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Be careful with your dares. Thanksgiving is coming. Even gas stations get long lines along 5 over the holiday. :-) Also, I'm guessing you don't live in the Bay Area. Everywhere ELSE I've been, I'd think like you do. But here (where there are a lot of Teslas), it is RARE to not find all stalls...

Since they made right by me, I'm not going to publicly shame the specific SC. HOWEVER, if you have a DU replaced, ask for the alignment report. That damage was done in about 1000 miles. IOW they're done before you'll get under the car to check it. (of course, now I'm going to be crawling under...

FWIW, it appears to have been misaligned toe. Left rear was -0.12 before and +0.22 after. Right was +0.03 before. No report on the alignment that should have been / may have been done after DU replacement. But it's aligned now with new tires. SC comped the labor :-) due to possible oversight.

Today I had the pleasure of a rapid tire deflation on the road. :-( Tried the inflater with goo but no way, still hissing. Called roadside and they got me a loaner wheel fairly quickly. (good experience overall BTW) However, when we took the wheel off, the wear was unreal (see below) A few...

Any idea when the Rev Q units went into production? It appears my replacement is a rev Q but is also a refurb. I wonder if Q's have already cycled or if they are refurbed up to Q status?

Built late 2014

Good point. Mine was built at the end of 2014

I have read about many folks getting the drive unit replaced and now it has happened to me. It makes me wonder how common of a failure this really is? It is sounding really common which has me concerned for total lifetime situation. (Yes I know it's under a long warranty) Survey below for raw...

Fascinating chart. Thanks Two things I noted 1) that they don't all have the same curve. I wonder if that's an artifact of limited data points or other testing anomaly or something different about the different configurations. 2) I've long joked to passengers who comment on how quick mine...

Great visual demonstration. (and data) Thanks

In one of those 'long roadtrip random thoughts' exercises, I started to think about the parameters on the battery in various SOCs and how that might impact maximum output of the motor and thus acceleration. It would seem likely that as SOC drops and thus voltage drops on the pack, there would...

Yeah, for anyone planning a trip THROUGH the Bay Area, you'll be much happier if you are not DEPENDENT on Mountain View, San Mateo or Fremont. The outer ones are usually ok.

Sure. DM me if you want attribution info and I'd appreciate the link.

A good question but perhaps missing something. Before I was able to get the HPWS installed at home, I was a regular (usually in the morning when it's more quiet but still often full). I'd bring laptop and phone and get work done. Nice comfortable, quiet office. :-)

Yeah, I'm 3 for 3 at Gilroy being no problem maybe half full

Yeah, I was going to top up to save a different stop, but this is what the Mountain View Supercharger looked like this afternoon. The scary thing is that this is not uncommon. It's going to get interesting with the 3 coming on line soon (ish). You can't see it but a good portion of these are...

I had an interesting experience this weekend. I parked my S adjacent to the radio towers on Twin Peaks in San Francisco. Had a lovely stroll, took some picture. Came back to car... Handles don't present. Grab fob, push roof, still nothing. Oops. Could not get car to open conventionally. Tried...

My observations suggest that it is pretty accurate and latency seems to be less than a minute (sitting at charger and watching). As others have noted, when it shoes close to fully utilized there is always the risk that a 'free' one is in transition. One trick I've started using (particularly on...

Go for the upgrade and install the HPWC. Compared to the cost of the car it isn't that crazy. Particularly the delta between the options. Why? Simplicity: With the 20something A charge you will probably be fine but you'll always have to pay attention to keeping things full Operational cost: If...

Is anyone else seeing a lot of vampire loss overnight with the recent updates? I'm observing 2-3% loss overnight. This is in moderate temperatures (50s) with power saving ON, always connected ON, preconditioning OFF. 2+ KWh seems like a LOT of power to keep the cellular radio on and the...

Yeah. The max option probably works but a) it makes the cabin hot :-) I am dressed for the cool weather. But the windshield is below the dew point and keeps fogging up from the outside for 5 minutes :-( (yes, the whinging of a CA resident) b) it wastes a lot of energy. I'm also wondering if...

My wife and son would agree with you completely (5'9" and 6'3" and guess who sits where when solo or both in car :-) )

My Dec '14 S85 developed this fun little problem this winter. (brake to a stop and water poured on my face). Took it in and SC claims the only fix necessary was unclogging the gutter drains from the roof. I was skeptical but it's been raining a lot since then and the problem has not returned...

There are two ways to precondition a Model S that I know of: 1) Predictive mode where you set it to guess 2) Turn on the HVAC via the app This is nice, but I cannot find any way to remotely activate the window defrosters/defoggers. I can warm/cool the cabin but unless it's been on a long time...

