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After looking forward to getting the V12 upgrade, now that I have received it, especially if this is where things are going, I absolutely regret purchasing FSD and will never buy this feature again if we buy another Tesla. With Ver 11 Beta, I had a truly useful feature in my car. I would let...

Does anyone have any recommendations for a Tesla Certified body shop in the DC/Maryland area? Preferably, close to Bethesda/Rockville. I know tesla now has a body shop in Rockville. Has anyone been there? I appreciate any recommendations for a skilled body shop that mostly works on high end...

Does anyone have a recommendation for a Tesla Certified body shop in the Bethesda/Rockville area? I know tesla now has a body shop in Rockville. Has anyone used them? I'd like to take the car to a shop that works on high-end cars with lots of experience and can do a great job color matching...

I have to park my car later this week on a very steep driveway for several hours and I want to be absolutely sure the car will not slide down. Am I worrying about something I should not worry about or should I buy a couple of wheel chocks from Amazon? Any recommendations? These are what I'm...

My center wheel caps are starting to look really horrible as they delaminate and essentially start peeling away. They were already starting to peel when I took delivery of the car and I should have had them replace it at that time. Are these covered under warranty? How can I get these center...

I probably fall under the more cautious category of FSD Beta users and I'm wondering if my expectation of offset distance from curbs, curbed "traffic islands," roadside brush and other obstacles is unreasonable. By this what I mean is that when I supervise FSD Beta, I essentially want to have...

Just wondering if my wish for a toggle option to request confirmation before initiating a lane change, similar to how NOA works, is a bad idea. With NOA, I love having the option to accept or reject NOA wanting to switch lanes. For me, this would remove most of the stress I have in using FSD...

I really hope we get Waypoints sometime soon and I feel Waypoints are even more critical with FSD use. There are many routes I take to get to places that are different from computer generated routes. Sometimes it is to make the route less stressful, faster, safer, shorter, better access to...

I purchased FSD with the car years ago so I'm looking forward to hopefully getting access to the FSD download button soon! Am I mistaken or have they removed the temperature from the Model S instrument cluster interface with the FSD 10 update? It seems the temperature is missing from the...

I am selling the spoiler that came off of my Model S P100D. There is very slight delamination of the carbon fiber on the edge of the spoiler but it is hardly visible unless you know where to look. You can see the condition of the spoiler on the photos and I'm happy to post additional photos if...

I have a set of cream colored all weather mats for sale for Model S. The mats have circular indentations that look understated while trapping dirt, mud, water, and snow. Ordered new and never used. $60 and prefer local pickup in the Washington DC/Bethesda area. Also for sale Model S spoiler...

We are preparing for a bit of a road trip that's about 5.5 hours (from Washington DC to Upstate New York/Mohonk Mountain House) and I'd like to make a time lapse of the entire trip but without any ugly cables dangling. What are my options for a suitable camera with sufficient battery life (2+...

I was wondering if a moderator could please help me change the title of the following thread? I just wanted to have a way to conceal the Sentry Viewer from people who valet park the car and a few forum members strongly opposed to my idea of a PIN to protect the Tesla Cam viewer and there has...

I LOVE the new Sentry viewer and they've done an amazing job with the interface showing a thumbnail with a very easy way to switch between the different video feeds. My only issue is that anyone who has access to the car now has access to all the Sentry and TeslaCam videos with no password...

Does anyone have any ideas on how to free a spider that managed to get himself stuck INSIDE the driver's side rear quarter tail lamp where the charge port is? He's still alive but don't know for how long... Is there any way for me to remove him? Anyone else had this issue and figure out a...

I've had about car for about a year and even after two service center visits to fix the chattering/noisy windshield wipers, I still have noisy wipers. Just came across this video that seems to explain exactly what causes the issue and how to fix it. Each time I took the car to the service...

