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My 2013 Model S is in for a new driveline and TPMS. So far, the contact has been good. It would be nice if you could get a human being on the phone BEFORE you show up rather than use the app, but once you do your intake, you can contact your service advisor directly. I did get an S loaner, but...

Hooray! This SC is a much needed link in the chain. It is ~1 mile from I-95 and ~1/2 mile from I-76, the two highways that serve the Philly area. It is very close to I-676, a 2 mile stretch of highway which connects 76 and 95. IMO $5 for an hour is a reasonable fee (less than 2 gallons of...

Old thread, but speaking of safety inspections. I went to the AAA service center on Columbus Blvd. in South Philly to get my safety inspection yesterday. A worker came from the office and informed me that the manager said that they CAN'T inspect Teslas! They are an official PA inspection center...

Got my Tesla in 2013. !st trip wouldn't have been possible without help from a charger shown on Plugshare. It was a remote area but there was a Tesla owner right around the corner from friends we were visiting. As with most private home chargers, you need to make contact first and plan a...

I have learned that when my Tesla finds an Xfinity Wi-Fi hot spot, it connects, but not really. The hardware connects (though sometimes only 1 bar signal level), but Xfinity has a cumbersome log-in process involving a browser, and it doesn't work well, even with full featured browsers on...

Haven't had my DU replaced, but I've been at the SC and heard conversations with other owners who were getting the DU replaced, at no cost to owner. None had failed, but were making noises so the SC replaced the units. Each time the service rep was apologetic for the inconvenience. One time...

Hope I didnt miss this if somebody already wrote it up. I tried the emergency Frunk latch under the glove box aftee learning of it here. It popped the Frunk, but the 2nd latch prevented full opening of the hood. I discovered that there id a small black lever/button to the left of the latch...

If Tesla goes under early the cars will be collectors items. The fewer they make, the rarer they'll be and the more they will be worth, though maybe not immediately. Wonder how much they will fetch at Barret-Jackson? I don't think Tesla will fail though. I hope to hell they don't. I'm...

Thanks. Controls! That was the word I didn't think to use. Arg! Thanks, I'll check it out.

I figured I couldn't be the first person to wonder about this. I wasn't lazy and I did try several searches before I posted, but they came up empty. I also looked through many pages but the forum is too vast to read everything. Maybe I'm just picking bad search criteria. I would be glad to...

The touchscreen is very sexy, but I do have concerns about the dearth of physical controls. I could be totally wrong and find a touchscreen environment to be much better than what we've all been used to in car our entire lives, but if not, then the screen could present another driver...

Got an orange one. No driver. Seen them on Amazon & Target websites. No drivers in pics. Did some come with drivers or were those customer retrofits? I really don't care. I'm just thrilled to get such another cool gift for reserving a Model S. The mug, hat, shirt swag box I got after...

That is indeed powder coating and applies to frames perhaps. I haven't heard of any cars having the colored body panel powder coated. Tesla claims to be the first car company to do this to the body panels.

I wonder if you have to get pre-coated panels from Tesla if you have an accident. I wouldn't want a painted replacement fender on my otherwise powder coated car, would you?

With the powder coating process Tesla has announced to put the color and clear coat on the cars, how will an owner deal with a parking lot ding, a scratch or a dented panel? Your local body shop isn't going to be able to powder coat your door or fender or hood or whatever. How will an owner...

At the speed Tesla is moving (0 mph), they're going to need to restyle the car so it doesn't look outdated. It already looks a lot like a Jaguar XF. How modern will it look in 2012...or 2013 or 14...

I haven't seen an EV other than the Model S that interests me. If the Model S doesn't make it I would be more inclined to look at the Lexus hybrids. The HS Hybrid costs roughly $35,000 and has EPA estimates of 35/34/35 mpg, an RS Hybrid can be had for $42,000 with 30/28/29 mpg estimates, or...

I'll be at the rally, count on it. I had made the same resolution about not buying a new car unless it was electric. I wouldn't have traded in my 6 speed manual Infiniti but health reasons forced me to get an automatic. I would have been happy to hang on to my G35 for another 2 years but...

Change of plan. The nerve pain won so Sunday I went to my Infiniti dealer looking to trade in my stick G35 for an automatic version. I wound up with a 2003 Mercedes CLK 500 with a 5.0 litre V8, the very kind of car at which I was sniping. Looks like I'll be a hypocrite for the next 2 years and...

Change of plan. I have had problems with disks in my neck and lower back for about 30 years. Recently I got a pinched nerve in my neck that made shifting my G35 6mt extremely painful. I went to my Infiniti dealer looking to trade in my stick for an automatic. I wound up with a 2003 Mercedes...

It seems I inadvertently ignited a controversy about the subtleties of what is considered appropriate dissemination of information surrounding an IPO. You guys lost me somewhere on the previous page, but please, don't stop. What I can understand is quite edifying. It sure does illustrate the...

Webbie, Thank you so much. I really wasn't getting that the restrictions were so stringent. I guess people have been trying to say that but you really went to the books and got the real story. I will happily zip up my yap now and try to chill out. In known as a patient person but in my 58...

Thanks IZ. That sounds about right. If they could make 20-25 mile batteries and get them under 100lbs apiece and provide ports under the hood to dock a pair of them I think that would be pretty cool. Kind of like a gas can for an ICE vehicle but without the danger of explosion. I don't know...

Bingo. At the moment there is no detectable public relations department working at Tesla. I would be happy if they said they are laying low during this important transitional period but will have many exciting announcements coming our was as soon as they can get back to putting a higher...

All it would take to satisfy our group, or the Leaf people or virtually any sized group would be to throw our a couple pictures, tease a new feature, something, anything every week, or two, or three. How about an update to the newsletter once a month just so we know they are still working on...

Todd, Thank you very much for talking me down. You make some excellent points. You made me notice that I failed to consider one of my main arguments, no advertising. Boy, I sure hope they do some. NO, I'm not going to panic again. I should never have taken Sudafed on top of my Ritalin...

Timing is very important to Tesla. Not so much for us early adopters, but to the mass, EV uninitiated public. When the Leaf, Volt and who knows what else start popping up, those people will think, "oh wow, electric cars, how cool, I think I'll trade in my Prius (or Bimmer) for one of those."...

How about a 25-75 mile aux battery that could be plugged into a port in the trunk/hood/bonnet...whatever. Like a reserve tank for when you need to go a little further. Make it portable so it could be taken inside the house, hotel room, office, etc and charged privately. Let's face it, it's...

A 2003 Infiniti G35 6MT, currently with about 55K on the odometer. Here's a link to a post I wrote earlier under another topic. It goes into more detail about my choice and other related issues in case you are interested...

Can't wait to drop my perfect 300 mile babied battery pack for somebody else's sick puppy with a bunch of marginal cells. :mad: QC will be key for success. I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the practicality of the swap system at this point. I hope they develop better batteries by delivery...

FWIW, I put down my 5k on 3/5/10 and got #P1712. I'm not liking the paucity of current news and unanswered email from sales rep. I flip-flop from worrying that they don't stand a snowball's chance in hell of finding, building and staffing a factory and churning out 20,000 cars a year starting...