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Anyone else have a rattle in their dash pad on the right side MCU? I've had it in twice but it's intermittent so they haven't been able to replicate. Then I'll be out on a road-trip and it decides to sing me the song of its people for 45 minutes (sort of a resonance over rough pavement) It...

So update for anyone interested in this thread. Called Executive Motorworks and they can do the door handle rebuild. Labor about $300 (Kit is $170) Probably better than getting a new handle from Tesla that will fail eventually Estimator at Diamond said this was something I'd need to go to...

Thanks. Contacted them to see what the options are Thanks to COVID Manhattan Beach is a lot shorter drive than it usually is.

Well the day finally arrived (1k miles after the warranty expired), my passenger door handle is presenting but not opening. I ordered the part and am planning on doing the fix myself since i've taken doors on my other cars apart before and the Electrified Garage's guide doesn't look too bad...

yeah this sounds more like metal on metal in the latch. I told them not to do it and i'll just pop the trim and see what's going on in there.

No this was an hour of labor quoted to insulate the trunk. They explicitly said it wouldn't be covered. I'm just curious if the 1 year NVH limitation was always a thing or if it was implemented later.

Yeah but they can't retroactively change the warranty from when i bought the car. I had an issue this spring where they tried to claim my Mobile connector was out of warranty even though it was still under the cars warranty so now i'm always a bit suspicious

Did i just space out on this? I bought my car in August 2016 and I don't remember that being a thing but today at the service center they said they didn't want to take another shot at the rattle in my tailgate unless I supplied $195. I'd heard of it as a new thing but I don't remember it...

I just look for someone sleeping in their car and use the frunk

Am I hallucinating or did this location use to have 24 hour restrooms

I wasn't sure since I had a loaner 75D a few months ago that had much clearer yellowing. It was more saturated and in a narrower band.

I’m not sure if this is yellowing or something else. Anyone know?

Calculating drag, or doing small scale wind tunnel testing isn't new. X is only about ~15% less efficient than the S. This would put a Y at about 210 miles with similar trade offs. Also, looking at the Kona, I'm not sure what Hyundai knows that Tesla wouldn't have back then.

really if you don't do long trips and don't care that much about sub 4 second 0-60 an eTron would satisfy the OPs wishes for model S money.

I mean you can like the model 3 while also thinking it was a mistake. Just ask most of our parents.

My really hot take is that the 3 shouldn't exist and they should've just built a $50k Y to start off. Small sedans are dying in favor of CUVs, so why launch a small sedan?

I mean it sounds crazy even to me but if they'd set the goal post at $40-$45k instead of $35k they'd probably have done a lot better. Volume would've been lower but they also wouldn't have had to build out as much capacity (and a tent) to build 1/2 as many cars. I guess some would complain...

I'll trust the marketing people on Tesla for this one. If you're in the market for an S75D are you really going to pay ~$30k more than a long range dual motor 3? Maybe the 3 is too cheap?

If pricing on the S had remained similar wouldn't they have an even bigger drop in S sales on their hands? At this level an S seems like a somewhat logical step up for someone who can afford a M3P but isn't in love with the styling or interior, or just likes a bigger car.

Hey! I like the switchgear! :) Additional AP functionality seems to be the lever they're pulling to induce Fomo. but the trade in values they're offering are also a pretty bitter pill to swallow right now for anyone who didn't lease. Tesla's paint booth is pretty maxed out at this point but...

I see S/X resting on their laurels until a year or two after Taycan is out for S and maybe a 3 row SUV from someone Finish this sentence: "Model S hasn't had its styling updated in 4 years. I think I'll buy a ______ instead" And really with Raven they're not even standing still.

Yeah seems like a combination of the end of truly crazy lease deals ($99 eGolfs) and cars finally packing more usable range (200 miles). Although you can still get Leafs at CarMax all day for $7500 which is kind of a screaming deal. At least we're starting to see at least some EV for every...

Wow. I just checked used values around me and there's a few CPOs with 30k miles on them for $27k. Seems a bit high considering. I would've expected to see at least a few in the low 20's high teens. but nope.

