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I live in Texas and 110degrees in summer is normal. We’ve had the car two years. The car has ceramic tints on rear and side windows only and it’s fine, the AC copes perfectly even when doing 800 mile per day road tripping in the summer sun and doing merciless back to back supercharging sessions...

Tesla 0-60 times for Perfirmace trim options don’t count the first 1 foot rollout. Ie they don’t start the timer until the car has moved a foot. I personally don’t agree with that method, however it is what it is. What I have a big problem with is the fact the long range and acceleration boosted...

Just got a free 6 months subscription to Apple Music so thought I’d try it out. I don’t get why I’d want to pay a subscription forever vs buy and keep what I like a-la cart as I have done for decades but still, we must try stuff before passing opinion… So far I’m not impressed not least of which...

The rubber liners make it hard to get the cups out, or at least vertically sided insulated drinking bottles anyway. So I removed mine. The center insert with spring loaded grips, which I had before the liner, scratches the finish on all my insulated containers so that’s gine too. Using it now...

I’m in Plano and have worked from home the 21 months I’ve had our car, which is a weekend and multi state road trip machine. Leave it set to 60% during the week and up it to 70 or even 80 on Friday night. As a rule, always leave it plugged in. If there’s a thunderstorm forecast then unplug it...

When I used to type something into the Nav, and search for it, if I typed the name and hit enter the Nav would show a list of matching locations as a list AND show them on the map. This was useful if I didn’t know the location/ street name of say “home depot” near me, but I know it’s the one a...

Plug in first and it locks when I walk away. Given it unlocks when I walk towards it I see no inconvenience in leaving it locked in the garage. And from a security perspective, garage door openers are hardly the most insurmountable thing…

Gotcha. I remember passing through from Salt Lake to Denver and stopping at Winnemucca…Not a lot of options… I assume your major route south is Elko?

A MYLR will typically do ~275 miles to a 100% charge at 70mph with no headwind and moderate temperatures. The rates range assumes you are averaging about 55mph or something like that, certainly not 70mph. Assuming you left on 100% temperature, wind or elevation gain must not have been in your...

Those who think a car is luxury or premium because it has a BMW or Mercedes badge on it have clearly not experienced a 1-series of A-Class… My view is that the model Y is a premium vehicle (not luxury) and only gets that rating due to the advanced tech as opposed to materials and fit/finish...

I would expect people to get very little… Doesn’t stop them asking for some high amount but I doubt they’ll get it. I can’t see it’s worth more than $4-5k extra on the used market personally but that’s just my opinion…

Third model Y? The car hasn’t been out long. Why do you trade in for a new one so frequently and how can you afford to do so? Unless the reason is the increasing prices and resale values have allowed you to do so and either make money or at least not lose on each trade? If so that’s not a normal...

FSD is pretty much worthless I’m afraid. Buy it be user you want to use it but don’t expect to get any money back on it.

I suspect the prices will climb back up slowly. At 30% a $66k car is $20k profit, at $54k they make $8k or 17%. That will not make Wall Street happy and Tesla lives to please Wall Street with their numbers. These prices are likely short term, most likely to March, after which point they will...

It doesn’t have to be a Tesla, the values of all used cars was way up. We sold a 2 year old Kia Soul for $3k more than we paid for it new, and used that cash toward getting my wife her electric mini.

Dash cam footage is evidence so if you delete it that’s destroying evidence which is a crime in itself. Many people don’t realize this when they buy a dash cam. However we don’t know if this guy has a USB drive in it so that would need to be proven buyers reasonable doubt. A lawyer is required.

If you want data from the car for the period before you owned it then it’s not your data that you’re asking for.

These are premium vehicles that no-one needs. We buy them because we want them and we decide at that moment if the asking price is worth it to us. At the moment a used 7 year old Camry or RAV4 is what people should buy if they care about money. New cars are a luxury that depreciate by thousands...

I’m curious how many people who bought in the last year at the higher price are conveniently forgetting the over inflated trade-in/sale price they got of the vehicle their Y replaced. While I’m sure it doesn’t amount to $13k it should soften the blow…

With finance you should get GAP insurance as you’re always at risk of getting screwed. Other than that, As long as you’re not selling I wouldn’t worry for now.

You absolutely should get GAP insurance if you are financing.

Unless you’re planning on soon selling a car you recently bought at the peak, why does this matter? So what if the car value us dropped by $15k overnight, if you’re not selling who cares? Or were you just flipping cars and getting a new one every few months due to the weird market? If your car...

While I would also be gutted if it happened to me (paying $67k for a car that is now $53k and would get further $7.5k check in a year) to those thinking they will switch to another brand in retaliation, wait until you use the public charging network, it’s an absolute unusable disaster zone that...

For commuting, running around locally, charging at home and never needing public charging, the question is it worth it while questioning power costs suggests a decision driven by economics. It is cheaper ti run an EV and they are much nicer to drive and are more convenient than an ICE vehicle...

