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  1. RachH

    DFW area- Model 3, 19' wheels for sale

    Yes they are. Price is negotiable since they are used.
  2. RachH

    DFW area- Model 3, 19' wheels for sale

    Hello all! Two of the wheels are pristine. The other two have some cosmetic damage around the outside edge but you can't really tell unless you get up close. Found out the hard way that parallel parking with these wheels/tires can be tricky. I LOVE these wheels and tires. The only...
  3. RachH

    DFW area- Model 3, 19' wheels for sale

    Set of 4 wheels for sale including one Continental tire (w/less than 1k miles on it used as a spare). Will ship at buyers expense. Price negotiable
  4. RachH

    Anyone looking for Model 3 19' wheels?

    Hi Christopher. I'm selling all 4 for $1800 and it includes a like new (500 miles or so on it) Continental 19' tire as a bonus that I used as a spare. Tesla sells these wheels new for $700 each if you go through support. To be honest, 2 of the wheels have slight cosmetic marks on the sides...
  5. RachH

    Anyone looking for Model 3 19' wheels?

    Hi! I decided to change to after market 18' wheels on my Model 3 so have my original 19' wheels for sale. Any one in the market to buy with a bonus almost new 19' Continental tire? I'm in the DFW area. Thanks! Rachel
  6. RachH

    WTB: 18" model 3 aero wheel or 19” model y Gemini Wheels - DFW area

    Did you find some? I have the 19' wheels for sale and I'm in DFW area
  7. RachH

    Small accident

    I just wanted to say that you ALWAYS want to report an accident because Teslas are REALLY expensive to repair. You don't want to have to pay out of pocket believe me. I got a really small dent, that you can hardly see, on one of my side panels and it was $1500 to repair. It gets super...
  8. RachH

    Small accident

    I'm sure someone already replied to you but just in case.... As for it 'always recording'- it does just that if you have a USB installed however it doesn't save it unless you hit the 'camera' looking thing on your screen. This is ideal after an accident driving because it says the last 20...
  9. RachH

    Sheltering in Place - Charge or not

    Thank you so much for the info. I really appreciate it!! I'll check it out :-)
  10. RachH

    Sheltering in Place - Charge or not

    My question is for those of us who CAN'T charge at home. I live in an apartment and I do not have a plug in my carport. And they won't let me install one, unfortunately, so I have to supercharge regularly. Not ideal in the best of times. What should I do now?
  11. RachH

    Roadside Assistance - First Experience

    I too have joined the scratch my rims club. Glad to know I am not alone :-)
  12. RachH

    Passenger reactions to full acceleration

    My X boyfriend has the original Roadster (#90 something of the first ever made) and one of the original S's (#60 something of the first ever made). He used to punch it getting onto the freeway and we would both go 'wweeeeeeeeee' like little kids. It was riding with him for years that inspired...
  13. RachH

    Power Surge at Supercharger actually 'jerked' my car- Scary!

    It doesn't matter WHAT caused it. It's the fact that it happened. We can guess all day as to why- it could have been aliens. I never asked about anyone's hypothesis- and lets face it, it is a hypothesis guys- for what caused it. What matters is how Tesla handles it since it was a Tesla...
  14. RachH

    Power Surge at Supercharger actually 'jerked' my car- Scary!

    It was my Mom's fault. She loves the movie Christine and since she is self driving, my mom felt it was perfect. And every time she talked about the car, she called her Christine. I finally caved. Dang it!
  15. RachH

    Power Surge at Supercharger actually 'jerked' my car- Scary!

    Ok everyone.....first of all, I am a her not a he but don't hold that against me ;-) I had a friend sitting in my car with me who has an X and whose car was charging a few cars down from mine. He can confirm that my car actually MOVED- like someone bumped me from behind. It wasn't a huge...
  16. RachH

    Power Surge at Supercharger actually 'jerked' my car- Scary!

    THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! People on here are guessing and second guessing when Tesla CONFIRMED it was a large surge which showed in my log. Omg....all of these people saying it is this or that when I wrote exactly what it was. Ugh!!!!! I wrote this post to show...
  17. RachH

    Power Surge at Supercharger actually 'jerked' my car- Scary!

    I'm aware of that issue however THIS was not that. I've experienced that before but it was not the same. The service center confirmed that there was a large surge at that time. And when I talked to the guy from support over the phone, he asked if my car actually lurched forward and it did...
  18. RachH

    Power Surge at Supercharger actually 'jerked' my car- Scary!

