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How is it that people are able to take modules from these older S/X packs and do EV conversions with them? Are they always using modules from the same donor pack? Are these systems unsafe due to the mismatch? Do they have a better way to balance than what is built into the Tesla pack? Is the...

How long does the tooling last? The oldest tooling is 12+ years old now, so maybe at the 15 year mark?

Slight chance that improves things. They seem to know exactly what causes the issue and in over 2 years they haven't fixed it. You'd think a slight component redesign to make it a little tighter or the latch a little more springy is all that's necessary. That's what it the latch issue sounds...

Why refuse to tape it? Takes a few minutes and fixes the issue. I had to remove and re-apply tape after a year. Not ideal, but better than dealing with the constant creaking.

There's no reason for either of those things to have to wait for a significant refersh. The design and wiring for those features has been nearly complete since launch. There is even precedent in China of adding RGB to the existing Model Y (dashboard only). Who knows what's holding it up, maybe...

You don't need to wait for the app to connect before pressing a button. That loading is for the internet-based connection to get the car's status but if you are within Bluetooth range the commands will work over Bluetooth immediately. If your app isn't connecting over Bluetooth and must send...

I'd love to do that if there was someone local wanting it. I hate wood in my cars.

Did we ever figure out what happened with those? I don't recall anyone saying they were delivered a car that was half a year old. I remember while they were there gathering dust, new ones were rolling off the line and being delivered.

EPA rating on the Palladium LR with 19" wheels appears to be 238 wh/mi according to Teslamate. That makes sense with 405 miles corresponding to 96.4kWh usable. I was able to achieve that this summer when driving on small highways going about 55mph. My old 2018 P100D with 19" wheels had 310...

The extra $20k for the track package will depreciate to $0

USS was removed in early 2023. You can find some early 2023 VINs (manufactured late 2022) that are the second version of Palladium (SOP15 with new lights, HW3, with USS, without radar). According to this page https://service.tesla.com/docs/ModelS/Circuit_Reference/Palladium/ SOP16 started...

Spaceship man bad. He must be happy that the competition mostly sucks. Cybertruck competition doesn't though.

I think people are mainly concerned if there was an actual change to the cars other than the EPA rating. Tesla did reduce the pack size going from Raven to Palladium by a small amount, and we're concerned they reduced it yet again. A 35 mile reduction for the Plaid isn't insignificant.

I have no idea, but the exception mentioned earlier could very well be it. LR could still be using the old rating, while the Plaid got a new rating possibly due to the new sport seats that were leaked a couple months ago.

I don't think so. Both LR and Plaid have a mode that the manual says conditions the battery (Insane and Plaid), although no one seems to notice any actual efficiency difference using this mode. I leave my car in Insane at all times and it doesn't appear to be doing anything over Sport for...

So the Plaid got significant changes but the LR did not? I guess if the Plaid is getting those new sport seats that could have triggered the new range test. But the LR did get a new higher range on the 21".

This is weird. Acceleration mode should have no impact on the EPA cycle. Will the ride height impact be severe? Worst case scenario for ride height is disabling auto lowering and setting it to high, but at highway speeds it still automatically forces it down to normal. Could that really account...

The service manual had a procedure for new Plaid specific sport seats (Tesla leaks new Model S sports seats for Plaid version) Probably RGB too, support for that has been there since the launch

Model S/X line usually gets retooled in late Dec/early Jan. Possible that's what's going on for the rumored minor update.

There is an option under security in the app to toggle phone key on/off

Were any actually delivered?

Were you actually scheduled to pick up a Standard Range? Did anyone actually get one? Or did they cancel it before they actually delivered any?

It is the same car as the LR with a software limit.

Maybe it's fast on cars where the previous owner has released ownership, and manual on cars where the previous owner has not done so.

The Palladium isn't compatible with the old style batteries which those 90kWh batteries are.

The matrix headlights on the S are a massive improvement over the old reflectors even if none of the matrix functionality is being utilized. The old lights were so terrible.

