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With weather challenges and the underlayment fully battle tested – including frost, ice, hail, and of course plenty of wind and rain (Oregon after all), we were commissioned December 15th, 2020. The team did a fantastic job. Couldn't be happier!

Is anyone else noticing strong torque steer in the Model Y? I’ve driven two sales demo units (prior to buying), both performance versions (one a stealth model), and now my newly purchased performance Model Y. All three of them show strong torque steer on hard launch (pulls to the right). My...

I’m looking to order a Performance version Model Y (MSM with white interior), but thinking I might also see if I can find a set of 20” turbines and set up with winter tires (if cheap enough), or go with 20” Martians. Just want to make sure these 20” wheels will clear the performance red...

So I ordered the Cybertruck two days after the launch, on the morning of 11/23, and received my Owl, email, and RN. But only now am I realizing others who’ve made their reservations actually also have the truck show up in their account too. Mine does not. I have my 3 listed, along with my Solar...

Why are so many converting? Mercedes, BMW, Porsche, Audi, Lexus, Ford, GM, Chrysler, and more. What’s it like to Drive a Tesla? It’s something you will simply never fully understand until you sit behind the steering wheel and put your own foot down on the accelerator. It starts with the...

Summon only works about 10% of the time - getting it to move [Forward] in to the garage. If that. But works about 65% of the time moving out of the garage in [Reverse] mode. Our garage driveway is a modest incline up and into the garage, and it has executed pulling into the garage on 2...

Five days of ownership, less than 300 miles, and my dash and center console are rattling and squeaking like an old chevy truck with 200,000 miles on it! I'm not pleased. In the "olden days" 2012, 2013, and even into 2014, Tesla would fix your squeaks and rattles, no problem. These days ...

I absolutely love the fluid graphics/UI on the Model 3 screen, and compared to my 2013 S (since sold), it's so 2.0. But the one thing that has always nagged me, is the display at night. I dim down the dark screen to around 5-8% brightness, anything less than that and all the rest of bright...

Any tea leaf readers, deciphers, deviners out there... calling when we’ll see white and tan interior options made available for config? How many others are holding out for this? I am not a fan of black interiors - detail gets lost in the dark and shadows, too claustrophobic, overly hot in the...

One thing is for sure, we are going to see more change in the auto industry in the next 4 years than all of the past 100. 3 EV competitors coming from China: Faraday Future Forget Faraday Future’s Crazy Concept Car. It Has Bigger Plans Faraday Future's next electric vehicle, a first sneak peek...

Tesla just hired the man responsible for the Porsche Mission E’s futuristic interior. Tesla just hired the man responsible for the Porsche Mission E’s futuristic interior

First off, congratulations to Elon and everyone at Tesla. Your amazing attention to quality, performance and safety has brought you to this point! I am stoked to be here too. No doubt the eyebrows have been raised, the jaws dropped, and bodies are beginning to get up from the floor - at the...

Her critics say she’s pursuing an impossible idea. But for Meredith Perry, the ambitious co-founder and CEO of uBeam, wireless charging at a distance is the real deal. Mark Cuban calls it a “zillion-dollar idea.” He invested without ever seeing a prototype. Marc Andreessen, Shawn Fanning, and...

So in reading about the close call with dealers nearly getting Tesla banned in WA, Tesla getting blocked in NJ, Ohio, Texas, and other states... state by state, we need to get ahead of the curve. Get proactive. Rather than learning about these dealer sneak attacks after the fact, discovering...

Don't know if this is posted already, but got an email from Tesla this morning. What a great video, particularly when then handles bust through the ice! Tesla Model S - Cold Weather Performance - YouTube

Good article about cost of power production across all platforms is significantly dropping, while adoption (consumption) is at the tipping point... The Future Of Clean Energy Is Arriving | EarthTechling

So I needed to go get some fuel for my power washer yesterday. And I was not about to go get gas in my Model S. Didn't want my Model S to stoop, plus I didn't want to put that stinky, stained soaked gas can in it either. So I get in the Jeep Grand Cherokee, to fire that up (to drive 1.5 miles...

So after 10 weeks of 60 mile daily commutes, and a couple of 150 mile days, we finally got the chance to take our Model S on a road trip across Oregon. It was uneventful -- and a total blast. For my birthday, the wife planned a white-water rafting trip for the family on the Deschutes river in...

I've been observing this from a year ago in my test drives then... the main screen is very well laid out, very quick and easy to navigate, very intuitive... except for the "Controls" section. In the Controls section, there are way too many layers, side menus, top menus, half screens, etc...

Everyday I get in the car and go. But for a brief instant between "Car Off", and car ready, a whole row of warning icons flash on and then disappear. What were they?! It was too fast to process... until I grabbed my iPhone and snapped a pic. Since this is a glass cockpit, these warning "lights"...

Things are looking good with auto review after review. Should be interesting to see what the next annual review from JD will yield. It looks like their Initial Quality report comes out end of June each year. How they gather data and report: F.A.Q.'s - Frequently Asked Questions | J.D. Power

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk to speak at Teslive users conference - San Jose Mercury News Good job Teslive crew!

From Texas Tribune - "House Committee Gives Tesla Motors a Chance" "Updated April 23, 6:25 p.m. The House Business and Industry Committee advanced a bill on Tuesday that would allow Tesla Motors to circumvent the state's franchise dealer system and sell cars directly to Texans, giving a shot...

I know many of us have been forecasting gasoline prices to keep creeping from $4 to 5, and beyond. Much of this based on inflation, increasing (global) demand, dwindling resource access, etc. But now this, lest we forget the laws of supply and demand, gas in Oregon and Washington has fallen...

