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By the way, anyone know how long (particularly in our wildly changeable climate) these de-chrome wraps 'stick' ? I've never been all that keen on them, but the 'black out' is kind of cool... and now that I've seen a hairline 1/2" scratch in the roof rail chrome, I'm thinking it needs...

The fellow with Omaha Auto Tint said he's been doing halfway up the back window in Tesla's to the point where the glass tint itself transitions... went with that, and it looks great.

For anyone interested, we just got our car tinted at Auto Glass Tint (88th and L) for a paltry $200. This guy has been around forever, seems like I spent barely less than that when I had my brand new 1987 Buick Grand National tinted, over 30 years ago. Quality job.

I replicated this by opening the car via mobile app.. but no BT connection occurred on the phone. It was stuck in a 'connecting' state. I was able to fix by either using key card or disabling/re-enabling mobile BT.

Faster than I expected.. I would guess 50+. I saw them starting off from Lewis and Clark Landing on a morning news show, found a telemetry site with their positions, had to hustle up north as they were making their way up to and across Highway 36 pretty fast. They've come a long way from the...

Caught a participant in the American Solar Challenge west of Omaha. One of the chase vehicles of another team actually pulled over, backed up. I thought they were going to suggest I was too close to the road. Instead they ask if I'd like a pamphlet (all about the event.. started in Omaha, covers...

Cool! and just saw you ate at Leed's Diner after your pick-up. I probably already relayed here... my wife and I ate there BEFORE we picked ours up. Congratulations on the car, looked great! I had two other prior Model 3 sightings, but neither driver saw me. So, were you able to get in on...

I saw a black Model 3 this evening turning into the Oak Hills area around 120th and Q. The driver appeared to see me as well. Anyone here? Still had in-transits on it.

I still cannot believe that 300 EV's in OPPD service area, number. A couple weeks ago, I found myself at an intersection at 132nd and West Dodge. There were 2 Model S's and myself, all staring at one another. So, I guess you could say we were the "1%". :) Both the S owners were checking me...

I'd go out, but my wife has car :( I'd have to bring my beater Prius (and avatar 2002 is all torn apart). My wife loves it out there, maybe we go Sunday.

Wow, I didn't realize La Vista was another 1/2% over Omaha/elsewhere (I 'only' paid $3570 in sales tax). Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised to see they based it on the base price... never paid attention to that before. So latest charger stop... Capitol Street garage... 2 Chargepoint chargers, 2...

Unless there are a lot more Model 3 people waiting in Omaha than it seems, it's hard to imagine seeing 15-20% increase in EV ownership over the next few months (as crazy as only 300 EV's seems). That's what it would take to burn through the seemingly paltry 50 grants available. There are...

Knock on (real) wood... car hasn't shown any issues since my wife lost power brakes/steering Friday. Another owner said he experienced same... then nothing since (several months), although when in for other service, they replaced a sensor purportedly responsible for this behavior. In other...

So, my wife sent me a text... said while she was at lunch, the power steering and brakes failed while she was driving, a message on the display saying as much. I believe I've heard this mentioned on a facebook page, but can't seem to find a thread here whereby Model 3 owner(s) experienced it...

Tier 1 applies while cars are charging at or below 60 kW and tier 2 applies while cars are charging above 60 kW. Tier 1 is half the cost of tier 2. Tier 1 also applies anytime your vehicle is sharing Supercharger power with another car. Credit card is attached to Tesla account when registered...

just got mine today... Nebraska finally has some cool plates.

Wife and I went on a little Loess Hills scenic byway drive... dropped by the SuperCharger, used a gift card she had at the nearby Starbucks while we waited. :)

I think I'd gladly use the CP (currently using 20amp 110 as I'm getting ready to sell my house)... if I could get the extra $4000 !

I've often wondered how that works... what are the implications for the federal tax credit as well. Of course 'order immediately' and completing the purchase are two different things as well, separated by widely varying periods of time. And sorry I missed the Euro Exotic idea Bandwagon... plus...

I have yet to fully charge my car through 1,100 miles. Should I fully charge it once to check what it runs up to?

It's literally a $200,000 grant divided by $4000, giving 50 lucky people. OPPD's proposal to NCEA was that it fund a study, as part of getting your $4000, you'd provide information on your charging activities for a period of time. In other news, it took a while... but I saw my first ever Model...

My first non-supercharger public charging stop (Nebraska Crossing). Yeah, it's a bit of a hike in... but free is free.