    Hello all! I was at the Manhattan Beach Supercharger the other day. I was near the end of my charging when my car actually jerked- like someone had bumped me. I was with a friend and we looked around and there was no reason for the car to have moved. Then my body felt tingly- like when you...
  19. RachH

    New breed of Model 3 drivers out there.

    I live in LA so if I waved at every Tesla owner I would get carpel tunnel and/or feel like I am the Queen of England lol. I do try to wave at times but seriously, Teslas EVERYWHERE!!! It's become the new padiddle that we used to do with Volkswagen Bugs- if anyone remembers that? Tesla is...
  20. RachH

    What I learned about PPF/Ceramic Coatings and Tesla paint- the HARD way!

    They used a special sander device to remove the ceramic and then reapply it. Then they had to wait for 2 hrs to then apply the EXO- or at least they were supposed to do that and I'm hoping they did. My car looks great now except for a couple rock chips in paint under the PPF on the hood. I...
  21. RachH

    What I learned about PPF/Ceramic Coatings and Tesla paint- the HARD way!

    I would check out the Gtechniq website (I listed it above in one of the posts). They have all of the professional installers listed there. I would then check them out on yelp and/or other sites and see who seems to be the best option. Also ask any body shop contacts you have who they would...
  22. RachH

    What I learned about PPF/Ceramic Coatings and Tesla paint- the HARD way!

    As I said in the original post, I did not do the whole car- just the front including the front doors. I then got the whole car ceramic plus EXO. If I would have done the whole car then yes it would have been around $4500-$5000. I got a package deal and paid cash so I got a discount as well. I...
  23. RachH

    What I learned about PPF/Ceramic Coatings and Tesla paint- the HARD way!

    Unfortunately it's to late now to go full PPF since it already has Crystal Serum Ultra ceramic on the entire car plus the EXO on top of the Ceramic. It's definitely not a cheap ceramic because it was done professionally and is hard to remove (you have to sand it off) AND has a 10 yr warranty...
  24. RachH

    What I learned about PPF/Ceramic Coatings and Tesla paint- the HARD way!

    Apparently I am not supposed to apply anything else to the surface since there is PPF, then Ceramic and then another layer of EXO on top. And it has a 10 yr warranty. All I have to do is just use a specific kind of soap (or if it's not too dirty,water and a micro fiber) and then it's clean and...
  25. RachH

    What I learned about PPF/Ceramic Coatings and Tesla paint- the HARD way!

    I got PPF on the entire front all the way to and including the two front doors. Not the whole thing. Before they did the PPF they did a single paint correction on the whole car. Then after they did the PPF, they put on the ceramic which has a 10 yr warranty. Only an official shop that is...
  26. RachH

    What I learned about PPF/Ceramic Coatings and Tesla paint- the HARD way!

    Ugh. Definitely too soon. Everytime I think about it I get irritated. In writing this original post it brought it all back in detail and I was pissed all over again. I even misquoted (and can't change) the guy who was actually really helpful to me- Mike at CITY TO CITY and NOT Coast to Coast...
  27. RachH

    For AWD owners wanting a P3D-

    No offense taken. I hope they actually do it in the future. But no, it was not at a service center. It was an escalation Manager from the Tesla main office. I have had more issues than I can count and they finally got back to me. He is referring me to the Regional Manager and I will ask...
  28. RachH

    What I learned about PPF/Ceramic Coatings and Tesla paint- the HARD way!

    Ok, maybe I am missing something? I was told, on this post by someone, that Tldr is ‘To long didn’t read’. And he wanted someone to do bullet points. Is this a passive aggressive diss saying I looked for a cheap job or am I mistaken? It's hard to tell. If your idea of 'cheap' is paying...
  29. RachH

    For AWD owners wanting a P3D-

    I actually talked to a manager at Tesla and he told me that it was not possible to upgrade a AWD LR to the Performance model because I wanted to do it. But hey, who knows that was two months ago....things can change.
  30. RachH

    For AWD owners wanting a P3D-

    I actually named my car Christine but so far she hasn't killed anyone ;-)
  31. RachH

    What I learned about PPF/Ceramic Coatings and Tesla paint- the HARD way!

    Not cheap at all. I spent almost $4k for the PPF and Ceramic. Not sure how you came up with that.
  32. RachH

    What I learned about PPF/Ceramic Coatings and Tesla paint- the HARD way!

