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2018 M3 87,240 miles, mostly freeway averaging 200 Wh/Mile Rated 310 mile range still

Just to your question about the 12 V dieing, one day I got a bunch cryptic warnings on my screen that noncritical systems were shutting down due to battery power being low, but also that is was safe to drive the car. Didn't waste any time going to the service center, they took me in at 7 pm and...

maybe, but I wasn't aware of all this, just needed the care fixed to get to work. The article you link to is 18 months ago, so maybe the price is now 1700 with inflation. I don't feel ripped off, just stinging a little from this "cost of ownership" repari

Thanks for the detailed explanation, this makes alot of sense. I did have the oldish computer with lots of miles, so no surprise on it failing when it did. I am noticing the little changes the HW3 computer makes on the screen, just need a 15K scratcher lottery ticket and I'll be all in on FSD!

Right about difficult to test the computer, I saw some posts that said take the car to a 3rd party shop to see if they can fix the circuit board or get a used computer, but the cost of seeking that out and the time it would take to do so didn't work for me. I didn't pay for FSD, so I don't know...

Well, my screen went blank, dark, black as the deepest abyss and nothing could restart it. Was charging at a public charger and found the screen dead when I returned to the car, but I think that was just a coincidence. Was able to drive the car home, but no blinkers, no info on screen...

sorry for your hassles, but I have had good experiences. Had a flat tire, mobile service came the next day, a Sunday, and fixed it. Tail light leaked in the rain, mobile service came to my work two days later and fixed it. Took it in for a two day wait to repair molding that popped out inside...

yes it was. Four years driving and no previous warnings. The warnings were a little ambiguous, as there were three different ones: two said replace at earliest convenience, one said replace now, two said car could stop unexpectedly one did not. Did a search of this problem, some people said...

Got my model 3 in July, 2018, and just yesterday got the messages about 12v battery unavailable and deteriorated, car shutting down unnecessary functions, etc. Of course I didn't know what this all meant as I was driving, but owners manual stated car could shut down unexpectedly. Just to share...

To the questions about the plugged getting unplugged or halfway out, I don't know how it has happened. It has always had a tight fit for the three years I have been using it (insert Michael Scott response here). It is on the side of the house and in a enclosed housing, and no one really walks...

OK, messages all received! It is clear I have dodged a bullet, and to all the comments, your corrective feedback has been received and learning has happened. I am calling a new electrician and will supercharge until it is fixed

Have been charging at home since I took delivery July 2018, using a Nema 14/50 installed just for charging using the portable charger that comes the the M3. A week ago, I got a lot of messages over night about charging interrupted due to overheating at the box, and long story short, the...

Sign out and then sign back in on the app. worked for me

Ok, will do a "phantom braking" search. Tried searching with "sudden braking" and autopilot but no luck.

I have an extended range on a first day reservation with the stripped down autopilot, added during the brief window of time you could get it for $2K after purchase. It does lane steering and cruise control, but not navigate on autopilot or lane changes Anyway, I'm getting weird sudden stopping...

Got mine!! Let work at 7 pm today and the AP had loaded while I was working. Ordered last Thursday around 7 pm, four days total

I had a false alarm last night, it gave me an alert for a 45 minute update, but when I checked after the update, no AP. Just more on security...4th day for me

I'm waiting too for vanilla AP. Ordered Thursday night, 72 hours ago, but no update yet. Back to being impatient...

I'm back in and the autopilot price is now changed to $2000, was $4000 last week and $7000 (!) two months ago. I did not buy EAP when I purchased last July. So I just lost access while they were updating that order page.

Yep, me too

I bought my M3 in July 2018 and did not get EAP. Now, if I read tesla's release correctly, I can upgrade to Autopilot for $2000 and then also get Full Self Driving for $3000 more? Is that right? And when is this happening? My tesla.com account still shows these upgrades as costing $4000 and...

my phone as key stopped connecting for a couple of weeks after getting v9. Then it started connecting again just yesterday. no clue to why this happened.

just to give more info if anyone cares: I am getting 198 wh/mile, 18 inch wheels, aero covers always on, tires always at 45 psi, and I drive at 68 mph on the freeways here (when traffic allows). I don't want a speeding ticket, and my freeway commute has lots of hidden CHP radar traps along the...

5350 miles 198wh/mile. I started over 300 wh/mile, but have stopped drag racing at each on ramp and red light and use regen more consistently.

LOL that's right! Never tell Elon the odds!

