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I returned my Model S yesterday after a 3 yr lease (and picked up my 4th Tesla!). This is the first time I've had to return a vehicle with damage, and I expected to be charged for some repairs, but the situation has turned out to be quite upsetting for several reasons; here is a list of the...

Well, I had a Model S for 3 years and the lease ended, so I got another one on Sep 3rd 2018. This new Model S is now 4 months old and had 75% charge when it suddenly just died: neither screen would come on. It was towed away by Tesla Roadside (which is another long frustrating story, but I'll...

I've found a few threads on this scattered around the Internet, but not good solution. On Christmas day (less than 72 hours ago) I parked my Model S at DIA (Denver Int'l Airport) in cold weather... about 25F. Knowing the car's batter would discharge while I was away, I did a range charge at...

I thought this would be a sticky, but it's not. And I should know the answers after 1+ years of ownership, but I don't. Here's the kind of charging that I have done: 120V at home (about 4 mi/hr of charging) 240V at home (about 40 mi/hr of charging) Superchargers (about 150-200 mi/hr of...

I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I can't find anything. I left my 85D with 160 miles of charge remaining, three weeks ago in the covered garage parking at the airport. When I returned I went to turn on the heat in the car using the Android app, only to find that it had just 19...

My teenager was watching this video and I looked over his shoulder and said, "Tesla! TesLAAAAA!!!!" He just rolled his eyes. I realize this is very off-topic and if a mod wants to delete the thread I'd understand. Just for fun... can you spot the Tesla?

Someone traded in a grey 2014 P85 with black next gen seats and sunroof. 11K miles. VIN 5YJSA1H11EFP56325 This is a land rover dealership. Putting aside the question of what kind of insanity would motivate a person to give up a Tesla to obtain some POS Land Rover... I have a question for the...

I'm playing books on tape by downloading to a USB drive and then playing on the Tesla. Oddly, it sometimes has a scroll bar (to scrub back and forth through a chapter) and other times it does not. Does anyone know why? It's very frustrating to be forced to start a chapter over again and then...

I like to listen to books on tape and/or podcasts in my MS. I download them onto a USB drive and then insert the drive into one of the USB ports in the center console. The problem is this: if I'm (say) 15 mins into chapter 4 of some book, then park and go to bed, the next morning the car...

I went up to some remote roads to ride my longboard (Boosted Board) and had no way to recharge when the battery went dry. Is there a way to recharge with my car? Seems wasteful to convert from the MS power to 120v AC and then back to DC for the longboard, but this may be the only option?!

Back of the envelope calculations: My Prius gets about 50mpg, and gas around here is about $1.30/gal (at CostCo). So my fuel cost is 2.6 cents per mile. My electricity here at the house is 11 cents per kWh and my MS burn rate is about 300 Wh per mile, or 3.3 cents per mile. This surprises...

About 30% of the time I try to open my garage door with the Tesla, the door opens about 6" and then stops. What I think is happening is this: the opener sends a signal to the control head for some duration (say 1 sec) and the control head sees it as two separate signals, one to open and the...

Like many Tesla owners, I strongly prefer to forgo mounting the front plate. Unfortunately, here in CO, this is illegal. My solution has been to park on private property (rather than on the street). But recently I have had no choice and have had to park on the street. I received my first...

I made my garage sparkly clean before taking delivery of my MS but recently it's covered in wet mud, deposited by ice and snow sloughing off of my car. Additionally, the charging cable has to be uncoiled from the wall holster and laid across the garage floor in the muddy water. Any tips from...

At the Park Meadows SC, just outside of a major Denver shopping mall, this sign was in the window: A duplicate was on the passenger side. I wonder if the owner had had a window broken previously? Is it legit to leave a dog in a Model S but not other vehicles?

Parked next to a P85D at the supercharger. I have an 85D. I made the deliberate choice not to get the P85D because I figured it wasn't really worth $30,000 more to impress my friends a few times and then never use it again. But I can't help this feeling of inferiority parked next to that...

Just drove through 27F weather with freezing rain for about an hour. Although I turned on front defroster and manually maxed out the fan, the edges of ice infringed further and further until I had just a saucer-sized opening on the driver's side windshield (and nothing at all on the passenger's...

Solar isn't a great proposition where I live. Grid power (fueled primarily from coal) is so cheap here that it's hard to make the numbers work out in favor of solar panels on my roof. But there is something psychologically appealing about the idea of driving my car on stored sunshine...