    Good point!!! Especially since it seems to be mostly on the Model 3's from what I have seen- and not the S and X. I was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt. Regardless of why, which sucks, I paid a lot of money for this car and just bit the bullet and PPF'd the crap out of it and...
  33. RachH

    What I learned about PPF/Ceramic Coatings and Tesla paint- the HARD way!

    Oh yes....I forgot to add one more very important thing to consider with PPF..... If you have paint chips/dings, if they aren't actually sanding everything down and repainting it- they are just going to do a small 'patch' or something- then I don't recommend doing it under the PPF. I saw a car...
  34. RachH

    What I learned about PPF/Ceramic Coatings and Tesla paint- the HARD way!

    From what the guys at the body shop told me, unfortunately the paint is now water based. Anything done in CA has to be water based due to the strict laws that have gone into affect. They could be wrong but they seemed pretty certain and since the work on the cars, I took them at their word...
  35. RachH

    What I learned about PPF/Ceramic Coatings and Tesla paint- the HARD way!

    Sorry about that- I thought I was responding to the original poster. My mistake. I should have looked and checked who responded. Thank you for letting me know :)
  36. RachH

    What I learned about PPF/Ceramic Coatings and Tesla paint- the HARD way!

    All I can say is if reading about the paint/PPF experience is important to you then you will read. If it's not then just look at the bullet points. This is a forum, where to me (and I am guessing many others from the MANY informative posts I have read on this forum) write about the details to...
  37. RachH

    Folks without PPF: where did you get paint chips?

    I agree!!! The paint, and all of the dings I was getting, really upset me and I didn't want to freak out all of the time wondering if my car was getting damaged by something. And I am not the best painter so didn't want to be constantly trying to patch the damage. That is why I paid the money...
  38. RachH

    Folks without PPF: where did you get paint chips?

    Oh yes....I forgot to add one more very important thing to consider..... If you have paint chips/dings, if they aren't actually sanding everything down and repainting it- they are just going to do a small 'patch' or something- then I don't recommend doing it under the PPF. I saw a car that had...
  39. RachH

    Folks without PPF: where did you get paint chips?

    Thank you very much! I hope my experience helps someone else if they are willing to listen- even if it is coming from a woman who is not a car/tech expert. I think I'm a rarity here on this forum. But then again I am not a 'normal' woman.....I was raised on a horse ranch in Texas, my Mom used...
  40. RachH

    Had a Tesla Service Center Experience... But...

    That sounds AMAZING!!!!! I have been to Kaui, Oahu and the Big Island but have not made it to Maui yet. I may take you up on your offer. Awesome!!
  41. RachH

    What I learned about PPF/Ceramic Coatings and Tesla paint- the HARD way!

    I actually misspoke in my post but can't change it. I got so pissed typing all of that up that I accidentally said Coast to Coast instead of City to City. Doh!
  42. RachH

    What I learned about PPF/Ceramic Coatings and Tesla paint- the HARD way!

    I just realized that I misspoke in my original post because I was so pissed typing all of that up and remembering it all. His name is Mike and he is the owner of City to City (not Coast to Coast) in LA. He will even come to you. I was REALLY impressed by his knowledge and his no B.S. and...
  43. RachH

    Had a Tesla Service Center Experience... But...

    Good to know. My X always went into the service center for his stuff but he didn't have much to do which was good news. And we are in LA and up until the 3 was released, you could easily get into the service center and get stuff done. Not so easy now. I see you are in Hawaii so maybe that...
  44. RachH

    What I learned about PPF/Ceramic Coatings and Tesla paint- the HARD way!

    Hello all! I have had a lot of experience with my Tesla- road trips, car accident (and waiting on parts) and finally getting PPF/Ceramic coating. This will be kind of long but if you are worried about your car's paint and/or are interested in getting PPF/Ceramic then there is some good info to...
  45. RachH

    Folks without PPF: where did you get paint chips?

    Things to know about Tesla cars compared to regular cars that I found out the hard way: - The paint, since they are built in CA, is crappy water based paint. Please note that this is NOT Tesla's fault- it is California's fault due to their very strict laws. I see a lot of people getting mad at...
  46. RachH

    Had a Tesla Service Center Experience... But...

    EXACTLY. LA is filled with Model 3s and Teslas in general so yes it can be difficult to get a service appointment. FYI...They have started doing remote service calls where they send a truck to you instead of having to go into the service center. This depends on what is going on though- as...