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30k and have 7mm left. Happy with that. Wish I had checked when it was new. I don't know how deep the tread was when I purchased it.

I've been wondering about tier wear too. I have 30k on my OEM tires. I have 7mm tread depth left. I was afraid I wouldn't get 25k out of them. Now I'm hoping maybe I can make 40k. 50k would far exceed my expectations. I drive in fairly flat Wisconsin. I don't accelerate hard as a general...

Yes, this is what I use in addition to having the charging finish in connection with my departure. I thought the preconditioning also warmed the battery. Maybe it doesn’t, but I was under the impression it did.

Yes, that’s part of my charging strategy. In this‘s case I charged the battery to 100% and timed it to finish coinciding with my departure. The battery 100% I got in the car and left within five minutes because of the cold and increased battery usage instead of spending about 40 minutes to...

I traveled 512 miles today in Wisconsin. The day started at -8 degrees and ended at 11 degrees. I averaged 392 Wh/hr. My overall average is 282 Wh/hr. So today I saw a range loss of 28%. Pre-Warmed car. Heat pump. Chill Mode. 74 mph.

yes, that has been my experience too. Tomorrow I will drive almost 500 miles (Madison - Milwaukee - Eau Claire - Madison) for work. I will leave with 100% battery. In temps above 40 degrees I could do those 500 miles with two charging stops of around 10 minutes each (gaining 40% of my battery...

Math is not my strength. What is the efficiency difference if in regular weather you used 9% but in -2 you use 11%? For me, in zero degree weather, I'm seeing about a 30% drop in range. I'm able to make it work, but I feel that is significant.

This morning it was -8F and I drove a round trip 60 miles. Flat, nominal wind, decent roads. I got 422 Wh/mi. That would give me about 192 miles on a full charge. Heater at 74 F. It used 34% of the battery on a trip with would use about 20% in summer. :cool:

Circling back to this post with my own experience. I still don't own Winter tires, but... TIRES Here's my opinion after some ice/snow driving. Snow tires are probably safer and likely a good idea. We have 1-2 inches of snow/ice on the roads in central Wisconsin right now due to our recent...

One major question and one minor question I had about Tesla's prior to buying my 2023 Model Y last June related to winter. The major question was cold weather performance. The minor question was about snow tires. TIRES Snow tires are the easy one so I'll get them out of the way. I've lived...

I have a 3 ton floor jack in my garage, but purchased the following on amazon. I assume it works, but didn't try it, other than to verify it fits under the car with the "puck" installed. Car Jack Kit | Scissor Jack for Car 3 Ton (6,600 lbs) - Tire Jack Tool Kit | Portable, Ideal for SUV and...

Just checking in on this thread again. I was super proud of my 265 wh/mi. Then winter hit. I'm up to 280 wh/mi average. I figured at the end of my first 12 months in Wisconsin I'll end up with a real work average of 280-290 wh/mi. Speed seems to be the biggest thing I can do to change/lower...

haha - yes. The car was not on a level surface. So its wasn't just gravity, but gravity at an angle. Who knows, under the same circumstances maybe a 3 ton jack would have failed as well. It's an absurd story really. I was on a 1000 mile road trip. Got a nail in my tire. Went to an auto...

The screen captures are from Teslafi. I linked my car to Teslafi before I pulled out of the dealership parking lot so it has tracked every mile I've driven. I also use the Stats app, its easier access, but the data from Teslafi is superior in my opinion.

I can toggle the wipers to off. But if on autopilot, and it thinks the camera is blocked, the wipers come in. Maybe I’m the only one. /shrugs/

My car, in Wisconsin, works this way. When using auto pilot I can turn the wipers off, but they still work automatically. I think it's a built in algorithm to keep the windshield camera view clear. Anyway, in autopilot, if the wipers want to go, I can't do anything about it.

I have a Lithium Ion battery. My understanding is that around 50% is the "healthiest" state of charge to have it. I don't know much about the LFP batteries but I believe you want to keep those as close to 100% as possible. But I don't have one and have done very little research into them.

yes. I agree on the location comment. It makes a big difference. And I hope you’re wrong about the wipers but fear you probably aren’t.

I just schedule my departure time in the Tesla App. If I am leaving at 8am, I set that as my departure time and it does two things. One is it prepares the car cabin for departure and two it preheats the battery, if necessary. Which in the winter in Wisconsin it is. My garage hasn't gotten...

In answer to my questions a few months ago, I have found the computers prediction in Cold Weather to be quite good.

p.s. for what its worth. I really wanted to minimize my supercharger usage. But the realities of cold, my job, and the distances I travel have not allowed me to charge exclusively at home. As you can see in this charge I am charging almost 40% at superchargers. My overall battery deviation...

Intersting. Checking back in again. I have 25k miles now (in 6 months). I have lost 3.29% at this point. I'm pretty happy with that. You can see below that I do charge to 100% roughly once a week. I also do a lot of supercharging. About 40% of my charging is supercharging. I do hope to...

I’m thrilled with my Tesla after 6 months of ownership. I was an optimistic purchaser and it has largely delivered. I’ve learned a lot and liked a lot. Here are a few areas that have been meaningful to me. For those of you that have read my previous posts you know that I was determined to...

I renamed “trip 2” to “lifetime” while sitting in the parking lot of the Tesla dealer.

