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  1. Phrugal Phan

    Possibly Valuable information on elevation changes and roadtrips

    Huh, I just came back from a 3 week visit to AZ and went to Grand Canyon and Page without SC issues. Now going to Monument Valley was a different story - we used an ICE vehicle to go there. Returning to the East Coast the only problem we ran across was a long stretch on I-40 in Arkansas (or...
  2. Phrugal Phan

    FSD v12.x (end to end AI)

    I came online to report the same issue on US 15. I drove on US15 last Friday and it did that at least a dozen times. Often it reset back to the correct speed after 5-15 seconds even without passing a real speed limit sign - though it did not start slowing down before resetting the limit back...
  3. Phrugal Phan

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Not investment advice, but I did my yearly Roth rollover today. Hoping I am near the TSLA bottom to maximize the effectiveness of the rollover. Also bought one more share with cash already sitting in my account. I was hoping to buy more in the past year but retiring last summer along with...
  4. Phrugal Phan

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I have plans to do a large Roth conversion next week, so perhaps the manipulators are trying to help me???? (P.S.: I did a large conversion the first week of this January during the price bottom, and it felt real gooooood.)
  5. Phrugal Phan

    Tesla insurance safety score

    You can add me to the list of people tired of this issue. I got the alarm twice on the 2-mile drive home today, and this happens other times as well. Always a bend in a two-lane road with cars parked on the sides, driving slowly and safely, but it doesn't matter - the system freaks out. I...
  6. Phrugal Phan

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    As someone who has a free online subscription to that "newspaper" (from my employer) I can tell you all WaPo comment sections are toxic.
  7. Phrugal Phan

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I'm in VA and I am paying a little over $110/mo. Note I am 60 and a good driver, so there's that. I switched from Progressive when their latest 6-month bill for my model Y was ~$1,100, so that may give you a better indication on how good of an insurance it is.
  8. Phrugal Phan

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I want the price to go up, but I am buying a few shares each week, but more than that - in my 457 plan at work I have 2000 shares of TSLA in a brokerage window. I want to do a Roth conversion there, but I have to wait until 2023 to do so. So, part of me wants the prices to go even lower (or at...
  9. Phrugal Phan

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I swore to myself I was done buying TSLA then this week happened. Because of the crazy price swing I was able to add more money into the brokerage window of my 457 plan and I bought 47 shares today at $238. I'm starting to feel like an addict. I can't stop myself with these price drops.
  10. Phrugal Phan

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    In my Schwab interface I had to go => Service => Corporate Actions => Proxy Events (probably since I voted, it wasn't "New" any more).
  11. Phrugal Phan

    Elon Musk

    Just a little humor:
  12. Phrugal Phan

    Supercharger - Fairfax, VA

    I stopped by today and it is operational, though it is not showing yet on the Supercharger map in the car. I charged just a few miles worth to verify it works as I am getting enough at home not to need this.
  13. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    I ordered 3/1 and received it 5/8. It was a MYLR with FSD so many think the FSD is why I got my car so fast. (BTW, I am really enjoying the car)
  14. Phrugal Phan

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Just one car delivery here, but I ordered Model Y LR on 3/1/22 with FSD. I got it delivered in exactly 69 days (go figure).
  15. Phrugal Phan

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    LOL. Sorry, I should have said pass me going the opposite direction. But I am pretty chill on my driving so I have been passed a few times already, but I only got my Model Y two weeks ago. Up in Poconos I was driving a cousin around for the fun of it. I would drive normal around other...
  16. Phrugal Phan

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I was in the Poconos last weekend and saw a few Teslas. I stopped at the nearby outlet mall supercharger station and all 8 were occupied (I got a spot that just opened as I arrived). I even saw a Model 3 parked at the administrative offices at the Pocono Racetrack. Here in Northern Virginia...
  17. Phrugal Phan

    Supercharger - Fairfax, VA

    I drove by at lunch today and saw that Dominion Power is working on the Transformer. 😲
  18. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    I have been reading through the September 2021 order dates group. Amazing how there are Model Y buyers there still waiting for delivery coming up on 8 months. I don't know if I could have waited that long (actually, I could have, but oh my that is a long time!).
  19. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    My original order (& never modified it) was March 1st. Hard to imagine having to wait from last year to get your car. Of course I put in two reservations for CTs last summer and thought I might get them by the end of 2022. How foolish I was.
  20. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    I see in the app I can adjust the amperage used. It allows me to go from 5 to 12 amps. Are you thinking using 5 amps would make the charging safer? As an FYI, I dropped it to 5 amps overnight to be safe as I am working from home today and will only drive maybe 4 miles today and tomorrow so I...
  21. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    I picked up my blue MYLR on Sunday. There were two other blue MY's sitting there as well awaiting pickup.
  22. Phrugal Phan

    What did you name your car?

