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Can you share more about why the HW3 retrofit install is "jerry-rigged?" Tesla doesn't do things in the neatest way, but I imagine that they have to at least meet regulatory standards. And what is HW3.1 and HW3.5?

I will get the upgrade and be done with it!

I purchased my 2018 M3 and it is still running HW2.5. Since I bought FSD, I get a free upgrade to HW3. I've driven the Hertz rental car M3's running Autopilot on HW3 and observe little difference in Autopilot capability compared to my car. Wondering if I should hold off on upgrading to HW3...

Yesterday, my 2018 RWD was rear-ended near LAX. (Other driver at fault.) My car suddenly became undriveable and my 12V battery suddenly became limited. The 12V died ~2.5 hours later. I think the pyrofuse likely broke. I was able to do #1 and #2, but didn't have time to do #3 and #4. Based on...

We got a couple inches last night in Steamboat springs and the roads were plowed through by 8am. Road surface was flat and hard, if not icy. I was surprised that my RWD drifted sideways 1-2 ft when making a right-turn, although it quickly corrected. Driving slowly on a circular road was fine...

I got this one a while ago and have forgotten it's in my subtrunk! Gotta remind myself to use it when my car is supercharging.

Ok, so not wanting to adjust tire pressures several times driving between city and mountain, the ideal cold tire pressure range is 38 psi (comfort) to 42 psi (efficiency) ! The CA Costcos have self-serve air machines that pump to your desired psi. Do you guys also prefer going to Costco to pump...

Thanks for the tips. I put them into my note folder. Also, as temperatures drop to 30 degrees, my tire pressure is running 41psi while driving on the freeway. I will keep them at this pressure since @Lindenwood suggested that slightly lower pressure offers better traction.

Thanks all for your tips. I have the Pewag RSS 76 chains sold by Tesla. I also have a portable air pump, but I won't drop my tire pressure if I can otherwise put on chains. If the CC2 is good with 6" unplowed snow + lots of uphill + speed lower than 20mph, that covers the vast majority of...

My RWD M3 is going to the best ski resorts in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming this season! Anything to pay attention to driving in snow and ice? At what point should I be putting on snow chains? (fyi - CC2 gets the snowflake (3PMSF) symbol normally assigned to snow tires. And reviews compare the...

Many of our M3s are now going off warranty and losing roadside assistance. Seems like the best alternative to Tesla roadside assistance is AAA towing. But I've heard that it's a pain waiting to get a flatbed tow. Let us know your experiences with AAA flatbed towing and the location of the tow.

My M3 warranty expires this week and I had some recent repairs done. The Tesla service center rep previously told me that those recent repairs carried an additional 1 year warranty. However, the Tesla T&C state: Any Parts or Used Parts repaired or replaced under this Tesla Parts, Body &...

The 24.6 release notes on my car make no mention of Tesla Vision. Either 1, 2, or both 1&2 occurred: 1. Tesla decided that radar+camera still performs better than Tesla vision (in many areas). 2. The memory on HW2.5 cannot fit Tesla vision models. If #2 is is true and Tesla ever manages to fit...

Has anyone noticed that their car is now regenerating more slowly in normal conditions? I find myself having to press my brakes in situations where my car should have regenerated to a stop earlier. (My M3 is always set to max regen via the "Stopping Mode = Hold" setting)

Tesla dropping support for radars is basically throwing in the towel on FSD. Waymo and Cruise can't get to L4 self driving with fancy lidars, radars, and cameras. How is your Tesla going to compare with its dusty lens and poorly calibrated cameras? Do Teslas even have a single set of stereo...

I have the same problem as Finman. Rear tires (Crossclimate2) are newer (12k miles driven) than the front tires (MXM4) yet Tesla reports "Rear tire tread depth too low." The warning first appeared in Feb so I think there was one month after getting the update where I didn't get the warning. The...

I have 0 points and my premium went up 36%. I drive more during ski season but my annual miles isn't that much higher than what I insure for. Can Tesla legally record your mileage? What else can they legally obtain?

Does Advanced setting get more frequent updates than Standard? If so, how much more? It seems that I am getting weekly updates on Advanced settings. Feels like I'm helping Tesla beta test their UI.

I'm always amazed to see people go to such lengths to get things working on their Teslas. (I'm in the same boat) Tesla should just enable the browser login screen when you connect to public Wifi, the same way that it works using your laptop.

No. The # was quoted to me by the Buena Park service rep (when I went there to replace my right repeater that was falling off)

Considering that Tesla charges $300+ for alignments in my area, I reached out to 4 Firestone locations in Orange County, but 3 stores are unwilling to do the alignment. The Orange location has the newest equipment. The operator will input the vehicle VIN in the alignment computer, but the...

The question for those of temporarily connecting to a hotspot - when can we disconnect the hotspot? When the download progress shows 100%? Also, are there any downsides to disconnecting the hotspot when the progress is not 100%? (Back in 2018, I experienced 30+ mile daily battery drain when my...

The Tesla USB drive is just a re-badged version of the basic Samsung flash drive. All of the HW, formatting, everything is industry standard and there shouldn't be any compatibility differences between drives. I have 2x Samsung Pro Endurance microSD cards that are less liable to break down...

While on the road, I park my M3 near coffee shops and download updates over a low Wifi signal (1 of 3 bars). The download progress bar will steadily increase, usually showing a speed of ~1 MB/s. Upon reaching the halfway point, the progress bar will stop and show that the download speed is 0...

My M3 passenger side repeater camera housing is loose, causing the camera lens to move a bit. This causes the lane marking visualization to change erratically from straight to curved lines, especially when my car is stopped. Needless to say, I don't trust my car to drive itself. When Tesla...

