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I have no idea why, but in autopilot all of a sudden the pictured road that the car is on, turned into a rainbow sort of thing. After a few minutes it turned back to normal. This has happened twice now. Below is a link to it. The 20 second video was too large for this site to download. Attached...

A very odd thing showed up on my car visualization today. I was driving on the freeway with AP engaged, during the drive the lane depicted on the screen that I was in became a multicolored lane that I was driving over, like a neverending rainbow. I'm on 2022.20.8 it went away after a few...

Now that live viewing of cameras works, they need to have the car notify you when there is a "sentry mode event". Then you could check the car without having to go to it. Or wait until you get back to the car to see what happened.

If they are easily removed, does that mean there's no controlling them (up/down/left/right)? That would make the passenger side mirror less useful since you couldn't adjust it for use without stopping.

How will "TELSA" survive? Hard to bother reading an article that has Typos in the title.

I'm not using a cable. Just sticking the USB drive directly into the front port. I don't think the port is bad because the USB I use for the dashcam works in either port without issue.

Ever since my last firmware update, 2021.4.18, I've been having issues with USB audio. Sometimes it works fine, sometimes it doesn't show up and an error message shows up saying there's an error with the USB port. I've used 3 different USB drives and all of them have this intermittent problem...

Hi all, just so you know. I wasn't complaining. I was just giving out info to anyone who cared. I have everything turned off (eg. Cabin overheat). I did use the app to check the batt level approx once every 3 days. Ambient temp around 65° Fahrenheit. I will plug it back in once I can buy my...

Hi all, for anyone who's interested. I've been forced to not drive my Model 3 for the entire month of March 2021 (and probably a bit longer). I had a pothole blow out one of my tires and I'm waiting to buy a replacement (I had already replaced original set due to wear and purchasedy replacement...

Just as a clarification, unlimited premium connectivity is on Model 3's ORDERED, not purchased, before 7/1/18. Ordered is defined as the date you configured the vehicle and hit the order button. I actually picked up my Model 3 on 7/1/18 and do have unlimited premium connectivity included.

Here's my long flat tire story: I picked up my LR RWD Model 3 on 7/1/20. After 16,818 miles my tires prematurely wore out (that long story was posted as a reply to tires wearing out early). After bringing in my Model 3 to have the roof replaced (a rock or something hit the edge of my roof panel...

Here's my tire story. I picked up my LR RWD Model 3 on 7/1/18. In Feb 2020 I brought my car to the Burlingame SC to have the front section of the roof replaced (a rock or something happened to hit it at the perfect point to chip the edge and cause the front roof piece to crack). When I was a...

Looks good. Think I would've asked the installer if they could've used a larger lock box that could've contained both the outlet and top half of the Tesla charging unit. I couldn't spend the 8k that it would've cost to add the WC to my house (long story short, they would've had to up my main...

Cash may be useless at a SC but all you need to do is plug in (as long as your card is valid), you don't even need your phone or wallet.

I don't see how there could be level 5 automation. How could the car react to a new issue? Let's say you're being driven by the car, so you're in the backseat and there's no one in the front. The car is driving along and all of a sudden the lane lines disappear (maybe they're going to repave)...

I luckily had an unused 220 oulet for a dryer (my gas dryer uses 110v). I bought the heaviest gauge 240 extension cord I could find (and bought the matching 240 adapter from Tesla, both of which combined cost $385 less than the Tesla WC) and my M3 charges @ 23 mph. Originally I was going to get...

Did you ever see the range increase that came with firmware update 2019.5.15 f5def7e? After that update my 90% charge was 288-290 miles of range (previously 90% was 279-280 miles of range). But after another update (2019.32.12.2 58f3b76) my range went back down to 279-280 miles of range @ 90%.

Are you saying that when you charge to 100% you're getting 280 miles of range? Or are you saying that the 280 miles of range is woth charging set to 90%? Because 280 is about 90% of 310 miles. I thought I was having a rather fast battery degradation from (100%) 325 miles down to 310 miles (after...

I use a retractable tool holder (like a heavy duty spring loaded key holder). Cost was under $20. Keeps the charger up high out of the way when not plugged in and there's no excess cable on the floor when it is plugged in.

So they didn't call, text, or ring your doorbell to let you know it was delivered? How did they get you the 2 keycards to open up the car? How were the instructions for keying your phone to the car? I picked up my M3 almost 2 years ago and don't think I would've figured it out without help. As...

Congrats. Out of curiosity, did test the Model 3 or X? Or consider waiting for the Y?

Hi all. Last year i had a rock chip the fron section of my roof. I had Tesla replace it with genuine Tesla glass. After a couple of months i realized that the new roof panel no longer has the IR coating on it (doesn't turn orange with water anymore). Very disappointing that I couldn't get the...

You realilk You do realize that you could put the keycard in your pocket like a fob right? And it's much less noticeable in your pocket than a thick fob (and never needs a battery replacement). I put the rfid chip from 1 of my key cards into my watch and and that's the most convenient backup ever.

