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Set of Tesla winter tires and wheels purchased with my Model S in 2015. Traded the S in for a 3. Low miles, wheels and tread in very good condition. Pirelli Sottozero Series 2. Size 245/45 R19. Includes covers to keep things clean while you're transporting them. Pickup in the mid-Hudson valley...

Stormwatch is now activated on my system, too. Although interestingly, the official NWS alert type and level are unchanged from earlier in the day, when Stormwatch was not active. So there’s definitely a variable/s other than just NWS alert type and level, whether it’s something like human...

Great example of the kind of improvements that would make Stormwatch more useful, at least in my area. EDIT: Here’s another idea. The quote from the Tesla website implies that my individual Powerwall’s Stormwatch behavior changes as it learns what type of conditions trigger outages. In my...

That may be. To you guys out on LI, hang in there. As a former New Orleans resident who remembers hunkering down through more than a few hurricanes, I feel for you.

Useful data, thanks. Two variables the algorithm for triggering Stormwatch uses seem to be “NWS alert type”—i.e., thunderstorm, high wind, winter storm, tropical storm, etc—and “NWS alert severity—i.e., watch vs warning. But I’m curious about whether there’s another variable that explains cases...

Hmm, I’m not far from you at all (Ulster County NY). I’m curious: is Central Hudson your utility? And can you recall what official NWS alerts might have been in place in your area during previous Stormwatch activations? (Looks like the official NWS alerts right now for Orange County are...

Question for NY/NJ/CT Powerwall owners: with Hurricane Henri coming ashore as I type this, has Stormwatch activated on your Powerwall? It has not done so on mine. In fact, in the three years I’ve had my Powerwalls, only once have I ever seen Stormwatch activated (for a NWS winter storm warning)...

Thanks for the responses. To add to the data pool, I'll observe that I did notice Stormwatch was triggered during a NWS winter storm warning in my area this past winter, but not during a NWS severe thunderstorm warning this summer. I wonder about the geographic influence on the relationship...

Last year I had two geothermal/ground-source heat pumps installed by Dandelion. I'm in a heating-dominant climate (mid-Hudson Valley, low altitude), and the only realistic option to adequately back up air-source heat pumps would have been heating oil or wildly overpriced propane. My system...

I've observed three times over the past year that my location in upstate New York has been under a National Weather Service tornado watch yet Powerwall's Stormwatch feature did not activate. Have you observed the Stormwatch feature activating while you're under a NWS tornado watch? In what...

I’m interested in whether anyone is using IFTTT or any similar tool to control smart devices in their home based on information from their Powerwall. Specifically, I’m considering using Powerwalls for backup and during the winter heating season I’d like to be able to set back the Nest thermostat...

Thanks for coming through with some great info and alternatives. Sounds like a good solution may be either the Sonnen battery system with its Outback inverters, and possibly the third layer of a modest-sized generator. Meeting with my solar company Thursday and you guys have given me some ideas...

Agreed that the lack of consumption data makes it tough. Generation data at least I have. If we define “little generation” as < 20 kWh, the longest stretches during the low generation / high demand months of December/January/February have been four days. That happens once or twice a winter. The...

Just gross monthly meter reads. And of course, since going forward the by far biggest and most critical loads will be the ones that are not yet installed—the heat pump especially—past meter reads don’t address what the usage will be that I have to back up.

Any suggested brands/models?

Any tips for how to calculate likely usage in kWh for heat pumps and appliances that are not yet installed? A $5k generator would be nice, but the minimum generator needed for these specific loads costs more like $12k just for the hardware. Add the big propane tank needed, burying the tank...

Is anyone using Powerwalls as their sole source of power backup, in the Northeastern US, in a place where the grid goes out often? Is It workable in the winter if you’re heating with heat pumps (assuming they have soft starts installed)? My specifics: rural area with outages a few times a...

Great info from previous posters on parking and charging in the city if you decide you want to or must do it. But as someone who for 15 years or so has split my time weekly between midtown Manhattan and the Hudson Valley, I long ago concluded I no longer want to drive in the city. Driving and...

Still have any? I would love to have some, if you haven't already committed your entire supply elsewhere. I tried to buy some when I got my Titanium metallic 85D in 2015, but was never able to get any. Like to have a little around just in case. Would be happy to pay for paint & shipping.

As someone who likewise owns a steep driveway in a snowy climate--but not so snowy that most people use snow tires--I've found snow tires are necessary on my driveway even if they're overkill on the well-cleared roads around here generally. More all-season-tire-equipped cars than I can count...

Also in Ulster County. The vehicle registrations database in the NY Open Data portal (https://data.ny.gov/Transportation/Vehicle-Snowmobile-and-Boat-Registrations/), filtered by make, shows 2162 Teslas in NYS, 12 of them in Ulster County--including a record for mine.

I'll skip the pictures since I doubt I can do better than the ones already posted, but I'll add my voice as an owner of the gray interior with black headliner (although with gloss obeche trim and titanium paint). Like you, I wasn't able to see the gray in person and chose it based only on...

Exactly. These are not EV parking spots. Even though they're often called that in discussions and even on the posted signs. They're EV fueling spots. Calling them that consistently may eventually help some people--both ICE and EV drivers--understand that parking there while not charging is a big...

+1 on the borax or boric acid based products, but the form that works best for me is "Maggie's Farm No Spill Ant Kill," available on Amazon. Particularly helpful if you're going to use it in a moving vehicle, because Terro and homemade borax baits can slosh around and make a sticky mess.

Very nice with the black headliner and obeche. Thanks again!

Thanks for posting pictures. Very nice looking car. And your comment that the gray seats give it a bit more modern look is helpful--I tend to prefer gray in other contexts for the same reason, so your comment helps solidify my judgement that I'll probably prefer it in this context as well. I'll...

Thanks for the picture. Did you see the color combination in an actual car before you ordered yours? And are you happy with how it looks now that you have it?

That's good to hear, thanks. If you get a chance to post pics, would love to see them.

Black headliner, for two reasons: afraid light colored one would get dirty, and I like things visually simple so don't want three different colors in the interior. And I'm making the choice on my own: Mr Coasts says "this is really your car, you should get it exactly the way you want it." One of...

Pics of titanium with gray next gen / black headliner? I would love to see interior and exterior pictures of your car: I'm going to order soon, and am also leaning toward the titanium exterior, gray next gen seats, and black alcantara headliner, with glossy obeche interior trim. I have not...

I'm getting close to pulling the trigger on an S85D in the Titanium color with the panoramic roof, but am unsure about interior colors. I'm leaning toward gray next gen seats, black alcantara headliner, and glossy obeche wood trim. Has anyone seen this combo? Especially the gray seats with the...