Hawaii Tesla Owners

[StephenM]

Wow! Good job DSmith. That's a very proactive move for the Tesla community. Many thanks! I've watched the first responders video that Tesla made with that fire dept. in a Cali, but gotta make time to read that link too.

 

[Hawaiiskibum]

Nice DSmith!! Very proactive! I guess I need to read the manual and watch the video too.

 

[gmtom1]

Hi All - Just wondering if anyone here in Hawaii has seen or experienced the new v5.x firmware, either through an update of your MS, or getting a loaner from the SC. If you've been following the rumors on the firmware thread, the current guess is that v5.6 will be rolling out sometime in November to users.

I'm pretty excited to get some of the improvements in v5, mostly to reduce the vampire drain and the ability to tether the car from a wifi hotspot.

 

[spleen]

Hi All - Just wondering if anyone here in Hawaii has seen or experienced the new v5.x firmware, either through an update of your MS, or getting a loaner from the SC. If you've been following the rumors on the firmware thread, the current guess is that v5.6 will be rolling out sometime in November to users.

I'm pretty excited to get some of the improvements in v5, mostly to reduce the vampire drain and the ability to tether the car from a wifi hotspot.

No 5.6 upgrade yet for us - just checked last night to see if the clock had appeared yet or not.

 

[nanimac]

Hi All - Just wondering if anyone here in Hawaii has seen or experienced the new v5.x firmware, either through an update of your MS, or getting a loaner from the SC. If you've been following the rumors on the firmware thread, the current guess is that v5.6 will be rolling out sometime in November to users.

I'm pretty excited to get some of the improvements in v5, mostly to reduce the vampire drain and the ability to tether the car from a wifi hotspot.

I thought the drain would be fixed too but If you read the decreasing rated range thread, seems like some people have a lower rated range than before 5.6.

 

[dsmith2189]

I thought the drain would be fixed too but If you read the decreasing rated range thread, seems like some people have a lower rated range than before 5.6.

I think the lower rated range is due to the (stated) change to the formula they use. Even though they may not have solved the Vampire issue completely, I hope for at least a 50% reduction.
I also reported my GPS location issue today, that I had while charging at TJMax, hoping that would move me up on the list to get 5.6. I will let you know if it works.

 

[WeazL]

I have 5.0 and have only had a few glitches, which resolved themselves. The first was the phone not coneecting properly...resetting the computer and re-pairing the phone fixed this. The second was more bizarre--the HUD displayed a message advising me that my vehicle needed service and to contact Tesla Service immediately. The error message was displayed on the dash screen, bottom, center just below the speedometer. On the 17" screen a red "!" icon appeared at the very top, which when pushed displayed the same message. I got out of the vehicle for a while and then upon getting back in to drive again, the message was no longer displayed and all appears back to normal. I called the SC and Jimmy said no errors were reported and thinks it was just a glitch in the firmware.

I thought the car communicated all errors to Tesla/SC? When I first got my car, the airbag light remained on for days. The manual says to contact Tesla immediately. When I did, again, they had no notice of this error. It turns out that the driver's seat belt wiring harness was unplugged--likely from the factory (or it was seated but not pushed in and worked it's way loose the first day of driving. Not sure how that one was missed and why my MS didn't report the problem. You'd think anything prompting the airbag light to come on would be grounds for notifying Tesla.

Puzzled.

All in all, I'm pleased with v5.0 My vampire drain is 3-4 miles a day on average.

 

[WeazL]

The "Advanced Extrication" video is not for the faint of heart. It trains fire rescue responders how to cut apart a Tesla MS to extricate trapped individuals in the front of the cabin. There are no people trapped in the video--it's just gut wrenching watching them completely cut and pry the front end, windshield and dash assembly of a perfectly good MS and tear it apart. But, as an owner I can appreciate the expense of the vehicle to properly demonstrate the procedures to train our first responders.

A link to the video can be found near the bottom of this page: First Responder Information | Tesla Motors

*WARNING* - A beautiful MS is intentionally destroyed in the video. :scared: You've been warned.

 

[StephenM]

The "Advanced Extrication" video is not for the faint of heart. It trains fire rescue responders how to cut apart a Tesla MS to extricate trapped individuals in the front of the cabin. There are no people trapped in the video--it's just gut wrenching watching them completely cut and pry the front end, windshield and dash assembly of a perfectly good MS and tear it apart. But, as an owner I can appreciate the expense of the vehicle to properly demonstrate the procedures to train our first responders.

A link to the video can be found near the bottom of this page: First Responder Information | Tesla Motors

*WARNING* - A beautiful MS is intentionally destroyed in the video. :scared: You've been warned.

haha! I love the warning disclaimers. It does make an MS owner a little squeamish to have to see it done.

 

[Akikiki]

Anyone read the Investor's Letter posted on TM? There's an interesting comment in the Growing Global Demand paragraph. Opening Service Centers drives demand. (More people are interested in the cars when there's a Service Center for support.) So, they are adding Sales people to the Service Center staff. Interesting.

 

[miimura]

As an example, the new Palo Alto store is in a traditional car dealership building that includes service bays. Many of the service centers have been in purely industrial locations with no retail visibility. I expect they will utilize more traditional automotive real estate going forward.

 

[nanimac]

Anyone read the Investor's Letter posted on TM? There's an interesting comment in the Growing Global Demand paragraph. Opening Service Centers drives demand. (More people are interested in the cars when there's a Service Center for support.) So, they are adding Sales people to the Service Center staff. Interesting.

They should just have Tesla owners rotate as sales people since they are always indirectly "selling" anyway I would work for Tesla credit toward a P85

 

[Akikiki]

Ha ! great idea, but, nanimac, with your enthusiasm, the algorithm used to calculate your pay would look something like this:
nanimac 2 days sales work x enthusiasm / effort = 1 each P85+ credit. TM could not afford to keep for a week.

 

[NigelM]

They should just have Tesla owners rotate as sales people since they are always indirectly "selling" anyway I would work for Tesla credit toward a P85

Saving the planet isn't reward enough? ;-)

 

[NigelM]

Give Bruce007 (from Oahu) a welcome when you see him. He's getting his car soon.

 

[Bruce007]

Model S 85 will arrive end of December. Can't wait. Has anyone gotten windows tinted, and if so, where with what result ?

 

[nanimac]

Model S 85 will arrive end of December. Can't wait. Has anyone gotten windows tinted, and if so, where with what result ?

ProTint in Kalihi. Dwight's great. He's done a bunch of Teslas.

 

[Akikiki]

Bruce007, Welcome to being a Hawaii Owner. Tell us about your S...

 

[drtko147]

Bruce007, welcome to the party!

 

[spleen]

Welcome Bruce! We did ours at ProTint and very happy with them.