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Here in rural Vermont my local town considers my road "plowed" if it has 2 or fewer inches of snow. So I drive in 1~2 inches of snow a lot. With snow tires I haven't experienced the traction control or antilock breaks in snow at all (well, except in my driveway when I made them both trigger...

Interesting, I've only recently moved back to the east coast (well VT) after being away for ~2 decades. I wasn't aware that it is common for start parks and national forests to have power here. Is there a good place to go for a list?

Could be. More then that, I'm sure you are right about the origin of some of them, yeah. Other people just don't really like the driving part of the vacation, they want to get to the "cairo part" of the vacation. The chorus part is driving, they want to be at the sand and enjoying the sun...

Are you talking "it is a great place to recharge", or do you use them rather than a motel & sleep in the trunk? If you use them "just" to recharge how much do they normally charge you? (I have a mobile connector, but have never charged at an RV park/camp site)

If superchargers were closer together people would definitely worry less about getting stranded, and you could drive more routes more effecnetly because it would be a lower risk to get deeper into the fast part of the charge curve. People would still complain that charging takes 15 minutes not...

FYI there are gadgets you can plug into a 30A dryer plug that give 2 30A dryer plugs. The first plug gets power anytime whatever is plugged in demands power. The second plug only gets power if the first plug is doing nothing. The downside is they cost about $300, so it is a substantial...

I use to own a Volvo C70 convertible which oddly enough had a 3500lbs tow capacity. I towed a 3000lbs trailer (with 300lbs of water in it, and about 200lbs of things like food and bedding). The C70 normally was pretty peppy and got around 30MPG. While towing you could really feel it had a...

The ungodly one use to only fit the "low" VINs, but they rejiggered the design and it works now (my VIN is over that, my Y is about 3~4 months old), apparently they can't change that section of the Amazon product page without having it reset their star rating. I also found it discouraging, and...

I ended up using my closest service center which is in Canada, a short 65 miles away. I haven't been in Canada for decades, so this was a nice excuse. The Canadian border guard seemed to think it was extremely odd that I would drive 65 miles into Canada for tires rather than several 100 to NJ...

If you have the tow package the hitch is the square open thing under the plastic panel on your rear bumper. (that panel is a pain to remove and put back on, I bought a magnetic cover from Amazon for like $20 or $30 or something, which I definite prefer to the original). You need a ball mount...

Thanks for the advice. I placed the order w/ Tesla but the card transaction failed, for multiple cards and both apple pay and direct via the card number. The credit cards said they never saw a charge request, and Tesla's 800 number couldn't figure out what happened and have me make a service...

I have 19" wheels

Hi, new-ish Tesla Model Y owner here... I'm in northern VT, we get some real snow. So winter tires are something I'm going to want. Tesla sells a set for about $2k which look like they come with the wheels so I can just swap from set to set easy and store the other set in the barn. Am I...

Depending on where you plug the mobile connector in you may be able to plug it in inside the garage have the mobile connector's "box" inside the garage and run the cable under the garage door to the back of the car. I use to do this in CA with my J1772 charger for my older car (houses in CA...

I had a non-Tesla & a J1772 EVSE before I bought my model Y. Technically I have 3 J1772 EVSEs, two are 120V 12A max units so they are mostly useless, and the last was a 240V 32A charger that plugs into a RV style plug. The 240V 32A charger costs slightly more than Tesla's mobile connector. It...

This is the first supercharger I ever used (not surprising it is the closest supercharger to my home that is in the same country, I think Canada has some closer superchargers). I agree that the choice of an all but dead mall doesn't seem consistent with Tesla's choices of high quality...

Deservedly so!

I'm in VT but have only lived through one winter here. I didn't have the Model Y during it (I've only had it a week now), but I had another (non-Tesla) EV. Range reduction in cold weather is real, but not as severe as "50%" (however I've only driven in -15ºF). In my case at least a...

So the fan/pump noises are a Tesla in "Standby"? As in no HVAC for the passenger cabin, but if the edutainment computer "gets warm" it'll cool it, and, um...does this mean the main Tesla battery is in use, or just the little 12/14V battery? So I should be able to test this by excluding home...

I just got a new Model Y last week, upgrading from a Bolt EV. The almost anytime I go in the garage I can hear what sounds like pump or maybe fan noises that I associate with the Bolt charging. Many times when I have done this it has been a good six to twelve hours since the Model Y has...