Remember that Sentry videos are kept in a different folder than videos that are manually saved by using the Save function. This can cause some confusion when trying to find Sentry videos to match up with manually saved videos.
I have mixed feelings about Tesla insurance so far. Last Friday when all this occurred, I called them immediately and also tried using the Tesla app as well. We waited on hold for a long time and then we were told that it was going to be an hour before they could get a tow truck to my location. Instead, we just went with the city police's suggestion of having the local tow company take the car to their yard. The other thing that bothered me was that over the phone they told me that they wouldn't be able to start helping us till Tuesday. Not sure why Tuesday but we called them Monday and things did start to progress.
Apparently, I have the option to either deal with the other parties insurance (State Farm) or I can have my insurance company (Tesla) handle it for me at the cost of my deductible. When my wife spoke with State Farm, they told here that they pay my deductible as well for my agent to handle things. I didn't want to try and deal with it all since I don't really have the experience so I'm having Tesla insurance doing the leg work. Unfortunately, Tesla insurance is telling me that they only cover 1k of extras to the vehicle and that I would have to pursue the rest with State Farm. Kind of sucks. When I bought this policy, I got max limits on everything. 1 million in coverage, etc but I don't remember any part of the insurance dealing with add-ons to the vehicle. Like another poster stated, maybe you have to ask your agent specifically about adding a rider or something for that additional expense. Live and learn. Doesn't seem fair that my car was parked safely and despite that, it's taking a lot of time and energy (and perhaps cost, not sure yet) to get things back to the way they were. But......who said life was fair right?
Haven't been out much since the virus. Today was an exception though. My daughter was down from Minn and we were at one of those baby imaging places where they can create these 3d models from sonograms. Anyway, someone comes in and asks, "Do any of you have a white Tesla?" I look down at my phone and it shows the alarm went off. I ran outside to this:
My heart sank. This is my first nice new car. The guy had fled on foot bloody. Police caught up to him. Not sure what he was thinking since it was his own car. No seatbelt and his head went through the windshield. In any case. They pulled his Audi away and here was the after shot:
Broke the axle on my car and at this point I'm almost hoping it's totaled. I can't imagine them ever getting it back to the condition it was. I loved that car! My wife couldn't believe I had tears in my eyes...lol. I'm just so bummed. I have Tesla Insurance so we will see how it gets handled. I don't think it will pay for things like $5500 PPF, custom painted wheels, tint chrome delete, etc, etc. I guess that is what I get for loving a material object so much.
Which makes sense. Sentry mode isn’t always recording, an event needs to trigger that. The event was the collision.
If you are finding these one second long video files on a drive that you are removing from a car to view, I might have some help for ya.
Nah, I was reviewing sentry mode footage saved very recently from my car, no unplugging happened.If you are finding these one second long video files on a drive that you are removing from a car to view, I might have some help for ya.
Before you remove the drive from the USB port, press and hold (about two seconds) on the camera icon until it changes. This prepares the drive to be removed from the port, preventing directory corruption. One second video and corrupted files are a dead giveaway that the drive wasn't "unmounted" correctly prior to being pulled out of the USB port.
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Be careful chasing after anybody. There was a guy on Reddit who's Model 3 was getting beat up by a group of 3 or 4 guys. Owner tried to intervene. Ended up in the ER beat to a bloody pulp, got charged with assault, and the car was basically totaled. Not an intact body panel or piece of glass left.
Why beat yourself up... Shite happens right? And I assume you worked hard for this car...otherwise you would not have cared so much. So just make sure you get back what you should rightfully be entitled to ( I wonder if using that word Entitled will bring out the trolls? ) and then get another Tesla and have the attitude that you get a 2nd chance at Love...and you know better and perhaps not get the same exact things now that you have a better perspective on what you liked and didn't like with the one that is now damaged. When will you know if it is totaled?Being 55, I've owned a few new cars in my life. As I mentioned though, this one was over the top for me. This is a Model 3 that with tax cost me over $68k AFTER rebates and tax incentives. Then another 2k for FSD and 7k in add-ons. Close to 80k. I was so damn protective of this car that I probably got what I deserved. Making the family walk to the outer edge of every parking we stopped at. Never allowing food in the car (only in the frunk). I've had the car almost 2 years now and it never got a scratch. Buying every known cleaner Amazon offers to detail inside/out every week. No. I have vowed to never fall in love with a car as much as I did this one...
Oh sorry, no. He wasn't in the vehicle at the time. He was not in danger until he confronted the guys. So he was charged with assault.
