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OMG! Look at the damn tax form! The tax credit shows up on line 54 of form 1040 (2016 version). This impacts the total tax liability. Notice this line is before you take account of any tax payments you made during the year (tax withholdings). Do you see line 56? It says "Subtract line 55 from...

Instructions say you are supposed to put all three stickers on your car. There is also a form that has vehicle information and sticker number that you're supposed to keep in the car and show the police office if he/she asks for it. Carpool sticker theft is real... unless there's a Ford Focus EV.

I sent in my form before I got my plates (~2 week after delivery). I left the license # field blank and DMV process the form anyway and sent me my stickers a few months later.

S60 to S75 100% increased from 206 miles to 242 miles Used to charge to 100%; now charge to 90% Increase from 206 miles to 217 miles for #2 I rarely Supercharge but going from 50% to 100% previously to the 90% now feels about the same speed. I've only used the Santa Ana SC and charging speeds...

My daily commute is 40-50 miles each way and TACC/Autosteer is on for most of the freeway portions. I'm "quite happy" with the features as it makes the 1.5 hour commutes more tolerable. I've only had the car for 4 months and it's a huge improvement over my previous car (2011 Nissan Maxima -...

For the same price of course. Since I'm in SoCal, I decided to put the extra $5k towards a solar system so I got a plain 60 instead of a 60D.

The 208-210 numbers you are seeing are for the S60 (RWD). Rated range for my Dec-16 S60 at 100% charge was 206 miles. Dual motor models have slightly better range.

I got the $2k upgrade yesterday and charged to 100% to check max range. Looking at Remote S app, I noticed that the current draw decreased dramatically as the battery got near 100%. I was using a 40A Tesla wall charger at work and at 99% charge, the current was down to about 15A. The first few...

Upgraded S75 @100% = 242 miles so +36 miles

60 kWh @100% = 206 miles 75 kWh @90% = 218 miles Going to charge to 100% now, will know full range in 1 hour and 20 min

Since we're still a private company, there is a short list of approved investors for each purchase offer. Sometimes SpaceX will buy back shares as well. It provides an opportunity for employees to cash out without an IPO.

It seems pricing fluctuates quite a bit. I just checked my paperwork and the base price for my S60 was $66,000 from last November so I'm still slightly ahead ($68,000 with battery upgrade) since I didn't want the glass roof. I really wanted the powered lift gate but couldn't justify the extra...

We have purchase offers ~2x per year where investors offer to buy shares from employees. I exercised and sold some stock options.

Done. Total was $2,155 with tax. I just sold some SpaceX stock last week so just giving money back to Elon. :)

Awake in bed at 4am debating whether to spend $2000.

I was out of town for 5 days and when I returned, I saw the replace 12V battery warning message on my S60. The car was delivered late December 2016 so less than 4 months. I just installed a Blackvue 650S (front camera only so far) but that shouldn't have any impact. The main battery was at 63%...

Insurance with AAA. Replaced 2011 Nissan Maxima with new S60. Additional $1400 for 9 months so $2500/year just for the Tesla.

I can't remember the exact amount but I think I paid ~$550 for CA registration when I picked up the car (S60).

Had problem with driver side mirror on MS60 delivered on 12/19. It did not extend fully by itself so I turned off the auto-fold feature. I turned it back on recently and one of the firmware updates may have fixed it as it is working fine now.

There were auditions for webcast presenters awhile back. Many people applied and there were multiple screen tests done. I assume that there was a set of objective criteria for choosing presenters.

I've been on 2.50.201 since Thursday. Is the plan to have the two forks merge when Tesla has enough data to activate AP2 for everyone?

I was one of the never-ending camera calibration cases on .185. Happy to say .201 is working after driving around in the rain for 30 minutes last night. This morning, TACC worked and I did manage to get auto-steer to engage on the 91 freeway when speeds dropped below 35 mph though it felt...

Ok, you've convinced me. Going out for a drive now.

Me three. Just updated 2.50.201. Drove 2 miles around the block and got same camera calibration message.

I'm not waiting for 3:30am this time. Going to take the car out as soon as I get the update, assuming I haven't been booted from the list of 1000 after all my whining about 2.50.185 not working.

Nope. Got a reply from Tesla ServiceHelpNA this morning. "There are no rollback options for the Firmware on the vehicles." I can try the AutopilotFeedback email address but will probably get the same answer. This makes no sense; what if an update bricks the car? Do we just all sit around and...

Fine. But now it's determined that my S60 cannot use 2.50.185 and will be without basic cruise control until some future undefined date, is it okay for me to complain during my 80 mile daily commute? There should be an uninstall feature so I can go back to 2.50.180.

Craptastic. Another update email from Tesla ServiceHelpNA. I guess no cruise control of any kind for the foreseeable future. I inquired if I can roll back to 2.50.180 but I'm not hopeful. "During the initial roll out, we have identified conditions that may prevent some cars from successfully...

I installed 2.50.185 update on 12/31 at 10pm and have driven 150 miles with the camera still calibrating. I contacted Tesla service (email) and after a few exchanges, here's what they said: "The vehicle may take between 1-5 hours of driving with the features enabled for the calibration message...

Couldn't sleep so went for a 15 mile test drive just now (started at 3:30am). The drive was a mix of local and freeway driving. Unfortunately, there is nothing to report, other than my equalizer reset to +5.0 again. All I got was an error message that said "Autopilot Features Currently...

2.50.185

My 40 mile one-way commute will be <35 mph until I get the carpool stickers anyway. Hopefully Tesla will raise the speed limit soon.

Yeah... should be 2.50.185. Too excited. Going to go out before midnight to try out. :)

Got it as well. Notification came at 10:06pm. Didn't see it until 10:44pm and took two tries to install (not sure why... same thing happened to me on 2.50.180). Version is still 8.0 with build number 2.50.185. Edit: oops, fixed build numbers

Brand new MS60 (delivered on 12/19/2016). 100% charge at delivery center was 207 miles.

Same for me (one week old MS60 w/2.50.180). Headlight turns off eventually after leaving garage. Most of the time headlights were off during drive (SoCal freeway) but when I go under bridges/overpass, the headlights would turn a for a bit then turn off. It wasn't consistent though, both the...

Same for me. New cars with AP 2.0 hardware do not have autopilot activated yet. Saw an Elon tweet that said software by next week.

Just took delivery of a Model S 60 + EAP this week. I live in Orange County, California so there's about a million other Teslas nearby. My only claim to fame is that I work at SpaceX. I had a 1:1 interview with Elon and after I was hired, he almost fired me during my first month. Luckily things...

Congrats. I picked mine up this morning in Costa Mesa.

Woohoo! Delivery scheduled for Monday 12/19. Order was confirmed on 11/14 so ~36 days total.

I got the order confirmation and VIN assignment emails and nothing else. My DS didn't call me either. I waited 3 weeks after confirmation before calling him. At the time, the website still said my car was pending production but DS said car will be delivered in 2-3 weeks. I'm pretty sure Tesla...

Do you guys get any emails from Tesla or all information comes from the My Tesla site? I just saw my estimated delivery range change from "December to early January 2017" to "December 18, 2016 - January 1, 2017" this morning.

Hmm. My confirmation/VIN date was 11/14 and have not received any emails since. Planning to take delivery in Costa Mesa as well. I did talk to my delivery contact last week and he said delivery probably in two weeks.