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The OP is talking about taking a driver's test in Texas, therefore, the only relevant skills that his daughter need display are those that are relevant to the state of Texas' driver's test. What does how they drive in another part of the world have to do with being able to pass a driver's test...

Well, words do mean things and the word "jaunt" specifically means "a short excursion or journey for pleasure", so yes, when you start talking about trying to get to Texarkana from McKinney by going through Shreveport, or even Lindale, you are no longer talking about short or pleasurable, so I...

When you start talking about adding 72 miles to the trip, I think you've pretty much taken the concept of "jaunt" right out of the picture, no? :)

I need some help with this decision I'm facing right now. I'm kind of teetering on the fence because I've really coveted a Model S for a long time now and really want the free supercharging for life, but I don't know if I should go ahead and order now or wait until they come out with the new...

First, it's whompy wheels and now we have to deal with hoopty handles. This is NOT acceptable! Not acceptable just one little bit! (Imagine I'm speaking in an Aussie accent)

That's nothing new, it's always stated that. The old pano roof has always been the only option for a roof rack and the satellite antenna is incorporated into the roof rack anchors.

Yes, and it's people who make claims that the driver isn't responsible for the operation of a vehicle with driver-assistance features, like AP, that will induce further wastes of time and public resources by our legislators in writing up bills that feel the need to make the already obvious claim...

Maybe I missed an announcement somewhere, but exactly when was the claim made that the driver won't be responsible for the operation of a Tesla that has AP 2.0? It's attitudes and thought processes like the one you're displaying here that are helping to inspire legislators to write up bills...

I always scoff...yes...SCOFF, I TELL YOU...whenever I hear or read, "but I assure you that "_______" had nothing to do with our decision" from a politician. As if, when called out on their duplicious BS, they're just going to say "Oh well, you guys got me on this one. Yeah, gotta admit, I was...

If you notice, they set the cut off date for delivery of the "free SpC" orders at April 1st, so it's actually more of a Q1 push than a Q4 push because the numbers go by delivery, not order. The AP 2.0 announcement was more of a Q4 push. Because of production delay on any announcement that's...

Well, you say "it won't be long", but then you point to nine years from now, maybe we have different definitions of "long". You then say, "it's only a matter of time", with no indication as to what Tesla will be doing during that same span of time. Will they somehow be stuck in amber? Sure...

So, you responded to my statements directed towards someone else's comment, but you now admit that you don't agree with the point that I was originally countering? Pardon me, but what was your purpose in using my words to make this whole other point, other than to create a strawman with which...

You & I obviously hold differing opinions as to what "rational" & "reasonable" mean. :) One thing I think we do probably agree on, though, is that these people aren't really in the market for an EV anyway. BTW, I believe you meant the noun "rationale", rather than the adjective "rational".

This doesn't fit into the proposed "geofence every SpC within 200 miles of your house" that the OP was advocating for and it also doesn't address the point of my question. If I leave my house on a long-distance trip, say I'm headed to a destination that is 477 miles from my home, I will...

Sounds like a touch of insanity, to me. So, exactly who is this other car company that's offering free fuel for life from their continent-wide supercharging network that they're going to switch to, instead of purchasing the M3 that they have reserved?

Perish the thought! A life without cheese is NOT worth living! :D

Two thoughts popped into my head upon reading this announcement: Considering the dates given as the parameters of this "offer", one of them being exactly the end of Q1 next year, I guess we can refine our specualtions as to when the 100D option will pop-up in the design studio. What do you...

I suspect your mistake is that you're trying to explain a ridiculous idea and there's really no reason in that. I would also suggest that you may not understand that my questions are more rhetorical, meant to point out the weaknesses in his proposal, rather than expecting reasonable answers.

Yeah, I guess this is where I take the opportunity to step in and, once again, remind those in California that there is, indeed, an entire country full of people out there that don't have the same situation as them. Doesn't seem to help much, but it kinda feels good. :)

How exactly does that ensure that superchargers are used solely for long-distance travel? It does just the opposite, actually, it's punitive to those travelling long distances. 200 miles is a ridiculously long distance to set and the idea that there could be a universally set distance is also...

Just off of the top of my head, I can think of a couple of issues that render your proposal a bit ridiculous. If the intent is to limit supercharging to long-distant travel, then absent the crucial information as to one's end destination, how will they determine if your stop at the SpC is...

Thank you for the clarification as to the term used in the industry.

We are talking comparatively here, and yes, compared to asphault shingles, wood shake shingles are a higher end product. I'm no expert on roofing, but with just some quick online research, the average price for typical asphault shingles is $85 to $90 per square foot, while the average price for...

Any question of cost is naturally going to be problematic at this point. Because of the highly varied nature of any actual installation due to roof configuration, house orientation, surrounding foliage, how many solar tiles vs. dummy tiles, etc. the actual cost is going to be wildly different...

