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How convenient! Four of us can add a couple hundred miles of charge while we're saying our goodbyes.

I use the Tesla OEM on my Chevy Bolt EUV mobile charger and destination chargers. This is just for CCS. Thanks to everyone for all of the criticism, but you really should save it for ICE and hybrids. I disowned my best friend since 1970 for always second-guessing everything I told him I was...

[Excellent Protection Functions]: ccs1&j1772 adapter fit for tesla charging has a connection port made of brass and silver plated, a variety of current protection can be provided during charging, including output overcurrent protection, short-circuit protection, input under voltage protection...

Got a free 30-day trial with yesterday's update, but with the construction on my go-through route (Texas 288) - lane diversions, tractor-trailers, concrete barriers lining the traffic lanes and drugstore cowboys in their F-150s, I rarely use Autosteer. If I use this at all in the next 29 days...

I know the L2 works fine. Tesla wants way too much for theirs, so infrequent emergency use on L3 (with adult supervision) doesn't worry me. The Model Y should be able to regulate the voltage or tell me that it cannot.

That sticker screams, "KEY MY CAR" just like my "TEDSLA" vanity license plates. I know it's infrequent, but I lessen my time inside grocery stores, just to get back to my MY before the ICEman cometh.

The old DieHard commercial: "Ely, Minnesota: 34 below." I bet the anti-EV media would REALLY sink their teeth into frozen Superchargers in THAT OTHER ELY.

Like an American Express card, "don't leave home without it." (And have the "Electrocute America" app on your phone.)

But here's something to think about...if we all drive like Tibetan monks, we'll have far fewer warranty repairs that Elon has to cover!

When you're right, you're right! I not only lose out on all the fun of driving the car, but also JUST DRIVING THE CAR. Between the Safety Score and the PPF boogiemen, I dread going below 100 and coming home with a miniscule paint chip. I'm NOT spending $4k to $8k to put a sofa cover on a MYLR...

I put half of my retirement savings into Verizon (for the 5% dividend, when CDs were paying 0.2% on TD Ameritrade) when the stock was around $58. It got down to around $30, with new investors earning closer to 10%. It hovers around $40 right now and it will take me only 8 more quarterly...

All I can say is, "we'll see." Neither the Toyota nor Nissan nor Subaru EVs have made much of a splash and, like I already posted, hybrids ARE the most fire prone with their mix of battery, gasoline and oil. And then there's oil changes and brake jobs. I know I'll never revert from full BEV...

Also, I'll make it a point to report back with the results!

Good point. "Sorry, only 1 to a customer!" As to the length of the cord, my only concern is communication with the VersiCharge, something I recently experienced when I weed-whacked my home's ground wire from the grounding post. I'm not worried about safety, as long as what I see on Amazon is...

I use my 3rd car single bay - the one without the Chamberlain opener - for my Li-ion lawn equipment and power tools and stretch the cord from my Siemens VersiCharge charger adjacent to the electrical panel across that bay to my MYLR in the 2-car bay. It wasn't too bad when I had my EUV with a...

Or out of "BETA." 🤣🤣🤣

Check out insurance industry stats (or even ask Alexa). As a percentage of each category of vehicles sold (I repeat: as a percentage of each category), hybrids have the most fires. ICE vehicles have about half of that. And EVs have a fraction of ICE fires. Again - as a percentage of each...

The more that the federal government does this, the more that ICE drivers hate EVs and EV drivers. "Can't we all just get along?"

I confess. I made the comment that starts with "HEY, IDIOTS!"

2024 Model Y Long Range - Tesla Insurance Months 1 and 2 premiums for full coverage and estimated annual miles of either 5,000 or 6,000 - $150 and change, plus the initial couple bucks in the first month. Month 3, after a 99 Safety Score and only 163 miles in Month 1 - $85.63. Month 4, after...

I always go with 100/300/50, but you're right. That 50 might not cover it all. Time to rethink.

Yeah...I just read something similar that you reduce your denominator (the total time of safe following) when on Autosteer. But in the same post, I read that if there's no one ahead within the "fog" on the screen, that doesn't count as "good time," either. So, maybe the happy medium is to use...

I'm not saying I'm dependent on it. In fact, for the very reason I stated (that Autosteer tailgates to the point of white knuckles), I don't trust it at all. We have a lot of concrete barriers right on the edge of the lanes of Texas State Highway 288 in a 5-mile stretch of construction on my...

The first things I thought of were the refrigeration and the overhead lighting. It's getting so I'm just going to have to listen to classic rock in my MY, but I sure wish Elon would add a 50s and 60s music selection to Premium Connectivity!!!

