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    Tesla Owners in Alberta

    Question for all: to help combat cold issues while leaving TM3 parked outside for extended periods in cold temps, would it be effective to buy a small solar kit (dash mounted) and a cabin heater. It would theoretically run when the sun is shining, which in Calgary, is quite often.
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    Tesla Owners in Alberta

    Me again... So, I am struggling a bit with numbers. I could go buy a Toyota Corolla hatch and get 25% better fuel efficiency than what I am getting now. and a brand new corolla is $30k, fully loaded. I could also go buy a barely used Jetta TDI and still get better milage than i get now. Yes...
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    Tesla Owners in Alberta

    So....I just talked to the YYC Tesla office. It was a relatively quick chat, but the sales rep was very polite and informative. He is recommending that I go with the RWD long-range. Guess what? There happens to be 3 of these "in-stock" here in town. WHAT A COINCIDENCE??!!?? I have an appt on...
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    Tesla Owners in Alberta

    great info on the hauling racks, thanks very much. I have 3 kids and most of our running around is in the canmore area. So they can suck up being a bit squished for a few KM. Our other car is a *cough* *cough* a Dodge Caravan. it does what we need it to. Lots of cargo, video ent for kids...
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    Tesla Owners in Alberta

    Great points. Thank you! Not sure if we are allowed to mention other cars here, but I am also waiting to hear about the Hyundai 'kona Electric. It sounds like a promising vehicle. Any thoughts or opinions on that one?
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    Tesla Owners in Alberta

    Hot Damn!!!!! Just what i was looking for. And thank you for doing the math at the end. That's a pretty telling story. And that $4400 is minimum fuel cost. We do lots of other driving, again, kids, mountain bike, ski, etc. The car will get beat up on the highway, but I have read about the...
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    Tesla Owners in Alberta

    Hi everyone, New to the forum, new to Tesla's, looking for info..... I live in Canmore and commute 4 days a week to the west side of YYC 4 days a week. 90km each way. 180km/dayx4days/weekx48weeks/year=35,000km/year, and that's just work, never mind running kids around, etc. I have a 2016...