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It does indeed but then Elon is mission driven and may not care a hoot as long as someone else isn't driving ICE. It's certainly going to be interesting to see whether the "benefit" is eroded to a point of no point buying a Tesla or not.

The other ideal requirement is "always available", i.e. not 50% of the stalls blocked by cars on the wrong side, queues because cheap etc. Too early to say how this will work out but if the experience is degraded to the same as every other EV then the good reasons to buy a Tesla kinda diminish...

Can I just point out that I reversed into one of the two bays at Calais Eurotunnel Flexiplus lounge and a) couldn't understand why they were at a funny angle and b) that the cable didn't reach. Then figured out that you DRIVE through. Well duh me! :rolleyes:

Yep, mines pretty much the same but with two of us working at home and a fairly hefty smart home setup, my constant load can sometimes be 100% to near zero or zero in winter. I may change again yet but giving Agile a run to see how that pans out. The other factor with 100% stretching of the...

Haha yeah, wife loves it! An hour for a full load and she doesn't have to suffer me bitching about high energy devices during peak time. Plus it's still cheaper to run than a heat pump drier and takes 1/3rd the cycle time. Launderette dryers are usually gas because of the high and instant heat...

Not a dumb question at all, it's also for capturing the excess solar and discharging that in the evening. I'm on the original legacy Feed In Tariff so right now being paid a smidge over 60p per kWh just for generation, then 50% again of what I generate as presumed export. Except that I don't...

Yep, again, each has to consider the use case. My dishwasher uses 0.4kWh so little to shift, gas tumble drier so can be used all day. Washer at 20 deg C is little load to since minimum water heating. There's really not much to shift here.

Yes i'm aware of all of that. What I don't want to do is rely on force charging my storage battery every night to 100% to save a few p per kWh while simultaneouly maxing out its charge cycles, leading to premature replacement as there's a MUCH bigger cost there. I was doing that already during...

I read the other day that it *can* add up to £4k value. Not quite sure how that's worked out since it's about 4 times the cost of just getting it done but then i'm not an estate agent either. :)

Just a comment here, the general suggestion is "Switch to Intelligent Octopus Go", yes it's 7.5p while the car is charging but higher when it's not, something like 27p? On an annual mileage of ~10,000, I went with Octopus Agile because the daily average is nearer 12p IF (that's a big IF), you...

Last week I was in the US and just before flying home, decided to go for a Tesla test drive with FSD. I took a colleague and after remembering that I had to engage FSD to make the car move (funny moment while we figured out why it wasn't moving), it was very impressive. Felt like a very natural...

I don't carry mine anywhere. It's near to my charge cable at home for those times that I might plug in and don't have my phone on my person. Simple! 🙂

A very quick Google yields something like:- https://www.e-trailers.co.uk/led-wireless-rechargeable-flashing-amber-warning-light---1224v-ip67-mp4099-4515-p.asp

When I learned to operate vehicle controls, there was no steering wheel! I was 14 and it was a railway "permanent way" maintenance trolley. Sat on the left, normal pedal layout, gear lever at the right hand, 4 speed H layout. However... Go the other direction down the railway line, the driver...

That's what I believed until it happened to me! In my case, classic car, everything manual, front discs, rear drums and a V8 to an automatic transmission. The accelerator got stuck under the carpet and was on the floor, I took my foot off and the car was wide open throttle. This was in a car...

The interesting thing with these charts though is that alone, they are a blunt instrument as they don't state what the test or function being performed was, nor whether it was even the same. Example, speed dialling a number and holding a phone to the ear is a different function from typing in an...

Granted, that's the pedantry part of it but that's a very catch all offence, extending to examples such as eating an apple and being chased by helicopter for evidence for prosecution purposes. The key word you have there is "IF". My point was that the general simpletons request is to ask why...

That's because they collect ALL the dirt up and "hide" it all round the back along the bottom below the tow hitch cover, all along there. :)

Constantly seen in social media comments "How is it that I can't touch my phone but it's legal to go into submenus to achieve simple tasks?" A: Well, you can touch your phone in a mount so what was the rest of your question? Ah yes, everything that's important in the car is automatic, what do...

I guess the question is "why remove the stalk?". Reduce complexity etc. yeah ok whatever but then add manufacturing components for stuff on the wheel.

Maybe, I hadn't considered trying to do so before. I wonder what happens if you continue having NOT been told to continue? I might try mine on 1st March 2024 then. Just to shift the date from November and see if that works.

Yesterday, I SORN,d our Mercedes. I'll "tax" it again on 1st March. I'm also putting my old Volvo 850 back on the road on 1st March. It has been SORN'd for a few months because I couldn't be bothered to fix an electrical no start fault over winter. That's two cars that will just avoid the VED...

