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Today, my 2016 MS with about 85k miles started making a loud ticking noise when doors are opened. The noise continues for about 10 seconds and goes away. car is driving normally. Any ideas on cause? Thanks

Hi rxlawdude: Did you ever hear back from the Assemblyman's office? I got my stickers at the very end of 2016 so I will barely have 2 years of HOV access which was a primary reason to buy the Tesla? Thanks

reserved 1/2/18...invited to order 2/14/18

The biggest benefit to of owning my MS is AP. I drive about 100+ freeway miles daily in rush hour traffic surrounded by clueless drivers, IMHO, performing insane maneuvers to get one car ahead! Driving almost 90% of that commute on AP1 is absolutely life changing! In my previous Mercedes, I...

I was being facetious as I see the Tesla having considerably lower maintenance expenses as compared to a Mercedes. I am an extended warranty, dealer only service kinda guy with all my cars and motorcycles. I also keep my vehicles for atleast 10 years. My point was that after owning the MS for a...

Just paid $1100 for an A service (fancy name for an oil change) plus spark plugs and engine air filter for my wife's 2015 ML 350. DAMN!!! So far only $600 for 12k service on my MS with 24k miles in 1 year. The Benz is getting replaced by another Tesla!

Almost impossible to load any podcasts...Tunein radio station seem to lead much more consistently

it connected on my drive home this evening. fingers crossed...

Ever since the latest update a few days ago, connection to Tunein is spotty or non existent. Any one else experiencing this? ver: 2017.42 a88c8d5

The new stalls were all full today so I briefly used an "older" space and got 97KW charging.

learned/remembered that the embarrassing way as I was showing off to my father in law and the car was parked in his steep incline driveway :oops:

Pretty common in my car as well so I am ready to make manual corrections in merging lane scenarios. Driving in the leftmost/ #1/ carpool lane means dealing with the yellow line at all times.

I use lane #1 as HOV access is key on my daily commute in AP1. I am extra vigilant in construction zones with cement barriers making up the left lane line but haven't had any weird behavior. I end up making room for large bagger/cruiser motorcycles as I don't want to risk contact but it is worth...

My lifetime rating is 293 wh/mi and I went from 206-209 to 239. Hopefully that goes up. Battery showed at 100% though.

WOW! Crazy pics. Super glad you and your friend walked away from what must have been a terrifying experience.

My 100% on S60 was 209 and my first full charge as S75 is 239. That is +30. I was expecting 40 extra miles!

Done! Car was a 75 in the minute it took me to walk downstairs to the garage!

My Nav screen is heavily pixelated now i.e 1/3 to 1/2 of the screen is a bunch of grey boxes instead of the whole map! AP1, 17.11.10

My Nav screen is heavily pixelated now i.e 1/3 to 1/2 of the screen is a bunch of grey boxes instead of the whole map!

Stopped by on the way back from San Francisco and found 3 empty stalls plus 2 valets. Super polite guys! Grabbed a Pete's Coffee and got back on the road 15 minutes later!

WOW! That is painful after the hefty price tag and the anticipation of owning a car unlike anything else on the road. As others have said, once the issues are ironed out, the car will put a big smile on your face everything you look at it ..leave alone when you are driving it...which will be a lot!

I commute 70 miles roundtrip on freeways every day and use AP1 for at least 90% of the drive. Wonderful on clearly marked lanes and stop and go traffic but I wouldn't dream of using it on on/off ramps, light colored road surfaces or in merging lanes. City streets would also be a big no-no as the...

AP tends to brake nearly every time someone cuts in (even if there is plenty of space) and then resumes speed as appropriate in order to maintain following distance. In really slow traffic, there is usually a DB Volt driver :-) who will cut in with half a car length of available space and I take...

I am totally aware of that and was using car lengths as a term of reference. My point is that this distance between cars or "unspecified time intervals" have increased quite a bit from before at the same speeds.

I drive with AP on for 90%+ of my drive every day. Since the last 2 updates in January, it feels like the following distance has increased quite a bit. I used to keep the following distance at 2 or 3 car lengths but now I am firmly at 1 car length and even then it seems far off enough from the...

