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Horrible pic, so I can't tell anything about how serious it is. I would find a GOOD paint detailer (you might ask around at car dealerships around you to find one) - they all use them to touch up new and used vehicles. Find one that will do your car as a side job and negotiate a price. I've...

But Lord, the Lightning's price! $80-100K + is crazy talk.

I think you're talking more about appearance items. I lean more toward the practical stuff - I have a cover for the center armrest because the black armrest in my white interior seemed "wrong". Also, I got a tempered glass screen protector to keep my screen safe. Another item is the organizer...

I can't speak for the M3H, but I've had many cars with ventilated seats and I can tell you it's not designed to be dramatic. The intent is to draw in some of the cooled cabin air to remove some of the heat from the seat surfaces, and in the process provide a cooling sensation to your back and...

I'll definitely agree the M3P caused me vertigo while driving it and a dizzy-ish headache for hours afterwards. It was my first time driving a Tesla, and it convinced me I didn't need a Perf model. BTW, I also got sick at an Audi driving event where a professional driver gave "thrill rides" to...

^ Yes. And not just person names. You can also say "Call xxx-xxx-xxxx" and it will call that phone number.

Yep, I prefer the logo. Spelling it out makes letters stringing out across the trunk and mucking up the minimalist vibe.

I'm behind the curve, I guess, but I just got a bottle of ONR and tried it yesterday. Seems to have done a good job, and the convenience can't be beat. Washed the 3 right in my garage. One observation, though - several Youtubers say that one (white) cap from the 32oz bottle is 1oz of product. I...

Yes! I also have this happen. At first I thought the car was reading the yellow diamond warning sign and reacting to that. But at other roundies it doesn't brake (?)

But it keeps happening. 😉

I've never heard of ONR until today, although I've seen references to no-rinse car wash before. I'd be reluctant to use it if the car was visibly dirty or there was a layer of "dirt scum" on the finish (you know, the layer of fine dirt that stays on even after a pressure wash). As for automatic...

There is one highway off-ramp where my car will automatically brake and change the AP max speed setting progressively as the posted speed diminishes. Just this one. Nowhere else does it do this. What happens: I'll have (standard, not enhanced or FSD) AP set to 70, and while leaving it enabled...

Ease up, dude, this ain't Engineering class. And personal jabs are frowned upon. Most people generally use the word "fast" to express both quickness and high speed, because horsepower and torque are actually closely related. Big hp engines generally produce high torque. I completely understand...

If you read that first post, I said for me fun to drive is responsiveness. To ME, responsiveness means that the vehicle responds when I want it to. And "respond" - again, to ME - relates to acceleration. That's just how I define it. I'm fine if it means something else to you, but that's MY...

Wow, I've gone all these years misinformed. Life is no longer worth living. 🤣

Why do you say that? I understand it can be called wear and tear, but if the cover material isn't up to the normal wear and tear of getting in and out of the vehicle, it should be a warranty issue! If the car is still in warranty I'd expect them to cover it.

Foam strip?

No offense, but very few people drive road courses, or even really want to. 99.something % of most people's driving is on public roads, so driving performance generally comes down to things like taking off from stoplights, accelerating onto freeways and highways, exiting freeways and highways...

Yes. I meant throttle response. But I also think my M3 handles very well. I'm not in love with the suspension or the brakes, but they're tolerable.

This is kind of like the horsepower argument. Turns out TORQUE is the real determiner of "quickness". There is no way a Camry of any kind is going to snap your head back when you stomp it like even the base Model 3 does. Everyone who has driven or ridden in my RWD 3 has come away impressed if...

That's interesting. I've never seen Doug gush over a car like this. 😄 But when you've driven "everything", I guess it is hard to impress you.

Well, we can at least say that a couple of EV reviewers, Out of Spec and his dad, Out of Spec Dave seem to agree with us!

Many reviewers, like Doug Demuro, like to say the Model 3 isn't really fun to drive - rather, it's just an appliance like a washing machine. For me, fun to drive boils down to one metric: Responsiveness. I don't give a damn if it's pretty, or luxurious, or fashionable, or whatever - if a car is...

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That's certainly a possibility, but many of us don't like the look of the aeros, and take them off Day 1. I did. Rather than have them clutter up the garage, lots of people just sell them to get rid of them. There are good-looking black alloys under those plastic covers, and it irks me that the...

Oh, that's brilliant. Why don't they just steal a whole car, in case their car gets stolen?

