of an automatic assault weapon? Let's see how quickly they get out of the way! :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink:
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    19" tire impact bubble, tire rotation questions

    Just to follow up, I got the new tire installed on the rear left a few days ago. The front left was rotated to the rear right, the front right to the front left, and the rear right to the front right. All were rebalanced. Even with 7700 miles on the other tires, the ride is very smooth and...
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    New Oakland Bay Bridge Opening Drive

    Bay Bridge rod troubles extend to base - SFGate Lots of stuff going wrong with the building of the bridge, so I bet it will be delayed past Labor Day. I also don't want to be driving my Model S over it when it CRACKS...
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    Touch-up Paint

    The paint code is on the driver door sill label you can see when the door is open. I had a small scrape fixed by a mobile dent/scratch repair service that came to my home. He searched the code in his system and mixed up some paint on the spot that matches really well. I got the extra paint...
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    Spare Tire - Extra 19's for sale.

    Does anyone have any idea whether the car can be driven with a small donut tire/wheel replacing a rear wheel? Would that get messed up with the traction control or mess with the direct drive motor as smaller wheel rotates at a faster rate than the original? I would imagine that replacing one...
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    19" tire impact bubble, tire rotation questions

    I decided to bring my 7700 mile Model S to the local America's Tire for a tire rotation rather than drive 50+ miles each way to the Fremont service center. America's Tire offers free rotations, but for $21 each, they would provide road hazard coverage (for my original tires from Tesla) and...
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    Key fob battery tip

    You probably just made a typo, but the battery is CR2032. Thanks for the idea to put it in the glovebox. I happened to have a few a home and now one of them is in the car.
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    Don't need financing but want Elon's guaranteed buy back

    Is it possible to get the buy-back guarantee with a small loan of $10-20K? Is is possible to get the buy-back guarantee with a loan and then pay it off after 1 month and keep the guarantee?
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    New Tesla / Wells Fargo Finance/Lease Program offered me 6.45% - 60 mo. with Resale

    If you can afford the car now, it sounds like you have cash on hand for a full purchase. Why not take the 6.49% loan for a relatively small amount, like $20k and make payments on it to build your credit. Invest the $20k in TSLA and I bet it will return more than 6.49% annually.
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    Services Sign Up is Back On Line

    I purchased the 4 year service for $1900 only. The original 4yr/50K warranty is worded such that Tesla could deny coverage if maintenance is not done, so it makes sense to purchase the first 4 years at a discount. Ranger service is only worthwhile if you live too far to travel to a service...
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    Owning a Model S : Safety issue when switching back to your ICE

    I think Tesla intentionally uses Enterprise and their lower end ICE vehicles to make us appreciate our Model S even more, even with whatever issues you were bringing it to service for. ;)
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    How is this spring break itinerary?

    There was a good recommendation for a hotel with NEMA 14-50 in Pasa Robles, close to SLO. http://www.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/charging-101-halfway-between-sf-and-la-pleasant-surprise I hope the Harris Ranch SC expansion is done when you go, otherwise I can envision at traffic jam at the...
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    Other Things to do in Fremont

    The Jelly Belly factory tour is great for kids or kids at heart. Last time we went was probably 5 years ago when our kids were 9 and 11 and they loved it. All the free samples can give you a bellyache! When you're done with that, you can wash down all the candy with free Budweiser samples at...
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    center console concept

    I'm definitely interested. I use proclip for my iPhones in my other cars and I was wondering about a fitment for Tesla Model S, so this would be awesome. I have tan leather interior so that's what I would want. I have Lacewood, but I think the black lacquer would be fine. Keep me posted...
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    Project: More light in Frunk and Trunk

    Here are my photos taken in a dark garage WITHOUT flash...
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    Turn signal dims the DRL

    I pulled up behind a van with a windowless rear in the left turn lane today, so I had a great reflection of the front of my car, including the DRLs. When I turned on my left turn signal, I noticed that the DRL on the left side dimmed. While I waited, I switched off the turn signal and the DRL...
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    Idea for a trashbin

    Talus TrashStand Floor Litterbag XL-Black : Amazon.com : Automotive I'm using this one in the rear under the vents for the rear seats. It fits well in that spot and the weight at the bottom keeps it from flying around when I corner. I just over the sliding armrests and slip my trash in there.
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    license plate frame

    That's a great frame! It's made of ALUMINUM, like our Model Ss!