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Yes- it IS all about driving style. So many people are quick to blame the car when in fact it’s their right foot that is the key. (And yes, I know rain, temp, terrain, headwind etc have a big effect too.) My lifetime use in my “stealthy P” is around 156 Wh/km (249 Wh/mile). Never forget that...

Well I ordered roof racks in late November, still nothing. Not happy, to put it politely!

Yep! I think this is just a first iteration, and that it will improve. When I first received it, I was not happy..... but weeks on and I’ve grown to like MOST of it. VERY BIG Improvements include rear camera selection always available at the bottom of the screen, Nav turn info always there...

This has to be a FAIL, or at least a C-. I wish I’d held off for as long as possible. I’m 66, my wife is 64, and we both hate it. The fonts are too small, speed is much harder to read, other things including (but not limited to) PNDR are harder to read. (My wife uses “creep” for safety ...

Same, have a Bluetooth 12v monitor and I can see exactly what the car is doing. If it’s parked in my garage, it sleeps peacefully and awakens briefly once a day to top up the 12v. Photos : : car sleeping soundly, and then car awake and driving for a few hours in the middle of the day, with the...

Yeah, except, that’s classic from ANY dealer on ANY make, and ANYTHING BUT unique to Tesla. It’s just shonky mechanics cutting corners, taking the easy way out, and here’s the thing- such guys work at many mechanical workshops and dealers. The things I could tell you about dealers work from...

Amazing some of the posts here, saying it should have been fixed for less, is unique to Teslas etc I actually thought the repair cost to diagnose, find and repair the damage was very reasonable. I had my first car damaged by rodents (rats?) in the ‘70’s, and again in the early ‘90’s. I’m sure...

The heat pump will come, maybe next week, maybe next year. It’ll come, great for those in cold climates- (doesn't matter at all for those not.)

So how on earth is someone going to steal your Tesla from the airport (or shops, or anywhere)? Maybe if you lose your phone or keycard, but that’s why I enable PIN to drive. For a very small inconvenience, it’s worth it for the peace of mind.

Great summary. We have had our car a year here in Oz (Australia) and love it more every day. It’s a stealthy P. It’s by far the best car, and the best new car experience we have ever had! Even a year later I still look for excuses to go for a drive. Elon summed it up so well years ago when he...

Not sure you can find lifetime, however make your own as follows: Once you get “since last charge”, scroll upwards. There are four totals, 1. Since xx:xx (latest drive). 2. Since last charge. 3 Trip A. 4. Trip B. .... so you can reset just one for a trip. I leave the last one alone and don’t...

I do not need a lecture on what’s safe, and what’s not safe. I’m not a 17 year old. And yes, I’m very well aware of the dangers of distracted driving. “There is a reason the car nags you to pay attention when AP is engaged.” Really! I never would have guessed it! Seriously! Apart from the...

Well I’m a senior, and honestly couldn’t be much happier with everything on my 3. After 12 months of ownership I’m totally in love with the car! The voice control does most things (though still needs to improve it’s accuracy) and the screen is very simple and logical. If I actually need to do...

This saddens me a little, because I’m also getting on a just a little, (though maybe not as much as you), yet absolutely adore the functionality of my “computer on wheels“. My wife is also perhaps one of the least technical people on this side of the world, (Australia) but she’s also more than...

Why don’t you have mudflaps fitted? It was one of the very first accessory items I fitted to my car- and was in fact ordered well before I took delivery, and then fitted by me on the second day after delivery. We don’t have salt and ice to deal with here, but I’d never own a car without...

Earlier this year, I did a big nonstop road trip back home (Downunder ), in rather inclement weather, and my experience was as follows. Before departing our overnight stop in my M3P- and based on departing at 90% which is what I managed to get to on a 3pin plug, I looked at ABRP in addition to...

Frustrating at times- yes- but better than barrelling around a corner too fast with possible seriously ugly implications. Just hover your right foot over the accelerator pedal and add power as required - too easy! In any event, a speed around a corner which seems dangerous to some will seem...

Absolutely! People need to understand: Ultrasonics DON’T work on poles unless the pole is in the EXACT right spot. People (ie: not autopilots) back into poles with monotonous regularity, and then try to blame the car. Understand the limitations and use your backup camera and mirrors...

For us, nearly at a year of ownership now on our 2020 Performance “stealth”, I couldn’t be happier- yet I ticked the box for moving on to a Y or Cybertruck. Will we do that? Possibly at some point, though to be honest I think we may end up with a Cybertruck and our existing 3 in the garage, best...

I see stories about autopilot hitting curbs, hitting potholes, hitting animals, even hitting trucks, (including one recently in Taiwan, luckily not fatal). It also OFTEN avoids a lot of those things. FFS people, you must pay attention AND keep your hands on the wheel. I love having autopilot...

Shock: A Tesla driver was driving tired and falling asleep at the wheel. Drivers never do that in other makes of cars! (Oh hang on......)

Ditto for me. I was a serious performance addict, did virtually all my own work, own maintenance, own mods and upgrades, even rebuilt complete engines and gearboxes in my “youth”. Now- it will be too soon if I never get my hands greasy and oily and skin off my knuckles working on an ICE engine...

I’ve had two ICE vehicles have catastrophic failures on the highway. One was a valve through a piston, the other a major electrical fault in the engine’s main computer. Both were instantaneous and left me totally stranded. It’s no fun, and it DOES happen to ICE vehicles.... pretty regularly...

I had an add-on HUD in my previous car- was going to add it to my model 3, but after a day of driving the 3, I thought “no way!” The centre screen is intuitive, super easy to read, and not distracting. I would also go so far as to say the speed is easier to read, by far, than looking down...