They were delivering fast and furious in California due to the short shipping distance. A friend ordered on Friday and picked up Saturday. There a lot of them on the road here now so I can see where the market might be getting a bit saturated, then again more people have been asking me about...

To put that number in perspective Q1 2019 Registrations Audi A4: 523 BMW 3 Series: 1031 Mercedes C Class ; 946 All Audi models: 3565 All BMW models: 6367 All Mercedes Benz models: 4790 And all but 512 of those Model 3 registrations happened in March.Granted pent up demand is a lot of this...

I think they were trying to figure out what was the best place to pull it from and see where they'd need to come through the wall from. But yeah it was a bit excessive. They called in a couple senior guys at the end and they figured it out in 5 minutes. Tesla just dropped in 24 supercharger...

had another electrician come out. It ended up being 4 guys for an hour brainstorming this one. What they came up with was running a new sub panel for my unit which would enable 50A service to the garage. 50' conduit run into the garage $3400. which is basically what I spend on charging in 7...

Another one I'm looking in to is SDG&E's program for multi family buildings. Free is better than cheap.

I'm getting a quote to see if before I proceed. But it's a small building (5 units) and I'm on the board. We have private garages in the basement though. So this isn't like putting in a chargepoint or something.

Yeah i have a 110 in my garage as well that's already on my meter. Only spits out about 5A since it's shared with one of the bedrooms. Putting that on its own breaker would probably be a good low(er) cost alternative.

Yeah i had a friend get a similar quote for an EV charger in his newbuild condo. My guess is they're figuring you'll just check the box because relative to the total outlay it's so small and you'll really want it plus you're financing it over XX years at a good rate and view it as increasing...

I just had an electrician come out to quote running a 220 line from my condo's panel to to my garage (garage is below the unit). He didn't even want to touch it, said it would be at least $4k which was driven more by running the conduit than any panel upgrades. This seems a bit surprising...

Was just there at ~8:45 am chargers were off. Still a couple workers on site but they had the hood up on one of the trucks so I didn't want to bother them.

Here’s a bit more detail on what’s happening

Here’s a bit more detail on what’s happening

Really just 100% throttle is probably the best solution. If I'm flooring it I probably don't want to be in Chill mode anymore. Maybe add a time threshold ( > 0.5 seconds) to prevent accidental disengagement. Just feather in the extra power so it's not too abrupt of a transition. Car reverts...

Maybe. I tried another plug which is on a relatively short run to a completely separate panel (condo building) and it showed the same behavior so the whole place would have to have sketchy connections.

If I was tripping the GFCI i'd expect the whole plug to go dark after that but if I plug in again it gives me a green light and then tries to charge again.

Just saw the E-Tron review and putting this on the shifter makes a lot of sense. Maybe toggle D again to turn it on and off.

Thanks, yeah i already set up trading mobile connectors with a friend next weekend. I'll post with updates.

Is anyone else's mobile connector extremely picky about whether it wants to work on 110? I've had it work fine on an extension cord in some buildings while in others it wont charge on any of the plugs. On 220 I never have an issue. I've been trying to use it in my new garage but when I plug...

Ooh do tell! I used to drive one in the car share program in Norway and thought they were pretty nice.

Could be worse

Please do

Now do the mortgage interest deduction.

The crazy thing is how much PHEVs aren't even on normal people's radars. I had 2 friends buy Pacificas this year. Neither knew the PHEV was cheaper with the tax credit. My theory is that in the 2020's battery prices will mean you'll be paying a lot for the occasional convenience of a gas range...

I'd need to go back to the source material but it'd be interesting to see at which battery cost point it reaches PHEV parity where it's just cheaper to go full EV. Considering how close we are to the $100/kwh benchmark I'd guess we're already there or even past the benchmark.

We're gonna end up with a 110V outlet on one of those hot tub timers then.

it looks like they do the Bioweapon firmware update as well. It seems like a lot of money but if you have kids and live in a relatively polluted area it could be money well spent. Model S HEPA Air Filtration Upgrade