My phone works great. The only times it's missed is when it did a reboot or if I turned on airplane mode and forgot to turn it off. I melted down an rfid card key and inserted the chip into my watch so my "backup" key is on my wrist whenever I drive (I also keep another key card in my wallet in...

Hi fellow Tesla owners. I had some trouble with some Sandisk USB drives after some firmware updates. Car kept saying my drive was too slow (even though it did write many dashcam videos prior to it saying that). I did some research and found some USB 3.0 drives. I've got 10 64gb and 10 128gb...

Yes it works fine. You do need to get the adapter from Tesla to plug into the dryer outlet (be sure that you know the correct outlet because there are MANY 240 volt plugs used in the US and none of the plugs are compatible with each other, I have a 10-30). Been using it for over 16 months. I...

My niece used my referral to lease a model 3 over a month ago, neither of us has yet to receive the free 1000 miles of supercharger use. Now the Tesla employee who was handling it is on 'sabbatical'. I sent them an email a month ago and have not received any response. I sent them another email...

If the baby can open the rear door, why don't you just turn on the child locks so he/she can't, then the alarm couldn't go off. Or, turn off the alarm, you are in the car so the alarm really isn't necessary.

Being in the US this doesn't seem to be a problem since there is always a speed limit here. There is also very little reason in the US to be driving so far below the speed limit (unless there's traffic in which case the TACC will not shoot the speed of the car up). I do think TACC should have a...

I've had my LR for 15 months now. I've driven 11794 miles. My range was 310 (279 miles of range when charged 90%) when new. After one of the Firmware upgrades my range increased to 320 miles (again 288 miles @ 90%. I know it was advertised as an increase to 325 miles). I generally charge to 90%...

Does no one have insurance? I just had my front roof panel replaced @ tesla in Burlingame, CA (rock hit and cracked it) the $1200 repair cost me the $100 deductible. Same deductible as when my rear driver quarter window was broken by thieves finding out nothing was in my trunk.

You need to get a USB drive (formatted in FAT32) and plug it into one of the front USB ports under the phone storage lid if you want the car to record sentry mode incursions.

Unless you really want summon or autopark, I can't imagine it being worthwhile in a lease where you can't purchase the car at the end. I don't think FSD will be available (the actual ability not the option to pay for it) within 3 years. Even if they get it to work, you won't be able to use it...

Don't know for sure, but it seems like the image sensor in the backup camera is starting to fail (similar appearance to digital camera sensors failing).

Be aware that video and sound do NOT work in the Model 3 web browser (at least not yet).

Only the walki up locking and unlocking (and turning on the car) are used via bluetooth, it uses the web for all other features. Since the RFID card is much flatter and lighter than the fob, why wouldn't you keep that in your pocket as an emergency key?

The antenna is VERY delicate. The RFID chip is attached to the antenna by an EXTREMELY thin piece of copper wire (well the copper wire is actually the antenna). Break it and you'll have to start the process over again. Problem with using a metal watchband is that you may scratch the B pillar of...

I finally got around to buying a couple of extra RFID keycards for my Model 3 so I could use my watch as my emergency car key. It took me a couple of hours to do the entire job (about an hour and a half was just waiting for the plastic portion of the card to dissolve. After carefully removing...

I get they black display when 1st going into reverse. Takes about 5 seconds for the camera to show a picture.

I finally got around to buying a couple of extra RFID keycards for my Model 3 so I could use my watch as my emergency car key. It took me a couple of hours to do the entire job (about an hour and a half was just waiting for the plastic portion of the card to dissolve. After carefully removing...

l I understand what you're saying. But if you live in the US, how did you switch over and just use C? Every newscast, radio report and person is going to give you the temp in F. So you still have to convert to C.

I always back into my garage (in the Model 3, with ICE vehicles I always drive in front first). I use the backup camera when I back in. I use the passenger side mirror to get as close as possible (without touching) to my workbench and stop when I the floor marking hits the bottom edge of the...

Hill holder works very well. It disengages when you step on the brake again or if you step on the accelerator. If you let the car come to a stop without using the brake on an uphill, the car will begin to roll backwards (gravity). The "parking brake" is automatically applied when the car us...

Take pick with their license plate showing they're not plugged in and post it and send it to Tesla.

much better mileage than 20mpg?

The Gas Tax in Georgia is 31.02 cents per gallon. So $213.69 per year works out to 688.88 gallons of gas. If you get 20mpg on your car, that works out to 13,777 miles in a year to be the same amount of money spent whether you have an ICE or Electric vehicle. Since you say that "you've never paid...

Since it's only legal in a few states, what happens if you drive to a state where it's not legal?

I purchased my Model 3LR w/o EAP on July 1, 2018. I've been very happy with it. I originally felt that the $4k for EAP was too much. The only thing I wanted was TACC (my 2010 E550 has it, although MBZ calls it Distronic) and did mention to them that I would pay a much reduced price for that but...

I got my Model 3 in 7/18 so I don't get free supercharging.. I originally was going to buy the wall charger, but after checking with an electrician, it was going to cost over 8k to do it (my panel wasn't big enough, since my house was built in 1972. The wires coming into my house are...

thought I wrote end of Q2 not Q3. Sorry.