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Why can't we have red seats? Black and white are both terminally boring. Dark gray car with red faux leather looks great. (even better with the real thing, oh well)

You have to have cell service for that to work. That's not a given in some parts of the country--unfortunately metro Boston is one of those places as lots of towns have effectively blocked construction of cell towers.

The number of people who can identify a performance model by sight (or even know they exist, for that matter) is vanishingly small. (I can't) Not sure it's worth the bother.

The scroll wheel does not enable any slower speed, it simply lets you pick among the options that are all too fast.

What bugs me about the display, which I agree could be dispensed with, is that it shows me a lot of what I can already see perfectly well out the front window and very little of what I care about, eg who is coming up from behind me or to the sides. that I often can't see well because the...

As I've said before the manual choices on mine are "too fast", "way too fast", and "are you kidding me" for most light/intermittent rain, mist, and road spray conditions we have here. (I only get three choices for speed) In heavy rain they are fine, but that's only rarely what I'm driving in.

All that verbiage and there’s still no way to adjust the wipers to a sensible wiping rate either using the sensor or manual settings. I suppose some like frenetic wiping, but giving me a choice would make me much happier with the car. Pushing the wiper button once every minute or two in a modern...

A quick look at the Nebraska state web site on the subject suggests they don't make it easy for you. Not an administrative process as in other states, you need to either go to an arbitration process or sue in court. That probably takes a lawyer to do successfully. I'd try threats and bluster first.

Telling them that you are initiating the lemon law process will often get your complaint escalated and perhaps resolved. You'll need to determine if this rises to the level of a "serious defect" in your state if you want to go ahead. The criteria vary dramatically from state to state.

Zero is pretty close to the fair market value of FSD. Very few people want to pay for the privilege of testing alpha software. You need to find a buyer who wants it.

It's been 18 months, no manual reboot needed yet.

31.8 cents/kwh last month in the Boston burbs. We're supposed to have an add-on solar system installed by the beginning of March that will take us up to 100% coverage of our use and get our house within shouting distance of net zero. I'm ready! Just waiting for battery costs to come down to make...

The pedant in me is forced to point out that braking is an acceleration.

I don't think this is true. There are lots of rules for situations that require dedicated breakers, most large fixed appliances in a residence do, but I'm not aware of a general prohibition on multiple 240V outlets on a circuit unless, I believe, any single load exceeds 80% of the circuit...

the draw fron the sprinkler wall wart is trivial, no worries there. It would be best to know if there is anything else on the circuit though. It might be wired as a "multiwire branch circuit" which can be used to feed both 240 and 120V outlets. Either check yourself for other outlets that go...

Yes, definitely not unique! My BMW problems began around 40K miles and went on from there. That's why BMWs are on my fun but unreliable list. I didn't buy another one. Being slow on the uptake I followed up with a Mini, it broke constantly, but I loved it anyway. Meanwhile DW just drove her...

I was in my mid-40's before I ever owned a car with that few miles on it; I'd regard any modern car of any sort that required significant mechanical repairs beyond routine maintenance (tires, brakes etc) before 100K miles as unreliable. So yes, I regard the sub-100K miles period as the...

Yes, and that gives me hope. I like keeping my cars a long time. If I can use it for 9-10 years and then swap the battery for another 5+ I'll be happy. (and probably done buying cars)

Some of us regard 87,000 miles as still being a new car. Let's talk after 15 years and 200k miles.

How does an outlet get a UL approval for a 50A label if it can't handle a 32A load?

Looks like pretty subtle variation on the same old to me. How about British Racing green, bright yellow, sky blue, some two-tone combinations? I love reds (albeit not $2k worth), but the incredibly boring black/white/gray rut that the entire industry seems to have fallen into for the last couple...

Went to the Costco last week, counted cars as I walked in from the parking lot. 17 of 52 cars I walked past in that particular aisle were Teslas. This does not represent the overall percentage of Tesla's on the road here, just a statistical anomaly, and perhaps a datum on Costco shoppers. I do...

Will S3XY buttons provide intermittent wiper capability? Say once a minute?

Most of the time now I push the button on the end of the stalk each time I want them to wipe. 95% of the time they go way too fast whether on auto or any of the settings. One would have hoped that intermittent wipers were a solved problem by now, but they, apparently, are not.

