Three months probably, six months definitely.
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Driving Melbourne to Brisbane in 45 Celcius heat
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I'm one of them.
Got a screw through the tyre, went flat in 10 minutes. Used a compressor a few times to limp back home then took another car to go buy a puncture kit.
Got another 40,000ks on that set of tyres
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It does. Makes the air thinner and reduces drag.
At really high temps that's negated by the need to blast the AC though :-(
That's probably not the best way to emulate the Lotus - I think it used a propeller.I'm one of them.
Got a screw through the tyre, went flat in 10 minutes. Used a compressor a few times to limp back home then took another car to go buy a puncture kit.
Got another 40,000ks on that set of tyres
In all seriousness, my commiserations to just about all Australians right now. I was looking at the nationwide temperature map on the Melbourne Age last night - gracious. Hope Tasmania doesn't sink with all the refugees....
Candleflame
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I just did a road trip from Brisbane to Bundaberg and back, driving mostly in the middle of the day. It was around 35 outside. Before I had the roof shades and tinting done (especially the tinting) the a/c had to be on at least down to 20 to make the cabin comfortable. I'm now using 23, and it's just as comfortable. The Rayno S9 tint has made a massive difference with its 90+% IR rejection.
Arriving at the Maroochydore supercharger with only 7% battery was a bit arse-clenching though, especially since the trip planner said I'd have 12 when I started out.
the question is, should we now also tint the windscreen? (i. e. a 100%vlt tint)
Same thing happened to me, the leak was slow though. Drove to a mobile mechanic's shop nearby, they put a patch in while I waited and charged me nothing. Still driving on the tyre today. I carry a patch kit now, just hunting down a scissor jack and kit to go with it...
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I'm not sure if I'd bother doing the windscreen. Nothing's quite as clear as pure glass, especially at night with oncoming headlights, and glass will be less likely to pick up microscratches over the years.
Also, that far North the sun is higher in the sky, so won't get quite as far into the cabin, ie won't hit the back of the driver's seat.
One of my favourite things about the car is the ability to pre-cool it. If you max the aircon for 15 minutes before getting in it really helps cool the roof as well, and I've never felt uncomfortable even on the hottest days.
I did ask about this at the place I went to and they said they can't / won't do that. I'm not sure if they thought it was illegal, or simply didn't have the right tint to do it.
Arriving at the Maroochydore supercharger with only 7% battery was a bit arse-clenching though, especially since the trip planner said I'd have 12 when I started out.
Also forgot to say, charging maxed out at 130kW after the latest software update.
Any coating (i.e. Tint) to a windscreen (other than noted below) that reduces its luminous transmittance is illegal in NSW. So it looks like even a clear film that passes 99.999% of visible light would therefore be technically illegal!
Relevant part extract from NSW Legislation:
Window tinting(cf ALVSR 2015 r 44; 2007 reg Sch 2 cl 45)
(3) Glazing used in a windscreen of a motor vehicle must not be coated in a way that reduces its luminous transmittance.
(4) However, subrules (2) and (3) do not apply to the greater of the following areas of a windscreen—
(a) the area above the highest point of the windscreen that is swept by a windscreen wiper,
(b) the upper 10% of the windscreen.
Source: NSW legislation - clause 44 and 44A cover glazing and tinting
Candleflame
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I just did a road trip from Brisbane to Bundaberg and back, driving mostly in the middle of the day. It was around 35 outside. Before I had the roof shades and tinting done (especially the tinting) the a/c had to be on at least down to 20 to make the cabin comfortable. I'm now using 23, and it's just as comfortable. The Rayno S9 tint has made a massive difference with its 90+% IR rejection.
Arriving at the Maroochydore supercharger with only 7% battery was a bit arse-clenching though, especially since the trip planner said I'd have 12 when I started out.
Not really. I routinely arrive with 2-4% at a charger or 3 phase outlet due to lack of fast charging and large distances in north Australia. Some people up here with the less efficient Model S have scrape
I personally would not look at what the car says, I would just record your average efficiency using one trip meter and calculate the remaining range from there or set yourself a watt/km number you need to stay under. This is more accurate... I.e. I have one stop where I need to cover 520km so I know have I to get better average efficiency than 142W/km or I need to slow down.
Teslas internal calculator seems to ignore AC and HVAC usage.
170 I think? The limiting factor was probably the V2 supercharger. I'm passing a 350kW Evie charger on Monday but I don't think my SoC will be low enough to retry this test
All fair comments. But bear in mind I have an SR+ so 7% is closer to your 2-4% in range terms for the LR. I had about 25-30km left. The whole trip averaged 149 Wh/km which was pretty decent considering I had a massive headwind for the first hour.
The metallic coating that comes from the factory (Model S) is enough to stop a lot of heat, just to a feel-test with the hand (compared with my untinted Hyundai windscreen). Not sure if Model 3 comes with the same coating but imagine it would.
The old Model S screens were amazingly good at stopping heat.
The newer ones lack the same ability as it was associated with difficulty getting tollway-tags to register.
I liked the old ones better.
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