My daughter and I drove a Highland today straight after she tried a Model Y LR. Brief conclusion, softer ride in the M3 but regarding the indicator buttons, not difficult to get into a situation on a roundabout where the buttons are now on the opposite side of the steering wheel and upside down...

That's from TeslaMate log. It's a self hosted data log. https://www.myteslamate.com/

yep and then it digressed to general comments about the car starting to precondition the battery enroute to a supercharger, using energy that they'd prefer not to use. I didn't have an issue with the way it works on a trip to Switzerland but for some people, 30 minutes of energy usage is more...

My next SC trip is at the end of March, i'll see how it fairs then. After that it's a trip to Italy in May, so based on the March drive, i'll consider prepopulating ahead. It would be nice to be able to save an entire route in the satnav to flip between one with SC planning and one without but...

Not putting in a supercharger until nearby though, somewhat complicates route planning on a long trip. I'm not referring to a single supercharger stop on a trip but say a European roadtrip with multiple stops. It would be a pain to then have to go and edit each of those. Alternate would be to...

When there's 32 bays or more it probably doesn't matter

Shush, we enjoy shopping! Oh wait, but charge at home and don't need them. Yes your point validated. 😜

Presumably, since Tesla logging will still show available stalls as unoccupied, they won't ever be aware of these issues. Similarly, the predictive supercharging routing based on data of other cars enroute has little hope of doing anything effective when it's blind to non Tesla vehicles and...

I must admit that when I put the seat forward one notch, I didn't feel it was going to make much difference but then I'm not the one in the back for a long trip. Daughterbrat will have the entire rear to slob around in and any complaints will merely be met with a resounding invite for her to...

Out of interest, which ones please?

I just tried this, see what you mean now, hadn't noticed it before. :) I'm 6'1" and it's just the tip of what's left of my hair. I can slump down a shade or just move the seat to the one position forward. I'll see how my daughter gets on with a road trip to Italy, she's taller.

I'm fully aware of software lifecycle, instead of a useful feature, we get games added, which arguably also has an integration and regression testing cost. It's not a difficult feature compared with other Tesla challenges.

They haven't complained if it's happening and i've not noticed any bruises or other thumps ;)

2 or 3 long trips with supercharging is about all it takes, then you'll have lost your anxiety issues and be aiming for arrival home on 1%. I nearly did that once but traffic was slower than planned, too many caravans and I arrived at home with 2%. I felt robbed! Doubly so since the next day...

Yes but is there any reason that the car can't do that bit too? We're still dealing with all those for whom this seems difficult, it's all in the anti-EV stuff as to why this is a problem, range anxiety etc. The car has data for how its efficiency, it would be trivial to ask "how many miles...

The other neat thing of course is that even if not in the car, you can "help" the driver by setting a route in the app and sending to car. I went out the other day to drop a car off with my wife following in the Tesla. She's not a confident "follower" and said the usual "don't leave me behind"...

One of the things that you'll see several asking for here and it's also my request is "Arrive with xx %" but to offer a tip that might help while you adjust and that's to not just consider the route as start to end but plot the round trip or at least next supercharger after destination...

Curious! Both my son and daughter are over 6'2" and haven't found this to be a problem but it's the foot space that wad found limiting. That's why it's important to consider many factors with different vehicles and not just the driver. 🙂

I don't think that's what's asked for. What I'd like is a speed limiter, not just something that limits the max speed overall. Setting that to 70 doesn't help on roads with lower limits. My 15 year old Mercedes has a speed limiter which ensures staying within speed limits. TACC is the opposite...

Sit in the back and you'll find you can get your feet under the front seats. That's quite a significant difference if you're considering rear passengers. That was one of the reasons we went Y. Didn't get wowed by the 3. Plus hatchback.

A feature that nobody asked for. Meanwhile, setting "arrive with xx% charge" and speed limiter not in scope. Not really complaining but I do wonder where the priority list is? I got excited for a moment and eagerly awaited adaptive matrix headlights but then my reality gene kicked in and I self...

Scary! I had to check the date and it wasn't posted on 1st April

I'll be crossing to France in May so will know by then, also a late 2022 MY

43p/55p off peak/peak

It's biblical catastrophic level orders of magnitude from being a T cut job.

I appreciate we all most likely prefer Superchargers but I got an email yesterday from Ionity announcing their 50% price reduction on the monthly subscription to 5.99 and that includes a 0.20 discount on each kWh to 0.59. I just figured this might be of interest to anyone where these may be an...

That would be nice but on the other hand removes the "urgent need" for people to be persuaded into the new shiny thing that Tesla would rather sell. On the flip side, buying into something, knowing that the company does all it can to keep older cars relevant is also a good sales story.

Preconfigured car same spec as mine, £647 1.8% APR vs my £896 @ 4.9%