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I arrived at Macadamia Castle this afternoon just after 2pm en-route to a local resort. There was an X in, I think, 3A and an S in, I think, 1B. I chose 2A. I plugged in and the car started to charge but, as I walked away, I heard a small "bang" sound from near the grey cabinets behind the...

I know there have been a few similar threads recently but, put simply, my insurance renewal is due and NRMA (current insurer) and InsureMyTesla have quoted almost exactly the same premium, with the same excess. The respective PDS documents have taken the typical insurance company "confuseopoly"...

Last year we drove from Sydney to the Gold Coast by charging fully at Port Macquarie and topping up overnight at Coffs Harbour. The full charge at Port Macquarie took over an hour but we were having lunch so that worked well. Now we're planning the same trip again over Easter but this time...

I have not seen this issue recently reported on the forum so I'm wondering whether it might be happening just on our roads but, since updating to 17.6.15 (the "performance reductions removal" update) yesterday, my car is noticeably more "wobbly" on corners and even on some straight local roads...

Marge currently drives a Lexus RX hybrid which is almost 4 years old and just came out of lease. She complains that it is too big for her around the city, mumbles something about never wanting to be in a "Double Bay / Toorak Tractor", etc, etc, and therefore doesn't want a Model X. Therefore I...

This is one for the solar power experts. I know very little about solar power. I live in a small strata complex of 17 terraces in the inner city and our executive committee (of which I am a member) is proposing to raise a special levy to install solar panels on our roof (with battery storage...

The Simpson family road trip starts in a week and I want to put together a car wash kit that I can leave in the boot so that I can clean The Homer at our destination. So what car wash product do you recommend? What cloths should I get to minimise swirl marks?

So after the Simpson family's successful trip to Thredbo in the Model S a few months ago, I'm thinking of doing a run up to the Gold Coast in the school holidays in a few weeks. I don't have dual chargers nor any of the showground-charging-equipment (and I don't particularly like the idea of...

The nav voice in my car sounds fine most of the time, except when it utters the final turn direction as you approach an intersection, ie "now turn left" or "now turn right". After the word "left" or "right", there's an extra sound which might be a click. My daughter thinks it sounds like the...

I did a long trip recently and got a couple of stone chips. The Tesla repair shop applied some touch up paint (base colour plus the metallic on top and finally some clear coat) all for free which was very generous of them. The results are good but not perfect; they explained that a bonnet...

We're away so I'm using the mobile connector for the first time. It worked really well and got my car back up to 80% from 30% in about 16 hours. We leave tomorrow for a long journey home and so I want to charge up to 100% just before we leave. Using the wall connector at home, it usually...

Has anybody ever put snow chains on their 21" Model S wheels? We're planning a trip to Thredbo in about a week and I am considering taking The Homer instead of Marge's Lexus RX. But I think I might have read somewhere that snow chains can be tricky to fit to the S due to the gap, or lack of one...

We've just decided to go visit our friends in Canberra and managed to book a two-bedroom at Hotel Realm at the last minute tonight. We don't love this hotel - it already seemed fairly tired when we stayed not long after it opened - but it has a Tesla destination charger so that is enough for us...

Does anybody have a car cleaner they would recommend in Sydney? I need to get "The Homer" cleaned and I've run out of excuses to take her into Tesla for minor fixes and scam a free clean at the same time.

Next weekend we have a thing on at Caves Beach, just south of Newcastle. EVTripPlanner shows 402 rated kilometres and total energy of 75 kWh. So on that basis "The Homer" should be able to make it. But it would be the longest trip I've taken on a single charge and it won't be possible to charge...

This morning I received an email about a Tesla Social Drive Day next Wednesday from the St Leonards Tesla showroom to the Hydro Majestic at Medlow Bath before a late afternoon return to Sydney. I'm not busy next Wednesday so I RSVPd and Marge and I are going along. I'm guessing this only went...

I haven't had an issue, but I don't trust it and I think I probably should trust it so I'm just looking for reassurance. I used it twice today and I interrupted it both times by pressing the brake pedal because I thought it was getting too close to the kerb. But when I got out to take a look, it...

My Model S should be in my garage in about a month so I've started thinking about a weekend drive. I've had a look on Plugshare and I can see some local businesses with J1772 chargers in some of the places we might drive to. I don't want to buy and carry a bunch of unnecessary cables and...

I just read the post about TuneIn on this forum and so started some searching and read a thread from last year which indicated that DAB+ has been disabled. Is that still correct? One of my cars has this and I like the audio quality and ease of use. TuneIn is an alternative, for sure, but is it...

I keep reading on these forums about how bad the Tesla navigation is and I'm wondering how bad it really is. I'm asking this question in the ANZ section as we often get the rougher end of the pineapple compared with the US and Europe. I have an Italian car with some off-the-shelf navigation...

Has anybody paid for a Model X reservation and were you given any indication of when you might be offered a slot? I was told recently that delivery would be late 2017 at best and possibly early 2018. I'm thinking of reserving one for Marge...

Does Tesla have its own roadside assistance in any of the Australian cities and, if they do, do they send a Tesla tech or is it just a subcontracted NRMA/RACV/RACQ, etc, service? I read on this forum that Tesla has specialised roadside assistance in at least some parts of the US. I can imagine...

I've just placed my order for a 90D with everything except for the cold climate option. Delivery is scheduled for April. This forum seems to be populated with sensible, helpful people so I look forward to asking a lot of questions and hopefully being able to contribute eventually. I'm currently...