    My new MYLR is Minerva (See Robert Heinlein books for details)
  23. Phrugal Phan

    September 2021 Order Delivery Dates

    I'm not part of this group, but I did pick up yesterday and it came with the charging cable for me. I was able to do some charging with it last night.
  24. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    Yep, only the standard 120v plug was included. The 14-50 would have been nice, but not to be.
  25. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    I got mine today. For a new to EV owner, this has been a crazy learning experience. I have so much more to learn about this car. I should mention that the mobile charger was in the trunk as expected, so I am happily trickle charging the car in the garage right now.
  26. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    I got a text this morning asking me to confirm the delivery tomorrow, so I think I am good to go. On a different front, on the investor's roundtable forum there was a posting of a photo on Thursday with some (but not all) cars unloading missing their charge ports, and it was at the location I...
  27. Phrugal Phan

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Oh my... I am to pick up my car at that exact location (in the image) this Sunday. This could be interesting....
  28. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    Maybe the carrier is taking an extra long time to get its batteries charged (j/k). As of now my DD for this Sunday in Virginia hasn't changed. I just picked up the Cashier Check for the car, so I am ready - are they?
  29. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    Just a random thought here. I am scheduled to pick up this Sunday, part of a 3 day pick up window I was given (Sat - Mon). The delivery location isn't that far away (maybe 20 minute drive), so if I went by Saturday should I be able to see the car? On satellite image I don't see a locked...
  30. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    Sorry to keep on this, but after getting the VIN & EDD of May 14-18, I was asked the next day via text to schedule a pickup date. So I went to do that, and the dates shown were May 7-9. Ummmm... ok? Are we sure it will be there then? So I have rushed and got financing secured today. The...
  31. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    Ok, yesterday I checked online and my EDD hadn't changed. It was showing October 2022-January 2023. This major move back made no sense but I was not able to get anything in the past weeks but a boilerplate response from a SA which said pretty much nothing. I was fine with this and just going...
  32. Phrugal Phan

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Just remembered last time I transferred in money it got held up and forced to wait until 3/14. I got it at $768 that day - better to be lucky than good.
  33. Phrugal Phan

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Just put in for a $35k transfer in my 457 retirement account to the brokerage window. It won't show up until tomorrow (probably after lunch). Hopefully this drop in TSLA will hold until then for me to get in (or maybe I can get lucky and it will drop more?).
  34. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    And the page says removing FSD will delay my delivery. What, to 2024???
  35. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    Well I ordered my MYLR on 3/1. First it said EDD of August 2022, then it was May 2022. About two weeks ago it changed to 4/30-5/14. So I have been buying some accessories in anticipation of getting my car. Today I look and it is showing October 2022 - January 2023. I have made no changes to...
  36. Phrugal Phan

    Supercharger - Fairfax, VA

    I drove by at lunch today - nothing has changed. Only traffic cones placed in front of each charger spot.
  37. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    I was certainly planning on using a mobile charger at home. I mean... I will live as there is a super charger location 7 miles away at a mall, and there is one almost finished construction a mile from my office. And I really don't drive much. Some things I can live with, this.... well... I...
  38. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    Well I added (& kept) FSD on my car. Nothing else special about the order (unless you call blue paint "special"). I am hoping it arrives by the end of May as I have planned a cross country trip for the first two weeks of June.
  39. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    I ordered a MYLR on 3/1. First they said delivery in August. A week later it was moved to June. I just checked and EDD is now 4/30 - 5/14. OMG, this is getting real.
  40. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    Hmmm... ok thanks for the response. The only thing I see via my personal computer under next steps is to download the app on my phone so I can "Complete your pre-delivery tasks in the Tesla app". To the right it just says May 2022.
  41. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    I thought I did that. I don't have the Tesla app on a smart phone (I have a very cheap phone I need to upgrade soon). Is that what is needed to see more exact delivery dates?
  42. Phrugal Phan

    March 2022 Order Delivery Dates

    Ordered 3/1 (Yay - in before the price hikes) MYLR, Blue Exterior / Black Interior Standard wheels (19") / No Hitch / Paid for FSD Originally EDD was August, has since been updated to May. (Question: How do people have exact date ranges? All I see is May 2022 online for delivery.)
  43. Phrugal Phan

    Tesla Insurance

    As someone living in VA I am sure hoping this happens.
  44. Phrugal Phan

    Things are moving fast

    I ordered MYLR with FSD. No tow hitch, blue color, black interior, standard wheels.
  45. Phrugal Phan

    Things are moving fast

    Thanks - Yes I entered "CASH" for my payment as I intended to finance through my C.U. and I assumed CASH meant I would get the money from a source other than Tesla (which is my intention).
  46. Phrugal Phan

    Things are moving fast

    New forum member here. I had been following Tesla since about this time last year. Anyway, I put in an order two weeks ago for a MYLR and was given a delivery date of August '22. I figured "Great, this will give me time to get up to speed on everything I need to know about Teslas". (Yes, I...