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  1. tliving

    Tire shop recommendations ?

    I've used Crothers Tire in Whitinsville (Crothers Tire :: Whitinsville MA Tires & Auto Repair Shop) for the last 6 years on my Teslas. They've been great. Great prices on the tires, careful on the jack points and inexpensive on the rotations/swaps. May be out of the way for many people but its...
  2. tliving

    Beware driving in New England with a Enterprise loaner on the Pike!

    Right, that would be the reasonable/normal thing to do.
  3. tliving

    Beware driving in New England with a Enterprise loaner on the Pike!

    If you use a transponder in MA for a car thats not listed on your account you can get a ticket. I found that out the hard way a long time ago. Adding the loaner from your mobile phone while you're getting it isnt a good process for a number of reasons. As I said, I have no problem paying the...
  4. tliving

    Beware driving in New England with a Enterprise loaner on the Pike!

    I ran into the exact same thing. The local Enterprise guy on site at Tesla did not tell me to use my own transponder (I told him I drive a lot and would be on the pike a lot and he still didnt mention the toll issue). I opened a support Ticket with Enterprise as they said I should have been told...
  5. tliving

    How to escalate an issue to Tesla's executive team?

    Lovely response for an escalation form.
  6. tliving

    Scheduling Service Watertown and Dedham Online is a Mess

    Watertown stopped responding to emails for me. So did Dedham. The call wait times are crazy. I scheduled with Dedham and got an apt 3 weeks out. It went in Monday and they haven't gotten to it yet. Even though I got a spot, they had no availability to work on it at that time. Fortunately, I...
  7. tliving

    Home delivery to NH from Dedham

    I live more than 30 miles from delivery (Dedham or Watertown) but in MA. I picked mine up myself and I'd recommend it. I found a number of things on delivery and their process for "documented at delivery" vs not is not good (I've bought 2).
  8. tliving

    Old TPMS with new Model S

    Tire Rack had the ones for the new car. Old/2014 Model S85: New 2018 Model S75D: $242.25 delivered. Will confirm once they're in and installed that they did the trick in case anyone else goes through the same thing.
  9. tliving

    Old TPMS with new Model S

    Thanks for all the responses. Does anyone have links/recommended sensors for current generation (2018 S75D) model? Car did great in the 3-4 inches we have today but it will be like a snowmobile with AWD + my Nokkians once I sort out the TPMS stuff :)
  10. tliving

    Old TPMS with new Model S

    Hi folks, I have a new 2018 Model S75D and Winter Tires/Wheels from my old 2014 Model S. Those have the older TPMS sensors in them that were compatible with the older 2014 Model S. So a few questions: Will those older TPMS sensors work with the new Model S, or do I need to buy new TPMS...
  11. tliving

    No front plate?

    They're supposed to prove its not temporarily attached.
  12. tliving

    No front plate?

    I went without for 4 years but now MA requires the inspectors to video and take pictures of the inspection so I couldn't find anyone to pass it now. I attached it cleanly with no drilling with 3 zip ties.
  13. tliving

    New England Model 3 Configuration Invites

    Wait, people live in the middle of the country too? (just kidding). No idea. It sure doesn't seem like its rolling east from CA if there's nobody in the middle with invites. Some existing owners must have been early in line in those states too.
  14. tliving

    New England Model 3 Configuration Invites

    I'm an existing Tesla owner and placed my order 3/31/16 early in the line. Just got my invite to configure/order today. They're promising 4-week delivery timeline. I'm not ordering as I want AWD. So it will likely sit for 6-8 months. Figured people would be interested in the timing etc.
  15. tliving

    Supercharger - Framingham, MA

    That's 6 miles from where I work :)
  16. tliving

    Dedham/Watertown Service with Aftermarket Wheels

    We have some really rough roads where I live (between Providence and Worcester) and the 19's have been fine with all the potholes etc. I'm not concerned about the tire size for that (21's I would be). I like the looks of the 19's a bit better on on the 3 right now and i'm guessing there wont be...
  17. tliving

    Dedham/Watertown Service with Aftermarket Wheels

    Thanks! The 19" TSTs have been great and have held up well and through some rough months of snow , sand, ice etc over the years. I'm not sure yet which direction I'll go on the 3. I dont like the looks of the stock 18" but would want to know the efficiency differences first. I'm thinking get the...
  18. tliving

    Dedham/Watertown Service with Aftermarket Wheels

    I have after market TSTs. I don’t have tesla do tire rotations or swaps but they’ve done everything else for me with no issues at all (all Dedham)
  19. tliving

    NavTool Integration

    I can't find any installation information or what it actually does for the S.
  20. tliving

    Tire Rotation

    Must not be a good local shop. My local one does a great job, no issues and at 84K miles. They ask for the exact torque and tire pressure each time to confirm.
  21. tliving

    evtripping.com

    Sometimes the account connection goes invalid. I don't currently have notices going out for that as I was getting false indications and spamming people so I'm working on that. In the meantime, if you're not seeing data then do this: It looks like the account connection is invalid. We’re getting...
  22. tliving

    evtripping.com

    Please send me the link via the "Share Trip" option and send to rob at evtripping.com. Usually, the issue is too conservative a margin has been set and the car can't make one of the hops. Any margin above 12% or so is above the margin levels Tesla tries to preserve and is overly conservative to...
  23. tliving

    evtripping.com

    One of the open feature requests is to be able to set a target charge level at each waypoint so that should help for this when I get to it.
  24. tliving