...despite the fact that the videos were of ICE vehicles and there was not a single reference to EVs or even hybrids, all of the inbreds commented about EV death traps and such. I'm afraid to park my MY at the grocery store, not because of fires, but hillbilly vandalism.

I can no longer listen to Howie Carr on WRKO, because he finds every opportunity to slam EVs. Unfortunately, so does Vince Coglianese on WMAL. Coglianese interviewed someone from some energy something or other (paid lobbyist for big oil, I'm sure) and the biggest lie of the interview (even...

From what I've seen/heard on YouTube, FSD (Full Self-Driving) crawls on exits. Not good...obstructing traffic can be cited. I'd turn off FSD before an exit, especially if I have a trooper behind me!

I "assume" you meant "Unsafe Following." Use Autosteer. No matter how close you get to the vehicle in front of you, it won't count against you.

I found the "secret" to eliminating almost all of my "Unsafe Following" dings. USE AUTOSTEER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE! Your Tesla will tailgate like the worst driver on the road, so it's a "white knuckle" experience at times, but you won't get dinged for it (except for the rock chips). I had a 96...

Liberty Mutual quoted me about $4,500 for a year on my new 2024 MYLR, FOUR TIMES what I paid The Hartford through AARP on my 2023 Bolt EUV Premier, despite a squeaky-clean last 5 years. The cheapest I found was GEICO, paying upfront $865 for 6 months. So, I went with Tesla Insurance for about...

From the Tesla website: Tesla Insurance determines your premium using several factors like what vehicle you drive, where you live, how much you drive, what coverage you select and the vehicle’s monthly Safety Score. The safer you drive, the higher your Safety Score and the lower your insurance...

INCORRECT. I paid a little over $150 for my first month and I'll pay the same for the second month. Even BEFORE the end of my first month, Tesla quoted me my third month premium of $86.53. That isn't going to change for the THIRD month. If my Safety Score decreases during my second month, my...

Unsafe following is a joke. I get it EVERY SINGLE trip, not because I did anything wrong, but because other drivers squeeze in front of me at exits, corners and in congestion when they want to save 1 second on their 30-minute commute.

I'm late to this party, but I've purchased these cars new and never even HEARD of PPF until I was looking into buying a Tesla: 1975 Toyota Corolla, 1982 Subaru GL, 1989 Hyundai Excel, 1990 Plymouth Laser, 1994 Suzuki Sidekick, 1998 Chevrolet Blazer, 2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser, 2001 Hyundai Santa...

Thanks and what a coincidence! I went to the League City, TX dealer today with Pearl White in my head and, in fact, that was the color of the demo I drove. But I've always liked the "dignified" dark gray/silver look and when the sales guy pulled up vehicles, the cheapest one was the MYLR in...

Thanks for your kind answer. I just took my first test drive and they do have the gray in inventory marked down to nearly $2k below the pearl white. I'll make the final call over a couple of beers. But first, I have to pay forward those brewskis with 65 minutes on my elliptical. It's too...

Sorry, but I live in the first world. Should I instead ask the best way to carry a jug of water 30 miles in Ethiopia?

Maybe I just want a new MYLR to get back $7,500 from those years I was "donating" >$30,000 PLUS FICA when I was an overpaid bean counter. In retirement, my 2023 tax liability on the taxable portion of Social Security plus interest income less old folks' standard deduction should be somewhere...

The worst part of a new car is the first ding. I'll try to make this story short: I did a trade-repurchase (incorrectly called an "MSRP swap") that took about 15 months of frustration - a new fully-loaded 2023 Bolt EUV Premier for my 2020 Bolt EV Premier (the way overblown fire recall - 20...

(OOPS - previously posted in X instead of Y): White is better for Texas sun and heat, but white vehicles are so common here. I'm getting ready to pull the trigger on a(n) MYLR and I've been leaning heavily toward Ultra Red. However, the more I research the Y, the more I hear a common...

White is better for Texas sun and heat, but white vehicles are so common here. I'm getting ready to pull the trigger on a(n) MYLR and I've been leaning heavily toward Ultra Red. However, the more I research the Y, the more I hear a common refrain...PPF or ceramic. I've waxed my cars and I...

Seriously considering the MYLR to replace my '23 Bolt EUV Premier (with SC and S&S) and I was going to "take Ultra Red for $2,000, Alex"...or Art (Fleming), for us old folks). But I'm NOT going to "cover my couch with plastic," so I think "I'll take Pearl White for $1,000" to better hide the...