Yeah, clearly when I'm talking $5000, I was talking about AP in general, sorry for any confusion. Maybe some day I'll have an interest in upgrading to it... just doesn't interest me today.

I almost wonder if the motor vehicle fee is fixed for a given model ? DMV has an estimator and it's setting a fee consistent with a $35,000 MSRP ($580), not based on my purchase price. If you think about it, it would be nearly impossible for the DMV to maintain tables with every permutation of...

I'm waiting for my papers from FedEx as I type... I'm thinking roughly in the $4000 range for myself, although obviously a trade in is going to impact that number. I didn't trade anything in against my $51,000 purchase.

Well, autopilot features not withstanding (again, I don't have auto pilot)... it would just be a matter of repeatedly pressing the right button to toggle among multiple functions. First press would get voice control... press again, an AC setting (for example) would come up, allowing up/down...

lol... of course, I don't have auto pilot.

(just hit me that I must have been the Omaha owner reporting update) Wouldn't it be really intuitive to use the right scroll wheel... allow pushing in to toggle among functions... directions to control settings for each function. Example being climate control, you could control temp without...

Thanks for the info.. I see Trucks Plus on 148th and Industrial. Do you by any chance know what kind of clear film was applied? XPEL seems to be talked about a lot these days, although I've heard good things about 3M as well. Both of these are of the 'self healing' variety. Trucks Plus...

Hah. You sure you wouldn't like a time shift included enabling return of a performance model at the same time?

There's an easy solution for that... Tesla has left the door wide open for aftermarket applications.

The phone periodically not connecting via bluetooth is a bit irritating... I found disabling/enabling bluetooth as I approach seems to do the trick for the time being. Right now, not a big deal because I find myself already starting up AC to compensate for this heat wave my region is seeing.

I would tentatively be up for Nebraska Crossing. I haven't actually seen the charging stations before, heard they are a bit of a hike away from the retail center. Hopefully it'll be back to seasonal temps by then.

Cool, they put your car up front for delivery. I'm guessing Saturday was a busier delivery day (when I picked my car up, there were 12 3's lined up in the parking lot). Glad to hear your experience went so well, aside from the chip (it'll fix!)... I'm needing to get a wrap as well (still need...

Sorry I didn't stick around longer, was pretty well clearing out by 9:30am and was getting a bit hot. I did meet tmueller64 and lpleiss, talked quite a while. :) Let me know if you want to meet somewhere, I'd be happy to personally show you the car as well.

As it happens, it's moot...I received my car Saturday, in flawless condition. I'm a giddy fanboi, proselytizing all things Elon far and wide. ;)

I may still be around after 10am.

It fills up pretty fast sometimes, I'll probably stop by as early as 7:30am... hang out for a couple hours, checking out cars.

Yep, and you would be among that much smaller faction... I did the same (probably in tune with what's 'going on' in the world as well... folks who just 'get it').

When I'm driving it, it's apparent (I think they're like people who are clueless about politics) there's a large faction of people who just don't know what Tesla is. I don't see that many people outright staring, but you'll see them hanging back... or looking incessantly in their sideview...

My wife drove the car to her work for the first time today... a customer walks in and says "Who owns the Maserati outside??".

As we walked back to the car after our first supercharger stop following delivery yesterday evening, a fellow had pulled alongside (license plate 'TEKSAVVY') and was taking pictures... said he made reservation in June of '16 ("Be patient!"). While driving through Kansas City's 'Plaza' area...

Picked up Ruby today, wife and i are loving it. We stopped at Leed's Diner, a few blocks away from the service center to eat before our noon appointment. I happened to try logging into the app one last time and discovered I was able to get in, showed status of car (they were charging it)...

...and I just got this horribly depressing response from a representative with OPPD (I take delivery on Wednesday)... Thank you for reaching out with interest on our upcoming EV incentives. At this time, OPPD is currently finalizing the program details. More information will become available in...

A woman from the NCEA answered my email today. Simply responding: "OPPD will be offering the incentive soon, Jeff. It will be publicized. Glad you are interested."

Someone explain to me what this means?? $4,000 grant from NCEA after the purchase of a new EV (only available in Douglas County) EDIT: Sorry, I guess you guys were already talking a bit about it earlier. This isn't simply for non-profits or something? Am I to understand that this is money...

Alexa says there are 12,530 minutes until I pick up my car on 5/23.

The store currently says there's an 8 week wait.