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  1. JWood

    Supercharger - Tucson, AZ - West River Road

    The most my 2015 S85 with 143000 miles will do is 125kW but I saw a lower charge rate and smaller cables at Tucson West River Road than the other four 250kW Supercharges I used this trip. Granted I was only there for about 15 min and did not try another station. I will take some notes on next...
  2. JWood

    Supercharger - Tucson, AZ - West River Road

    I understand classic 85 but I just drove 2500 miles using 20 different superchargers in 5 days and Tucson West River Road was the slowest charge on the trip. Of course the 1 I used might have been defective as I found 3 others that did not work or were cycling up and down on this trip.
  3. JWood

    Lug Nuts: suggestions, problems, questions

    Stock split-spoke. Bought a 6 point 22mm socket which I had to tap onto the old lug nuts and then tap them out of the socket after removal.
  4. JWood

    Funniest Tesla Question Thread

    I was charging in Payson AZ and another elderly man walked up and asked me how long it took to charge. When I explained it to him, he acted like I was lying and stomped off.
  5. JWood

    Supercharger - Tucson, AZ - West River Road

    Stopped by last night (6-22-22) with my 2015 S85 and I don't think these are 250kW chargers. Cable is smaller than 150kW chargers and was charging slower than my previous stop at Wilcox Az. I was only there for a few minutes and my state of charge was higher than it was at Wilcox but my miles...
  6. JWood

    Lug Nuts: suggestions, problems, questions

    Just replaced my lug nuts with Gorilla Lug Nuts p/n 61147CX. Five packs of 4 each were $98.93 from Wal Mart.
  7. JWood

    Wiki Consolidated eMMC Thread (MCU repair) (Black Center Screen)

    EV-fixme Tony Tam
  8. JWood

    Wiki Consolidated eMMC Thread (MCU repair) (Black Center Screen)

    Just filed my claim for reimbursement. Was well past 100000 miles when my eMMC started failing in July 2020 and Tesla wanted $1600 so I spent $600. Will post when I hear something.
  9. JWood

    Lifetime whr average?

    124,779.8 mi 37,569.7 kWh 301 Wh/mi as of Jan 1, 2020. Just went past 130,000 but have not checked Wh/mi lately.
  10. JWood

    Wiki Consolidated eMMC Thread (MCU repair) (Black Center Screen)

    Update for entry on July 26: Have now put 445 miles (mostly short trips) on 2015 S after replacement of emmc by evfixme. Passive entry and traction control sliders are now working. Have had a few glitches that I think may be emmc replacement related. Had to re-learn garage door opener, cabin...
  11. JWood

    Wiki Consolidated eMMC Thread (MCU repair) (Black Center Screen)

    "Chalk up another satisfied customer of Tony's." Add me to the list. Just put my 2015 S85 back together after getting the emmc chip replaced at EV-Fixme. In my case just selecting the Trip menu item on the screen would reboot the MCU. I have only driven the car four times but so far...
  12. JWood

    MCU Repair - Arizona

    Do a search for mcu repair, there are several threads on the subject. Mine started acting up late last year and the final straw was I could not access the trip menu page without crashing the mcu starting last week. I took mine apart and sent the eMMC board to EV-FixMe but Grubermotors in...
  13. JWood

    2020.12.11.x

    USB drive worked previously but during troubleshooting I added a TeslaCam directory which prevented USB icon from appearing. Once TeslaCam directory was removed USB know works. YEA......
  14. JWood

    2020.12.11.x

    2020.12.11.5 installed last night in 2015 AP1 S 85 and have not driven it yet but can confirm the amateur programmers have not fixed the missing USB audio issue.
  15. JWood

    Experiences with Model S beyond 100K, 200K miles...

