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I'm in the Pittsburgh area. Anyone know of any local mechanics in my area with experience in doing the motor / differential assembly oil drain and fill and replace the filter? After nearly 6 years and 127K miles, it is due to be changed, I don't believe in that "lifetime fluid" BS that...

I was on the Tesla website today, and I noticed that both versions of the 3, standard and all wheel drive, are listed at 125 mph top speed. When did this change? We need 140+because 'MERICA!!!

When Tesla introduced the ability for a song or news or stand up comedy bit to be played over again from the start if the car is parked and left then you return, I thought it was good. But there are times I don't want it to happen. When I'm making short trips, I might hear the same thing 3-4...

LOL that's funny, FSD, a system which isn't even operational yet, after many years, is "too cheap"? Sorry, I will refuse the honor of paying $12 grand for an experimental FSD that's not ready. If Tesla were being smart about it, they'd give it away for free for a while, to gather more data and...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/tesla-evs-even-mildly-damaged-are-being-written-off-by-insurance-companies/ar-AA16UHfX?ocid=mailsignout&pc=U591&cvid=5ec991c13d6647639ea74ee7554b8eb9&ei=11 Even before reports like this were coming out, I knew that structural battery packs and body castings...

I'm sure most of us have had a time in our lives when we were REALLY BROKE. The level of brokeness where you just have to laugh and think of how you can afford nothing, and even gas or food money for the week is a big problem. Yep, I've had times like those, and as much as it sucked then, I...

Tesla has some great technology, but some things should not be trusted to computers and electronics, and removing the physical steering parts of the car is one of them. As it is now, if the autopilot computer EFFS up, you can grab the wheel and take over. But when you trust the computer to do...

I had a thought today. If my wife died, what would her family then be to me? Some google searching said "former in-laws", which I guess makes sense, but it's still kind of a weird situation. I've always gotten along well with them whenever we see each other, but the truth is I really...

My April '18 build Model 3 has 115K miles on it. My 8 year / 120K mile battery and drivetrain warranty expires at 120K miles. After that, if anything expensive needs repaired, it will be just like fixing up the old 1970s Chrysler cars I drove for many years up until around 2006 or so...

I've always said I hate having the headlights on automatically and we should be able to set the default for them. For over 5 years, I always turn the headlights off when I get in the car and go. But Tesla has made changes to the UI for the headlight controls. Now, if you turn the headlights...

Over the last few weeks, I've noticed that that when I get in my car to leave work (and this only happens at work), my GPS comes up with a route planned in it, about to show me how to drive somewhere. I didn't ask for it to do that, as far as I know. I hit the cancel trip button. That's too...

In my Model 3, software version 2023.2.12, the radio controls default to the lower left corner of the screen, and I have to swipe them to get them back on the right side at the top. I want them to stay on the right side. Is there a way to do that? And bring back the odometer TENTHS DIGIT...

Okay, this is not good. I got my April '18 build Model 3 LR RWD in May '18. And for the first 50,000 miles, it was great. Any problems, something need updated, recalled, or repaired? No problem. I'll go to the Wexford Service Center and hang out in the waiting room, listening to the fast...

I made a video of my Model 3, since I went over the 100,000 mile mark recently. I show how its battery is doing, talk about things that had to be fixed over the last 4-1/2 years, and make a few other comments along the way. Anyone new to EVs or considering a Model 3 / Model Y purchase might...

I see no good reason why we haven't had a tenths digit for about a year now. Bring it back! It does help a lot on short distance navigation.

I'm due for a new set of MXM4's, I wore out the last set in 21,000 miles, with a few tire rotations in that time, in my RWD Model 3. Not AWD. The tire shop says Goodyear Touring all season tires are half the price, and I guess I'd get the same mileage lifespan from them. They have an extra...

This has been tested and confirmed. My base AP in my 3 only works if I leave the headlights on in a certain driving situation. Lemme 'splain. Your first question may be "Whaddaya mean IF you leave the headlights on? They are on by default!". Not in my 3 they aren't. For nearly 4 years, I...