I guess another way of asking what I’ve been curious of is… does my car use FSD software but a stripped down version of it because I’ve only paid for EAP? Or is the code for FSD and EAP completely separate?

Thanks! This is very helpful. I don’t currently have access to summon and parking features that I paid for. How do you guess this would be updated, code wise? Also, my car has HW4. Does my car Benefit from hw4 with EAP or only if I pay for fsd?

I’m really new to all of this, so don’t really know what I’m talking about. But it seems like the new code for FSD could impact enhanced auto pilot. So I guess I’m curious if they’re rewriting the code from the ground up for FSD it seems like that there would be some overlap with EAP but I have...

I purchased the Enhanced Auto Pilot package for my 23 MYLR. I see a lot of chatter about all the new software upgrades coming out. Most of it's list as FSD. Since I only purchased EAP will I see any benefit from the new FSD updates?

Oh, I was also gonna ask if it was important to calibrate the BMS. Does the calibration do anything functionally useful or is it simply for a numbers nerd (like me) to get more accurate data? Thanks.

Thanks! I'm curious about the number 53. Any particular reason you charge to 53%? I like odd numbers, so I might switch to that, but curious the reasoning you use it.

So, do you think my strategy of charging to 50% as soon as I arrive home “while the battery is still warm” and then setting it to finish charging/preconditioning to 80, 90, or 100% by my daily departure time the next day, doesn’t really help lengthen my battery life? I get the feeling that many...

No luck. Wisconsin appears to be a very unfriendly state to electric vehicles.

I'm 8 weeks in on my Tesla journey (MYLR) and very much enjoying it. I've logged 10k miles in the last 8 weeks. I have the key card Tesla gives you, the Tesla app for iPhone, then three apps I am running on my Apple Watch: Stats, Watchla, and Watch for Tesla. Key Card - It is what it is. It...

I have found a myriad of reasons to enjoy my new MYLR, but my initial motivation was cost savings. I have zero regrets and love the car. That said, for anyone interested I'll share the costs associated with "fuel" for the first few months and 9,952 miles. There are certainly other things to...

I read and read and read about everyones battery degradation so I adopted a battery charging strategy in hopes of being "that guy" who defied the odds. Seems I was unsuccessful. :). Oh well, I tried. Here is how things stand after 10k miles. I drive a MYLR with a rated range of 330 miles...

I confess to being a little jealous of those of you with short commutes. My use of my Tesla seems to be in the minority. 2 to 3 times a week I leave my house, knowing that I’m gonna be going two three or even 500 miles in a day. my goal is to see if I can leave with a 90 to 100% charge and get...

Reading this I feel pretty good about my 265 over 10k miles. It just dropped to 264 this past week. :-). I anticipate it’ll go up as cold weather comes. So my overall average probably will be in the 270’s or 280’s. The math is fun. It seems I am already doing the things that I can do to have...

Thanks for your input. As many on this forum predicted, the longer I drive my Tesla, the more I simply drive and don’t worry about these things. I still enjoy the ”math” of driving a Tesla, but I find I just wanna drive the way I wanna drive and charge accordingly. :)

I'm looking for a math wiz smarter than I am to help with what is probably a simple formula. Example: I have a 6 hour 360 mile trip. I will have to stop once to charge at a super charger. If I drive half the trip at 60 mph for 3 hours rather rather than 55 mph I arrive at the charger 15...

Just curious, what's your Wh/mi and how do you drive to achieve it? Mine, after 7,000 miles is 265 Wh/mi. I thought I was doing pretty good, but I see some drivers in the 230's or even lower. What kind of driving do you do and how do you achieve it? I drive mostly highway driving. 5 minutes...

And I really like a better route planner as well. The only downside for me as I find it thinks I need to charge more than I actually do. Aside from that I have found it very helpful.

I have been disappointed that this screen can’t be personalized. For me its useless. The “savings” that it shows are completely false. The problem is the formula it uses isn’t anywhere close to my situation. The app compares my Tesla Model Y to a car that gets 25 mpg at a price of $4.27 per...

The numbers in my post for the 2023 Camry Hybrid are indeed a guess. It claims 46 for the XSE model, but I only calculated at MPG. That said, the numbers for the Prius are real world. I get 40 MPG real world in my 2009 Prius. For what it’s worth. I believe earlier someone posts their real...

Actually, if I knew then, what I know now, I probably would have a model 3, RWD. I’m very happy with my dual motor long range model Y. But as you likely know, driving an EV, you think differently. I’m not sure that my long range model Y does any better getting from charge to charge in the model...

They numbers for the Camry hybrid assume it can get 44 mpg. It’s rated for 46 mpg. Don’t known what real world numbers are since I didn’t actually buy it.

Thanks. My wife said I couldn't spend all day making spreadsheets so needed to go outside and play. So I focused only of "fuel" costs in this post. I have attempted in a previous post to predict the 10 year (300,000 mile) cost of ownership of my MYLR vs the Camry I didn't buy. I'm gonna...

People buy cars for different reasons. Cool factor, the environment, the cost, the performance, the utility of the vehicle, etc. For me personally, I purchased a Tesla for potential savings. After six weeks and 7,000 miles (including a 3,000 mile road trip) I would like to share my...

Haha. Not sure how they made it. 😇

Thanks for this detailed answer. Very helpful!