    2015 S 85 with 128K. When I first got it was doing 150 miles a day commuting across Phoenix and would do it again. Have had only minor problems. About 20K is out of state travel including 2 trips to Philly and stayed in Northeast Philly for just over a year.
  16. JWood

    Model S Tires

    Been to east coast twice, Oklahoma three times, Texas twice, California twice, Las Vegas three times and I 40 is very rough. I think it is more driving style as my wife did not like fast corners though I do like mountain roads. I also have gotten fairly good tire mileage for the last 40 years.
  17. JWood

    2020.12.5

    Contacted Tesla support about loosing USB icon and got the following response. "Thank you for contacting Tesla Support. I am happy to hear that you have received the latest software update. We are working on a fix for this issue. We need to continue to push out our latest updates in order to...
  18. JWood

    2020.12.5

    Tried two fat32 drives one with TeslaCam directory and the other with music in December 2015 S85 and still no USB.
  19. JWood

    What did you name your car?

    2015 Silver S85 E.T. (Expensive Tesla)
  20. JWood

    An unforeseen Model S risk

    I test drove a model S in 2014 and wanted one then finally talked my wife into test driving one in late 2015. We ordered a new model S a week later.
  21. JWood

    Have there been studies on possible health effects of ev's?

    E Vs are safe as long as you don't use an electric tooth brush or electric razor.
  22. JWood

    Funniest Tesla Question Thread

    During a cross country bathroom break (My wife had less range than our S85), I had the frunk open pouring a coke and this guy comes over and tells me " you will ruin your engine". I also need to warn people that Teslas can cause family friction. I let my brothers youngest step daughter drive...
  23. JWood

    Model S Tires

    I got 61000 on the first set of Michelin Primacy MXM4 and 63000 on second set. My rear wheel drive S wears the back tires faster than the front and I rotate them about every 10000.
  24. JWood

    Model S: DANGEROUS Retracting Door Handle !!!

    Are the 2020 Model S handles different than the 2015 Model S? I just went out and looked at mine and don't see how it could trap a finger nail. Also on mine it is only spring tension which just barley break a toothpick as I showed my wife years ago.
  25. JWood

    Entitled at the supercharger

    I was sitting in the car while charging at a WAWA's convenience store in New Jersey when a kid came out of the Burger King behind me and tried to disconnect the charging cord. He fell down twice running back to BK.
  26. JWood

    Entitled at the supercharger

    I watched a driver in Kingman Az back in, get out, and try to plug in 5 times before she got it right and I was the only other Tesla there. Her car had paper plates so was probably new.
  27. JWood

    Brought in my '13 S to a Service Center to have A/C fixed, Tesla calls me 5 days later...

    My 2015 S85 sits outside in Phoenix every day without overheat protection and has had no MCU issues so far.
  28. JWood

    My right passenger window suddenly exploded into pieces while driving. Anyone else had this happen?

    Was standing next to my Audi about 20 years ago and the driver door glass shattered. It was in Houston, Tx,, hot and Southwest Airlines was taking off overhead but I am pretty sure nothing hit the window. Glass was all over inside of car and 6 ft outside.
  29. JWood

    Supercharger - Kingman, AZ

    It is time to upgrade Kingman. Thursday night 1 was inop and the other 5 were operating at reduced capacity. Max 60Kw on one paired with inop charger the rest of us were at 18 to 48Kw. I have had my S for 3 years with 98000 miles and this is the first time I have had to wait for a...
  30. JWood

    Supercharger - Burlington NJ

    Open but 3 stalls blocked
  31. JWood

    Supercharger - Hamilton Township, NJ

    Anybody else notice there is no cell service for the last 3 weeks? 3 bars LTE coming around Barnes and Noble then nothing when backed in.
  32. JWood

    From Road & Track - 30 day trial for Autopilot

    Got the 30 day trial notice this morning. Pushed the accept button, screen said updating displays and then the car went dark. Both of us said "Oh crap" but only took about 1 minute. Only had it one day but liked it in heavy traffic.
  33. JWood

    USB Media for Tesla - great deal

    That is twice what I thought the max fat32 size was. We had extremely expensive 128 gig drives that had to be formatted on an old windows 98 machine as windows 2000 would only do 32 gig. JWood
  34. JWood

    USB Media for Tesla - great deal

    Guys, can you format a FAT32 drive beyond 32 Gig? What will Tesla system read? JWood