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The original MXM4s were nearly down to the wear bars, so based on this thread, we decided to try the Hankook iON evo (on stock 18" wheels). The tires do seem a step quieter in day-to-day driving, but still no match for that segment of I-90 and similar surfaces. In retrospect we probably should...

Sure, in areas plentiful with chargers and when everything goes right, it's pleasantly straightforward. Do what the car tells you to. However, certain segments of my WA to AZ route require charging to near 100% to make it through a charging desert. Not exactly a selling point to the other half...

I was thinking just that but didn't add it to my post. Perhaps much handwringing about range anxiety could be solved by a) having more public charging (L2 and L3), b) defaulting to percentage instead of miles-to-empty, and c) emphasizing the convenience of overnight charging at home or...

I'd love to have the car quieter for however much longer we choose to own it, which is why I thought it worth spending a Saturday evening doing these modifications. On smooth and relatively smooth roads, it seems like there's a perceptible improvement. On highways and interstates with just the...

Our cars accelerate by wire, and they even brake by wire when you're one-pedaling it. There's no reason steer-by-wire couldn't be just as reliable as those subsystems. I would presume auto manufacturers, including Tesla, would have drivetrain software engineers working on that, and not the web...

Teslas, by default, show "miles remaining" simply based on EPA rated for mixed driving. At least it seems to adjust it for actual pack capacity. Drive on the highway at speed and you'll not make those numbers. Drive conservatively in the city, and you might best them. What of the average...

Indeed! Post trip update... The wind noise is greatly improved with my adjustments to the gaskets, and perhaps the added z-gaskets and A-pillar foam. However, as the window seals heat up in the hot air and sun, they apparently soften and wind / traffic noise starts to leak in again. Whether...

I just completed the rear seat bolster sound insulation and front door A-pillar seals/foam. It took a couple of hours, and I made sure to wear protective gear when handling the ceramic insulation. That stuff is like fiberglass, but heavier and more brittle. I also was going to embark on...

I believe after my car updated, the full auto default was Medium and what I assume is the "pre update" behavior. Now, if you would rather the system use lower overall fan speeds, or higher overall fan speeds, you can tell it that. Otherwise, set it to Medium for normal and what you may be used...

So I just re-read the software update note in my 2021 M3 LR. Here is the text. Note that it doesn't say it eliminates RADAR, only that the car will rely on cameras for certain functions. My car now does limit minimum following distance to 2. I tend to have it set a 3-5, so not a big deal for...

I will have more time to experience this Tesla Vision update on a 1,600 mile road trip this weekend. One trick to turning off Auto high beams and allowing conventional sticky manual control of lo/hi I found last night, at least in my M3: push light stalk away once or twice until the quick...

My 2021 M3 LR is now running 2022.24.8 and on Tesla Vision in place of radar. So far, it’s an improvement. Not one phantom braking event in today’s drive, where before it was a given to have at least one each trip with the car screaming at us. I also noticed it is smoother without following in...

Planning my a drive from San Juan Islands, WA to Fountain Hills, AZ for next week, a trip I have done a couple times now in my LR M3. I lose a minimum of 90 minutes dealing with the ferry to the mainland. That said, I used to be able to just barely do it in two days in a gas car with two...

Ran into perhaps a similar problem with my OpenEVSE that automatically limits available power based on other intermittent high power loads in our house. My Tesla ramps down as required, but never ramps back up. It's almost like the charging power slider is changed. Link to thread

Both the iOS app and the car shows 5/40A once the EVSE has raised the limit, so the car indeed detects the limit has gone back up. It's just that the car isn't ramping back up its actual charging power to the original level in response. I found another thread on here describing a similar...

I just confirmed an weird Model 3 charging behavior via my OpenEVSE, which we have set up with some home automation scripting to automatically restrict charging current to 5A when other high loads are in use (water heater, hot tub, etc), so as to avoid demand charges from the utility. After...

Tesla has an advantage of controlling their charging experience from top to bottom. I’d love for my car to reserve my charging stall as I am navigating to it and take care of managing queuing and congestion automatically. It would give me some additional peace of mind on long trips to know that...

Tesla could help by adding a glove-box button to the lower right corner of the screen. As it is now, if a passenger wants to open the glove box, say to get out a parking permit as we're pulling in, they have to know to tap the Car icon on the driver's side, then find the Glove Box button on a...

Pulled up to a storefront with one of those vinyl banners as a temporary sign. The banner was well secured on all four corners, but still making waves in the breeze. The low angle of the winter made shadows from the waves. My wipers turned on high. I just assumed the car's software interpreted...

I turned the feature off primarily due to the turn signal glare at night. Secondarily the video feed "snaps" on and off, which is itself a distraction. Fade in/out would be better. I'll stick to trusting my side mirrors which are angled out so no overlap with the rear-view mirror (per current...

My 2021 Model 3 came with matrix headlights, but with only two exceptions, they are static in pattern/aim. Exception 1: headlight aiming function on the service menu moves the headlights through their range and projects a special aiming pattern to help with proper adjustment. Warning: don’t hit...

Don’t know why I didn’t think of this before, but if you need an extra grippy surface, just flip the rugged textile floor mat over. Neoprene foam surface up. Works great if you don’t want things to slide around.

My other half turns off the side repeater cameras on the backup camera, while I like them. The problem he has with them is since they aren’t full color RGB cameras but instead designed for the computer to look at, colors can look off. So you may see a red car in the full color rear camera, but...