Tip for AP1 users (and maybe AP2 with the promised 8.1 upgrade?): Summon gets disabled on some updates. If you can't find the feature or the fob stopped working (US cars), go into the settings and re-enable it. This one drove me nuts for a few weeks thinking I was screwing up the button sequence...

Yeah, as far as I read the rules, an EV (with stickers) need never be set anything other than on "3" for all bay area bridges and express lanes. I assume SoCal is the same, but....

Thanks to a tip elsewhere on the forum, (sorry, can't find it to give credit) I mounted mine underneath the rear parcel shelf. (roughly centered) Velcro sticks to the fuzzy bottom just fine and more importantly, it works! I could not get a reliable ping from anywhere on the front window (mfg...

I don't think this is correct. The Navigon side (the one that shows on the IP) is loaded in the car and updated periodically. But the main (17") screen one if provided by google live over 3G (LTE on newer). You can see the effect if you head into an area without cellular coverage. No maps...

You could try tweeting Elon :-) @elonmusk But seriously, I thought there used to be a contact customer support form on tesla.com but I'm not finding it now. Those answers are not acceptable and I'm sure corporate would agree. If the local manager isn't responding go over his/her head. They...

That is a GREAT video. Thanks for sharing

Ohio is tricky. Are you north or south of I70? (I lived in Dayton for a while) South of there you can probably get by with RWD and all seasons. But if you're already putting snows on your Honda, spring for the AWD. With the AWD you can probably get by on all seasons but the standard tires are...

You should be able to make it. But the first time, simply plan on stopping at Folsom and topping up. You can decide your time/charge tradeoff on the spot. Don't forget you're heading in to cold weather which not only drains faster while driving but also drain while parked for battery...

Is yours new or CPO? I took ownership and it took over a week to transfer. It'a apparently a manual backend process. If yours is new, harass them every day until they fix or explain :-)

If those are for real, I hope you filed a complaint with the SC manager or corporate. That's not ok

As one with the 21s with 30 profile tires, I sympathize. It makes for tense driving quite often. So far, no damage in 4 months (although hit a hole in the #1 lane of 101 the other day and I think I may be feeling vibe now) Last car, a BMW 550, also had 30's and that car lost 6 wheels in 5...

I actually recall reading this same counterintuitive result of real data. I can't seem to find it at the moment but perhaps later. It was a multi year study of degradation on a large set of cars. Data clearly showed no additional degradation on the cars with frequent SC, and indications of...

First a disclaimer: I am not an electrician. Competent handyman at best who's spent some time researching and discussing with real electricians :-) As I understand it, in theory yes you are correct. But apparently the code writers find the risk too high. I think the issue is that with such...

LOL. I had an old panel with 100A service to the house. Hopeless. Had to pull 200A new service then went ahead and put a HPWC AND 14-50 circuit in (hey go for future proofing/backup)

Awesome, thanks. In my case, I have the older, roomy frunk. Frankly, I feel stupid that it didn't even occur to me until I read this thread that I could put a spare there. Doh.

What is DOES do is remember where you put it on 'very high' and unless you opt out, it will do it every time you are in the same place again. It remembers forever. So once you've thought about it once, you're good. Frankly it's a little too aggressive in it's geo zone for my taste. I have a...

BTW, your wording suggests you might be planning to do the work yourself. Don't forget that EV charging is classified as 'continuous' use and the standards are different. IOW, you should not max out the rating of the upstream infrastructure. I think the common factor is 80% meaning that your...

My late '14 S85 had a sunroof issue where water accumulated instead of draining. It was parked for a few days in our lovely drought-recovery-weather of late and when I rolled to a stop it poured on my head :-) I assumed the seals were leaking but apparently the issue was the drains were plugged...

Don't forget the wind is your friend at 60+. If there's space next to you, grab the handle push out and pull back in. That will re-close it while only opening a foot or so. (learned that trick with an old car with a glitch mech lock) Doesn't address root cause but better than driving down the...

Frankly, I'd like to see some 'trim control' on AP. Current implementation you can only a) leave it on and have it get closer to things (trucks, concrete walls in construction zones, etc.) than a human driver would find wise or b) take over manually. Not quite sure how to implement though...

Can you provide a link for that compact that fits?

I think rear persistence changed recently.

You should take this up with Tesla directly. This MIGHT be a service engineer being too CYA

Given the M3 mocks we've seen, I really hope they go with a HUD. Instruments in the center stack have been done by many vendors (Mini, etc.) and are STUPID. Bad ergonomics. HUD would be an elegant solution and given the aftermarket versions at a few hundred dollars, probably cost effective vs an IP

My former '08 550 HUD worked with polarized glasses fine. I think it varies by projector tech and of course the intersection of it's angle and your glasses' angle.

Are y'all using it to tow or just to put a mount/rack behind the car? I thought the MS was specifically NOT rated for towing anything.