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I'm guessing that's affordable, and irrelevant to them.

the Lexus is 2 wheel, RWD. the Model Y is 4 wheel, AWD. It's gonna understeer more when pushed into a corner.

and consequently owners suffer extensive curb rash as a result.

WRONG - see links on this very website. Tesla has used non-US batteries on the MY-RWD and has less tax credit as a result https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/2024-us-model-y-rwd-battery-type-and-size.320253/page-2

https://www.tirerack.com/upgrade-garage/what-is-the-rim-width-range-for-a-tire https://www.tirerack.com/upgrade-garage/what-is-the-measuring-rim-width-for-a-tire https://tireu.com/blog/what-are-radial-tires-explained/ broadly speaking it is not advisable to mount a tire too narrow for a wheel...

There IS NO DIFFERENCE of substance between Fremont and Austin-built cars. I don't know where this urban legend comes from. There are however MODEL DIFFERENCES, but ALL CURRENTLY FOR SALE USE ONLY REAR MEGACASTS MY-RWD uses LFP batteries and is 2 wheel drive (RWD), standard suspension. It may...

that's not how radial tires behave. beads have to seat. the casing doesn't stretch or squat.

255/55/18 is about all you can muster on a standard offset wheel. reason: turning radius. 255 tire width just clears fender liners in a static lock-to-lock steering test. In the real world, I get a very minor 1" square rub spot. NBD. If you want to play with wheel offsets, or wheel spacers...

tire diameter with more sidewall is the only way tires will get you more comfort. it's a modest gain but is there. you have about 3/4" (measure from your tires to the steering knuckle) to play with in terms of how much taller a tire can be over the MY stock 255/45/19. that can be done using 18"...

you have touched on what really happens. you get used to it. the suspension doesn't much if any settle in. I suggest that you try to take some demo rides in cars MYLR that have different suspensions installed. this is not easy and will take some time to find cars local to you.

it's an imposition but it is a solution, if dependent on your relationship with the coworker. and the necessary jack and wrench.... it's unlikely to be available from a Mobile Service guy

switch wheels/tires between your car and your friend's for a couple days. see if the problem transfers to your friend's car and your problem disappears.

just don't use the 'Auto' function. wipers work fine in regular modes.

you have a M3 with LFP batteries? because that's the recommended usage of said battery. In a MYLR or MYP based on Panasonic 2107, it's 20-80 for normal usage.

FALSE Only MY-AWD variants out of Austin ever had both F+R castings, and all those had 4680 batteries. MYLR VARIANT ONLY EVER HAD 2170 batteries and ONLY REAR CASTINGS. It never has had front castings. Whether made in Fremont or in Austin, exact same car.

this forum isn't godlike

Regulators have to come up with rules and metrics that most everyone can agree on. Otherwise they become unenforceable if ignored. So watered-down metrics are the result. It's not about Elon, it's about politics. Save your hate.

yeah, Uber rides .....

I ran a Chevy Avalanche for 350K miles. What a breeze getting in/out. My torso never twisted...... However, my hips didn't appreciate sitting all those miles, even though the seats were good.

even with 'Easy Access' fully moving the steering wheel up and away, the M3 is demonstrably more difficult getting into and out of. For me, getting out is the challenge. And I'm only 6' and 200lbs. I used to be athletic.....

anxieties die hard. the bottom line is Tesla battery packs are very robust. says 5 Million cars on the road.

I just velcro my clicker behind the display screen, lower left corner. out of sight, out of the way of anything, but easily reached.

FALSE The only MY variant that used 4680 batteries is the MY-AWD. The ONLY one. EVER. The MY-AWD is only manufactured in Austin. But MYLR with 2170 cells is ALSO manufactured in Austin. 4680 chemistry is NOT LFP and never will be. The 4680 dry film manufacturing process cannot utilize that...

eye of the beholder. simple works for me. costs me nothing but a button press. clicker is hidden behind the display. no one thinks to look there. not worth all the other layers of onion needing to be gone thru. and the net result is the same - my gate and garage door open and close when needed.

I just use the garage door clicker. no extra cost, comes with the garage door opener. I velcro it on the lower left behind the display panel. no one sees it, easy for driver to access. no fees. works every time, for garage and for community gate. in fact, it's got three buttons for use...