Happy to report that my in car owner’s manual is once again usable after the upgrade to 2021.36! Yay! In fact, I notice the whole system is faster, such as the transition into and out of YouTube. Thanks to whomever at Tesla figured that nasty bug out. Must have been a fun one.

This just happened to me a couple days ago after the 2021.32.21 update. I noticed first the charge port wasn't closing a few second after unplugging like before and required the gentle nudge to close it. Yesterday the charge port was had mysteriously opened on its own sometime overnight. It...

I have to agree with you. AutoPilot is a mode, and we humans aren't so good at remembering modes unless there is a consistent indicator that is visual, audible, or tactile. I miss the days when you would feel cruise control take the gas pedal away from under your foot... and don't get me started...

Of the cars I’ve driven with adaptive cruise control and lane guidance systems, the Tesla is the chattiest with its bing-bongs. While I don’t find the sounds offensive (actually quite the opposite), my other half despises them - the tones are right in a frequency range his hearing is very...

I thought I had tread here that little speaker is a backup / redundant to produce the alert chimes should the normal audio system fail. Might have been required in some regions?

I noticed my 2021 LR already has some kind of anti-reflective coating similar my iPad screen.

When you stream audio from your phone to the car over Bluetooth, you will use your phone’s data plan (unless the audio was previously downloaded and locally cached onto your phone for offline playback). When you use the TuneIn app built into the Tesla screen, that uses Tesla’s data plan...

Things my non-EV-geek friends don’t want to wrap their heads around: battery degradation, optimal charging practices, and the taper on fast charge. Then when they do get an EV, those things become non-issues anyway. Manufacturers have to keep care-and-feeding instructions dead simple. Most...

Pacific Northwest San Juan islands, garaged, so very mild temps. Best I can tell, my 2021 LR consumes an average of 7W if left alone long term with sentry disabled. It seems much improved over earlier reports here.

I suspect the synthetic composition of the mesh fabric might already reflect some IR light, but I wonder if applying a light coat of silver spray paint to the sky-facing side would reject more radiant heat. I'm kind of surprised it isn't already coated like that, but then thinking about it...

We have a ferry system between islands. They have signs asking us to turn off headlights, especially at night, during loading and unloading so as not to dazzle the workers directing cars on the boats. Most people with automatic headlights have no clue how to turn off the headlights. Tesla could...

Still liking my rugged floor mat, with only two negatives on it: 1) it is not a non-slip surface like rubber, so some things may slide around on it easily, and 2) while it doesn't impede access to the sub trunk, it seems like it would be better if it has some sort of built-in crease and/or...

My previous luxury car had active noise cancelation. It felt unnatural. I'm sure Tesla would love to make the Model 3 even quieter... the laminated side windows are expensive and do help considerably with wind and traffic noise. My 2021 is noticeably quieter than the first version I test drove...

EVs, especially Teslas, present some novel sensations: that velvety smooth acceleration, lack of engine noise as a cue, and strong off-throttle regen. Tesla has especially mastered the slow speed stuff - there's generally no lurch at either start or stop. At first you'll find yourself...

Mine started having intermittent emissions of this uncured silicone smell just a few weeks into ownership. Car was delivered at the end of December and built just a couple weeks prior. It got increasingly more potent and would come and go. We wondered if there was some glob of silicone that had...

My 2021 Model 3 LR makes all sorts of noises, even when not driven for days at a time and left unplugged. I'll be down in the garage and sometimes hear the main contactors close with a clunk and coolant pump running. If the car has been recently driven or even if I just sat in it for a few...

Yep, charge port won’t respond to pressing/tapping on it if the car is locked.

If you are handy, perhaps follow the DIY guide on Tesla's customer support site to pull the cabin filters yourself and inspect them. My filters smelled like acetic acid, and running the A/C without the filters in place (temporarily), made it clear the smell was originating in the OEM filters...

All of these instrument binnacles look like they would block airflow to the driver.

My mobile tech told me they can only remote unlock the vehicle if there is an active service appointment and the time and place are correct. No ability to randomly walk up and magically unlock just any vehicle.

Cactus Tint on Raintree in Scottsdale, right across from a Tesla service center did a great job on my 3. I had full front PPF, but no tint since I’m not in AZ during the summers. They use XPEL. It seems to have a hydrophobic finish and I’ve been able to use a heat gun to take out scratches from...

I, too, thought my Model 3 stereo sounded terrible when I picked up my car. Turns out it was the EQ settings. The bass and table were maxed out. I reset it to flat and so much better!

Yep, happened to me on Sunday when trying to use the search function in the manual. Screen froze, max A/C.

Too bad the OP had such a bad experience. Interesting tech I could see actually taking off, especially if it were standardized and manufacturers could build it right into the car. No more temporary tags and easily a much more integrated design.

Even worse... my new Mercedes Benz SL came with this system installed from the factory. At first it kinda worked its magic... certainly sounded impressive, even with a startup "fart". Then I discovered this mysterious stainless steel sphere in the sub trunk with an "exhaust port" aimed at the...

My front Tesla roof shade is slightly oversized for my 2021 M3 LR. I’ve made do by letting the excess push the rear two corners down, and it’s not noticeable unless you are looking for it. That said, not thrilled for the cost. I might stop by the SC and see what they think. Shade was...

My previous car (GM product) had rear cross-traffic detection and vibrated your seat, left or right side, plus a bright red arrow on the touchscreen to warn you. It was OK, except for the false alarms... that car had frequent false alarms on the ultrasonics and cross-traffic that I started to...