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Cool. I do suspect my wh/km will be worse with the Bridgestones, but keep in mind I've got the performance S007As, not the quiettracks (Turanzas) which are more touring. I just think a small reduction in efficiency (many of us old school owners don't ever pay for electricity) is worth making...

You enjoy your vehicle. And 'slide' in a Tesla is very limited - we are not talking drifting, we are talking taking a corner fast and having the back step out with a bit of oversteer, and occasionally get the front disconnected too. For between 0.5-1 second.

A vote for Bridgestone here! Most Tesla's in Australia come with the Michelin Primacy 3 so I was nervous to switch away from them after 2 sets since new. Bridgestones are cheaper (3 for 4 deals) but I feared they would be louder and harsher. The opposite! They seem quieter (Primacy's are...

Hope you enjoyed the new tyres, whatever you got. Just to add some info: Bridgestone Select (Donnellans) in Balwyn are excellent with Teslas. They know about jackpoints, jack mode, camber changes with suspension heights, how to remove the rear cover to do alignments... I recently had them put...

Yeah can't launch my car though. If I had a P100D then it would attract a very different type of renter.

Hey Bluebay, as per original post, I'll be at 85% (13,600) income vs 16k TCO for the year, but I am hoping it gets to 100%. I am projecting based on confirmed bookings over the next few months, and there is still plenty of weeks/days that my car is available for more bookings. Still, even a...

Mods give the all clear so here we go. Bluebay my insurance is just under 3k. Covers private use and rentals. Other costs are in my opening post, but for me it's 16k TCO per year.

I definitely don't have the capital to develop a commercial building! I think I've stumbled on a great way to get a free or subsidised Tesla, and it means I might actually be able to buy a 2nd or 3rd Tesla. Win.

Hey Meloccom I can assure you I am a real person! And with no links to whatever companies you are having trouble with. I don't get paid or pressured by the company that helps me rent out my 75D to advertise here, and think about it - that makes no sense. It is to my detriment if I encourage...

So I've done 50,000km in 2.5 yrs of ownership. But what I mean is I can track them on the app (which is so unique for rental cars) and see that they are just puttering around Melbourne, like Nunawading to the city. Sometimes they just go from say Camberwell to Port Melbourne for the day. Haven't...

So I'm excited to let other Aussie owners know that our market is ripe for renting out our cars. With only 6 weeks of rental (so 6 weeks I don't have access to my car), I am covering 85% of my total cost of ownership (TCO) for the year! This is incredible considering if I kept my old car (a...

That's a good leg. I just can't make it to Oliver's (Gundagai) with a 75D... have to stop in Goulburn. I think it's uphill because on the way back to Sydney I don't need Goulburn. In any case, I did Syd-Mel return TWICE with a faulty autopilot (no autopilot actually) and check this out: no...

On a famous bridge in Sydney, Australia. Sea Cliff Bridge - Wikipedia

Hey Bluestreak, just so you don't feel alone (or crazy), there is definitely a crash in service in Australia. My car started in Sydney where service from St Leonards was always amazing. Loaners, timely information, walk in and talk to a human, all good things. I'm actually now in Melbourne and...

Cannot thank you enough @lt1buick. Your attachment of the TSB shortcircuited all of the arguing and got my car fixed pronto! It's a shame that we have to find these fixes ourselves and feed them to the SC to finally fix something (this seems to happen a lot in other threads). For anyone who...

Guys in Australia we have been downgraded from: S/X loaners to ICE loaners to Uber vouchers to nothing. Find your own way home. I used to think the whingers on this forum were just entitled. But it really does hurt when the service support just keeps degrading. I've got no idea how I'm...

I'm still waiting after 2 months for a fix. Just like you, S75D Dec 16, AP2.0, and started with first update after autonomy event (NoA release in US). What I don't get is how to fight the SC when they say "Well it started with a software update so it can't be hardware". I don't get why our...

Yep. At least in foreign markets there seems to be a little more autonomy (Australian Service Centres are pretty good and get stuff done that shouldn't be possible according to this forum).

Yeah I did Opticoat Ceramic (like Quartz) but seriously regret not getting PPF, at least on the front. Lots of stone chips from highway driving have gone all the way through to black. Very sad. Moral of the story? Get PPF! Even without a ceramic coat, this is a good investment.

It's easy to say 'Tesla are the greatest' and 'you'll always buy another Tesla' but recently I drove a Hyundai Kona Electric, and though not nearly as good as a M3, wow Tesla competitors are making great strides. I actually considered the Kona because I yearn for the Hyundai service/support that...