Property or excise taxes are typically based on a published MSRP, not on what you paid for a vehicle or the vehicle's market value. In MA that value is set by the state, not a local assessor, and is, AFAIK, non-negotiable. Good luck with your discussion, but be prepared for disappointment.

Plating seems really unlikely on a connector of that sort. Anything I've seen for serious current is solid metal.

Amex, for example, manages this automatically for you. Hassle free and no need for an extra account.

Disputing the charges with your credit card company is the fastest ad easiest way to resolve this. Amex at least will overnight you a new card and continue to process recurring charges set up with the old number. It's completely painless.

I wonder if the very high weight of the cars makes them more prone to picking up nails and such. I recently had my first puncture (a screw) in many decades that have included a lot of driving around construction sites. I sense that people report a really unnatural number of tire punctures in...

Except that the only available manual speeds are too fast, way too fast, and "are you kidding me". Other than pushing the button once a minute there's no way to get reasonable behavior in light mist or road spray. How hard would it be to have an adjustable intermittent wiper setting?

Side mirrors are your primary and best asset for seeing what is important behind you. Lots of vehicles don't even have rearview mirrors because whatever is immediately behind you isn't usually going to get you into trouble. There's only a very small area you can't see from the side mirrors. It's...

For what it's worth, the USS doesn't work well enough to rely on to not hit things or navigate small spaces. I get the warning bongs and large "STOP!" graphic about six times every time I pull in or out of my garage despite plenty of clearance, along with measurements that bear little...

I don't see that happen on mine, is it a setting?

That's because the wipers on the Y are pre-alpha. Worst wipers since my 1950 Chevy truck with the rope that ran through the cab so you could pull them back and forth in the rain. Absence of any way to get intermittent wiping for mist/road spray other than pushing the stalk button once every...

If you can't tell, does it matter?

The odd blue-sky wipe is an minor annoyance, how do you stop the maniacally fast wiping in light mist or road spray conditions? Does FSD affect this? No amount of windshield cleaning makes a difference. My problem is just using the "auto" setting without FSD or autopilot enabled. The slowest...

As far as I know it's normal. I've never seen a car where it didn't happen, especially as the temps drop in the fall. Lamp assemblies are sealed to prevent rain water from penetrating from the outside, but not from the inside of the car. Most I've taken apart have been vented, either purposely...

Recommended tire pressures are based on the reading when cold.

Added pure profit. Someone, somewhere will pay it, and that's extra money in Tesla's pocket

You need them 1) when you can't consistently and reliably control the vehicle as you're driving in snow/ice; 2) when required by law. Put them on before you slide off the road ;-) On major roads where there are required chain stops they are usually in the right places. More of a judgment call...

One car. Doesn't meet the Bond test. (“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.”) For something like this I'd want to see it happening to 0.1% of cars before even bothering to read the article about it.

Yes, my phone (older) works most of the time, but about one time in ten (typically when carrying a couple bags of groceries) I need to wake up the phone before the car will unlock. Don't need to tap the Tesla app, just unlock the phone.

Tire gauges are notoriously innaccurate. Either just accept the +/- 10% is likely to be as close as you're going to get, or try a half dozen different ones and use the one closest to a median value for your best shot at accuracy. Then test it repeatedly to get an idea about precision. I'm sure...

This is the result of an issue called "ascertainment bias". Basically pretty much only people who have had a bad experience bother to post about it, hence the appearance of a large fraction of reports being of bad experiences. You need to know something about the total numbers of interactions or...

So no difference between dry air and dry nitrogen? That's pretty much what I'd expect. Is a nitrogen generator just easier/cheaper/more readily available than a dry air system? Or just more cachet? How does filling the tires with argon or xenon compare? Could be a whole new fad!

Agree that it's almost certainly not necessary, in that it will make no difference. Serial dilution is probably the most efficient way to accomplish what you want. If you let out 80% of the air and refill three times in a row you'll be left with less than 1% of whatever the original gas content...

Only your body shop can give you a reasonable estimate of time to repair. Just ask them. There is no generic answer beyond "weeks to months".

1) get a longer wire, or 2) move the charger outlet

If you do it regularly you should carry a spare and a jack. Otherwise it's like the olden days where you hitched a ride to the nearest service station or asked passing cars to send help.

There's also the dance that happens between the body shops and the insurance companies. For a repair that's going to take $5K in actual parts and labor the insurance adjuster will submit a valuation of $2500, the body shop will them look more closely at the car and spec out all the things that...