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That might work too. It was shortly after I got my car repaired that Tesla announced their service centers would be able to handle simple body work including replacement of bumper covers.

Go to the Tesla Body Repair Center in San Jose (1460 Mabury Rd). If it's only the bumper cover that's damaged, they can replace it with a pre-painted bumper cover that comes straight from the Tesla factory. I was rear-ended, and ended up going there. Matches perfectly. The only downside is...

I took my M3 to a Tesla owned body shop in San Jose, CA. They ended up replacing it with a pre-painted bumper. Whether or not the same is done at other body shops is another question.

Hopefully, you also have useful dash cam footage that proves the truck was at fault. My M3 was rear ended in a small fender bender a month ago, and I went through my own insurance. Based on my story, they knew the other driver was at fault and I told them I also had dash cam footage as the...

I agree. Just file a claim through your insurance company so they can deal with recouping the costs from the party at fault. Never deal with the other party's insurance because they are only after their own and their client's best interests. Your insurance company works for your own (and...

They made that request for me as well. I went ahead and went to my local approved shop, and they said they would repair instead of replace the bumper. I gave the Tesla Body Repair Center the quote, and they asked me to come in the next day to do a paint match (since they have 3 different white...

Thanks for your input. I ended up deciding to go with Tesla's body shop. The main concern, other than parts availability, was the ability to match the pearl white paint. The 3rd party Tesla approved shop, which has worked on many Tesla cars, was going to repair the bumper and paint over the...

I got rear ended in a minor fender bender in my pearl white M3 the other day, and I'm looking into finding the best place to get it fixed. The thing I'm most worried about is the matching of the pearl white paint on the repaired rear bumper. I have an option to go to a Tesla owned body shop in...

Think about all the assets that Tesla has (supercharging network, gigafactories, intellectual property). Even if they run out of money, those assets won't go away and there are so many companies out there like Apple or Google who would want to buy those assets and immediately be competitive in...

I personally don't think leaving seats down is any more effective than something like the drop lock. If thieves are not paying attention to the red drop lock that is visible from outside the car, they probably won't not looking to see if the seats are down either. I've seen some posts of...

I usually try to park far away from the entrance because that is where fewer cars will be parked, thus reducing the chance of something like this happening. However, I'm now in a catch 22 situation because those spaces are the ones more likely to be hit during a smash and grab since they are...

Has anyone been able to trigger the alarm in version 2019.5.15 by banging on the windows? I originally had the first initial release of Sentry Mode in 2019.x.x (whatever the numbers were) and 2019.5.4. In the initial release, I was able to set off the Sentry Model alarm by banging on the...

For me, I was able to set off the Sentry Model alarm by pounding on my windows in version 2019.5.3. When updated to 2019.5.4, the alarm no longer went off when pounding on the windows. I even tried hitting it harder with no luck, and I didn't want to try hitting even harder than what I was...

I am not in the early access program, but I received 2019.5.3 over the weekend and received 2019.5.4 this morning. It looks like the closing of the trunk no longer sets off the Sentry Mode alarm as it did before. The blind spot chime seems to only go off when you are in the process of changing...

The release notes say that it can be saved to Tesla's internal servers in the cloud. However, I'm wondering if the images/videos are temporarily saved to internal storage in the car first before being pushed to the USB drive. Otherwise, there might not be enough time for the car to copy the...

In this case, perhaps it is a good thing they did not announce the limited release as potential thieves will think it was already released fleet wide, thus deterring them from breaking into more Teslas.

I know Sentry Mode is probably still slow to roll out, but I just received 2019.5.3 on Saturday (I'm thinking it's because Tesla knows that my car had the quarter window broken into). For those who have or will receive it, how effective has this feature been for you? Are there any of you out...

I don't think the rebate is going away. I saw on the news somewhere that CA is trying to increase the rebate amount once the Federal Rebate begins the phase out process to help offset the loss.

Funny. Mine was doing the same thing occasionally since getting the car 2 months ago. Then it seemed to be almost daily after getting the 32.x update. After getting 36.2, I have not had the issue. It seems like the car/computer is rebooting. While the screen is blank, you can still put it...

When I had my 2 week trial, going into the AutoPilot settings screen showed me how many trial days I had left. Do you see anything like that on your settings?

I just finished updating to 2018.32.6 and stumbled across this thread to learn about the potential issue of losing the trial. I only have a day left of my trial, but haven't gone to see if it disappeared.

What would everybody's reaction be if the scenario were reversed with the Model 3 initially shipping with the non-orange/red coating on the glass and it was unexpectedly added? Personally, I don't care as long as both pieces of glass matched, but some are making a bigger deal out of it than...

I had the same noise this morning. Someone else posted a thread on this too. Mysterious static/hissing noise

Picked up my car a few weeks ago, and noticed the exact same sound on my drive to work this morning. I initially thought it was coming from the right front door speaker and upon further inspection after I parked, I noticed it came from under the glovebox. While hearing it, I tried things like...

I picked up my model 3 a few weeks ago, which was built last month. I noticed the same thing and did a quick search to see if anybody else has this issue. Sure enough, I stumble upon this thread. It certainly must be a bug. I’m sure it’ll eventually be fixed, though sometimes annoying when it...

After picking up my Model 3 last week and taking advantage of the "phone as key" feature, I noticed that my iPhone 7 battery drains a lot faster than before. Does anybody have the same issues? What have you done to alleviate this?

I picked up my white last week, which was built on 7/18. No obvious issues with color mismatch.

I picked up my Model 3 last Thursday and asked about the die cast car. They said they ran out and had no plans on making more. So much for all day 1 reservation holders getting something special.

I'm having the same problem too.

Got mine too: Reserved 3/31/16 Invited 4/18/18 Configured 5/25/18 (White/LR/PUP/Sport/No EAP) Scheduled Delivery 7/26/18 @ Fremont, VIN 52xxx

Same with me last night. I checked yesterday morning, and edit link was there. When I checked again last night, I saw that it was gone after the whole trade-in text. I was actually able to switch back to no trade-in though. There was a small little back button (did it thru my iPhone) on the...

What kind of estimate is that? A few days vs a few weeks is a pretty big difference.

I also have a pearl sport, but no eap. Been waiting 46 days so far (not as long as you.....yet).

What is your configuration?

What is your configuration?

This does not make any sense. I'm a day 1 reservation holder, configured on May 25, and yet I'm still waiting for my Pearl White.

I configured my white on 5/25, and my confirmation email only says "Pearl White", which I'm paying $1000 for. Is this different from the "Pearl White Multicoat" that the option is called now? In other words is the $500 increase due to an additional coat of white to make it multicoat?

I wonder if there will eventually be a pattern where there will be a flood of red and white deliveries while the other colors experience the long waits. They're probably manufacturing them by color.

3/31/16 Reserved online 4/18/18 Received invite 5/25/18 Configured (RWD,Pearl White,PUP,19" wheels) No contact from ISA yet.

3/31/16 Reserved online 4/18/18 Received invite 5/25/18 Configured (LR,PUP,Pearl white,19" wheels) Still waiting and have not heard from them. Edit configuration option still appears when switching Trade-in option to 'yes'. Live < 30 min from the factory (without traffic).

I reserved day 1, but waited a few weeks after my invite to place the order.

I ordered on May 25, and still see the 'edit' option when switching the trade-in option back and forth. Have not received any calls or emails about delivery yet after almost 6 weeks. When I do try to edit my configuration, it says delivery in 3-5 months in the configuration page.