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    HELP! How can I pay for my Tesla in Germany?

    US Govt contractor on SOFA status in Germany. I brought my US Spec Kona electric with me and am considering getting a German spec Ionic 5 (no plans to go back to the US any time soon). Anyone have any insight on whether I should use the VAT form or go for the German federal EV discount? I assume...
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    2015 70D f/s in Baltimore $65K/obo

    Sold back in May
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    2015 70D f/s in Baltimore $65K/obo

    Time to start socking that extra $800/mo into my retirement account.... 25K miles, minor wheel rash on one wheel (SC sends this out for repair @$150)Model S 70D All-Wheel Drive Midnight Silver Metallic Paint Body Color Roof 19" Wheels Grey Next Generation Seats Piano Black Décor White Alcantara...
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    Modifying the Tesla Center Console for phones in cases (Pictures Included)

    Toothpick trick worked like a charm. Thanks!
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    AC turning on at random while parked and locked

    Nope in a garage and the ambient temperature was in the 70s (F).
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    AC turning on at random while parked and locked

    The instance this morning at work it was not plugged in. Strange. We'll see what they see in the logs.
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    AC turning on at random while parked and locked

    I have it turned on, but both instances have been at times I almost never use the car. Late afternoon after coming home from work and mid-morning while at work. I asked Tesla to take a look at the logs. If it does turn out to be Smart Preconditioning, I would say they should lose the Smart part...
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    AC turning on at random while parked and locked

    Yesterday afternoon a few hours after I parked I went outside and heard my Model S Sig making a bunch of noise. Opened the app and found the AC on. It said it was 95 inside the car which isn't particularly hot for this region and I've never seen this happen before. Then this morning the...
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    Model S Wet Okole seat covers black w/ wine piping - SOLD

    Model S Wet Okole seat covers black w/ wine piping Free to good home. Full set of Wet Okole custom seat covers in very good condition. Fit like a glove. I bought these to protect my Sig's seats from my 180 lb English Mastiff, but it's much harder to get the hair off them than just the...
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    Tesla floor mats

    I have an early Sig which came with pretty cheap mats. They were replaced twice by the service center with supposedly better ones but they are all crap. The last set they added velcro to, but they still crumple up under the pedals and the velcro only makes it worse. I looked on the Tesla Gear...
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    Superchargers in VA

    It's for the battery swap robot, natch.
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    Signature Angst

    echoing the "wish I hadn't read this thread and re-kindled the sig premium angst" sentiment. The gym bag is nice. haven't used it tho. I definitely don't want any personalized badging. I don't know how long I intend to keep the car, but I certainly don't want to think about my name popping up...
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    Slacker Any Song only worked in the beginning [Confirmed - pending resolution]

    I was curious about the original Tesla entered account being better than a Premium account after reading this thread, so I emailed to ask for the original account information so I could compare. In the response: "Slacker Premium is currently not support in Model S as we originally designed the...
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    Pet barrier ideas?

    It's not to keep him in the way back, but I use one of these in my S for my Mastiff puppy. Works great to keep the car clean and keep him from falling on the floor and out of the front. And it folds up nice and neat to stow in the wheel well or frunk. Kurgo Khaki Wander Hammock Dog Car Seat...
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    Key fob cracking on top

    Yeah, when my S was delivered in October one of the keys had a crack all the way across it. When they replaced it they insisted on keeping the cracked key. I was a little annoyed that they would insist on sending the thing back to get tossed or dropped in a parts bin rather than letting me keep...
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    Change wiper blades

    Funny, since the last software update my wipers don't go all the way down at the stop position. They go down the last inch or two and then up on every wipe. I thought that was a temporary nod to the complaints on this, but maybe it's just a malfunction on my car (since I don't see anyone else...
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    Random Model S sightings

    Sad to say I saw an empty black (I think) Model S sitting on the shoulder of the ICC in Montgomery County MD on Sunday. Breakdown? Range miscalculation?
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    What makes a Model S weigh so much?

