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Just got my approval on 10/24. Submitted on 3/26. 180 ish business days

Same with me. On the 2nd arrow submitted 3/26. Idk if it’s a good or bad thing but the wait times are dropping now. It’s 123 days expected review time when it got as high as 143 earlier this month. Hopefully their speeding up now

I submitted on 3/26 and still haven’t got approved

... a liver? I need details on what organ was keyed on your car. It’s the best way to determine intent

Grab a harbor freight heat gun and heat that adhesive up/ pull it off Use rubbing alcohol/gasoline/goo gone to remove any residual adhesive from the paint

don’t do used. There Was a Spring 2018 cutoff when Tesla switched from the NVIDIA tegra based touch screen to the much faster intel based touch screen. In my experience. The speed in a NVIDIA VS INTEL touch screen is like iPhone 4 vs iPhone 7 speed. That turned me off completely from older MS...

Nope. Light housings are sealed and should never have water/moisture intrusion. Call the service center to have them replace it. Also + OP, examine your light housings for any signs of cracks. If they find the housing is cracked from outside impact, they won’t cover replacement of the light...

Not to rain on anyone’s parade. But bioweapon defense mode is just a software confit to set the fan to high, and close the fresh air door, effectively sealing the cabin. This can be done in a model 3 and any car with recirc and is sealed. BDM is just a dedicated setting for it and a marketing...

Engines 101: break in engines first before you run them hard

So if Tesla’s reported numbers are made with a 1ft rollout, does that mean that the RWD and AWD variants that haven’t had changes include that 1ft rollout, or no?

This is what I was thinking. It was obvious that performance was getting better than 3.5. But now that they’ve reflected it in advertised numbers instead of gimping like they did with RWD (supposedly), are they gonna treat RWD and AWD the same? And by that I mean, keep AWD performance and...

so since there’s now an official increase in the performance M3 from 3.5 to 3.3 seconds. What’s the likelihood of us AWD and RWD (non MR) owners getting some trickle down performance boost? There’s obvious evidence that RWD can get below 5.1 seconds and NON P AWD is unproven. So since there’s...

there really is no business case here to say you are entitled to a refund, you signed the MVPA saying you agree what you paid for the car. Anything done after POS that isn’t in the warranty agreement or required by law is a charity to you. Hope they give you a charity check. If not, move on...

Official numbers on the CVRP program are that the registrant needs to own the vehicle for 30 consecutive months. If ownership of the vehicle changes then CARB may attempt to recoup some of the rebate. It’s on the CVRP website

This is how it’s supposed to be. Before July build, the back window either had partial or full orange. July build and after. The back window has no orange. Only the top glass does. Nothing wrong with your M3

Was this under warranty? If not what was your cost if you don’t mind OP

Right with what SJC3 said. Eventually, the Computer failed and required replacement

That sucks man, try recording a video and sending it to them. Proving that the road lanes are clearly visible, the auto wipers aren’t on, and the headlights are on in daylight. Another dead giveaway is that the cameras should detect and display vehicles around the vehicle at all times. When...

Technical Service Bulletin. Basically I message published by the manufacturer providing direct repair directions for a certain concern without any diagnostics. Usually after the manufacturer determines that there is a fault in a component from the factory from a certain time frame. I’d be...

That’s great to hear. With some concerns coming into Tesla service centers now. I think they should have some experience now with this issue. This could even lead to a TSB if there’s enough cases Also, I made the return half of my Vegas trip. That’s 1200 miles ive put on the car with autopilot...

Should have disconnected the 12 volt battery. Sounds like the car thinks the parking brake is fully extended. Which means the car won’t attenpt to extend the piston again. Time to call tesla service and pay them for their services. They may either tell you to replace the rear caliper, or they...

I have done 600 miles on my trip to Vegas and currently have no issues so we’ll see what happens on the return trip

I’m about 300 miles into my Vegas trip and autopilot is still working so I’m pretty confident the MCU fixed the issue

Lying cops

Here’s 2 rock chips on my pearl white. The rock chip near the headlight isn’t as noticeable because the exposed area underneath is also white (maybe primer?) The rock chip near the fog light is small but not noticeable because it’s so low to the ground. Here’s 2 closeup pics and a picture...

Good luck man, ive learned that this vinyl can’t be applied wet like other kits. It has to be done dry, but you can lift up and re apply to get rid of bubbles. The cup holder portion You may need to make a cut on one of the sides. For the life of me, I couldn’t get a perfect wrap without making...

