Search results

I haven't been posting much. But my 85D has about 26,000 miles on it and tomorrow we start out on a road trip from North Bend, WA to Topeka, KS. Which is 1,876 miles and 16-18 super charger stops (there are 2 that are optional in there but look like we can skip them) each way. Bought a GoPro...

Curious if anyone has renewed their Washington registration for an electric vehicle since July 15th and if so what if any Electric Vehicle Fee you've been charged. The governor signed the transportation bill on July 15th: SB 5987 - 2015-16 It modified the current law to add a new $50 license...

Not sure where to post this but I feel like this should be on the forum. Saleen is trying to get an injunction against me over comments I made on this subreddit (and other forums) : teslamotors

Just wanted to let everyone know that the North Bend Outlet Mall now has an NRG eVgo public charging station. There are 2 J1772 connections and 2 CHAdeMO connections. They are located on the North side of the parking lot near the Gap. I haven't tried them because I don't have an eVgo card and...

A recent update to the Android App had the following changelog: Today while looking for some other images I took apart the APK and while looking through the images I found this image named roof_glass.png and with a March 2nd date: This is distinctly different from the existing images which...

WOW! Just where do we start with this screed: Holman Jenkins: Tesla: Just Another Car Company - WSJ

When I had Xpel Ultimate installed I also had Opticoat put on the car. The car got dirty considerably faster than the first car. There's some construction going on down the street from me and they've been dragging dirt onto the road which has ended up on my car. I assumed the road...

Today I drove from my home in North Bend, WA to the Coeur d'Alene, ID SuperCharger. Joining me in this was another TMC member ThortsMD who drove his Model S 85 with me. We met up at my house a little before 7am. Before we set off we made some effort to try to eliminate as many variables (i.e...

My 85D has the tire pressure listed on the door as 50 psi. I know my S85 had it listed at 45 psi. Both had 19" standard wheels with the Michelin Primacy tires and air suspension. The tires list the maximum pressure as 51 psi. Today I was in for a service appointment to deal with some minor...

As I mentioned in another thread I got a P85D for a loaner today while they were working on my 85D. I figured a lot of people might be interested in a comparison of someone that have driven both. Especially since a number of people have mentioned being on the fence as to which one to buy...

As I mentioned in my 85D First impressions thread my car is limiting itself to 79A on an 80A HPWC setup. To be clear I'm not talking about the perfectly normal variability in the amperage you see for what current the car is currently receiving (what I'll refer to as instantaneous display)...

I picked up my 85D today. I had a September 2014 built S85 before this (swapped stalks but no autopilot). So my reference point is going to be a fairly recent car. I put ~2600 miles on the car before I traded it for this 85D (had the car for 2 months but last month it sat while I worked out...

Recently there was an article (which will remain nameless and unlinked) that was critical of Tesla and said that the Model S was just a toy for people that already had 3-4 other vehicles. I don't think this is really true, so I figured I'd start a poll. If you have multiple Model S vehicles...

Girlfriend got us custom travel mugs for the car. Our car will be named Polaris (after the X-Men character). She had a friend do custom art for them. They came out a little less green than intended but I figured people might like seeing them.

Saw this earlier this week: Drew Mikkelsen on Twitter: Followed up by this: Drew Mikkelsen on Twitter: Obviously this is absurd (we pay $100 a year for electric vehicles on registration to deal with road tax), but I wanted to point out that some people are pushing for pay per mile taxing and...

This is a replacement thread for the old Q1 2014 thread (that ended up being used for all of 2014). The actual orders and deliveries are tracked on this Google Spreadsheet. This spreadsheet is open to editing by everyone, so feel free to edit and update your own order details. If you're not...

About a month ago Tesla announced that the US Bank Lease would include a Happiness Guarantee. Elon posted a new blog post mostly about the incentives that Tesla is getting from Nevada for the Gigafactory. But in it he said the following: This implies that the Happiness Guarantee essentially...

Since I got my car on September 24th without the Autopilot sensors I've been disappointed (as I've mentioned elsewhere). To resolve this I'm trading my slightly more than a month old S85 for an S85D. Figured I'd make a post detailing the experience in case anyone else was interested. I...

Saw a video today where Elon Musk does a test drive of a D with a Bloomberg reporter that I hadn't seen. This test drive is basically the same thing everyone else got other than being done personally by Elon. But there is one bit of info I hadn't seen anywhere else. Around 20 seconds into the...

Just an FYI was in the service center today and asked what the cost of a new set of the standard 19" wheels and TMPS was. They are down to $300 for a wheel (was $500) and $50 for one TMPS (no idea what the old price was on this she didn't say). The 19" winter tire sets are down to $2500 for...

So I've got a theory that newer cars (say those built in the last 3 weeks or so) have not gotten 6.0 at all. Has anyone that has the swapped turn signal/cruise control stalks gotten 6.0 yet? If so this might very well be a sign that there is a computer difference in these cars that has caused...

What Tesla Needs to Fix Before It Gives Us a New Model S | WIRED Summary of the article: Adaptive Cruise Control Active Safety Features (Blindspot detection, lane keeping systems, cross trafic alerts). Disable touch screen while driving. Add buttons. Better storage space. More cupholders...

Just picked the car back up from getting XPEL and OptiCoat this morning and already managed to pickup a rock strike. Looks to me like the first hard hit is in the middle and then it bounced off the upper left spot. That's a picture of the passenger front fender.

Went to the SuperCharger in Ellensburg, WA tonight to try one out. It wasn't a long trip, 65 miles there. Got there and pulled into the nose in spot. Put the cable in and the car showed an orange light around the charge port and the car said the cable wasn't plugged in all the way. However...

So I read this page: The Ultimate Guide to Electric Car Charging Networks | PluginCars.com And they suggest in my area getting setup with Aerovironment. But that page doesn't really explain how pay per use works. Do you still need a card or do you just call when you're at a charger?

I've ordered my car with the HPWC and the Dual Chargers. I got a quote from the Tesla recommended electrician in my area today and it just seems high for the job. I asked them to break out the labor and materials but they say they have a simple flat fee to "keep our overhead costs down"...