    Even though it doesn't seem like it when I'm trying to squeeze my big a$$ through the drivers door, this car is huge! Plus there's the weight of all those secret hidden but not yet activated features like sonar, 360 degree cameras, motors to fold the mirrors, etc.
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    Firmware 4.1 Issues

    I hope that's just a glitch with your car and not new default behavior. I've driven with the charging port open a few times (mostly when the J1772 adapter gets stuck). It would be very annoying if the car wouldn't start just because the charge port door is open. Fine, beep at me, but if it's...
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    Pace of Super Charger Location Announcements

    I'm not sure Tesla will provide any kind of details on superchargers during calls with the street. Solar City owns that business now, so Tesla can maintain arms length relationship. And I seriously doubt SC will be interested in vacant real estate for locations. Besides the promise to put...
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    Y connector to combine 2 campsite 14-50s?

    So, half the price of a spare Universal Mobile Connector cable.
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    Y connector to combine 2 campsite 14-50s?

    Better yet, give us a price on a built one. :-)
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    East Coast Supercharging network

    More info please! Did you charge to range mode? How fast did you drive? How many miles of range did you have left when you got to the next SC? I'm interested in making the drive from Baltimore to Hartford next month and am still a little nervous about the 200 mile distance between Milford and...
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    Coated windshield impacting door openers and EZpass

    I don't have a way to post a pic right now, but there is a clear visual difference to the right of the rear-view mirror mount. EZ-Pass worked for me when held in that space. I ended up getting a license plate mounted transponder so didn't mount it there permanently.
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    Connectivity: service plan/upgradability/speed

    Drop-outs are when using slacker from the car, not via my phone. I live in downtown Baltimore and commute about 20 miles south towards DC. I95 and BW Parkway all the way. No reason I should be in an area with poor reception. In fact, there are almost always 5 bars of reception. Nav maps are...
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    Connectivity: service plan/upgradability/speed

    I have to say, I'm not happy with the connectivity in my car. As others have noted, the map tiles are fairly slow to load on the nav screen. I also get fairly frequent drop outs trying to stream audio. In fact the FM reception is pretty poor too compared to other cars I've had. I wonder if...
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    Coated windshield impacting door openers and EZpass

    Yup, if you need to fold in the passenger mirror, you gotta get out or ask your passenger to do it Nope, works fine in the area of the windshield clearly marked for this, and a plate mounted transponder works great and protects you just a tiny bit from bumper scratches Didn't take quite 100...
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    Model S web access

    Confirming - No HTML 5 and no Flash ATT.
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    Owners: what are the three biggest quirks or drawbacks that you have found?

    Soflauthor - Ask your service tech to take care of this. Mine made an adjustment on both front doors and now they close easily and normally.
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    Model S Technical / Mechanical Issues

    I did notice the whine once last week, but forgot about it so haven't tried to replicate. I don't have performance model, so maybe it's more pronounced there, or maybe I'm just not the leadfoot I was in my younger days. No noises from pano roof when closed. Ranger came out to install my...
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    Performance 21" wheels in snow

    What does Billy Bob's tire shop charge to put your car up on a lift and swap four wheels? Can't imagine it's much. Probably not worth it to me to trek to the Tesla service center for this. For that matter, it shouldn't take an hour to do it myself even if I have to jack up the car one corner...
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    Nema 6-20

    Car is going to be plugged in on the ground floor. Panel is on the 4th and I'm not going to invest in running new wire down from it. I talked to my electrician and he is going to install a 6-20 from those same pictured wires and make me an adapter for the NEMA 14-50 that comes with the Model S...
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    Wiki Model S Delivery Update

    My delivery specialist said extra UMCs will be available eventually, but for now there are only enough to go with the deliveries. Same with adapters. You get NEMA 6-15, 14-50, and J1772, but no others are being made yet and no extras can be purchased yet.
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    Nema 6-20