Agree WRT mirror adjustment. However on my Model 3 the mirror won’t adjust far enough outwards, rather disappointing. I have bought a small blind spot mirror which makes it acceptable, but still it is one of the very few things which I find disappointing in our Model 3. It’s a truly fabulous...

Siri will do that (read texts) for me in my Model 3!

Tassie is a really fabulous part of the world- we had seven weeks there in our caravan in 2008 and loved every second, AND still didn’t see a lot of it. We hope to do another trip there from Brisbane with our Model 3 next year, (probably staying in mostly AirBnB style accomodation), and very...

I’d be very wary with Youi- no personal experience but our 70 odd year old neighbour got really screwed by them- wrote a (repairable)Mercedes off with a really low “market value” payout. As I say- not personal, so I don’t know the full details. Good luck.

Agreed- every ICE car I’ve bought has had that. I absolutely hate it, and just say “Before you begin, I’ll just tell you a big fat NO to everything you’re trying to sell me”. Then they usually start up anyway and I immediately say “What part of NO don’t you understand?” So jealous- still...

ANY device which uses close to a circuit’s limit, should be thoroughly checked under load. Preferably have over size cable and undersized circuit breaker, and never pull the full rated load for the particular circuit without a very thorough check. Cable which is hidden away and out of site...

“I've been on the Jeep forums for 5-6 years. I don't recall one blown engine post. Plenty of lemons and buy backs but no blown engines.” What forums do you or don’t you visit? No engine failures in Jeeps? (And that’s ignoring, gearbox, diffs, etc etc etc.) Only one word! Hmmmmm. Rubbish! Or...

Reeler, perhaps you should just go and buy an Ioniq or Kona, and be done. Just go for it. What exactly is your point? As for me, I’ve test driven a Kona- extensively. Impressed? In a few areas, but terribly disappointed in MANY others, as follows and in no particular order. Looks! : hmmm, fail...

Ferrari is soooo 20th century. A friend had one years ago- what a nightmare on maintenance! I live in Brisbane Australia, where 3’s have yet to arrive (hopefully very soon), and S’s & X’s are still fairly rare. (Our exchange rate, plus absolutely zero government incentives, makes them damned...

It absolutely fascinates me when people say auto wipers, because of their lack of reliable operation, are a “safety hazard.” I’ve previously never even owned a car with auto wipers, and guess what, I turned them on manually when needed and we did not run off the road OR run into anything. (I...

That’s what I’d do!

A lot of people don’t quite understand how driving style can be one of the biggest factors affecting range. It’s not just speed, or fast acceleration. A big part of it is that many assume that regen is 100% (or close to) efficient. It isn’t, and not by a long way. So every time you dip into...

Is the Model 3 not available there yet? If not, when is the 3 going to be available in Hawaii? (I honestly thought it would be by now.)

I definitely want a tow hitch on my Model 3, for all sorts of reasons (including a little bit of rear end protection.) I’ve only very rarely owned a car in 40 odd years without one, and always regretted not having one. Having no tow hitch available could actually stop me buying a Model 3 when...

Even forward facing video can be a help in a rear ender. Sure it won’t identify the car, but will show when the collision actually happened, especially with audio. Some years ago I stopped for a car turning to a tight driveway in front, third car in line, and watched in the rear view mirror with...

It’s a common misconception with EV’s that “regen” is the perfect energy conservation tool. Sadly, not so. It varies from car to car, and depending on speed, it can be as little as 50% efficient, though obviously far better than braking which dumps energy into your brake rotors. However a coast...

It’s that absolute top and bottom area of charge that is hard on the battery. The middle area is just bordering on acedemic whether you do a small daily charge in the mid section (say 45%-55%) or less often with a slightly wider spread (say 25-75%). You can actually achieve the same results with...

Agree, it’s a good thing, and I feel that it’s essential that the vehicle be stopped and placed into park (or a similar action) to release from “jail”! What if someone, over tired, or drunk or drugged perhaps, had a few microsleeps, then a longer sleep after continuing to use the autopilot. By...

I have a simple phrase for the shorts. “Bottom dwellers”. The practice should be illegal, period!

I replaced an A/C compressor on an ICE car four years and was a bit shocked when the bill came to $1600. The repair guy (an A/C specialist) said that’s cheap compared to some! An electric vehicle A/C compressor is much more complicated, not running just from a belt turning a pulley. (Not that it...

Having watched most of his Tesla videos, his tenacity, resourcefulness and skills are absolutely legendary in my opinion. When 99.9% of us would give up, (or not start in the first place :() he keeps on till he hits his goal, truly amazing. I’ve done a lot of work on “project” ICE cars when I...

On every car I’ve ever owned, both manual and automatic gearboxes, I’ve done the initial gearbox fluid change much earlier than recommended, and always found metal- quite disturbing amounts in some cases, however after a follow up change maybe a year or so later, the amount of metal quickly...

Being an ex-electrician (and electrical engineer) myself in my former life, before I switched in the 1970’s to flying planes, such an installation could easily vary from maybe $200 to $2,000, or more. It could be dead easy, or a bit of a nightmare, and every house/garage is different...

Just a suggestion here, and no, I UNFORTUNATELY do not yet own a Model 3- a long wait here in Australia. :-( We do however have a Mitsubishi PHEV, which has none of the automatic timed charge options of the Tesla. When fitting a heavy duty power point in my garage, I added a seven day digital...

You guys are just making our wait for a RHD M3 (Australia) all the more painful. I KNOW the M3 is a brilliant car, but you’re just rubbing salt in the wound. ☹️

We currently have a Mitsubishi PHEV which also has no spare. It DOES come from the factory with a small compressor and a repair kit. However, I bought another wheel from the wreckers which I throw in the back for longer trips, ..... so no doubt I’ll never need it when it’s actully in the car...