Correct! MX so far is the only one that will not open the charge port unless it's unlocked. Actually scratch that - no idea about the roadster(s) or Semi. This made for some hilarious times at Tesla stores when we'd go to plug in 1xMS and 4 or 5 MS's around you would open their mouths ready...

Wow thank you OP. It's so encouraging to hear someone else with the exact same issue. I have been living with it assuming it's just another regression in the last update, but then a 1000mile trip on the weekend drove me crazy (I lost count at over 150 'red hands of death' autopilot...

Oops. Corrected.

Only on MS. Not on MX. No idea about M3. I'd regularly press the button in the service centre carpark and open every single MS, but not a single MX.

Whenever I see another Tesla, I always prefer parking next to/near them. I feel like we will show mutual respect to one another's paintwork (always the concern when out in the wild).

Nice. Now to tint those windows...

That's awesome. I bought my TSLA through ANZ Share Investing (international) but it was held in trust etc. Thanks!

Come on man, at least plug in your Tesla and PRETEND to be charging. Poor form EASIL.

Yeah even working at Tesla I had to figure that one out on my own. It might be a new behaviour they rolled out quietly thus the confusion. Someone who has been driving Tesla longer than me could confirm. Enjoy!

Opticoat is the bomb. My car is in better than showroom condition thanks to some paint correction and Opticoat Plus (and I used to maintain showroom Teslas). Get it! Get it! Get it!

Yeah my email took about 3 months. But I never chased them. Chasing them could push it through I guess.

Yeah I've started doing 175NM and now my rattle gun can't undo them (use breaker bar first). Kinda sad about that.

Yeah it can be confusing. This is for the refreshed port (Oct 16 onwards?) Green is charging (and pulsing at a rate that reflects the kW rate going in). White is ready to be removed/connected. Blue is engaged and locked, not charging. Sometimes it will also display as blue if it is charging...

I can't believe it's actually 175NM. I bought a torque wrench and checked - way more than I (and obviously my local Service Centre) thinks.

A commercial van. Like a Citroen Berlingo or Hyundai iLoad van, or Toyota Hiace Van. I have a Model S but I really want a commercial workhorse, not another pretty supercar.

Seeing the mirrored version somehow makes me more excited. Seems more real perhaps?

15 and no cigar! Come on TMC...

13 posts and no avatar or sig option! Still going...

I don't get why a compressor line isn't available from the air suspension. Ideally it would somehow feed into the tyres and auto pump them when needed (an engineering nightmare I know), but at least we should have a port accessible to plug in an inflator. Why do we have to carry a second...

I've seen these cars absolutely smashed by Maclaren drivers for 30+minutes. I love fast and even I was scared in the front passenger seat. The performance did not taper. I think the machine limits are beyond our limits.

Normal. The system will cool itself as required. It isn't predictable either and you often won't see a correlation with the kw going in. Learn to love the sweet sounds of the future.

Easy. AP. Every time. I drove every Tesla under the sun and lived with all sorts of versions for extended periods (ex employee). Sure a 75D or 90/100D feels slow after just having a P100D for a week, but that is a skewed perspective. I now live with my own S75D (uncorked) and it is faaassst...

Like all my fellow European and Australian drivers - I HATE the single reverse light on the Model S. I am forever getting strangers telling me that one of my reverse lights is broken. Even when my car looks a million bucks and parks itself in front of them, this design flaw just drags the whole...

In my time selling Teslas, I always found celebrities really hard because they were usually already driving a *free* car given to them for a few years by Audi/BMW/Merc!

Tesla rentals are sorely needed, at least here in Australia. It's hard to go back to ICE when travelling. But the insurance climate here is so bad for any small rental car companies. You're looking at $15kAUD+ per years for insurance to rent a Tesla to customers...

These maps are supposed to be vector based right? And yet the redraw is so slow on zooming. Let's hope the Nav update fixes that!

At least here in Australia, these reward programs take a loooong time to come out in the wash. Just when you think it's all come to nothing - bam! An email with your prize. Slow but still great that we have the program at all.

Tell me about it! This screen laaaags...

Murphy's Law great job on creating these. I'm trying to get some in Sydney Australia for MS but shipping is the same price as the pad! Is it really $35 for each pad shipped here?

Correction: the RWD I referred to was a S75 not a S70 duh!