There is a Tesla at my place of work that has an HOV sticker on the windshield that presumably allows him to travel in the HOV lanes on 25 and 36. But my online searches reveal nothing. Are these still available? Also, it appears that CO treats EVs and non-pluggable gas hybrids as the same...

Embarrassing. I had the fob in my backpack because I had no pockets in my running shorts. Trunk and driver's side door open. I loaded my backpack into the trunk, aware that the fob was contained inside. As I closed the trunk, the shock of the closure caused the front door to swing shut (wind...

I leased without autopilot (given that it's unclear the full feature-set will be available within my 3 yr lease). I wonder if it's possible to add AP to an existing lease given that it's a $3000 added charge. It's a strange thing to consider because it's a software-only change, done OTA, but...

I've seen parking in the garage at DIA with chargers on the west side, ground level. Teslas are often parked there, in fact. Does anyone know if you get economy rates for EVs? Or you pay full garage rates? Or is VIP required to get charging spots?

I figure this must be a common thing, but I couldn't find any posts about it. In another thread, there was a guy showing a pic of his MS at a gas pump. I guess this is the opposite. Would you throw a hissy fit? Or just shake your head and drive away? ---

This post is meant to be just for fun... I just drove my Tesla downtown, used my Boosted Board to get to a building, went into the building to buy BitCoins. None of these things would have been possible a few years ago... I think that makes me a bit of a nerd. And from what I can tell, there...

My nav screen, since the day after delivery, is just a grey grid. Other 4G services are working. And if you zoom to JUST the right level on nav, the map comes back in certain neighborhoods. The red arrow (indicating my position) still updates, so the computer is working. Seems like the 4G...

I have had my MS for nearly a month now and it has... 332 miles. I'm thinking that has to be some kind of record! The car runs perfectly fine, I love driving it, but I just haven't been able to drive it much in this first month. Why, you ask? Well, I have an upcoming mediation with the...

The New Car Smell (NCS) of my Model S is really potent. More potent than any other new car I've been in, in fact... Does anyone know what it is? An old thread on these forums (http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/10770-New-car-smell) says it's actually bad for you, but their Teslas...

Today I got changed to go for a run, but saw my Model S as I was about to leave. Decided to go for a drive instead. My son asked me "what does it feel like for a cheetah to effortlessly burst from 20mph to 55mph". I tell him "let's get in the car and I'll show you." He nows thinks I need...

I just got my lease approved, a day before delivery. I'm somewhat surprised by several items in the lease terms and was hoping someone here who has leased high-end cars before could help me understand the justifications. There is a $5000 cap cost reduction. My understanding is that this is...

I pick up my MS in 48 hours, but... ...it's a fair distance from here to the service center (80mi r/t), and none of my friends is available (on a workday). My options: 1) Public Transportation (3 busses, $12 in fare, to get a Tesla... ironic much?) 2) Cab or Uber 3) Talk my Tesla salesman...

My 12 yr old son asked me this question today. How far can a Tesla Model S travel on one fresh AA battery? I really have no idea how to answer this, so I tried a back-of-the-envelope calculation. The AA power output varies by brand, but a reasonable figure seems to be about 2.4 W/h (based...

Anyone driven their MS at altitude? Say, up Pike's Peak or Evans or Trail Ridge? Does it suffer at all like an ICE does?

I put my $2,500 down and the order is confirmed. But I got a (courteous) note from Tesla Financing that their partner bank (US Bank) pushed back with a few concerns. I'm no too worried: the concerns are understandable, but I think eventually things will work out. But my question to you guys...

I've seen claims that the P85D pulls 1.2 G's in max (aka insane mode) acceleration. Wondering what all models pull, at max? Including the 60, 70, 85, P85, P85+, 85D, P85D, 90, 90D, P90D. Is there a way to calculate this? Also, is the g-force consistent from 0-60? I don't think so, right...

I have a few more days before my MS order is locked in and the only lingering question on my mind is whether to stick with the 85D or go to the P85D. I have only test driven the former. However, the only reasons I can discern for getting a P85D are: You want to race it on a track against...

I've been thinking about Teslas for years now. I fit squarely in the demographic I would expect to be a prime buyer for this car: male, early 50s, computer-related career. They're not called the "Palo Alta Camry" for nothing. But I live in the Denver CO area. The first thing I noticed once I...