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  1. Chatterbox

    North California - delivery time

    Model Y Long Range, Blue, black/white interior, 7-seat, 19" wheels, hitch Delivery: Rhode Island O/D 11/29/2021 D/D what shows and has shown consistently over the past week is June 2022 The big question is where will this car possibly be made, which assembly line: Fremont or Texas, will it have...
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    Is there any downside to Air Suspension?

    My 2014 S has air suspension and it's working well. Once, however, I loaded up the car with lots of heavy things and left the car full overnight. The next day the car complained about the weight and refused to move. I unloaded it and the car eventually returned to normal...forgiving me...
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    Blog Tesla Shows Off Production Capability at Giga Shanghai

    I was in Fremont last August (2019) and toured the factory. At the time, the Model Y line was just going in and 3 lines for the Model 3 we’re going gangbusters. The S and X’s were in one combined line at that time. Shanghai Giga looks even cleaner, more compact, and more roboticized. I saw no...
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    Just finished a 3,044 mile road trip in my '16 MS 90D

    Nice! Sounds like fun. How can any car drive like "new" after 4 years/87k miles? Unless you've had a suspension refresh? Great post, and I learned a bit from the comments on driving in the heat. I've never had a problem with the AC, but I haven't nearly pushed it as hard. Driving in over...
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    Blog Model S is First EPA-Rated EV to Hit 400 Miles of Range

    That's too much information for the average driver. Yes, I LOVE it, and always have my consumption and range graph visible on my screen or dash. The EPA just need to keep to what it does best, without political interference. Of course gas guzzlers have variable range at different speeds also...
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    Blog Model S is First EPA-Rated EV to Hit 400 Miles of Range

    OK, so I am beginning to get jealous. My 2014 S 85, now with 150,000 km (about 90,000 miles) on the odometer, shows me just over 400....kilometers at a 100% SOC. That's about 248 miles. At birth the car maybe had closer to 425 kms (265 mi) of estimated (EPA) range. By the way, you do not...
  7. Chatterbox

    parking brake fault

    This just happened to me as well. Yesterday I had the warning when I started the car (aka put it in drive). It said “Parking break will not release. Brakes will be damaged if you drive” (or something to that effect). I backed and drove it a bit in the driveway, parked and unpacked, and the...
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    Sold my Model S after 5.5 years...moving on

    I drive a 2014 S, which has been E-W across the continent four times and N-S four times. With over 90,000 miles, I’ve visited Superchargers in places I couldn’t possible recall. But I do remember well the charger in Boise, Idaho. A Brazilian grill is immediately adjacent. We of course planned...
  9. Chatterbox

    Truckla - Model 3 Pickup

    Go girl! That's initiative the US sorely lacks these days, and that Tesla has now inspired in people.
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    Would you give up free supercharging for life?

    Our legacy bonus for being early adopters and helping Tesla test its early cars is free road-trips for life. It really doesn't amount to more than a few hundred or maybe 1-2 thousand dollars per year for the real long-distance drivers, but it sure feels nice anyway. The simplicity of not...
  11. Chatterbox

    Supercharging Nightmare Begins

    I had my first-ever charging wait today (Vancouver, BC downtown charger). Only 3 of 8 cars were 3s, and I was the second in line when I arrived. Even at an hour average charging time per car, 8 Teslas randomly arriving into the 8 charging stalls should have made it about a 15-minute wait for...
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    I am now planning to get the full self-driving option and here is why

    I have received the invitation to build my Model 3, but am deferring primarily for the dual motor setup. As for FSD, I am in fully, and the reason is that by participating (and driving a lot in the places I like to visit) I will be contributing to the improvement of the system and the eventual...
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    Trunk Latch Problem

    My 2014 Model S trunk latch decided it would not latch anymore. The automatic closing (or manual pull down) gets the trunk to the right spot, but the latch no longer engages and locks the trunk in place. While getting home, on every large bump, the trunk would swing open a tiny bit and then...