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This is happening to me as well. AP 2.0 Model S, started after V10 update. I had not tried smart summons at all the first time it happened randomly on a surface street. I keep my fob on the console, so definitely not an accidental press. Has anyone contacted Tesla?

This is Agent Jackson of the Secret Service. Please provide a phone number, we’d like to chat.

Also make sure your car hasn’t been governed. When I first received my S75D the governor was on. Perhaps they accidentally enabled the governor when you got uncorked. Or maybe you’re in valet mode. That governs top speed too. For me, with my uncorked 75D, performance above 80 is still peppy...

Not that I’m aware of, I just note that some do mask it.

For vehicles running with the Christmas update, make sure Rudolf’s nose is turned OFF before leaving the car.

Some folks don’t like to publish their VIN on an open forum. Just FYI, FWIW. [Moderator's note: This thread was split off from here: Neat Model 3 "Easter Egg" found ]

I’ll be there the whole week. Not driving there though. We may be easy to spot - our Level 4 autonomous system installed on a major brand’s class 8 tractor will be shown in our booth. We should be hard to miss. Since we’re pre-production, a lot of the actual tech will be somewhat obfuscated...

Jerry Brown could get all the money he needs merely by cancelling the high speed train to nowhere project.

Band aid... that’s it. Put a brass band in the back seat. Tell them that when you hit 155, start playing. Make sure the trombone sits in the middle, so the slide has enough room.

If you aren't receiving any updates, I'd recommend calling Tesla Service. Sometimes updates will be blocked on a vehicle, and this block can be lifted by the person on the phone. For example, if an update returned an error, they may block the vehicle from further updates. This happened to me...

Exactly. Plus, if he would allow individual engineers some public visibility that way, he might actually improve retention. Real, objective progress reports, including the good and the bad, would be an awesome and innovative move on Tesla's part.

That screaming is the motorcycle cop yelling at you to pull over! ;-)

I tweeted a response to Elon suggesting that he lift the veil on the company's progress by publishing their milestones/timelines for upcoming features, allowing especially those of us who paid for these features to know what is actually happening. These near random releases with no heads up, and...

Regarding the "thing on the top" herein called a "hood", that's not a hood. That's variously called a roof fairing, top fairing, or wind deflector. The hood is the thing you pull open at the front to see the engine. Or in Tesla's case, perhaps the thing you open to access the frunk. On most...

Yeah, if you get a Q50 instead of a Tesla loaner, you really should protest by parking your Tesla at the curb and beating it to smitherines with a sledge hammer. That’ll send a message to Elon. Once enough people have littered the streets with demolished Teslas, I’m sure they’ll get the message...

It can start with any of the trailers or the connecting dollies, actually. In your example, there are 5 towed entities, 3 trailers and two dollies. I’ve been in doubles with ABS on the tractor and trailers but disabled on the dolly connecting them, and the dolly jackknifed by itself (on the...

Actually, there are two sorts of things that happen. Jackknifing as you describe, where the tractor is forced off its path from a trailer shove, can be solved at the tractor with ABS. In this case, Elon hasn’t invented anything new, except that he can replace an off the shelf ABS unit with his...

This is not true. Adding ABS to trailer axles (which is simple and becoming very common) pretty much eliminates jackknifing in most conditions, including low mu and split mu situations. Performing actions on the tractor via the motors is not sufficient (or necessarily even useful) for stopping...

I think the fairing adjustment is done based on steering wheel position, not trailer sensing. But pulling the trailer in close and fairing it close is a great design. I like that part a lot. Re: strain gauges - I’m not certain you would get sufficient usable data. There would be a lot of noise...

I suppose it is possible for an unstabilized tractor to somehow get turned around while the trailer itself stays straight and aggravates it. I don’t think that is what Musk was suggesting he has solved. And all tractors today have ESC (electronic stability control) so this is not likely without...

Color me cynical on the Semi. In some ways, they took ideas from WAVE (). No problem with that, but they didn’t invent driver center seating. (But they did invent a Class 8 frunk, I’m sure drivers everywhere were waiting for that!) One thing I have to call foul on: Elon claimed that due to the...

It just dawned on me: The Semi is a massive diversionary tactic, and not just this announcement. Elon’s going to form a Tesla Truck company, transfer all the Tesla debt and losses to that entity, then bankrupt the hell out of it. Cool if you can do it, and maybe he better get it done before the...

This wasn’t a Semi announcement. This was a Roadster announcement. This was the Steve Jobs “One More Thing” reveal. The Roadster is... Holy Sh*t awesome. Kudos to the OP for the title. Too bad it is a 2020 promise. Which means, well... you know.

OK, perhaps this is a weird take, but the EPA ratings can be considered a consumer service, to let the purchaser know just what they are committing to in terms of the energy purchase commitment they are signing up for. Since Tesla has graciously offered many of us free supercharging for life...

Well this was disturbing: Perhaps the first rainstorm I’ve driven in since purchasing my Tesla (P75D, AP2.0, 2017.42). Lane keeping on surface streets was fine, even with really unclear (to my eye) lane lines. Didn’t bother the car a bit. But I noticed the console’s representation of the car in...

