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I have the exact same scenario with my new M3P - delivery date listed as May 9-13. Had to take my Y to SC for minor issue and while it was there, I walked the parking lot and found a M3P with same configuration as mine. Looked closer. Same VIN, too! The service guys did some investigating and...

Given the crowds at the Waco Supercharger, this will be a most welcome addition to the network. I drive from Fort Worth to Austin for every Longhorns football game and man, weekends at Waco are getting outrageous. Last trip, all 10 stations were in use and there were perhaps five cars waiting...

How big is your system? Mine’s only 4kW so maybe it’s not worth disrupting the supply chain at all for me. Still, I am a bit peeved I can’t get the GF2 black panels. Trying to decide whether to push back some more. Are there significant advantages to the Panasonics over the Q.Cells?

I just got my solar proposal from Tesla and while I’m happy overall with the price and design, I’m a bit surprised at their choice of panels and their insistence that it’s the only choice. I told my Tesla advisor that I was willing to pay a little bit more or wait longer for panels from...

I assume the Supercharger Vigilante Squad would decree that whoever had the last remaining Tesla in an “I Am Legend”-style dystopia with one working port left should still move the car when it gets to 90 percent, just in case. But here in pre-apocalyptic America, when I wonder if Tesla is...

For anyone who still doesn’t get it, this thread is not about charging etiquette, costs or self-importance, it’s about Tesla explicitly stating a policy on its website and not adhering to it. It’s about telling customers, “We will only charge you if you do X” and then charging them for doing Y...

WTF is up with people being so officious and obstinate? I just knew my post would bring out the Supercharger Justice Mob.

Must be hard to go through life always being right about everything, huh? Someone wise once told me when you think everyone else is an asshole, you’re the asshole. You can’t give me a good reason why I should have moved my car from a deserted charger in the middle of the night, other than that...

I urge you all who are on Twitter to tweet @tesla and @elonmusk about this issue. I did. All of us who can afford a Model S can likely afford an idle fee, but this is just a fundamental question of whether Tesla intends to be honest and trustworthy toward customers. I hope it’s some kind of...

I didn’t get the notice this time (but have in the past, and dutifully moved my car as quickly as I could). Clearly there is something wrong here - no notices as in the past and a blatant contradiction of stated policy. Has anyone complained or spoken to Tesla about this?

Just got back from a road trip in which I became desperate for some shuteye and wound up sleeping at the Supercharger in Midland, TX, from about 3 a.m. to 8 a.m. (Yeah, I know it violates SC decorum but mine was the only vehicle at that SC the entire time.) Anyway, I received an email from...

FYI, you may have noticed that the nav says the Whitmore charger is down due to a “temporary closure” and I can confirm that’s true as of this afternoon. I was nearby and curious so I verified it. On an unrelated note, based on a road trip from Phoenix the last two days, I can attest that every...

I agree with you, Kavy, but there's something reassuring to me about having a Supercharger close to home. Any number of issues could arise with home charging. Not long ago my driveway gate broke, barring access to my garage charger and forcing me to either use 110V+extension cord or charge...

I live just south of downtown Fort Worth -- in a still-iffy, gentrifying neighborhood -- late 30's single male with excellent credit and no tickets or accidents on my record in the past decade or so. Progressive charges me $802 for six months for my 90D. 100/300/100 with $500 deductibles for...

I abused it for another 10 minutes on my way out of the ballpark tonight. It was just me. Nice night view, too. Be gentle with the pitchforks.

Great view!

Just drove by on the way to the ballpark. They're still wrapped up in plastic and I didn't see any workers. Hopefully they'll get it opened this 10-game homestand so I can be one of the first to try it out!

Drove by the site at about 2:15 p.m. today on my way to work at the ballpark; there was a construction van out there so hopefully they're working hard to get it done by the first homestand of the season (today and tomorrow are mere exhibition games). Looking forward to the next set of pics from...

Done. Thanks again for the advice.

Already ordered the adapter and the 14-30 receptacle. I appreciate y'all's advice. Don't call the inspector on me until next week!

Well, I'll be damned ... when did that become available? Must have been the past few weeks. I'll do that ASAP.

And I should note that during that minute of testing 40 amps to the Tesla, my voltage did drop to 235V or so. Those wires probably warmed up quickly. I wouldn't risk it above 24 amps and would caution anybody thinking of doing this that just because the car will let you draw 40 on a 30 circuit...

Yup, I have two 30-amp breakers (main and sub) that could pop. I would have loved to do it with 50-amp breakers, but the wire run from the main to the sub is too high gauge for that, and redoing that run would be extremely difficult. Upon plugging in the Tesla for the first time, it drew 40...

I did copious amounts of research and decided I could install my Tesla charging infrastructure myself, connected to a subpanel in my garage. I bought a remanufactured meter online and installed it between the subpanel and the 14-50 outlet. It works like a charm (see pic). Here's the rub: my...

Installing a second meter is cheap and easy if your Tesla outlet is running off a subpanel. I bought this remanufactured meter online for less than $40 and the box was about $30 at Lowe's, I think. I felt comfortable installing myself given that I was working with a subpanel. The Tesla outlet is...

Hmm. I guess if you showed up "running on empty" and charged up all the way to 100%, you might be paying for about an hour of idle time - $24. That's more than regular parking (which is $18, I think) but you do get a whole charge out of the deal. I wouldn't bother, but some might.

Opening Night for the Rangers is April 3, so perhaps they'll be done by then. It'll be interesting to see how they will manage access to the Superchargers during games -- surely they won't just let Tesla owners have free game parking for three-plus hours?

I certainly wouldn't go out of my way to supercharge ... but on the days when I work at the ballpark, I literally drive by that exact spot on my way to the media lot. A few minutes spent at the supercharger reading the visiting team reports would be time well spent.

I'm enjoying your updates, too -- keep them coming! As a Rangers season ticket holder and freelance sportswriter, I'm out there 50 games a year, and when I'm working I get there at 2:30 and leave at 11:30 -- shouldn't be as difficult to find empty spaces before or after that.