Not to hijack my own thread, but it started out by feeling the heat that comes through the glass roof, in spite of my having it blocked off all the time with an aftermarket shade. I wondered if the heat transfer was an indication of UV penetration. Then I noticed that about 75% of the heat...

Good points. But it turns out both UVA-A and UV-B are damaging to humans. UV-B is actually more commonly associated with skin cancer (and other DNA damage), but UV-A is way more abundant in sunlight (about 95% of UVA radiation that reaches the Earth's surface is UV-A). So UV-A is almost as...

Same as hills. ^

Yes, and a loud startling sound like when I'm backing out of my garage and it thinks I might hit the shrubs next to my driveway.

There is usually a small gap left around the edges so the repeated opening and closing of the window doesn't wear on the edge of the tint and eventually cause it to peel. It should be hidden by the weatherstripping when the window (door) is closed. It's a little hard to gauge just looking at...

A number of tattle-tale companies (the best-known one is LexisNexis, but others include IBM, Google, AWS, and Experion among others) collect information on your driving habits, where you go, etc., with the help of the carmaker. Software in the car reports to these companies and they share it...

Isn't this the new EU required "safety" mandate? I'd be surprised if you CAN tinker with it, but if it were me, I'd be thanking my lucky star that it didn't chime all the time!

Tesla Service advises that to prevent that you should have your foot surgically shortened. (Okay, just kidding. 😉 )

Just saw your reply. Many thanks! 👍

My gripe with rain-sensing wipers (on all the cars I've had, not just Tesla) is that light rain fools them. If the droplets build up slowly, the sensor (or camera, or whatever) just doesn't react to the change until the windshield view is really compromised or I do a manual wipe. Oddly, after...

I don't think my previous two cares with Surround View had "nose cameras". They DID have sonar proximity sensors, so may be they used those for low objects. But the bulk of the info for the 360 view apparently came from the side mirror cameras, the backup camera, and the windshield-mounted front...

Wow, what beneficent and compassionate goals for a government entity. We should all thank our Creator that this agency is so caring for the health and well-being of the citizens of the EU and the environment in which they live. What would those poor people do without the benevolent and loving...

I have a tendency toward skin cancers on my noggin, and all that glass up there concerns me. Does anyone know if it's "UV-resistant"?

Yes, don't overlook the wheels themselves. Not only can one or more be out of balance, but there are occasionally runout issues with alloys, where the wheel is actually out of round or warped. There are simple runout tests where a gauge is placed against the side of the wheel (the rim) and when...

Fix? I'll never understand why Tesla didn't just enable surround view using the multiple existing cameras instead of that weird "AI" view of blobs of grey mass to indicate obstacles. Better than nothing, but not as good as most.

Or to invoke them when there's no danger. About twice a week my M3 suddenly and inexplicably sounds the "out of control" (my terminology) claxon warning, screaming at me to take immediate control, even though I'm usually going 30mph, have both hands on the wheel and am looking straight ahead...

That looks like "ghosting" that sometimes hangs around after using some chemicals on glass (including some washer fluids). Use something like vinegar or regular rubbing alcohol and see if that doesn't remove it. New cars often have a kind of protective coating in the glass and water and/or...

WHAT!?!? Look for the same thing in the U.S. before long. 😞

Glad your purchase experience was good. Mine was a nightmare, and if I had to go through that again I might just buy another brand. Telsa-originated changes to the car and to the financing (more than once, and no it wasn't because of my credit rating, which is well above average), multiple...

Yeah, I don't find the "regular" Autopilot to be any different from smart cruise control in other cars. Well, if you discount the occasional ghost braking. I do agree, though, about resuming speed. But all you have to do is override it with a little throttle, then let off as the set speed is...

Just a preference thing. I personally like the white because for me black interiors are dark and gloomy, and every speck of dust shows on every black surface. The heat difference? I'm not sure it's that big a difference (and I'm in TX, too). And keep in mind the white costs an extra grand...

I have been a big advocate of leasing for years and have had many vehicle leases. I never (with only one exception) ran a lease until its expiration. I would always trade out of the lease for a different car, and it was an easy-peasy process. The car would be appraised by the dealer and a...

Ummm ... no comment. :rolleyes:

Thanks, Jay. I didn't think so but thought I'd ask. My previous car purchases for the past 15 years all included tinting at "no extra cost", so I'm not used to having to get 3rd party tint.