Welcome to Texas! That's a pecan tree, our state tree, and it's a shade-intolerant species, meaning it will engage in "self-pruning", where it drops any branch that it deems isn't getting enough sunlight to be useful anymore. This feature makes pecan trees resilient and able to survive in the...

Seems to me, any possible locations out west would be even more likely to just pop up out of nowhere. So much space to cover and not a whole lot out there. If they didn't show up on Tesla's map, then who's gonna spot 'em?

It's quite likely that they are waiting to install the transformer before fencing in the entire area, instead of having fencing getting in the way of the transformer install.

At least the IHOP is open 24 hours. I'll take that over three spots that may be more appealing but all close at 9pm.

If you go straight to the whiskey, it may not stop the stuttering, but it will most likely fix your "give a *sugar* about it". ;)

According to the info provided by Tesla themselves, this is supposed to be a 8-station SpC, so maybe they decided to pull back to four during construction and just leave the capability to expand at a future date. It could also be the case that the property owners decided that they didn't want...

Really? It's hot & humid in Houston? I hadn't really noticed. Must be all this insanely oxygen-rich air I'm breathing, down here at sea level. :p

For eastbound traffic, the exit and approach to the SpC isn't too bad, it's just that, once you're done charging, it's a long drive back west down the access road before you hit a street that runs under I-10 to get you back onto the eastbound side. It's in a Holiday Inn parking lot that's...

Maybe the name of this thread should be changed to "Channelview TX" to more accurately reflect the actual location of this supercharger. The location definitely favors westbound traffic over eastbound. Westbound approach will involve exiting a mile before the location with a fairly immediate...

A Yahoo acount? Seriously? Everyone knows that all the really hip CEOs of major corporations use Gmail...jeez, what an ultra-maroon! No wonder he failed.

I believe just the opposite is true, if you are paying attention to the road, you are looking forward, and the instrument display is well within your vision if you are indeed forward-focused, unless you have extreme tunnelvision and, in that case, you're a danger on the road from the get-go...

Hmmm...would you say the Simpsonized me has the appearance of a Lenonist or a Trotskyite? Pretty sure he doesn't look like a Stalinist at all.

Really? Communist? Heavy sigh... With your apparent keen insight as to the intricate workings of free enterprise and capitalism, I'm sure you'll have no problems making billions with the EV manufacturing company you'll be starting up to put Tesla out of business, since it's such "simple...

So, how much more would you be willing to pay for the specific items that you feel are necessary to call it a "true super luxury vehicle"? The list of items I have seen that people find lacking in order for it to be comparable to ICEs at the same price level aren't just a few little items and...

I get this and it seems like a very appropriate and reasonable list and I have little doubt that Tesla will eventually get around to addressing some of these items in the future, but I think some people are missing the original poster's point here. The fact is, it's a "$100,000 car" because of...

Just from watching BLKTSLA's demonstration video where he lets the system reach the "failed" point, it looks like an "ignore event" is defined by having reached the point of audible notification. This makes sense since there is an escalation of attempts to get the driver's attention leading up...

That is pretty much hit or miss, as far as I know. The SvC on the north side of Houston has a hospitality/lounge area that was supposed to eventually be available 24 hours with them sending you the passcode to unlock the door when you hooked up after hours, but I don't know if that has ever...

It's also about 50-60 miles from the the San Marcos SpC and 95-100 miles from Three Rivers SpC, as well as being about 95-100 miles from the projected SpC site around Junction. Not too bad for an area that has a fairly significant amount of elevation change and is known for prevailing winds a...

As I noted earlier in this thread, I truly believe we will not get to legal, government sanctioned and regulated fully-autonomous driving without requisite infrastructure changes. Trusting the vehicle to optically see a red light is not something most people are going to be comfortable with and...

Ah ain't skeert uh dem dare consarnit mush-eens!

Oops! My bad. I must've been too high on the future, it addled my brain. Not Steely Dan, but rather, Donald Fagen's "I.G.Y." Thanx, fixed it.

I'm imagining the distant future, to when we have complete saturation of fully autonomous vehicles and these questions about stop signs and stop lights and such will be moot. By complete saturation, I mean both vehicles and requisite infrastructure, because the technology required to achieve...

Understood, but at this point, that's just standard operating procedure. When it comes to the Supercharger network, there has never been a time when Tesla hasn't been behind on what they have promised. The problem lies with a broken "promiser" more than anything else. Tesla seems to have...

Second most populous state in the Union, but yes, due to size and geography we have a weird population density profile. If you cut the state about in half, the eastern portion would be very dense and the western portion would be very spread out. This is part of the problem with the Supercharger...

I live in a state that covers the same area as roughly Paris to Budapest and Hamburg to Florence and we currently have a measly 14 Supercharger stations, so I'm not exactly crying for Europe or the UK right now. :)

And with a specialty car like a Tesla, where there can be a significant wait for a factory-ordered model, one sometimes finds that a virtually new, extremely low-mileage unit will show virtually no depreciation at all on the open market.