I have Xpel wrap for the high impact areas plus Opti coat pro for the whole car. My detailer demonstrated how to wash the car in about 30 minutes with less than 1 gallon of water. I have it down to a science now and wash it myself every 3 weeks or so. Silver car helps as well :-) I bought a...

Yup! I just put the smallest sticker at the bottom rear of the car and that is it. I am not putting any stickers on the sides!

I missed the first right turn and had to turn on Saratoga and go around the Whole Foods before finally locating the superchargers. Another Model S made the right before Saratoga in front of me and took the last spot!

Stopped by yesterday at 8 PM for the first time on my way back from downtown SF. NAV showed me getting home to with 4% charge so I decided to stop and charge for about 10 minutes. Every stall was full and all but 2 cars were unoccupied. I made it home by driving the speedlimit and turning the...

You need it for I-580; Bay Area Express Lanes Toll Tag Rules for Toll-Exempt Vehicles No FasTrak® tag is needed to travel free in express lanes that are open today. If you have a FasTrak tag in your vehicle, store it in the Mylar bag provided by FasTrak to avoid being charged in express...

Tire color if you don't want it to stand out.

I am notorious for rashing up my wheels so I had alloy gators installed on my MS when I was getting it wrapped and coated. Totally blends in with the tires and gives me a great deal of piece of mind AlloyGator - Protect Your Wheels From Kerb Damage

My Eq settings were unchanged and AP was much smoother and slowed down appropriately in curves.

You can also initiate HOLD by pressing down hard on the brake till the HOLD message pops up. I use it almost daily at one particular railroad crossing so I don't have to manually keep the brake pedal pressed for extended periods of time. Same function exists on my Mercedes as well. I have not...

What he ^^^^ said! Also, at very slow speeds (I believe < 18 mph or so), AP1 will lock onto the car in front of you and follow it...so if that car veers to the left lane line, so will you.

Superb!!! Thanks for sharing!

Exactly! Hence my assumption that AP 2 blind spot detection will utilize the 2 side cameras as some point!

Blind spot detection is NOT an AP1 feature so I am puzzled by your puzzlement :-)

I was under the impression that with the addition of the side cameras, EAP would render cars to your side and behind you to mitigate the present blind spot detection deficiencies. Doesn't appear that is the case at this time... BTW, yesterday, there was a motorcycle rider in front of me weaving...

The SF Bay Area was hit by a heavy winter rain storm yesterday and I had the pleasure of driving through it on my way home. I was leery of using my AP 1.0 but after about 15 minutes of stop and go annoyance, decided to turn it on. Much to my pleasant surprise, despite the high winds and heavy...

I use AP every day on my mostly highway commute and love it! Today I was cruising along at 72 mph on a 65 mph freeway with very light drizzle and suddenly AP dropped to 60 MPH. A warning message flashed by but was gone before I could read it. After about 10 seconds, I was back to 72 MPH. This...

I paid $4300 that also included interior coating, glass coating and Alloy Gators to protect the wheels.

Most of my driving is commuting to work in traffic. Occasionally, when the HOV lane opens up I will blast it to 80 ish mph and still find my average WH to be below 300 and rated miles pretty close to actual driven...plus or minus 5% at worst.

I got the Maps update on 12/23 but still on 2.50.15. No rush as I prefer that the bugs are worked out first!

I am in the south bay

I am in CA as well and have never had a front license plate (touching wood)

"Becky" is lovely! Congrats!!! Now get rid of that front license plate frame asap:)

Xpel is for protection against rock chips etc. so I had it installed on the full front half of the car including hood as well as mirrors, rocker panels and the back bumper. Opti Coat pro protects the paint and makes cleaning super easy including bird droppings etc. My detailer first did a...

The car is incredible and will more than make up for the kids "delivering" them. I got my car back today after 3 days at the SC for a rattle, alignment and mirror issue. They gave me a brand new Cadillac as a loaner and it felt like such a piece of C&@$ compared to my MS. Grinned all the way...

I took delivery at the factory as well and did the tour with my family. My DS was brand new and knew little to nothing about the car. I took over once I realized he didn't even know how to work the key fob! There are videos on YT on installing the phone dock that make it rather easy. Be patient...