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I recently referred enough new purchases to qualify for the Arachnid wheels and just received an invitation to request them. I have a couple of questions to anyone who's requested them recently: 1) Can you request anything other than the standard silver wheels? I have a gray 2013 P85 and the...

My wife's daily driver, a 2004 Prius will need to be replaced in the next year, it's showing its age and we're starting to pay more for repairs. I'm strongly considering replacing it with the 2016 Volt, which I took a look at recently. She loves my Model S but isn't interested in the route...

Saw an online article announcing an internet-connected EVSE that maximizes the use of green energy sources in deciding when to charge: New Home Electric-Car Charging Station Chooses Greenest Power Seems to me that Tesla could do this with even more granularity and sophistication on the server...

The parking sensors on the MS and other manufacturers' cars appear very similar, suggesting to me that they're made by only a handful of vendors. As I understand it, they are small sonar units that emit a pulse of ultrasound and listen for an echo, a modern version of the big sonar rangefinder...

I posted this query on the NorCal section of the Tesla Motors forums but no one has responded in a week... My wife and I would like to take a one or two day high performance driving course to become better (and safer) drivers, e.g., learn to handle skids, avoidance maneuvers, etc. using my P85...

Are you sure that it doesn't rely on anything new from Apple? They may require TouchID (iOS fingerprint reader on the iPhone 5s and higher) to use the feature. TouchID is only being opened to developers in iOS 8.0 which will be released on 9/9/14.

Consumer Reports just posted an article online a short while ago: Consumer Reports' Tesla Model S Has More than Its Share of Problems - Consumer Reports News The article is behind a paywall but is more positive than the title would lead you to believe; the article is pretty balanced, and most...

An overloaded pickup truck about a hundred feet in front of me lost a can of house paint out of the back, it splattered on the road in front of me. I swerved and thought I'd avoided the puddle of white paint but some got splattered on the rear quarter as shown as well as along the matte plastic...

We may need to replace our roof in the next year or so, and if we're going to do so we will also install Solar. As I start to explore options, can anyone recommend particular Solar contractors in the Sacramento Area with whom you've had a good experience? Feel free to post here or send me a PM...

Mall Security Guards Debate Punishment Options for New Crime | KTXL FOX40 One of the largest malls in our area has only 4 public chargers; their video surveillance caught someone removing a charger from someone else's car and plugging it in to theirs, and this made the local news today. I...

I park my MS daily at my hospital where there is a nice strong WiFi signal, and the car sees the signal. However, the secure network uses PEAP (MSCHAPv2) for authentication, which requires both my username and password; when I try to join the network it only asks for my password and doesn't log...

Had an interesting conversation with someone from my local SC, discussing how batteries are swapped out at the SC and owners' batteries sent back to Fremont for servicing or diagnostics. I asked how long it took them to swap out batteries, and he said up to 2-3 hours - when I expressed surprise...

Just informational, I have a friend who works high in DMV administration here in Sacramento. We were discussing how ugly the HOV stickers were and I asked why aren't there EV-specific license plates. I pointed out that EV-specific license plates could even produce a recurring revenue stream with...

Just a head's up, I got a rock in my windshield a week ago and arranged for its replacement at my local SC. Set aside Saturday morning to have this done, after a half hour they sheepishly called me to say that they'd opened the crate with the replacement windshield only to find that it contained...

Just clicked through to the Costco website, they are advertising Michelin 'EdgeLiner' custom-fit mats on their website: Michelin EdgeLiner Precision Laser-Fit Custom Floor Liners They don't have custom fit for Tesla yet but when you go through their configuration wizard, the Tesla Model S does...

Noticed something weird this morning - the times displayed on the instrument panel and the touch screen were out of synch by about 45 seconds. They'd always been in exact synch previously, turning over together with the top of the hour 'beep' on BBC radio, so I thought they were locked together...

As far as I can tell, there is only one J1772 charger in all of Yosemite National Park, in Yosemite Village. I could make it to the valley floor from my home in Sacramento using 178 miles of rated range in my P85 (according to EVTripPlanner) but I'd be worried about gaining access to the only...

I'm in California, so pardon my intrusion to the Florida section. I have posted this elsewhere on TMC (folding bike that fits in the frunk? - Page 2) but many of you may not have seen this: Apologize for the double-posting but just wondering if there's anyone in the Dania Beach area who can...

While visiting the Fremont supercharger late one night a week ago and sitting there bored for 30 minutes (there's nothing to do there when their visitor center is closed), it occurred to me that a feature Tesla could implement relatively easily would be a WiFi network for Model S users that...

I've had my MS for almost a month now and one thing that I've noticed is that the traffic on the main map does not seem to be very accurate. Traffic on major highways (I assume based mostly on the feed from CalTrans here in California) seems reasonably up to date, but on city streets there are...

Picking up my car tomorrow afternoon in Fremont, scheduled to take the factory tour :smile: For those of you who've taken the tour, any highlights to share with the group? Any questions you wish you'd asked (that I can ask on the group's behalf)? Jamie

I will take delivery of a P85 at the factory next week. Can't wait... For most manufacturers this late December manufactured car would be considered a 2014 model but that's really not how the Model S works, as far as I can figure out... Tesla is continually making tweaks to the capabilities of...

As someone counting the days (15!) before I take delivery of my car at the factory, I've been spending way too much time on this site :wink: One frustration is that there is no modified view of TMC for smaller-screen devices like iPhones, iPads, etc... navigating TMC on an iPhone is clunky and...

New to the forums, have a P85 slated for factory delivery on 12/21 (the waiting is going to kill me). I am fearful of forgetting the J1772 adapter somewhere or having a hotel valet forget to return it to me while traveling. It occurs to me that a practical option (which I'd pay $ for during...