This thread is related to the following thread: PSA: Check car when you get it back from a valet/What's the cost for a painted front bumper? Basically a parking attendant at one of DC's 3 or 4 best hotels damaged the front right corner of my bumper when I just a few feet from my car. They...

Last weekend I had my car valet parked at one of DC's finest hotels and unfortunately the valet damaged the front right corner of my bumper and curbed the right rear wheel when I was standing just a few feet away from the car! I always assumed at a venue similar to the one where this happened I...

Unfortunately a valet damaged my car but fortunately it happened right in front of me, TeslaCam captured everything, and the damage is limited to a scratch on the front bumper so I assume that the front bumper will need to be repainted. I'd prefer to have this done at a Tesla certified...

I'm sending all my 2019 financials to my accountant and to make sure things are done properly I want to give him exactly what should go in Form 8936 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8936.pdf About Form 8936, Qualified Plug-In Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Credit | Internal Revenue Service I...

I love how Tesla has loosened up service requirements for the Model S but I'm still not sure why they have a disclaimer about ESA warranty contingent on service when there is nothing much to service. My first year service is coming up so I'm wondering what I should do to make sure the ESA is...

The strangest message keeps coming up on the instrument cluster when I press the brake pedal to start the car: "Unable to drive - Authentication required" Has anyone else seen this? When this happens I manually unlock the doors by double clicking the fob and while still seated on the driver's...

I was driving the other day when all of a sudden as soon as I made a turn, a TMPS alert went up for 3 of my wheels at the same time. They are now all showing 40 PSI in yellow. It's odd all 3 wheels are stating the same pressure and I'm hoping this is because of the drop in temperature and not...

I thought I could not drive my car any carefully than I do already but apparently not. I was pulling out of a parking area with a slightly steep incline going down and I thought surely the car could handle it. Sure enough it could handle the incline without scraping anything but then at the...

As promised earlier, I wanted to share the results of having Paint Protection Film installed on my Model S. I want to be clear that though both SunTek and TLC Auto Detail have supported TMC as official vendors of this forum, I have absolutely no connection or financial benefit with them. I paid...

I have a WIFI Hotspot "JetPack" from Verizon and it works really well as a Hot Spot but the issue is that I see no way to turn on the hot spot with the car. Does anyone know of a HotSpot that will automatically turn on with the car and continue to run until the battery is depleted or low and...

Just for redundancy I'd like to install a Dash Cam and I'm trying to figure out the best way to do it. I'd like the install to be as clean as possible from the inside and the outside and this is the best mount I could find: BlackVue mounting bracket for Tesla It basically makes the DashCam a...

I'm having a strange issue with the clear coat/coating of the spoiler of my car coming off within less than a year of ownership. Has anyone had issues with the carbon fiber spoiler clear coat coming off? Most importantly, have you been able to get this fixed under warranty? I've been going...

With the Electrify America charging networking coming online, with likely other charging networks also coming online, it would be great to have more choice when traveling. I was wondering if anyone knew of a timeline for when we might see a CCS Adapter for the Model S in the US. It's great that...

I received V10 last night followed by another V10 revision this morning (must have been an urgent bug fix!) and I'm extremely happy to report that the V10 Web browser supports Plex streaming! I have an extensive Plex library so this is awesome news that I can pull my Plex library from the car...

I've had my car "unprotected" for several months now and, unfortunately, there are now a few small scratches and nicks on the front bumper from rock chips and who knows what. After much research, I have located a a PPF install with reasonable fees in the NOVA/Washington DC area but before the...

Has anyone seen issues with video corruption of one of the repeaters after 2019.32.2.2? I pulled up both Sentry and TeslaCam footage and unfortunately I'm seeing consistently sporadic video corruption on one of the repeaters after 2019.32.2.2. I have already done the following to try and fix...

When I receive a software update notification, it's a bit like Christmas, and I'm always excited to install the update quickly to see what new features are available, and most importantly to see if they have fixed the USB music player so that music resumes when I get back in the car. I received...

