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Mine is insured through State Farm? Travelers is a SC broker you can get a good deal through. I was with them for years.

This is a great thread for explaining the concept of self restraint and conscience.

I prefer a metal roof. My head is 2" away from it, I have it covered with screens, and I see no purpose for it.

That is something well within my skill set and I'll be the one doing it next time. I didn't expect having to pay for it in a 6 month old car. It's very short sighted of Tesla to clear maybe $25 in profit for a service call that dissuades me from buying another one. Not bothering with issues on...

Climate control design is b*ll$hit. Smells like a rotting dumpster.

It's not a real comparison. Italian cars have character and flair. The downside is they will break your heart at any given moment. I'd lease anything with Italian parts and give it back when the warranty was over. Tesla is a no frills daily driver that disappears into the background while you're...

Even I have to admit the 2022 TACC has gotten better over time and with software changes. I still don't trust it 100% but it has improved significantly.

My preference has been to use this instead of clay bar. Much easier and faster to use. Nanoskin autoscrub

I have personally never used a SC because I charge at home as well. Probably, there are more than 2 people in the same situation. I'd certainly like to see a better charging network for the East coast in general but I would have very infrequent cause to use it.

That would be almost 4 inches so you'd be 100% wrong. Here's a helpful conversion link: Google cm to inches

I drove a 2017 model one for 3 years without much issue. I paid $28k for the car with 8000 miles on it and it had every option except adaptive cruise control. In terms of BMW reliability, it was great. I had a fuel tank pressure sensor and charge port door motor fail, both of which were replaced...

You should google moving threads off topic and sticking your nose around everywhere possible for the sake of a post count. Maybe you could list out your design patents over the years to enlighten us and then report me to an admin because you can't get everyone to agree to baptizing their...

You can invent a concept and patent it without actually building prototypes. You can also invent something and get screwed out of the patent. You can also not bother with a patent for an idea that is not able to be realistically defended in court, which is likely the case here. At least that's...

There is no space behind the driver's seat if it is adjusted for a tall driver to be comfortable. Almost all of my cars have essentially been 3 seaters. My 18' long 69 Impala is a notable exception.

I'm 6'7" and fit just fine. My first litmus test for cars is I have to be able to sit in the driver's seat with the back straight up and not have my head touch the roof. In a M3 I can do that wearing a ball cap and still have room. I'm proportionally sized. I know what you mean about getting out...

Probably of interest: NHRA Announces New Rules for 2014 and Newer OEM Street Cars Sorry if it's paywalled.

This. I'm still in a holding pattern for somebody to roll out a 2 door coupe even if I have to give up some 0-60 time.

You've given me new slang that I hope takes in the US.

Adjustable air shocks are a helper air spring to increase or decrease the spring rate. Air isn't damping anything vehicle related unless they've magically increased it's viscosity.

I still get asked "How often do you charge it?" to which I reply "every night when I get home, why wouldn't you?" I've also found it helpful to reframe the mileage/range question in terms of time so when people hear I can spend a little over 4 hours on average before needing to charge they...

It is unfortunately the entire automotive supply chain (I work in automotive). There's a world wide shortage of almost every raw material from alloys to polymers and it is affecting OE and aftermarket alike. As a company, we are doing better than others but still behind on our normal fill rate...

No, I haven't driven it hard as it's just my daily driver and was never intended (for me) to function as my "fun" car. I gave up on daily driving my modified cars years ago. I don't like pulling them down to work on. It's not a matter of "don't like it, don't drive it" so much as a case of...

I don't disagree at all. With the exception of one professional, this was an entirely amateur event. I haven't sat in an M car in about 4 years and it was an M6 at that. Not exactly autocross material either but absolutely glorious on the open road.

Phantom braking happens and it's annoying, sometimes even embarrassing with other people in the car who are expecting better from a technology company. Any day now, expect a Tesla cult member to jump in on this thread to convince you: 1. Other automakers do it worse and you should expect it...

