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It would be nice to be able to give smart preconditioning some base conditions to work from. Time when it should do things and max temps for example. I was using teslacmd and a couple of scripts to check the temp and at 6:30 Monday-Friday if the temps were below 4c warm the cabin and also to...

If the the company profits aren't big enough to take full advantage of FYA change your year end to allow for an 18 month year too.

I'm normally around 18-20mph with Chargemaster.

There are a few long threads on the tyres and why the 19"s are just as good if not better than the 21" options. The only difference is in looks and wear.

I tend to use zap-map.com for this, pretty clear info and works in the car browser. I wonder why people like Google and Waze haven't already added this into their maps.

I would, but it's a lonely place where I never see others. I saw a black one on the other side of a car park as I was walking though, I would just been a random guy waving in the car park.

I spotted it on the day of opening, a moment of "eh? a red peg, I haven't been... hang on it's supercharger". I friend goes to the gym there they are definitely there. I very nearly called in on Friday as I was getting low on power.

I agree about sitting there with the brake lights on blinding the driver behind, but you can put the handbrake on and go into drive when need. It's really no different than an auto in that respect. However, sit there long enough (I think about 10 mins) and the alarm will go off.

I wonder if anyone has actually asked with the first cars only delivered in June.

I have dual chargers but only as a stopgap while we don't have anything better on the roads for the times I need to emergency charge to get home / somewhere - 22kw is better than 11kw or 7kw in this case. I also thought having dual may be a good idea for resale. In reality, I don't need them...

Going by this post: http://help.rdio.com/customer/portal/questions/2113231-does-up-down-voting-for-tracks-in-a-station-affect-my-whole-profile-or-just-that-station- Not so much use with the up/down votes!

I wish my DS was that accurate, I had about five or six moves in pickup / delivery date. Which included me booking flights that were then cancelled and delivery from Tilburg to the UK on a Thursday but then to find out that was the date the car was leaving Tilburg. My "confident" delivery date...

I can't remember the company but it's an enclosed transporter from West Drayton after being prepped. Before that it's final assembly in Tilburg, I think mine was an overnight trip from there. Before that it's about 5-6 weeks from California. I can't tell you much about the manufacturing time...

http://m.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/news/11534267.Luxury_electric_car_company_Tesla_to_open_new_showroom_in_Knutsford/ Handy for the North West, not far from the M6 but Knutsford can be busy to get into.

An it can either use a Premium Rdio account or the one that comes with the car, both suffer from a bug where only Rdio stations can be played which is OK if you don't want to listen to a specific track / album as it's near impossible to get exactly what you asked for. Also, the 3G connectivity...

I got mine on the 26th Sept, it doesn't have any of these. Not that I can say I'm bothered by not having these features the only one so far that I would actually like to see a retrofit for is emergency braking.

Given the US market would suggest higher values then there is a potential for the same here. I don't see myself wanting a different car in 3 years or that there will be much on the market to compete so maybe there's going to be a good few holding on to them.

How are these mid-back seat holders secured?

I can't remember my "in production date" but I think it was around the end of July, I had mine delivered on Friday.

Looks pretty good to me on the 5 year term, could be handy to add the £5k government grant so people don't forget. The fuel savings are good too, I moved to 27mpg to match my current car and added a 4% increase in fuel cost per year (not that recent years suggest that's happening) which gives...

Has anyone noticed the map here: Your Questions Answered | Tesla Motors Are there superchargers about to arrive in these locations?

They were listed out, I think at the first delivery event there was a thread here and photos of the information shown at the time. Although the link below says "guessing" so I could I have imagined the specifics. Supercharger Locations UK - Page 9

I wonder why Tesla haven't gone for the near but off Motorway services, I'm pretty sure that there are plenty of options which are more like the US locations. Looking at the planned site at Burtonwood in Warrington on the opposite side of the motorway (on the land where the other side of the...

Greater Manchester is a CYC managed setup: GMEV - Overview Free charging in lots of Manchester locations.

I'm sure there's a thread on this, I have Ecotricity and Charge Your Car.

