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We want to add a battery backup to our solar system in 2024. I was pretty set on getting the Franklin LFP batteries, because I prefer to have LFP chemistry in the house, plus we had a good experience with that installer already. But after checking the costs of Tesla Powerwalls, it's making me...

I know I'm just an old man yelling at clouds, but my biggest complaint about my Model 3 has always been the auto-dimming mirrors. They work okay when they're turned on, but they're always on when I need them. They turn off way too early in the morning--at dawn but still when everyone's got their...

I'm in a rural area, and my internet at home is reminiscent of the early 2000s. That makes firmware updates difficult for me, and I'm sure other owners experience the same--including people in apartments where they can't park close enough to access their home wifi. A simple workaround is to go...

Just finished a road trip in my 2021 Model 3 Standard Range Plus and thought I'd post my overall impressions. This was my first real road trip in the car. It was my wife, my two dogs, me, and 100-200 pounds of baggage leaving Missouri and doing a week-long tour of Vermont. Originally my car had...

I just did my first air filter change in my Model 3. I had watched several videos about how hard it was to unscrew the air filter cover, so I was prepared for a fight. But my September 2021 Model 3 SR+ has a redesigned air filter cover, with the screw at the bottom of the cover and the tab at...

TL;DR: My car's charger broke and they replaced it under warranty with an ECU that is CCS enabled. A few weeks ago I went out to the garage to drive to work, and found out that my 2021 Model 3 hadn't charged overnight. I was getting a "Charging equipment not ready" error on the screen, and my...

The latest update to Tesla's "Find Us" page is showing a Supercharger with a target opening date of late 2022. The map shows it right downtown.

After we lost trip cards in v11, I decided to buy the ScanMyTesla app (plus the couple pieces of hardware it requires). It was easy to install, and during a long drive yesterday I found it to be a pretty good proxy for the missing trip card. Now I can view my average and real-time consumption...

There are a lot of complaint threads about v11, but there's probably a bias in those threads because most people (including me) drawn to them aren't fans of the new UI. That makes it hard to gauge what ratio of Tesla owners actually like vs dislike the new software, and I thought it would...

A big travel center called Wally's is under construction along I-44 in Fenton, Missouri. According to our local news, it'll have six DC fast chargers and will be open in 2022. I drive by the construction every day, and it's pretty huge. Looking at Plugshare, the only other Wally's in Pontiac...

I'm considering installing Starlink outside once I finally get it. I live in a log house and I'm not excited about drilling a hole through the logs to run any cables. If absolutely necessary, I'll do it. But I'd like to avoid it. So I was considering the feasibility of mounting the dish out on...

I'm probably gonna get skewered for this, but I bought a Generac portable generator to have as an emergency backup power source for my Model 3. I know it's not practical, and it's certainly not a "green" way to fuel a Tesla. But I wanted a way to add miles to the car during an extended power...

Now that LFP batteries have been operating for a couple months in the US, I thought it would be useful to start a thread for people to post their experiences with degradation of LFP batteries. A major benefit of these batteries is supposed to be resistant to degradation, so let's test that claim...