We are coordinating a Group Buy for SunTek Ultra Defense Paint Protection Film for Tesla owners in the Washington DC area. If you are interested in taking part or finding out more details, please post a message on the following thread. Anyone looking to have PPF in the DC area? We are...

I'm researching options for PPF in the DC area and I was wondering if anyone else was also looking to have this done so we could possibly have them do multiple cars. Related thread: Has anyone wrapped their Model S with Suntek Ultra Defense I'm leaning towards SunTek Ultra Defense, as it is...

I've been researching Paint Protection Film for a while and I'm considering an installer who uses SunTek and I know they have a new thicker product called Ultra Defense that claims to offer more protection. Paint Protection Film At first I was thinking about using Ultra Defense on the front...

In terms of hardware features, what I find lacking most in the Model S is 360 View for tight parking situations and even sometimes when driving on very narrow DC streets where someone is not parked close to the curb and there are vehicles passed on the other side with barely enough room for one...

Sentry is one of my favorite features in the car, but I really wish it handled the lighting differently. When you enable Sentry I wish there were these 4 options (mostly to do with lighting): No Lights: This would cause Sentry to record everything but not flash lights at the slightest...

A recent software update enabled game controller support (I think it actually supports two!), but I'm not having any luck getting my XBox controller to work. Just curious if anyone managed to get Beach Buggy to work with an XBox controller and if you had to do anything special to enable the XBox...

I am getting super excited about the impending V10! Apparently "Caraoke" is going to be a part of V10 so that should make road trips extra fun :) I hope V10 retains the ability to always keep the review camera active. While toys and games are used perhaps <5% of the time you are in the car, the...

I have a small scratch on the driver's side front fender area. It is hardly visible from certain angled and I tried my best to capture it on a photo. What are the best options for fixing this without making it into a huge production involving repainting an entire section of the car. Is there...

I'm getting closer to having at least the front end of my car wrapped and wanted to see what the consensus was for Model S PPF wraps. I found an installer for both XPel as well as Suntek PPF and wanted to see if one type of film was better than the other type or if they are both essentially the...

Just planning a day trip to Shenandoah National Park with a stop at the Off The Grid Cafe at Sperryville, VA with a Tesla Destination Charger. Just wondering if anyone had any others for other day trips in the DC area, preferably with Tesla chargers.

Is it just me who's having problems with the automatic garage door opening not working any more? I recently extended the range of my garage door opener, bought special RF shielded LED bulbs, etc., but now it seems after one of the recent software updates the garage door no longer opens when I...

I hear an intermittent high frequency rattle from the plastic sides of the center console and wondering if anyone has had this issue resolved. I can make the sides of the center console rattle just by shaking the sides so I guess this is what happens when going over an uneven surface. Is this...

We are planning a trip to Norway for the summer and would like to rent a Tesla while there and looking for the best option to rent a Tesla with full comprehensive insurance coverage. I'm just starting to do my research so would love to hear from anyone who has any information on the best source...

I'll be parking my car at a place that's quite busy with people walking around and I'd like the car to blend in as much as possible. I would like the security offered by Sentry Mode to record any incidents but not flash lights when people are simply walking past the car as that might invite...

So I have an interesting situation. I need to take enough desserts for about 60 (!) people in my car for a July 4th celebration but when I reach my destination, I need to keep the desserts cool in an underground parking lot for about 3 hours before I need them. I won't be in the car for the 3...

Could anyone who has experience with a P100DL share your thoughts about what you have observed with torque steer? I've yet to do a full Ludicrous launch for more than 2-3 seconds, as I stay around the posted speed limit but I've noticed torque steer during these launches and wanted to see if...

So after much searching and trying our various combinations, I found a working wireless adapter and game controller combination. It's so much more fun to play the games with a proper game controller. So this is what I did to get everything to work: Wireless Adapter This is needed to wirelessly...