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Oh gee, and it won't let me fix it now. I will forever go down in infamy for a spelling error on TMC or will I fade from memory like Dan Quayle when he was shamed back in the day for misspelling potato, when we still had some standards for the guy who would have his finger on the nuclear button?

See how the wheel is tilted, top side inward, bottom side outward? Are you saying this wheel is hanging loosely on the lug studs and is partially on? Either way, this doesn't look too bad on the Tesla, but I have seen a few things trying to lift from this area in my limited experience with...

See how the wheel is rotated with the top tipped into the wheel well, and the bottom out? Guess I prefer attachment to some authorized lift point. Might be fine, just rather not risk it. I did the rotation last night, using front to back swap. I used two jacks with Tesla rubber hockey pucks...

I thought this a good post. However, how do you know the place you put the jack stands is a good one for holding the weight of the vehicle?

I have been disappointed by tire shop work over the years. i.e. breaking TPMS's and gluing them back in and not telling me, inflating tires to significantly wrong tire pressures, leaving lug nuts loose, and so on. Things I can still do, I do, because of a lack of trust with the industry...

Like I said previously, there are certain safety considerations driving in reverse that are different than going forward. Someone's wife might have wrecked someone's Tesla while driving in Reverse, and then blamed it on someone for switching the acceleration mode from Chill to Standard. Thereby...

No need to go fast in Reverse. This is more of a safety consideration which was raised by my wife yesterday. Today I drove our model Y in reverse in both Chill and Standard and couldn't tell the difference between them (in reverse). Back in the day I did an EV conversion on a vehicle. I left...

Does changing to chill or standard acceleration impact driving in Reverse? Or does acceleration selection only impact Drive?

Report using NTSB and BTS data - "So, let’s talk about the vehicle fires themselves. As you can see from the car fire data compiled from the NTSB, gasoline is a lot more combustable. Who knew? If you combine gasoline cars with hybrids (also require gasoline), you’re looking at over 215,000 fires...

Both of your suggestions are at the top of my list as well.

Kansas City Crown Center EV charging station parking had posted signage banning Chevy Bolts because of fire risk. A local citizen wrote a letter to Crown Center about Vehicle Fire Risk Hazards. "Thanks for hosting EV charging. I noticed warnings about EV charging for Chevy Bolts which had a...

The quote from an Electrek article was, Some Toyota executives who participated in the teardown talked to Automotive News, and one of them called Tesla’s electric SUV a “work of art” The Japanese automaker appears to be particularly impressed with the simplicity of Tesla’s vehicle architecture...

To be a little more clear, I am asking about the converter that converts battery pack high voltage to run the car internal 12 VDC. Found some forum articles around this topic, but couldn't find someone with a specific part number or spec. as to the maxium power output rating of this device.

What is the power output of the Model Y on board 12V DC-DC converter?

That was a detailed answer and is much appreciated. Thanks.

. . . and a USB connection for power.

She does have her own car. She liked to drive my last daily driver, a Chevy Volt. So I am expecting and hoping she will like to drive this one as well. I did purchase a $30 GPS speedometer with compass heading and attached it to the top of the steering wheel (see pic below) with a velcro strap...

Is there an effective way to make software change requests, that might actually be heard by Tesla? For example, I might request an app be added, that I would call, Less Nags. I would call it No Nags, but lets be realist here. My wife is nagging me about what and how information is displayed in...

I understand that the Model Y uses breakers inside the vehicle to protect the wiring. All my previous vehicles used fuses. I also understand that these are the type of breakers that reset themselves automatically after some period of time passes? How do they reset exactly? Is it when they cool...