    evtripping.com

    Thanks! 1) We allow people to enter their battery degradation but do not auto populate it. We've got 6,000 users but only about 10% connect their cars to the site so we need to support the ones that don't. Also, some do not want to use the calculated degradation for various reasons. So the...
  25. tliving

    evtripping.com

    We're finally all caught up on the email and additional precautions have been added. A few other fixes were added. As always check the timeline: EVTripping | Timeline
  26. tliving

    evtripping.com

    I manually activated your account too so you should be able to just login. I'm home now (1,800 mile road trip in my S) and will fix the email issue in the next couple of days.
  27. tliving

    evtripping.com

    Looks like there's an email issue again. I'm on a Tesla road trip but manually activated your account and will figure out the email issue when I get home.
  28. tliving

    evtripping.com

    The user base may grow (I have about 5,000 users now) but so would my costs and there would be a lot more people kicking the tires who don't own Tesla's etc which would add to my server load and costs. While I have hundreds of cars (>500) attached for daily monitoring, many thousands of users...
  29. tliving

    Model S maintenance is more expensive than gas cars?

    They just call it an "Annual service" and base it off your mileage. The cost of each service depends on the mileage milestone: Maintenance Plans They've had no issues at all with my mileages between services (first 2 were 30K between, last one was "only" 20K).
  30. tliving

    First Annual Service in Dedham

    Ah yes. That would be worse for sure.
  31. tliving

    Model S REST API

    Ok great, that's my library (I've also contributed to teslajson). EVTripping is mine too and built on Python/Django. Let me know if you have any other questions. I've also got experience on the Rails and Mobile side (React Native) too.
  32. tliving

    Model S maintenance is more expensive than gas cars?

    Simple solution, don't buy the service plan. I have 80K miles on mine and I just do annual services other than normal (non-Tesla) tire rotations. Total service cost for 3 years/80K miles: $1,750 (3 annuals).
  33. tliving

    Service Question - No Answer from Tesla

    Hmm, I have a different approach to service. I've got 80K on the car and I go in once a year for service. Last one was $750. Yes, there's a bunch of little crap they do that isn't worth it but each time they've found and fixed (for free) things I didn't expect. While I wish they better justified...
  34. tliving

    Cost to have wheels/tires replaced?

    Just use a good local tire shop.
  35. tliving

    Model S REST API

    If you're just getting started check this out: evtools/tesla.py at master · the-mace/evtools · GitHub Its open source and uses teslajson but has some real examples. I use it for all sorts of auto-tweets etc.
  36. tliving

    Round-trip planner, anyone?

    EVTripping.com has a round trip option.
  37. tliving

    First Annual Service in Dedham

    What kind of loaner did you get? I'm still getting P85's on service. Would love a D loaner sometime.
  38. tliving

    DIY Rear Tire Puncture Guards

    Wow. I put 50K miles on my first set of OEM tires. I got one screw in one tire early one. Had it plugged for cheap and then drove another 45K mile son it after that. Where are you driving with all the nails? p.s I live on a farm...
  39. tliving

    Model S REST API

    Yes, Apple actually recommended that these apps support multiple vendors to avoid the "single vendor focus" issue. The problem is most other vendors have no API or a much smaller user base. Its also much more work for those small vendors making the apps to do that, plus they may have to...
  40. tliving

    Model S REST API

    If you dig in with Apple (which I've done) they actually plan on rejecting all apps that are specific to a single market/vendor unless that vendor (Tesla in this case) submits or approves the app (against Tesla's policy). That means "FooBar" would be rejected if its an app for tesla users only...
  41. tliving

    Annual service price increased by 50%

    Tesla's recommended service interval is every 12,500 miles or 12 months whichever comes first. It does not void the warranties if you skip it, but there are special cases for leases and the buy back guarantee that may apply (neither apply to me so I never looked into them). I drive about ~30K...
  42. tliving

    Trip plan: NJ to Bangor, ME

    Doh, I thought these were actual trips. Sorry. You could also compare with other sites like EVTripping.com
  43. tliving

    Trip plan: NJ to Bangor, ME

    Was the weather identical?
  44. tliving

    Trip plan: NJ to Bangor, ME

    Hartford has a SC, and Worcester area has a SC and they're like ~1h apart. If you're stopping in this range i'd just charge up while the pack is warm at one of those two and then hit a hotel. No reason to mess with plugshare/destination chargers when the SC options are reasonable.
  45. tliving

    Things I learned about Slacker Streaming

    Just sent a request again. Maybe 5th time lucky?
  46. tliving

    Things I learned about Slacker Streaming

    Maybe they hate me. Who did you ask and how did you phrase it?
  47. tliving

    Model S REST API

    Yes, saw that. So you can't trust your vehicle_id as a GUID/constant. VIN is the only stable item I've found.
  48. tliving

    evtripping.com

    Some system updates killed email notices (new registrations, plug in reminders, tire rotation reminders, etc) for a while. That's sorted out now and the email system has caught up. Sorry for any troubles.
  49. tliving

    36K time for new tires

    I just bought tires and compared Tesla vs Tire Rack vs Local. Tesla's price for the same tires is pretty competitive, but they offer no options. To install, balance, etc they wanted $125 for the set of 4. Tire rack estimates $25/tire so thats not far off. In the end my local tire shop was...
  50. tliving

    36K time for new tires

    Just got mine put on this am. They said to give them about 1,000 miles to really settle in before making any strong judgement calls on them. They are definitely quieter than my winter tires (Nokkian R2s) but hard to remember vs the Michelins. Time will tell on how they do. If they don't get at...