Well, just looking at the Barstow SC on the map, sure, your lot may have been full except for the SC slots. But that property is surrounded by truck stops, restaurants, and lots of open parking areas. There is a giant open lot right across the street from the hotel. Why not charge then park...

More time on .42, I've found it negotiates all but one of my favorite trouble spots very well. It handles the barriers on US 101 in Palo Alto (southbound) perfectly. Northbound, same construction area, I still jump in - it's confusing even for me, and I don't consider that a valid test. The one...

Dear lord, they’ve implemented lisp in json... (Or as Bones would say, “Dammit Jim, I’m a CAR, not a CDR!”)

I can heartily disagree with this statement. Merely test driving a 75D, followed immediately by a 90D (what I did before purchasing) showed a world of difference. The 75D acceleration is “hey, this is cool.” The 90D acceleration right after the 75D is “holy *sugar*!”. I can’t even begin to imagine...

Now here’s a “hmmm”... my odometer when I left the SC had 2 miles added. xx58 miles on entry, xx60 when I left. Wonder if they took it for a spin while I wasn’t looking...

Oh, and the SC confirmed definitively that this was merely a software update. No hardware change. The reason for doing it manually, they claim, is that not every vehicle qualifies, so they must do an inspection. My Tesla app reported receiving 2017.42 a88c8d5 (again) during the process.

Yeah, I drove mine around some too. Definitely much more peppy. Pretty much what I experienced when I test drove a 90D before reluctantly settling on the 75D (I really wanted the pep of the 90...). I'm thrilled. They also fixed a sticky left mirror problem that just developed this week. The Palo...

MS 75D, 199xxx - it was built a month shy of the original set that qualified.

My MS is in mid-cork. Being Un'ed as I type. Just waiting for the pop. The nice folks at the Palo Alto service center gave me office space for a meeting while I wait. Sweet.

Turns out the mobile service timing didn’t work out. To the SC I’ll go.

Got a call tonight offering a mobile uncork. I guess they can do it in my driveway now. I only got the voicemail, by the time I heard it the office was closed. I’ll probably just keep my appointment, though I suppose if they do it at my home I could look over the guy’s shoulder to see exactly...

I packed my fly fishing gear (rod, waders, boots, fly tying kit, etc., etc.) because the trunk was loaded with the rest of our load-out for a Tahoe trip. (Wife and her best friend’s luggage++, and my itty bitty duffle bag). Regarding whatever gun argument was going on above this (I just jumped...

Mine too! And I do have concerns about my tires. Even with my corked car, I worry my lead foot is reducing my tire life. Can’t wait to further grind them down tomorrow!

Just finished a weekend venture from the Bay Area to N. Lake Tahoe, in a 75D with .42. Overall, it handled most situations better than previous releases. No diving into off or on ramps, better handling of confusing lane lines than I expected. One location in Sacramento, involving a left lane...

So just how well does a vacuum cleaner work in space??? :D

Squeaky wheel: 10 minutes after my call to schedule my uncorking, and questioning why I hadn’t seen recent upgrades, an upgrade appears! I’m now at 42. Short drives this afternoon and tonight showed small but nice improvements: in stop and go, it doesn’t gap as much. A couple of problematic...

Just scheduled an appointment at my SC (Palo Alto) for the upgrade. (75D 199xxx). When I called, the voice on the phone said "Yes, we'd be happy to do it. ALL 75Ds and 100Ds are eligible. But let me check just to make sure... yes, you're included." So I guess they've gotten better at figuring...

If I’m in San Diego with my Tesla (not an unreasonable possibility), and I’m at a public charger OR a Supercharger, it is because I drove down from the Bay Area and I need charging. I won’t be near my home to charge. While I land on the side of folks who say that the Leaf folks have no grounds...

More specifically, it shuts down if there is no weight on the driver seat and the door opens and closes. (Had to try this early on, when an older release of AP2 was refusing to work. I was too lazy to actually climb out of the car (on the road shoulder) so I just “levitated” off the seat and...

Three times this weekend while stuck in a rental Toyota Camry, I parked and walked away from the car, engine still running, key still in the ignition. Sheesh.

I see. I agree what you are describing isn’t the haptic feedback of the lane departure warning. On the other hand, it doesn’t sound like ABS behavior either. It sounds like computer controlled braking, outside the ABS domain. I’ve also heard clicks in the brake mechanism, and I have noticed a...

If it was ABS you would *feel* it as hard braking and the ABS vibration.. I think what you are feeling is the haptic feedback when the car thinks you are drifting over a lane line. The car introduces a more or less subtle (depends on the car I think, my friend’s is far more noticeable than mine)...

Nick.

My comment is completely directed to the notion that one could win a lawsuit over damages in Houston based on the claim that the hurricane was caused by oil companies. That dog ain’t gonna hunt. You can imply whatever you want, or group me into some category if it makes you happy, but you’re...

Picking one weather event and shouting “GLOBAL WARMING” is absurd. Saying that one season of active hurricanes “proves” your case is similarly absurd. No court would entertain such an argument. (You have significant obstacles: a) it (Irma) wasn’t the largest hurricane ever [but the press loved...