Michaels’ fabric store has 1x1 vinyl cutouts for $2 each ( 6x total for you to do the entire center console). I bought this and wrapped it myself and it looks 10x better. If you do a good job, great. If you do a bad job. Then you only wasted 2-6$ which is ok. Way better than buying the $30 kits...

If the leak on the keyfob is true: The model 3 keyfob still uses the Bluetooth protocol to communicate with the car. It talks to the same antenna and module on the model 3 that a cellphone’s Bluetooth does. S and X key fobs do not use Bluetooth. They use more conventional RF signals that keys...

I have 2 iPhone 7+s and they work 100% of the time. But they didn’t when we first bought the car ( I want to say before 32.4). The car wouldn’t react to door handle presses 100% so I’d have to open the app and manually unlock the doors. But now, it works perfectly everytime. The car doesn’t...

This, make sure you are clicking the front defrost button ‘twice’ so the icon turns red and you use heat to defrost. Pressing it only once will give a blue icon and cold air (which sucks for fog or frost)

There are definitely more than just the MCU in the vehicle. There is likely a module that receives input from the cameras and controls the steering wheel

Update. Just got my M3 back from service with autopilot and auto lights working properly. On the invoice. The technician stated to have replaced the ‘car computer’ and the. At the bottom of the invoice, MCU is noted. No mention of the camera assembly. But my AP works properly now and will...

Here are my guesses - paired phones can be tied to driver profiles - dedicated calendars for each driver profile - profile can have a saved song/slacker station/tunein channel play as soon as car turns on - the interior camera will take picture of cabin if owner reports vehicle stolen from...

Keep a bat in the car. If the guy has a gun, give him the car

Do you have max ac or max heat on? Check your tire pressures. Turn regen braking to low and see if your coasting feels restricting (if possible). You could have something binding on the drivetrain

Messed around with a done up C7 Z06 today in my RWD at 50% charge. Yea lol, got schooled in that battle. I was glad though that I could keep up when we goin 100+ at times. M3 has a steady pull from 60-110 for all you curious drivers out there

Weird that they would field test a big fix update with only 1 vin

They did this with the Texas hurricane as well.

My mistake, you’re right about fuse ratings. I was using my experience from a single make and their models You are incorrect however, on pump amperage/vs load. Rule of thumb is that the higher the load is on the pump, the more amperage is needed to do the same amount of work. If the test you...

Nice OP. For the most part, any of the recommendations everyone else gave probably would have worked too. The amperage rating for cigarette lighters are mostly the same for every car/make. I think your old pump was slightly seized/rusted from sitting, causing it to work harder, thus drawing...

Thanks for the input, everyone has different priorities, is my response to that. I fall into that category. Some others probably do who have went through this

Got it. Also consider what sales tax and delivery is for you. The amount of tax credits you get back (buying new) may not be better if you have to pay 5-6000 more in taxes/delivery fee. You’d come out maybe 2-3000 cheaper than sticker price buying new Vs Saving 6500 buying used from this guy.

Curious, did you also experience issues with Autopilot as well with this issue? The same thing is happening with me I think. Headlights will always stay on in auto mode. Autopilot is unavailable as well I’m on 32.2 and didn’t get this issue until this update

Are you sure you’d be eligible for the tax credits? Vehicle may need to be new (first registered owner) to qualify. I also think this guy won’t get the credit either as I think one of the criteria for the credit is not buying to sell (must plan to own vehicle longer than 90 days. Do some...

Is anyone getting the lower Income extra? If household income is less than 75-77k then you get $4500 Instead of $2500. Does that change application time?

If you have an early VIN I would not do it, there may be paint issues/panel figment issues that you won’t agree with. And sometimes the deliverybcenter can fix them on the spot.

Imo you should get EAP. Not so much for auto steer ( it is cool btw), but for adaptive cruise control. Especially the Bay Area traffic, regular cruise control is just a ripoff in a $45k+ car

Cruise has worked for me all today during an 85 mike trip. I did cover the sensor with a towel before starting the car. I don’t know if this is what did it. Can you guys try it out?

Update: this concern definitely is intermittent. In my experience. The issue is happening in day time and works at night. Drove to Modesto yesterday in the daytime without EAP. But as soon as it got dark on the way home. EAP starts working again. Same thing happened on Friday. Will call the SC...

This may be documented but most people don’t think about. If you need to turn a light on in the car. You don’t need to have all lights turned on from the touch screen. The light itself is the button. Press the light lens and just that one will come on