I have a 90 mile commute three days a week and a 25 mile commute the other two. I would use it every day, and I started to feel the benefit, as my driving is all on our freeways out here. BTW, freeways are considered surface streets in SoCal, every one gets on the freeway just to get their Big...

My two week trial ended, and much like Red missed Andy when he escaped from Shawshank, I miss my friend... At first I wasn't that impressed with autopilot, but as the days went on and we got to know one another, a real collaborative relationship developed. I learned what I could trust...

For anyone reading wondering about ordering a model 3, here is my advice after having my 3 for six weeks: There is only one question to ask about the model 3: Can you afford it? That is it. Any other question is moot, the 3 has it's many strengths and some quirks, but I have yet to find a...

Spiceware: what I mean is it can't look ahead and see what is coming a quarter or half mile ahead, like we can see ahead and see conditions changing. And that is just a limit of the cyborgs right now, and really an obvious limitation. It is just I get a little impatient as I can spot trouble a...

Got Autopilot yesterday, some quick thoughts on my experience so far: -It is cool. -It has no finesse. Autopilot can't see more than the car ahead of it, so it can not make any anticipation of things to come. One of the drawbacks of not having a frontal lobe, to be fair. -It is all digital...

got mine last night. It gave me a message that it added overheat protection (but I already had that) as well as the extra clicks and sounds. I am looking to see if it fixed my false brake light and windshield fluid low, that I was still getting. Also hoping it minimizes the substantial...

LOL, yes, if only it was .11 cents...Burbank TOU is complicated, kind of like figuring out the charges in a PPO insurance plan (co-pays, co-insurance, deductibles, etc.).

Burbank Water and Power, (California), is .11 cents per kwh for first 300, then .16 after that. There is a TOU plan, .08 cents kwh from midnight to 7 am but .26 cents from 4 to 7 pm during the summer and .16 all other hours. Have the wife and kids unable to keep the AC high from 4 to 7 so I...

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That did it. Now I just have to figure out some other "quirks": headlights come on during the day at random times, overheat protection still doesn't come on even after I have driven the car multiple times during the day, and still get the random brake on and window washer fluid low warnings...

no, didn't try a reboot: will do so and see what happens, thanks

All of a sudden, my FM radio is not working, no station comes through. It has worked since I took delivery a couple of weeks ago, and I ordered back in May. Did I miss something about this ending? Or am I doing something wrong? Or maybe I disabled something by accident? I hit FM radio and try...

Thanks all, this clarifies things for me

not being sarcastic, but is 202 considered "low" for the battery?

Wait, now it is on! All morning it wouldn't engage, but after turning it off and on several times on the touch screen, it seems to be on. Climate down to 109. o_O confusing...

My cabin overheat seems to only come on when it wants to. It is set to ON in security settings. some days it functions fine, and other days, like today, I can't get it to engage. The cabin is at 120 degrees right now, and still no overheat protection. I have 202 miles of charge, drove last...

Took delivery of Red with Aero wheels: The best combo! For me that is...to each their own...for me it was, as my daughter said, "go big or go home!" Going big was going red and I am more than happy with this choice, couldn't imagine driving another color

Well, I wasn't planning on doing anything about it. It doesn't bother me and hasn't created any performance issues.

sorry to hear that. I have a June build and so far, it has been perfect, no rattles, all body panels lined up good, everything works. I do have that intermittent brake and windshield wiper error show up, but other than that, I have a good June build.

+1 on having this issue: it is intermittent, happens with either the brake or the windshield wiper fluid warning light, not both at one time. And it happens every 7th or so time I start the car. I am going to try the reset suggestion tonight and see if it makes a difference

OP, I was wondering the same thing, leaving it at home as my primary charger (installed a 14-50 outlet) and take it for any trip longer than my daily commute.

Thanks, we will have to be careful not to park next to each other at Gelson's....I see you went with aero wheels too...I'm gonna keep them on for now.

In So Cal, I used a cashier's check for the full amount, the funds for my loan were deposited by the bank right into my checking account. I could have used ACH, but felt safer going with the cashier's check. When I got to the delivery center, they let me know that I could have used a personal...

I would expect you will have a good experience, they seemed to have a good system and flow. It's in a weird part of Marina Del Rey, tucked in an ugly corner off the Marina Freeway, but no matter, the facility is clean and shiny.

went with aero wheels with my red model 3, NO regrets. I hated them when I say them in pictures, but then I saw a Red M3 with aero wheels in the wild and it looked much better in person. I am very happy with my 18 inch aeros