The hot sun seems to have loosened my right-side repeater and it is wobbly if I touch it. Since the camera is fixed in the housing, the camera wobbles as well. Autopilot is still working but I'm not going to use it until this gets fixed at my service center in two weeks. Wonder if I should...

Is there a good chance that this will be online before ski season starts in Dec?

Do we qualify for the warranty if our cars were delivered in Nov 2018?

Why does the SR+ get 263 mile range, but the MR is stuck at 264 miles range? (And my Nov '18 MR with 27k miles has now degraded to 241 miles at 100% charge)

Got ticketed for using my phone (while making a left turn; CVC 23123.5a). The court offers traffic school, but they claim that my ticket will be sent to the insurance company regardless. The court rep told me that some insurance companies look favorably on your taking traffic school. I called...

Thanks for the advice! Couldn't find the rolling resistance spec but looks like my stock MXM4 and CrossClimate2 are both classed as "Grand touring All-season" so I figure they have similar characteristics. Will be interesting to pair the CC2 in the back, with their snow traction, and the MXM4...

Thanks all for the helpful info! I saw my neighbor changing his tire today so I asked him whether it would be fine to have a different model of All-season tires on my back tires. He thought that should be fine. So for my LR M3, my plan is to keep the stock Michelin MXV4 tires in the front -...

How much of a difference would it make if I replaced the back tires with Michelin Cross Climate or Pilot A/S 4 instead of the stock MXV4 that would remain on the front tires? (The CC is interesting because it provides snow traction)

I have a LR. If there's no issue with doing this, then isn't this practice superior? - No need to spend time rotating tires + Seems to maximize the life of all 4 tires.

After driving 26k miles without rotating my stock MXV4 tires, my back and front tires had 1/8" and 5.5/8" tread depth remaining, respectively. So it appears that the back tires on the M3 wear out twice as quickly as the front tires. In that case, can you simply replace the back tires (with the...

Just saw this. - The America's Tire manager offered the credit since we were replacing my stock MXV4 before the rated warranty length. Also, I see this tire has the snowflake icon. Does this mean that these tires are equivalent to snow tires and can drive without chains in California? (Looking...

The CC+ was already highly rated, but Tirerack rates the CC2 as superior to both the CC+ and A/S4 in every way. I ordered the CC2 from America's Auto - $792 for four tires minus $165 instant warranty credit on the MXV4 I'm replacing. Seems like the best price since even when Costco runs a sale...

I ended up choosing the CrossClimate2 - it looks superior to the A/S 4 and addresses the noise issue from the CC+. See: Michelin-comparison CC2 also has 60k miles warranty vs 50k and 45k for the other two. Since one of my tires was purchased from America's Tire, they gave me a warranty credit...

Searched through Costcoinsider and found these were the sales over the past year: Sale started 3/10/2021 Bridgestone 2/3/2021 Michelin 11/23/2020 Bridgestone 10/28/2020 Bridgestone 9/30/2020 Michelin 9/2/2020 Michelin 8/5/2020 Bridgestone 6/24/2020 Bridgestone...

Suddenly discovered that one of my tires has only 1/32" - 2/32" tread.** Yikes! Costco prices for 4 tires: Bridgestone Potenza RE98AS (on sale) - $638 Michelin Pilot A/S 4 - $812 Michelin Cross Climate+ : out of stock, but these are the one's I want Tirerack has the PIlots for $742 and Cross...

My local AAA offers free fast charging, and this gave me an excuse to experiment with the Chademo adapter. The best part - it offers more peace of mind, for example, when I drove down the mountain yesterday. Now, the local AAA office claims that "Apparently Tesla adapters can break these...

At Rocklin supercharger today, I noticed several supercharging cables fell from the dock and just laid touching the floor. Apparently, the magnets are getting old and when windy, the connector is prone to dislodging from the dock. After my car finished charging, I placed the connector back in...

The battery range is being limited by software, mine included. That's why we're all getting around 250 miles at 100% charge. Tesla added the software limitation to ensure battery longevity, so that they don't have to replace too many batteries under warranty. The LR, AWD, P models are seeing...

The previous update 2019.32.10 got to 99% after downloading 1GB. Then it took another hour to finish downloading 2.2GB. Last year, my car was consuming 20 miles of range per day parked, presumably because I hadn't updated SW for months. Now, I'm paranoid about finishing my SW updates once I...

The progress bar is messed up. It reached 99% a couple minutes ago and is still downloading off my phone hotspot - 500 to 600mb so far. Didn't our premium connectivity package include free updates over LTE?

I always keep the driver's side rear seat folded down. Tonight, some f** went ahead and broke my passenger side quarter panel. So now I have to fold everything down all the time? Any recommendations on a temporary patch before I get a replacement window next week?

"Early access beta tester" - no thanks. My EAP can't even correctly navigate on autopilot >80% of the time. Beta testing FSD will only bring more anxiety to my morning commute. I wouldn't even beta test FSD if Tesla paid me. Seriously - not many people paid for FSD, so it won't cost Tesla that...

"I love the car but hate the company" - that's what I've been telling everyone. Tesla's business practices are similar to those in emerging market countries. - Ruthless and chaotic They could not have done a better job milking every dollar out of their customers. Why can they do this? -...

Well - the reason we care about the actual hardware in our cars is because Tesla presents only the info that suits Tesla. - e.g. advertising LR as 310 miles range. Looking at the configurator just now, SR and LR range figures include the text "(EPA est.)" but the other models do not. I can't...

And yet again, Tesla is not revealing the physical battery capacity/cells. - Why?