Arrrghhh! Last week, "your car will be leaving Tilburg on the 18th". Today it's "arriving on the 18th in Tilburg". Are they having a competition of incompetence or am I getting the run around? How difficult can it be for them to know where their stock is located and where it's going...

I'n not in Bolton, just the other side of Leigh in Lowton. Baby due this month :)

Mine went into In Transit, I think towards the end of July. So far I have had a delivery date of the 1st Sept, then the 13th, then the 20th (booked flights having confirmed with DS) and then told that it's not the 20th but will be in this month. So, for me it's looking like 2 months.

IMO, DAB is a good but doomed technology as internet radio and streaming provide a far wider choice of music to listen too. I have taken the UHF upgrade, but I wouldn't generally think that DAB or Steaming are going to be the best answer on the platform, rather a USB FLAC library for when I...

That's it, I'm investing in a folding solar panel array that I can deploy next to the car, and a pop up windmill just in case I find myself stranded on my drive from London to Manchester(ish) in a little over a week... Can't wait! My major thought is, do I stop of in Birmingham to top off so...

UK's number one property website for properties for sale and to rent will give you an idea on the rental options in London. I wasn't expecting the URL to become the website's title/claim.

I'm thinking that this is an error as there's no way that the car can be classed as a goods vehicle.

The problem with a security researcher is that they are paid to identify risk and potential issues. Given them a standard car with just a dumb key to open it, of course they could identify that with a photo of the key and a 3d printer they would be in the car and driving down the road. With a...

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/179238/capital_allowances_cars_with_low_carbon_dioxide_emissions.pdf.pdf "The 100 per cent first-year allowance (FYA) for expenditure incurred on cars with low carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and electrically propelled...

You already seem to have one I mention in the post, and there's no evidence of the ground being broken at the Burtonwood site.

I thought the one at the M42 had pretty much completed from the "CROWD SOURCING - LETS FIND THE SUPERCHARGERS". I hope the move to the city centre isn't going to be the primary answer going forward.

Around £13.50. I tend to use the £4.50/100miles for my comparison with my current car which is about £23/100 miles.

I have just been looking at the map and have a question. How is a stall defined? Is a stall a parking space or a supercharger supporting 2 spaces?

I don't think there's the possibility to fit a towing bracket.

BTW - I just re-read my comment. There were many cost models, not mistakes. I just never trusted that my motoring costs were going to reduce as a result of the new car. I love my Disco, but it's running costs are terrible and when it goes wrong... a couple of years ago on a previous model...

Welcome to the club, I have gone through the same kind of process as I am able to move from a personal car (Land Rover Discovery) to a company car and spent a lot of time thinking I had made mistakes in my cost models, there were many. Even with a large TCA the TCO model means that I get a new...

I'm sure my DS won't be going, he's too busy answering emails. Oh no, he doesn't do that.

47xxx UK build, just entered production. Now I want to have some kind of automated photos of the build sent via email... that would be cool. Click, it's silver, click it's being sprayed red, click here's the robots doing their thing and ending with the bamboo pedestal.

I hadn't looked at the Polar Instant network previously although they did fit my home charge point. 13amp, less than 3kw which will be a really expensive charge and barley provide any real millage! Glad there's the SC and cheap home charging which by the end of the year should mean that I can...

Are these faults related to any particular model for example the P85s are more prone to the issue due to the extra grunt?

Here's one and you can always use zapmap from a web browser. Charge Your Car - The UKs open recharging network

I haven't had the most detailed read though this thread, but I get the feeling that these problems are torque related. Are these issues related to owners of P85 cars or those with a heavy right foot?

That was my biggest frustration with the test drive, it just doesn't feel right with a LHD in the UK. Two weeks in Europe doesn't feel great in RHD and 20mins in a car slightly wider than a Discovery on the wrong side of the car.

I'm nearly an owner so have been having these questions frequently, the main two charging networks are: Our Electric Highway - For The Road - Ecotricity Open Charge Map - Zero Carbon World Ecotricity needs a card but there are details in the tread below, the ZCW chargers are at leisure and...

Just phone up and book, I have had three test drives. The first was a hotel meet up, no questions about how serious at all. The last was a day or two before finalisation to let me think about some last min changes. Circumstances... all I have to say is that if anyone is a company owner and...