I just got the 2022.4.5 update, and at the top of the screen, between the temperature and my name, there's a red dot. If I touch it, the red goes away and I just have the outline of its circle. If I touch it again, the red comes back. What is this? I have honk to save clips enabled for dash...

My 3 is an early production April '18 build. Never had a problem with the windows until today. For a couple weeks, I've heard a glass cracky sound from the rear of the car. I thought it was maybe the cold weather, but if glass isn't moving, how is it making noise? This is the car's 4th PA...

I haven't been here much for most of this year, but I'm making a special return appearance to tell you everything I don't like about V11. I'm sure I'll forget some things, so it'll probably take a few posts. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Tesla should be paying me as a consultant...

I got the 44.5 update not long ago, 44.6 is installing tonight. Over that last week or so, I've had a problem with the autopilot (Base AP) working randomly. It might be fine for a day or two, then all of a sudden it'll kick off and won't go back on. The 2 blue circles on the touchscreen will...

Back when I got my 3 LR RWD in May 2018, the standard maintenance thing was to change the differential / gearbox oil and filter at 25,000 miles. But only a month or so before I got to 25K, Tesla stopped doing that. Now they claim it's good for much longer, I forget the time or mileage numbers...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/nasas-insight-mars-lander-is-not-getting-power-due-to-dust-on-arrays/ar-AALmEBW?li=BBnbfcL Why am I not surprised that NASA thought the 1% of earth thickness Martian atmosphere would be able to blow clean the rover solar panels? NASA should have had...

My Model 3 had another issue start this week. I noticed a couple days ago that when I touch the radio icon at the bottom of the screen, then touch either the Streaming or TuneIn buttons, I get nothing. It just says "loading" and is spinning and spinning and spinning. I can't even search for a...

I have the opportunity now to charge from a 5-20 outlet at work. I was happy for this, they even checked and replaced the GFCI outlet for me. It's in a 6 year old building that is designed to use a lot of power for computer stuff, and as near as I can tell from looking at the breaker panels...

My early '18 3 RWD LR has the lifetime Slacker radio included with it. I think. I was trying to listen to the ABC news option when going to work yesterday, and it never comes up with the NEW news, it only gives limited options of stories from weeks or even months ago. I did a lot of advancing...

My Model 3 has 61,000 miles of Pittsburgh roads on it, so it may be time for some suspension parts work. For the past couple weeks I've had a creaking sound coming from the left front suspension when driven on uneven roads or parking lots. It does not seem to be related to turning left or...

I'm in PA, which from what I read is deregulated for power providers, and currently have Duquesne Light, which has always been good. My "price to compare" is 7.07 cents per KW, but with the transmission and distribution charges added in, it is effectively 14.8 cents per KW. This past month I...

What's the program being run on this phone to monitor all the cars stats, and how do I get it and connect it all up? I have an older Samsung Galaxy S5 phone I can use that doesn't have a calling plan anymore.

In my Autopilot screen on my 3, I have the "Set Speed" slider set to Speed Limit, and the "Offset" is set to Fixed, with a +25 mph offset. On certain roads with 55-65 mph speed limits, my Base AP will turn on with the speed at 80 or 90 mph, and I'll just dial it down to 80 or whatever I want it...

Ford, are you kidding us? A 126 mile $45,000 delivery van? Ford unveils E-Transit: capable electric van starting under $45,000 but with limited range - Electrek If you can't do any better than 126 miles, don't even bother building it. And I don't want to see any report of "Oh the average van...

I had a minor incident in an empty parking lot yesterday (it was all my dumb fault), and I pulled over and reviewed the video on the viewer. Saw what I needed on both the front and right side cams. I hit the save footage button to save the video. Now maybe it's just me, but you'd think that...

Maybe not a huge issue, but I'd like to have numbers I can set, maybe with an up and down arrow, for the charge limit. Instead of sliding the bar to "about" 90% or whatever number.

