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My son lives in Minot (stationed at Minot AFB), I'll ask him to check it out. Keith

Interesting you say this......yesterday driving home from work, I got a low tire pressure warning. With the weather change, my tire pressures had dropped to 40 psi, which triggered an alert. I checked the pressures manually when I got home, and they were right at 40, which is lower than I...

Just updated to 36.6 last night. I noticed the car took way longer than normal to reboot. Now, all of my profiles are gone, my settings are all back to default, my trip odometers (including one that had been tracking since the car was new, and one that I reset every Monday) are zeroed out, the...

DELETE - posted in wrong forum, meant to post in Model 3 forum. DOH!

I did not take a picture....should have done that. And maybe I did read the screen wrong, I am on the other side of needing reading glasses, so maybe I got the numbers wrong. But, still a bit surprised (again, not disappointed) that I had to stop for a short recharge on a 226 mile round trip...

Appreciate the analysis, this is really good. The 380 was when we were about to go through the gate at Edwards, and I noticed we were at about 47%. Going home, the downhill really made a difference, we actually got under 200 whr/mi (186 if I remember correctly). Whatever the case, made it fine...

I knew I was going to take a range hit, but I really did expect to make a 226 mile round trip without charging. I expected to get home with about 10% charge remaining....not have to recharge 50 miles short of home. So that's the surprising part. Yep, was going 75 on I-15, a bit slower on Hwy...

Yesterday we went from our home in the San Gabriel Valley (Los Angeles) to Edwards Air Force Base to attend the open house / air show. According to Google, it was 113 miles one way. So, figured my 2018 Long Range RWD would make it there and back without much trouble. So, the morning before, I...

And then, consumers scream "why isn't <<Company XYZ>> willing to keep supporting my old product? It's all a conspiracy to get me to buy a new one!!!" Substitute Google Pixel phones in here.......Apple is guilty of this as well. Can't win either way. Keith

Piling on the attitude that total range is kind of irrelevant.....but only if you have a place at home to charge your EV, or there is a recharging station convenient to where you go. I came from a BMW 550 MSport, first to a Focus EV with only 75 miles of range, and now to a non-P Model 3. I can...

I just did a Carvana evaluation on my 2018 LR RWD with 30K miles. They only offered me $33,500 for it. That is with NO accidents or diminished value. I'm not sure the trade in values are as high as they used to be.

$308 out the door isn't bad. Tire Rack has them listed for $278 before mounting and balancing. But, they don't have them in stock, so really doesn't matter.

So I've been reading all of these threads about people trading in their current Model 3 and getting new ones, and getting amazingly high offers for their current vehicles. I thought, why not, if I can get a new Model 3 LR AWD for just a few grand over what I could get for my current car, let's...

I leave my car at the airport, unplugged, with Sentry mode turned off, cabin overheat on (no A/C), all the time, usually for 5 days or so. Typical battery loss is almost unnoticed, usually less than 1%. One time the car sat for three weeks, but that time, it was inside a garage. I lost less than...

Another "one and done".

OP is from the UK, so they are asking about the unique plates that they use. OP, surprised that the dealer didn't do that for you. I've spent time in the UK, and I was under the impression that all cars had the plates installed before the customer took delivery. Keith

Been very happy with the basic AP on my Model 3. Have only had one or two incidents of "WTF", but have always been able to counter it quickly. But I pay close attention even when on AP, no set it and forget it. Also, there are a bunch of us here that might take issue with your statement that...

Have you seen any appreciable range hit / increased power usage with these tires compared to the OEM tires?

Discount Tire and America's Tire are the same company, just depends on what part of the country you live in as to what name they are using. Here in California, they use America's Tire.

Another shout-out for America's Tire / Discount Tire. Have had nothing but good luck with them over the years on all of my cars. And, beware of going to places that have names similar to them. As the OP found out, the imposters don't provide the same level of service. Keith

I bring donuts, but not after the service, before. That way they (I hope) will take extra care with my car. They definitely remembered me when I came back later to pick up the car after service was completed...."Hey, Keith, the techs really appreciated the donuts, thanks for doing that!!" Keith

For 10 days......park it and leave it. Turn off Sentry Mode, and try not to check up on it using the Tesla app while you're gone. I've left mine at the airport while I'm on business for upwards of 2 weeks, with no issue. Battery lost about 8-10% of charge while sitting. Keith

You are the first person that has figured out what this means (my profile name and my license plate). This is the UK postcode for my father's childhood home, which I still own, with my siblings. I was born in that house, and lived there with my family for the first four years of my life (nearly...

Just wanted to give a quick shout-out to the Tesla Service Center in Pomona, CA. I have my Model 3 in for service on the drivers window, as well as abnormal noise when the car was put in Park. It took a while to get an appointment (about 4 weeks), but I was impressed with the entire process...