I actually agree with virtually everything you stated in your original post comparing the two, the only exception is the eficiency which I would place roughly halfway between the Ioniq5 and the Y. Granted this is only my experience from renting an EV6 and running 70mph tests, vs owning one, but...

“The EV6 is a charging hero, and I don't expect the Model Y will be able to beat it.” A lot of people fall for this… In my tests the Model Y adds as much real world 70mph range in 18 minutes as the Ioniq5 does due to the fact it travels further. Yes the Ioniq5 hits 80% in the time the Tesla...

I booked the mobile tech a couple of days ago but today they messaged on the app and said it was not bad enough for a warranty replacement. Arguing with them and have someone review the case resulted in them sticking to their position that they would not replace it under warranty. Ridiculous in...

So since I drove the car in heavy rain over thanksgiving weekend the passenger side side repeater has been giving a slightly blurry or foggy image (see the different in the photo in terms of the concrete driveway and the garage door pattern): Tesla service center claims it’s not blurry enough...

I was, and to an extent am still, a car guy. Did the whole European hot hatch tuner thing in the very early 2000’s spending an absolute fortune. Have done the muscle car thing with tuning etc. Done the off-roading thing with a heavily modded a wrangler TJ. Have had the comfy luxury executive...

Run down to a 1/4 tank then fill.

$3,000 to repaint a hood is daylight robbery…

I find sentry mode to be intermittent at best, even in terms of triggering but yes sometimes even no recordings available (recently) despite claiming alerts.

“undeniably less convenient than gas...” Adding “undeniably” to your opinion doesn’t make it true. It’s still just your opinion. It *can* be less convenient on a road trip although in my experience not by much, adding 30 minutes to a 9.5 hour trip based on the measurements from my trip tracker...

Of course it’s on purpose. That’s why I’m gonna laugh long and loud when gas goes up again as it is guaranteed to do. The funny thing is even in Texas rolling coal on EV’s was no longer a thing in early summer as they couldn’t afford the fuel, LMFAO!

Which is why we need these: https://www.carscoops.com/2021/12/tesla-refines-supercharger-lock-to-prevent-gas-car-owners-from-iceing-spots-in-china/

I just wanted to say I was fortunate enough to get the genuine Tesla adapter through you guys a few weeks before you had to switch to the third party one. I was very happy with the service!

The last round trip I did from Dallas to Houston two weeks ago worked out to be the same cost as a gas car getting 35mpg. That’s at Texas highway gas prices which are pretty low. Not many gas cars get an honest 35mpg when cruising at 80mph… The cost included 3 supercharger sessions plus charging...

Albuquerque to Vegas is nearly 600 miles and it took me 9 hours 20 minutes in our gas SUV with 2 restroom stops and one lunch stop. In the Model Y it took 9 hours 50 minutes also with 2 restroom stops and 1 lunch stop. If the supercharger sites were v3 we might have been able to shave 10 minutes...

I would not say anything as the root cause of this, deliberately parking an ICE vehicle in a charging spot, was by a perpetrator (dictionary: a person who commits a harmful, illegal or immoral act) who would not feel any shame or remorse nor would he adjust his behavior in future. And it matters...

The success of powerline adapters depends on the wiring of your home. I have never managed top get more than 20Mbps out of them in this house or the prior apartment and house on the east coast. They do work for some people but I have stopped recommending them as they don't work well often...

You’re not the one bing the “Richard head” for confronting someone who is ICEing (or EVing or whatever the term is for gas pumps), the person doing the act is. That said, I wouldn’t bother doing what the OP did as despite being in the right you have to consider the intelligence and character of...

I road trip a lot. When it comes to destination chargers at hotels you can’t rely on them at all because in my experience they are ICEd half the time. Specifically the ones located anywhere near the door as people are both lazy and selfish. Clear signage makes no difference, on a pole, on the...

And how many times does this happen? You can’t tell me because it’s far, far, far rather than the ICEing. But yes, it does go both ways.

Herein lies the problem of laws not catching up. There should be a law against it and it needs to be enforced quickly and consistently. A law would benefit EV drivers by not potentially leaving them stranded, and it would reduce the likelihood of this ending badly. Two months ago I was trying...

Not relevant. In the same way that if there is another disabled bay available you can’t park in one of the other disabled bays. He would be forgiven if the parking lot was full but it was not.

I’m well aware of both what is means and that he was seemingly doing it intentionally.

I don’t care how good the pizza is, if the guy has a bad attitude I’ll go to the nearest chain instead and get merely acceptable pizza. The only way people like that learn is by hitting their wallet. And if they prefer to go out of business rather than learn and adjust, it’s no loss.

Sadly fighting stupid with politeness, forgiveness and understanding isn’t yielding the results we want, or rather need, either.

Parking in an electric car spot while not plugged in should be a towable violation. And in the absence of that it’s not unreasonable that offenders should come back to 4 flat tires.

I’ve done Dallas to Albuquerque and back a few times, going again next week. In terms of charging etc my experience mirrors yours except I’ve never had a technical issue with the car. And yeah, get lunch while charging. Seems like you have a glitch with the charge door and (hopefully) a minor...