I was thinking today of how many times my Model 3's motor has spun around. For Teslas, this is a simple calculation. With no clutch or torque converter, and no idling in traffic, the only real variable is tire size / number of tire revolutions per mile, and the manufacturer websites list this...

After my 3 had $10,500 worth of repairs done this month, I went and got 4 appraisals online, including one from KBB showing pre-accident value. To send to State Farm for my diminished value claim. Because no matter how good the work it, it now has an accident history and that equals less...

I was reading this article over at Teslarati: Elon Musk: Tesla Full Self-Driving is going to have 'quantum leap' w/ new rewrite, coming in '6 to 10 weeks' - Electrek And I noticed that they misspelled "2 years" as "6 to 10 weeks". They failed to account for the concept of Tesla Time, or Elon...

I've never heard much about replacing the shocks and struts on a 3. Any certain maintenance mileage interval for them? Anyone ever done it, and at how many miles? My 3 has almost 54,000 miles on all original suspension and seems to be doing fine.

I went out for a ride in the car today, about 50 miles. Had the AC and radio on most of the time, everything went fine, no problem. UNTIL..... I was nearly home and pulled into a convenience store, and all of a sudden the screen freaks out, maps and supercharger screens popping up, radio...

Rivian delays electric pickup to summer 2021 - Electrek Rivian just announced their electric pickup truck is delayed AGAIN. Jeez, like making an electric truck is so difficult. This has been going on for what now? 3 years+? And no matter what Rivian makes, it'll suck in comparison to Tesla.

By default, the headlights are set to Auto. And for 2 years I have been going in there and turning them off as part of my drive-the-car procedure, every single time. Over the last few weeks I decided to see what would happen if I left it alone. If the daylight is bright enough, while leaving...

Some idiot wasn't paying attention and bounced his truck off the side of my 3 today. It was a low speed less than 10 mph hit, but any marks on my car are too many marks. This'll be a multi-part series on my YT channel, here's the first video of the damage. After I pulled over, the tire was...

The local dragstrip finally open yesterday, so I took my 3 LR RWD out for some runs. It was a good day for racing, but that brought out many other people and they all got in my way, so I had 3 runs in 4 hours, about average for this track. On my second run happened to get paired up with a...

Ever since I got the 16.2.1 update last week, I've been having more problems with my phone not unlocking the car when I approach, and a few times it has asked for the key card after it just unlocked the door for me to get in. My phone is a Galaxy S9+, with Android version 10. It gets it right...

I'll give you $300 to add turn signal lane changes to my Base AP Model 3. Three hundred bucks for a few mouse clicks!

I've mentioned it a couple months ago, but now I'll go into more detail. Long story short, I feel that this whole big body casting idea for Model Y's is a bad idea. Now, I am sure it is great from a production / parts count / cost reduction point of view. Fewer parts to assemble, it goes...

My early build 3 LR RWD has Base AP and the 2.5 computer, and with the 12.5 update, it now shows traffic cones on the screen. Funny thing is, I never realized how many traffic cones there are around here. Garbage cans = traffic cones Fire hydrants = traffic cones Brick signs in front of...

Massive fire destroys, damages more than 3,500 rental cars near Florida airport This huge fleet of rental cars, parked closely together, JUST HAPPENED to all burn at a time when car rentals are slow and revenues are down? Hmmmm..... sounds mighty suspicious to me. There must not have been a...

I made a video today reading a short list of some of my favorite YT channels. Look around them, maybe you'll like them too! My top 8 (or 11, depending on how you count it).

There are some very interesting parallels going on here. Fifteen years ago, a programming error in the newly released Zul Gurub 20 man raid instance in World of Warcraft allowed a disease to get out of the high level raid and into the general population, where it proceeded to tear ass through...

I went out this morning to a few local supermarkets to try and grab a little extra TP to keep at home, here's the results of the trip in my Model 3. Please like, comment, and subscribe! :)