Mine is also doing this. I unplugged the pigtail cord from the charger and it went back to 32 A. It has happened a few times now, first time was before the latest we update, by the way. Keith

Another vote for Discount Tire / America's Tire (depends where you live, they are the same company). However, do your due diligence before you buy, as they will match anybody's prices (including installation and shipping).

Ford Focus Electric. The car that convinced me i could go all electric.

Agree that this wouldn't be complicated to do. However, it may not be effective, because using that scheme, the mirrors darken even when there is no bright light around. This would significantly reduce the effectiveness of the mirror in the dark with no bright light (say, backing into the...

Are you sure? Because I've noticed that my mirrors dim when bombarded with a bright light, such as a numbnut coming up behind me with their brights on. Typically the sensor for the mirror dimming is in the inside rearview mirror. It assumes that if the inside mirror is being blinded, so are the...

I have rear tint on my car. Some tinters can do a single piece that covers the rear window and the roof as one piece. My installer couldn't do that, so I ended up with a line. The line is visible from the inside, when sitting in the back seat. It is far enough forward that it doesn't show in the...

This isn't a Tesla problem, it is a problem with any lower profile vehicle. And, I find it hard to "blame" the owners of the big truck, unless they've made modifications to their vehicle to make the lights brighter, higher, or out of aim. The "blame" belongs to our regulatory system that...

Mine has been making this screeching sound as well. I have a mobile service appointment later this week for another issue, and plan to have the technician look at this as well. My car just turned three last Thursday.....go figure..... :-( Keith

This morning when I drove to work, all was fine again......repeater cameras worked when in reverse, no warning signs on dash, Sentry videos clear, etc. Still have my appointment for Thursday morning, and not planning to cancel it. keith

Got this error today. I'm thinking it is a firmware / software issue, though, as both repeater cameras are blank when I activate them or shift to reverse. Also noticed that my Sentry videos show garbled pictures for the front camera. Was able to get a mobile service appointment for this coming...

My Tesla is the only modern car I own that the power windows continue to work when you open the door. Like adayley posted, I have found that when I use the door to assist me out of the drivers seat, I sometimes inadvertently hit the power window switch and partially roll one or more of the...

I work for Raytheon. They began installing EV charging stations in our parking lots in 2015, right when I got my first EV. They were immediately filled with people charging their vehicles, to the point that they had to institute a maximum time limit to charge, and they also put in a process...

Um, duh??

I just found this change today while exploring the new 48.26 release. It changes the view of the car on the app as well. Keith

Buy a code reader for $25 on Amazon. Plug it in, reset the codes. Easy peezy.

Surprised that sentry mode uses so much electricity, but that does explain 20 or so miles of difference, as I left the car in the parking garage at my office for about 11 hours. Will have to make sure not to leave sentry mode on the next time I go on a business trip and leave the car parked at...

So, thought of that, should have included it in my original post. When I saw that the mileage was higher on the app, I opened the car door, and the screen came up saying the same thing (150 miles remaining). This was within 90 seconds of plugging in.

Thanks for the response....yes, understand that. So that explains why I drove 85 miles, but "used" 116 miles of electricity (although, that's a lot of energy to be used to run Sentry mode, using that rate, my battery would go to zero in a week of using Sentry mode). What that doesn't explain is...

So I haven't been driving my car much since the pandemic allowed me to work at home, in fact, since March, I've only put about 2,000 miles on my Tesla. But, every couple of weeks, I do have to go to the office, which is a 85 mile round trip. Yesterday I did that drive, and noticed some weird...

This must have changed since I traded in my non-Tesla back in Nov 2018. The Tesla offer was $3,000 higher than Carmax or Carvana was offering, and $2,000 over KBB trade-in value. 2015 Ford Focus Electric.

When I got my Model 3 back in Nov 2018, there were a couple of "dead-tree" manuals, believe they were related to the warranty and to what my rights were if I had a dispute with Tesla. Likely mandatory documents, either by the state (I live in the People's Socialist Republic of California), or...

Wonder whether California's strict environmental regulations have any impact on the quality of the paint, I don't think anybody else is making cars in California except for Tesla. Agree that the paint on this car requires more care to keep looking nice than any other car I've owned. Keith

That is a very early car. #6216.

Sold a Nissan Armada to Carvana last week. Got a quote on Monday, accepted on Wednesday, arranged for pickup on Saturday. They came by and did a cursory inspection, verified the mileage, had me sign two pieces of paper, handed me a check, and took the keys. They parked the car on the street in...

Well, that would explain it. I don't have FSD. Thx Keith

I don't see the Homelink button in my app. Android phone, car is 2018 with Homelink installed from the factory. Keith