The refresh doesn't have Insane+, it has drag strip mode which is basically the same thing. Yes that uses a lot of energy.

Hmm I wonder if that's true. I leave mine in Insane mode and it's very efficient.

The issue with the brakes is when you are using them repeatedly. A single use should be able to stop the car fine.

It's not as reliable or as accurate, but the convenience of not carrying a fob is worth it for me. My new S auto-presenting handles only auto-present about half the time with my phone key but my old S worked >99% of the time. Just pressing the handle wakes it up and presents them though.

This has happened multiple times already why would you expect any difference? Especially knowing the price increases were due to supply and demand mismatch.

The sunroof in the older S is really great. It was very hard giving it up when I traded my P100D for the new LR.

HW3 cars built in 2021-2022 have USS, HW4 lose the USS and get better cameras and radar. I don't think they'll work as well as USS at the front of the car because they still haven't added a fascia camera so there is a large blind spot.

They're selling off a lot of demo vehicles, since early this month. A bit early to be selling off the demos, unless there is a significant change coming.

This sounds like a bug I had in ~2021 with my 2018 P100D. The bug lasted about a year before a subsequent update fixed it. I also started lowering the charge threshold so it wouldn't do that. Big waste of energy. It would wake up constantly when it barely lost any energy to top off. It hadn't...

The line may have fallen off, or possibly the car was originally sold without Ludicrous mode if it was purchased in the early 2019 firesale. When they "removed" Ludicrous mode on those cars during the sale, some actually had it disabled but the majority actually retained it. If it was a lease...

Where is the news of the line being down for retooling? If it's actually down I would assume it has to do with HW4 as all the other known changes are just slightly different parts to install.

I'm not sure if that's in the manual. Just my personal experience.

The lights come on automatically if the MCU takes too long to wake up. "Too long" is a pretty short time frame, like 3 seconds in my experience. Usually the MCU wakes instantly but I've had maybe 5-10 instances in the 7 months that I've had the car where the lights lit up on their own. MCU woke...

They're working fine. At some angles you can see they're a bit recessed but I haven't had any issues.

I've had this happen a few times. The issue for me is when I'm trying to switch direction but still moving too fast, the car lets you swipe the screen and does the animation but nothing happens. It should either disable the swiping UI or it should make the error beep if the direction wasn't changed.

Which is unfortunately a small decrease from the final version of the previous battery pack. The penthouse is now filled with the charger and DC-DC converter instead of battery cells. Does anyone know what Tesla is using the space under the rear seats for in the S? The charger used to go there...

It should with with the old version of the app. I did have to try pairing multiple times after installing the old version. I even upgraded to test and it broke the key, then downgraded again and it took multiple attempts to pair. But it's been working fine for me.

I'm having this issue now on my Fold 4 that just received Android 13. Phone key completely broken. Just tried downgrading to 4.14.3-1431 and still not working. Interestingly, phone key can be paired by tapping the phone to the pad as of you were pairing a key card, but the Bluetooth connection...

I can't on my April 2022 S. New lights and 16GB ram but no tilting screen.

Why spend another $3000 when I already have these?

I have a winter wheel and tire set with 19" silver slipstreams (245/45R19) and Pirelli Sottozero 3 tires that I purchased from Tesla for use on my 2018 P100D. This weekend I installed them on my 2022 Model S (Long Range / Refresh / Palladium) and they fit fine. They're not as wide as the...

This is the pre-Palladium Model S? I am pretty sure they switched to busbars in the Palladium S. Easier to assemble. Part #7 Back when the Palladium parts catalog was first uploaded there were two versions of the busbar showing in the diagram, along with two different charge ports visible in...

The charge port area is isn't actually larger with regards to the exterior body panels. It's just that the charge port extends further back into the taillight than it used to, this allows a larger area to install the charge port into. I think it is mounted an inch or two further towards the...

The openings in the body body appear to be exactly the same to me. The charge port is likely going to be an issue though. Back when the EPC showed both styles they looked quite different and I believe included different busbars down to the battery pack.