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  1. ColinA

    Australia QLD Meetup - Macadamia Castle, 4th Feb 2017

    The next QLD TOCA meetup is this coming Saturday 4th Feb at Macadamia Castle. The plan is to meet at the Macadamia Castle Supercharger at around 11am next Saturday. Aside from soaking in some free electrons, Macadamia Castle is a great place to stop and have a bite to eat and relax, especially...
  2. ColinA

    V8.0 Autopilot

    Elon's blog post... Upgrading Autopilot: Seeing the World in Radar While there are dozens of small refinements with Version 8 of our software, described in addendum below, the most significant upgrade to Autopilot will be the use of more advanced signal processing to create a picture of the...
  3. ColinA

    Queensland Event - Hinze Dam 12th June 2016

    Our next drive event is coming up! We will be driving to Hinze Dam on the Gold Coast, reachable as a return trip for Model S owners from as far north as the Sunshine Coast, although there are plenty of charging options for those that want or need them. Hinze Dam is a pristine location in the...
  4. ColinA

    QLD Event - The Farm, 15th May 2016

    The next South East QLD event is coming up on Sunday 15th May at The Farm near Byron Bay. Aside from being a great place to visit, it has particular significance to us all as a Development Application has just been approved by council for a Supercharger site!! Here's the plan... By 7:30am...
  5. ColinA

    Australia: Summary of Charging Equipment & Options

    I've put together a summary of the various charging options available to us in Australia. It is the kind of information I wish was available all in one place when I was buying my car. I'm open to feedback on how it can be improved, but in the meanwhile I hope as many people as possible find it...
  6. ColinA

    Australia: Significant Tesla accessories price increase

    I was just in at Richmond Service Centre today. For those that are not aware there are significant price rises in after delivery accessories in force. For example, dual charger goes from $2,600 installed to $3,600 installed. CHAdeMO adapter goes from $550 to $850. Everything else too. The...
  7. ColinA

    85 models removed from design studio

    Can now only order 70 or 90 battery pack models!
  8. ColinA

    QLD Maleny Meetup - 6th March 2016

    GREAT NEWS! The next Queensland meetup is now confirmed for Maleny Botanical Gardens on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland on Sunday 6th March. With such a pristine location at the end of a very beautiful drive, we should comfortably exceed the 24 cars we had for our last gathering! We will meet at...
  9. ColinA

    3 Phase HPWC for Australia

    The installation manual for this is now there under "Model S Guides" on MYTESLA - hopefully means it is now pretty close!
  10. ColinA

    What order do they build cars?

    Someone else I know ordered their car a few days after mine (VIN ending in 555). Mine has a VIN ending in 588. Not sure why mine is numbered after his given I ordered earlier? His car went into production a few days ago, whereas mine is still "in the production queue". We are both in Australia...
  11. ColinA

    Tesla Factory Video

    Pretty interesting video of a Tesla factory tour, including model X production. It's in french, but the video is what matters :-)
  12. ColinA

    What color is your Model S?

    Creating this poll purely out of curiosity. The colors at the top of the list are the current ones, and the ones lower down no longer available.
  13. ColinA

    Towbar on a Model S

    I am aware that some in Australia have installed and use the aftermarket add on I've linked to below - Tesla in Sydney told me about it. I'm keen to know your experiences. This tow bar sounds good in that it requires no drilling or modifications to the car itself. The one thing it does not...
  14. ColinA

    White vs Pearl White

    I've ordered mine in White... I just like white cars. I'm interested in opinions on the Pearl White vs the standard white. Is the difference really worth a few thousand $$ for the more expensive paint? I'm still in my initial 7 days so can change it. - - - Updated - - - After posting this it...
  15. ColinA

    My 85D is ordered!

    Hi everyone, Very excited that today I ordered my 70D! I've ordered white, with the tan next gen seats and autopilot. I've got the 7 days to consider adding any other options, but at this stage I'm pretty sure that'll be it, unless after listening to others and reading more on this forum I feel...