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  1. GBearFan

    Supercharger - Hope, AR

    Yes, Tesla has removed planned stations from their Supercharger map before. Actually, Arkadelphia was not the only one to be removed from Arkansas. Blytheville, AR was on the map for a long time as "coming soon". Next was assigned an installation quarter, then pushed back a quarter, then...
  2. GBearFan

    Model Y battery coolant leak

    Yelobird, YOU ARE NOT ALONE, but dangit I could have done without that vision in my head. Someone has a real issue with rodents but now all I'm seeing is a bunch of Teslas driving off from a cave screaming "run away, run away" 😅🤣. (Also, you know damn well that none of them have a Holy Hand...
  3. GBearFan

    EVs Fall Short of EPA Estimates by a Much Larger Margin Than ICE in Real-World Highway Testing

    I expected a range loss of 15-30 miles, so we were thinking we should get at least 290 miles from a brand new vehicle that's rated at 320 miles. Being completely new to EVs and not knowing anyone who owns one, I had no basis for my estimate. It was a just the most I thought it would drop. On the...
  4. GBearFan

    EVs Fall Short of EPA Estimates by a Much Larger Margin Than ICE in Real-World Highway Testing

    As new Tesla owners we were NOT aware of this! We thought much of the range loss was fixed with the introduction of the heat pump in the model Y. We were indeed surprised and disappointed to find out that a vehicle with an advertised range of 320 miles was unable to make trips from Metro St...
  5. GBearFan

    For those who purchased or upgraded to a 2023, are you happy with your decision, knowing what you now know about your vehicle?

    Being an older driver (mid 60s) and new to Tesla (and EVs in general), I have zero regrets with our 2023 MYLR purchase. With Tesla, especially if you're "into" their cars, it's way to easy to overthink your upcoming purchase. "If I had waited, I could have gotten the one with an octovalve". "If...
  6. GBearFan

    2022 M3 LR...First 1500 mile road trip (3k round trip)...suggestions?

    Hey ColoradoMike, my wife and I are brand new to Tesla after driving only Toyota/Lexus vehicles since the early 1990s. We are in our 60s and have had a Model Y LR for just 4 months now and have logged over 7,000 miles. We don't know anything about A Better Route Planner or Waves. However, we've...
  7. GBearFan

    Illinois Waiting Room

    Yep, I got the same letter for the Illinois EPA. I took delivery of my vehicle on 29 DEC 2022 in Bloomington, IL to take advantage of this rebate (it would have been far more convenient for me to pick it up 30 something miles away over in St. Louis county MO, but that would have meant automatic...
  8. GBearFan

    When you bought your first Tesla?

    1) - Zero, I didn't know anyone with a Tesla 2) - Nope, I never rode in one other than our test drives. 3) - Yes. We test drove the Model Y Performance (and bought a MY Long Range).
  9. GBearFan

    Supercharger - Vicksburg, MS

    This V3 supercharger was a game changer for my trip through the Mississippi delta (Greenwood, Greenville and Rolling Fork - pre tornado) in route to Jackson and Hattiesburg. Now, if we could get superchargers on US-61 in Leland (junction with US-82) and Natchez (junction with US-84) the Blues...
  10. GBearFan

    Supercharger - Southaven, MS

    Yep, long retired old dude now moving over to the EV world (and loving it).
  11. GBearFan

    Supercharger - Southaven, MS

    This is something that's really cool about the Tesla community! A guy like me in southern Illinois, who's new to EVs, can get updates from a Marylander about a new supercharging station in Mississippi that will make traveling easier for me. :cool: 👍
  12. GBearFan

    What did you name your Tesla?

    I named our blue MY "Connie Marie" but I have absolutely no idea why. Every car that I've owned, from 1985 through today, has been given some random female name. Rebecca, Iris, Nona, Valerie have all been used. I looked at the Tesla and said "she just looks like a Connie Marie" and it stuck.
  13. GBearFan

    Supercharger - Southaven, MS

    Special "THANKS" to freefaller1985 for this picture. I'm not yet able to click on "like" but I still wanted to give you a shoutout. :cool: 👍
  14. GBearFan

    Tesla wall charger or not

    I had my Tesla Wall Connector installed in February. My electrician hardwired it at 60-amps and my MYLR loves it. I don't have to "step-down" the amps when charging. It rocks, sucking in 48 amps of juice without the plug, cord or connector getting hot. :cool:👍
  15. GBearFan

    Supercharger - Southaven, MS

    Any conformation yet??? Has this location gone live? We travel I-55 and this will be great to cut out the east Memphis detours.
  16. GBearFan

    Tesla App and Thanksgiving screwed me (vent)

    I'm curious, what is an MVPA? Just trying to understand part of the reason for your delay.
  17. GBearFan

    Illinois Waiting Room

    Congrats!!!! I'm waiting for the same color and interior in a LR across the river on the east side (O'Fallon, IL).