I was just at an autox Sunday with the BMW CCA and had the chance to see a Plaid, Model 3P, as well as a a few Corvettes, M cars, and even a Ford F150 GT 150... The Model 3 was probably stock and wallowed around like a drunken cow. I actually heard front sheet metal scrape on a hard technical...

It's not confusion. It's deliberately ignoring holes in your own argument since it doesn't advance the deification of Tesla.

It's not but the cult members strike again.

I can repeat both behaviors on my commute home. One is a highway interchange ramp onto another highway. The car will adjust the speed limit 3 times with no signage present. The other behavior I can experience anywhere. All I have to do is use AP. It is still astounding to me the number of...

You are not alone in that wish.

This was actually a well balanced article beyond the click bait title. It is unfortunate that Tesla's focus has to shift from a market disrupting vehicle to address the poor marketing of a driver assist package that is optional. I think we wouldn't be at this point if the system hadn't been...

I drove an I3 for 3 years and it was mechanically flawless. Of course in classic BMW style there was a failed fuel pressure sensor and charge port door motor that were replaced under warranty. The I4 was rolled out right as I was looking at a Tesla and the only reason I didn't reserve one was...

No regrets at all. It's been nothing but fun to drive.

The above completely fallacious argument can be distilled to "other automakers have performance issues so it's ok to give Tesla a pass on it." Also, this statement is patently wrong: "There's nothing for Mazda to "fix"-- occasional false braking is inherent to a basic active cruise control...

Signs you might be in a cult: 1. The leader is the ultimate authority 2. The group suppresses skepticism 3. The group delegitimizes dissenting members 4. The group is paranoid about the outside world 5. The leader is above the law 6. The group is elitist 7. Members are oblivious to being...

The cars don’t drive on water. You act like you’re in a cult.

Like it or not, it's happening: NHTSA Reviewing Tesla Phantom Braking After Complaint Count Spikes

Why not? I'm not proud when my company screws up and is forced to recall a bad product launch. I also don't justify it by claiming other companies do it too and we do it less so that's ok. Maybe you could get an admin involved if you don't like dissention? You still haven't justified...

My last pure ICE BMW was a 2016 M6 coupe which I loved. It ate tires like crazy and earned me the biggest speeding ticket of my life (which was reduced to $76 and 2 points). Interior was phenomenal and all of the features worked (cruise, auto high beams, etc). That being said, it really was too...

Is there a formal committee that is reviewing the deification of Tesla or is it already settled canon? Stuff like this is/should be a major facepalm: 54,000 Teslas Recalled Because Full Self-Driving Beta Allows 'Rolling Stop'

Always amazed at the relative simplicity of these cars relative to ICE vehicles.

I'm having the same response issue with the external temperature. It seems to have started with my last software update. It's irrational, but outside temperature is an essential car feature for me.

It seems like an odd spot but I'll take anything we can get in SC. I'd really like to see the I-85 corridor dotted with superchargers.

We seem to have drifted from the OP's original opinion that $12k for a feature that doesn't deliver results is insane. Other site members seem to feel that way about Tesla's system performance as well: Vision Only vs Radar - Observations from a 3 year owner Of course if someone disagrees I...

Tesla owners report dozens of instances of ‘phantom braking’ Teslas are braking in response to imagined road obstacles Tesla (TSLA) falls as more attention is brought to Autopilot's serious phantom braking issue Tesla Has A Serious "Phantom Braking" Issue On Its Hands Tesla owners are...

Tesla has a system of their own design and Tesla owns the problems associated with it regardless of what other vendors do. Why are you so hung up on Tesla's culpability and why can't you justify your own specious claim?

Tesla's system, Tesla's problem. You need to justify "physically impossible."

I'm not arguing. It's pointless on an issue of customer perception and you don't get to make specious claims after the hole you've already dug yourself. Justify "physically impossible."

The manual looks an awful lot like it was written to explain the shortcomings of something that probably doesn't work as expected.

Automakers measure defects in PPM so 0.3% is a total s*** storm. It doesn't work. It also doesn't work much worse than other mfrs. Physically impossible...post up some stats on that.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/02/tesla-phantom-braking/