So this has been mentioned from time to time, but thinking we can make this an official thread for "firsts" and records for the Model S. First to take a Model S cross country: Steve and Jesse for Owner Bill, VIN 38 - Blog story Highest elevation driven to date: Cottonwood at Trail Ridge CO...

To maximize the ROI of your Model S (ignoring resale value), you really want to put every mile you can on this car... especially with gas, in some parts of the country, now going well North of $5/gallon. Calculating how we could put as many miles as possible on our future Model S (rather than...

From today... Tesla Motors rolls out new service center in Fremont, other locations - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal Back in August... Tesla Motors to open service center in San Rafael - San Jose Mercury News

Just say this brief article in Pop Mech. a Tesla concept - Nerf Ray gun... Backyard Genius: 10 Ingenious Amateur Builds for 2012 - Popular Mechanics And his video... The Tesla Gun - YouTube Which then got me to thinking about what kind of "Tesla" security systems you could make for the...

This in from a BMW designer - Apple's influence in white product designs carries over to the automotive industry... BMW designer says Apple made white the most popular color for car buyers

In a matter of years we'll begin to look on the current ICE as a "steampunk" technology... vs. If this doesn't make the case for efficiency, nothing will. ;)

As GeorgeB originally stated back on June 22, they will deliver your Model S anywhere it makes you happy. And so originally I was thinking it would be fun to take possession of my Model S at Fremont, get a tour or the factory, and then road trip it back to Portland... until I discovered...

I can't even imagine receiving my Model S this week as Jason (Sig serial #00000001: jason (Jason) on Twitter) is getting his tomorrow at 10am. But what kind of emotions would you have if I were receiving yours this week, vs. (as in my case) getting one 9 months from now, when 10,000 are by...

My work situation is changing here (it's a good thing), but the down side is it now means I'll be commuting about 50min to an hour -- one way -- five days a week. 60 miles round trip. Through PDX and over to Vancouver, WA. Half of it with rush-hour traffic, second half against the traffic...

Who's going to be the first... The first to chrome their 21" wheels? Going to be the first to custom repaint their car? First to put carpet on their dash? You fill in the blank....

Can you throttle the output of the High Power Wall Connecter? Assuming you have 100A coming in to the HPWC, I've heard conflicting stories from the Tesla reps that charging the Model S at 80A slightly shortens the battery life each time. However, it would be handy to have that high amp...

I was thinking the other day how much cooler it would be to have "color keyed" door handles on the Model S. Perhaps just the outside face, leaving it chrome on the inner handle/grip areas. This way the whole side of the car would look flush, maybe just a touch more futuristic, with no chrome...

No doubt there's some answers to this already, via Roadster or other custom EVs pushing the experience. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvnCgW5tSsc But I'm curious about breaking in an electric motor. More-over how hundreds of people over the course of a Get Amped weekend constantly dumping...

Here are some pics of the Tesla charging location at Washington Square, Portland OR. Twin 100Amp 600VAC max capability... Nice digs... Replete with its own transformer... This garage is a little more private/obscure, west side of the Mall, sort of below ground, just North of the...

So some of you know, that I've been following Elon on this car since 2008/09, and I'm a recent TMC junkie, and some of you are/were surprised that I'm *not* a reservation holder. In fact, I have to give a big shout-out to AndyM for having me as his guest at Thursday night's private opening...

I think I've seen a thread on this already, but couldn't find it via search (and this is half in jest), but still curious to know about "bumming" some electricity when you're in a pinch. For those of you with real world Leaf, Roadster (or other EV) experience, when you're caught low in charge...

So driving from Portland to Seattle today, which without traffic would take 2:50 for 180 mile trip. Today though, it's Friday (the 13th), and it will take a little more than 4 hours. Wife is driving, while I work from the jump seat. We've spent about an hour in stop and go driving along...

Solar panels on the home? Okay so I'm a novice on solar technology, understanding only that electricity is produced during the daytime. And perhaps there is a thread on this already, if so please point me to it. If your discharging your EV primarily during the day, and charging at night... how...

So I love seeing the test drives from this vid below, just wondering if any peeps from this forum are in any of these (pics or otherwise)? Just trying to put faces to those here, and who have been blessed with a drive already. First Model S Test Drives on Vimeo Anyone know who's in this...

Please limit your choices to just 3. By keeping your choices limited we will see which are most important, and hopefully in the 2013 model we'll see an upgraded model S. In a car aiming to be the World's best car, and at $85,ooo+ what basic features do you expect, even demand, in a...

Article posted yesterday by Popular Mechanics. Looks to be mostly accurate including early production ramp up rates... Take a Look Inside the Tesla Electric Car Factory - Popular Mechanics

As we all know an EV vehicle begs/demands to be a car that is driven - frequently. Particularly in the city. The current car that we drive everywhere is a relatively new Avalon Limited, and it's a very fast car, while getting up to 32mpg on the highway and 26 in the city... yet this car is...

I couldn't find the answer elsewhere in the forums here... But what does "keyless entry" mean in the Tech Package group for the Model S? Don't all cars owners get the Fob? Or without the tech package, will you be using keys to get in the door? I haven't seen any door pics with a keyhole in...

What is your one primary motivator for going EV, buying the Model S ? 1. Expected cost savings in gas and engine maintenance 2. Reduce demand on (foreign) oil/geo political 3. Convenience of charging at home rather than filling up at a gas station 4. Environmental benefits 5. Performance...

Sponsored by PGE... "Join us to learn all about electric vehicles — see different models up close. If electric vehicles intrigue you, head to Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland on Sat., 9am to 5pm, July 14 2012." Customer News: EV Celebration Day, July 14 | PGE Photos...

I'm just wondering what it would take for an S (or Roadster) to make the million mile club. How many battery packs? One motor? How soon? Who has the most miles racked up already? Fun article at showing other vehicles and owners that made it... Million-Mile Club: The World's...