    The box is on the 4th floor. Main is in the garage. No existing conduit, given the construction, the cheapest way to get any other power there would be to replace the main cutoff and put in a sub panel for upwards of $2K. I rent, I commute 40 miles, and failing a way to make this work I'll...
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    Nema 6-20

    I have a similar issue, except there is no outlet in the garage, but a heater wired to the 208/20 breaker. My Tesla rep said there are no other adapters available right now besides the 5-15, 14-50 and J1772. So I guess I'm going to have to have whatever receptacle meets code installed and get...
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    Financing options

    I went with USAA. They are offering 2.49% for 60 months, 2.99% for 72 months for new auto loans over $35k. You get .25% knocked off if you set up auto-pay from your USAA account. Filled out the application on-line, printed, signed and faxed back pre-closing docs, then finalized and got a Dealer...
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    Baltimore Deliveries

    Got the email last night. VIN is 209. I doubt that's any indication of drop outs though. More likely batching and/or speed of returning the pre-MVPA
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    Model S Service Contracts - the poll edition(tm)!

    The coming Bethesda service center will be about 40 miles from home in Baltimore. I will happily pay the $2400 to never have to brave DC traffic to go there.
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    Model S Delivery Issues and Communication Concerns

    Sorry I can't offer up any better explanation for my Sig #802 coming earlier than other, lower numbers. Geography and finalize date seem to make the most sense to me. Unlikely parts availability or QC, since my VIN# is very low (209). I'm not friend or family. Don't know anyone at Tesla, have...
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    Baltimore Deliveries

    digitaltim, did you get the call yet? I got mine last night. Expecting delivery first half of October.
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    Expensive car ownership

    Teslanomics: The Economics of owning a Tesla Motors Automobile
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    Moving from US to France - Import US version or (painfully) wait for EU

    If the timing works out that you will have the first / only Model S in Europe, then you should definitely go for it. If charging or registration becomes an issue, I guarantee you will find someone willing to put up with or pay to resolve them in order to get a Model S six months earlier than...
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    Baltimore Deliveries

    I'm Sig 802, so not too far behind you. Paperwork says September but I'm expecting October at this point. We'll definitely have to have a meet up somewhere. Here's a list of regional car shows we could crash: Maryland Car Shows
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    Remote Kill & Track

    I'd be more worried about someone (an angry ex?) getting access to the app while I'm in the car than stealing the car while I'm not.
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    Who's going to be the first?

    As soon as I can figure out how to fit a porta-potty in the frunk and a microwave and sink in the back seat I intend to call this a mobile home so I can write off the interest on my income taxes.
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    Performance vs. Non-Performance & an extra $10K

    I guess because I'm used to driving an Acura TL as opposed to the souped up BMWs the rest of you drive I'm more impressionable, but I drove the standard S and it completely blew me away. I didn't drive the Performance to compare, but I'm already having to adjust my budget to account for...
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    Latest "Finalize your order" date

    I've had great experience selling cars to CarMax. There's one in Modesto. Take your car in and they'll give you a quote in about a half an hour that's good for a week or 1000 miles.
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    Model S Reservation Tally

    The Signature penalty is only slightly more tolerable because Sigs were sold as a limited production of the first 1000 cars. If they just decide to sell 1500 or 2000 Sigs because they demand is there they are lowering the value of all Sigs which I trust Tesla would not do to those of us that...
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    Model S vs BMW 5 Series

    I would posit that there will continue to be a significant number of people buying a Model S for whom it will be 2x - 4x the price of any car they have ever owned, at least until there are other real options for PEVs out there. I don't have the luxury of comparing the Model S interior to a...
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    19" vs 21" Wheels Pros and Cons

    On a non-performance, non-sig Model S the 21" wheels are a $3500 option. The 21" wheels are included with all Signature and Performance cars. You just don't get any credit if you would prefer to have the 19" wheels.