Elon will not retreat from making sure his factories stay busy. Since he has the profit margins others don't, that means Tesla is still not tapped out on price reductions. Tesla sets the standard, yet 2M vehicles per year represents only a small percentage of annual industry unit volume...

as well, the amount of emotion talking is also stunning. no one....NO ONE...on this or other threads is actually involved in writing Tesla's code, or GM's Blue Cruise, or Ford's whatever. so demanding sensors of any type really is reaching.

overkill. more robust. not much difference in price i DID say MAX 😀

all you need is a 3 ton floor jack max. see Harbor Freight Tools. remember, you're not lifting the whole 4450lb vehicle, just one corner. that gets two wheels in the air and it's all you need to change / rotate wheels. an inexpensive option, to add to the floor jack, is just standard jack...

My Tesla App says 94% Home and 6% Supercharger for the last 12 months. Lifetime of my MYLR probably same.

I frankly don't think more camera resolution is going to make or break FSD. NN is about behavior not perfection of imaging. However, radar may need adding back to cover the poor visibility issues of weather, snow, rain etc. That appears to have happened on the HW4 for MS and MX, but definitely...

the difference is that BlueCruise is hard-coded stacks requiring significantly larger compute power. which Tesla abandoned in favor of NN learning. but in the short term, a meaningless difference. over the longer term it will be increasingly significant, both in terms of driving competence and...

1-1.5 Million Miles of video footage needed before real progress, according to FSD development engineering team, as reported in Walter Issacson's book on Elon.

given that the FSDb stack is now Neural Net based, not as hard coded, what's lacking isn't radar - it's video frames of similar environments / circumstances. The large majority of footage for FSDb to learn from, is from where lots of Tesla cars are in operation. That's NOT the open plains of...

to my knowledge, both the Shanghai and Fremont MYLR use Panasonic 2170 batteries in packs of 82kWh. Other models of the Shanghai MY probably use additional local battery vendors, particularly for LiFePO chemistry units like the RWD.

thanks for stopping by. we'll clean up after you. reminder: MSM has zero advertising income from Tesla, making it a target of any exaggeration possible. "if it burns or it bleeds....it leads" we have no way of knowing the actual truth behind those incidents.

We can only guess, but with Shanghai feeding cars to Europe and shipping taking longer for that, the ships available might be limited so Tesla delivers now from Fremont / Austin.

I feel bad for the company that made your new car. I'm sure their customer services people will enjoy having you.

OPD is a thin rationale for a $50K decision and most everyone that matters is doing OTA updates now

maybe I'm misreading your post, but you shouldn't be needing to navigate around charging infrastructure if you're charging in the garage. Or are you meaning road trips? Tesla never cleared the bar as 'luxury' except in the hype of blogs. Those blog inhabitants only see price as the metric for...

A more honest category definition for both the Macan and the Cayenne would be as Crossovers, not SUVs. Like the MY, another crossover.

Porsche shares that capital investment with all the other firms in the Piech (Piche?) family of companies. Porsche, Audi, VW, Bentley there's accounting (how it's all divided up), and then there's accountability; who takes the blame.

all about brand extension

eye (and wallet) of the beholder

Porsche would have died as a company by the early 00's without the move into Cayenne check the unit sales volume 911/986 categories vs their SUVs

THE NOT SO GOOD Macan EV starts at 80K but with the performance of an entry-level Model 3. The entry level version Macan is 50% more expensive than a MYLR, has less performance, and 40% less cabin space. The entry level Macan has about the same range as the MYLR, again for 50% more cost. Macan...

it's there under Automotive product search just go to the North America website both Sport and Special Active are shown, with pricing

tires had to change too. you have too many variables.

the primary thing that aftermarket wheels offer is weight reduction. most don't even do that, and you're paying for every ounce. what efficiency that adds isn't much, and beyond that, it's just aesthetics. probably the best bang for buck is just new aero-efficient wheel covers that might...

velcro the garage door opener low on the backside of the touchscreen. out of sight, easy for the driver to reach. very low security risk, especially with coded glovebox access denying a look at registration docs. done. unless you're in a gated community and needing to open multiples along the...