IWRBR
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I think most if not all of the stamping is done in the US as well.
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Tesla is 80% vertically-integrated, meaning that they do pretty much everything. What they don't do is the stuff that is specialized enough that they'd have to start a new company to operate efficiently in that space. Electronics, displays and headlamps come to mind.
Spridle
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Graduation for me went very smoothly, after Tesla pushed the time back two hours. The car appeared flawless to me, though admittedly I did not bring a micrometer, water hose nor a magnifying glass with me to delivery. Matrix headlights, charger included. 2 miles on the odometer. Quick acceleration and fairly easy to figure out. The autopilot calibration took longer than others reported- mine was about 20 minutes. I was very pleased with my color choice which is good in my case, as I was experiencing some cognitive dissonance! MSM looks a lot better in person.
Thanks to all of you in helping make a long wait more enjoyable. Best of luck!
P.S. At the last minute, I decided to name him "Chip".
Thanks to all of you in helping make a long wait more enjoyable. Best of luck!
P.S. At the last minute, I decided to name him "Chip".
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Quick question, so I do know with a regular gas powered car when it’s brand new you’re not supposed to floor it for the first probably 500 miles or so. I wanted to see if that’s the same case with electric cars like Tesla
tm3lrawd
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For anyone concerned about the headlight issue, take a look at this thread on pages 36-37. @metroplex makes an argument based on IIHS data that the Model 3 premium reflector headlights are a little better than the global matrix headlights at lighting the road straight ahead.
2022 Q2 production Model 3 missing matrix headlights?
2022 Q2 production Model 3 missing matrix headlights?
Received my delivery text this morning for the P. Scheduled delivery next Monday, June 27th, at 10am. If that date holds, it will be 11 days from when I switched from LR to P.
E90alex
Active Member
Send it.
I think I saw somewhere it’s recommended to perform a bed in procedure for the steel brakes though.
gators918
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Happy Graduation Day!! So happy all went well. MSM is an interesting color the way it changes. Good luck with Chip!!
According to this source, 65% of a Tesla is made in the U.S./Canada. Not sure why they combine U.S. and Canada.
2021 Made in America Auto Index
Key Points About the 2021 Made in America Auto Index. What percentage of your vehicle's value contributes to the overall well-being of the US economy and why does this information matter to you?
kogod.american.edu
Nice! That gives those of us who ordered in May 2022 some hope that delivery could happen sooner
arichard2401
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I don't know much about the details, but I assumed this was the case. Better than nothing though I guess if you're looking to buy American.
E90alex
Active Member
You can’t adjust the level of dimming but I believe you can disable dimming in the settings.
This is another thing Tesla does poorly. In every other vehicle, the auto dimming is based on a light sensor on the interior rear view mirror. So the amount the mirrors dim adjusts linearly to the amount of light hitting the mirror. Tesla seems to use some other method to determine when to dim the mirrors and they seem to always just go to max.
arichard2401
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Second day of driving this thing with a few observations, but I'll start by saying I absolutely love this car and am looking for every excuse to drive it. I'm at 62 miles an Autopilot hasn't calibrated it yet, but I think that's because I have been mostly driving it on back roads, and our freeways here suck (I have never seen so many faded road markings until I moved here).
That said, my biggest complaint is audio integration from a semi-audiophile perspective. It seems like Tesla took a divergent path from Apple Carplay and Android Auto and is now kind of left behind. The fact that only the glove box will do data from a USB device and there's no aux jack is pretty pathetic. Sure if you have a Tidal or Spotify subscription you're fine, but if you use anything else you're stuck with bluetooth (which is fine but not able to do high quality audio). Personally I use Sirius XM and Amazon Music and I'm kind of left out of the premium audio department unless I want to put my phone in the glove box every time I drive. Seems like an aux jack would have been a really simple and cheap way to satisfy everyone. Oh and Tidal is great but has no shuffle. WTF? Sound system is great though, like everyone says. Our local NPR music station, WXPN, sounds amazing in HD radio.
My wife was pretty intimidated driving the car for the first time. But after we got everything set up, she had no problem. She's not a terrible driver, but not really someone who would consider themselves a good driver. One pedal driving took a little bit of getting used to but it didn't take long at all. I think my biggest surprise is how non-intimidating this car is to drive while still being able to go so damned fast. With setting up another phone key, it seems weird that my wife would use my Tesla.com login on her phone, rather than set up her own. I guess there's a way to get Tesla to assign a VIN to two profiles, but it was very un-intuitive to just use my Tesla login to set up her phone key. It's not particularly clear in the manual that you're supposed to do that either.
It's worth the wait everyone, hang in there. Hope everyone's delivery experience goes as well as mine did.
That said, my biggest complaint is audio integration from a semi-audiophile perspective. It seems like Tesla took a divergent path from Apple Carplay and Android Auto and is now kind of left behind. The fact that only the glove box will do data from a USB device and there's no aux jack is pretty pathetic. Sure if you have a Tidal or Spotify subscription you're fine, but if you use anything else you're stuck with bluetooth (which is fine but not able to do high quality audio). Personally I use Sirius XM and Amazon Music and I'm kind of left out of the premium audio department unless I want to put my phone in the glove box every time I drive. Seems like an aux jack would have been a really simple and cheap way to satisfy everyone. Oh and Tidal is great but has no shuffle. WTF? Sound system is great though, like everyone says. Our local NPR music station, WXPN, sounds amazing in HD radio.
My wife was pretty intimidated driving the car for the first time. But after we got everything set up, she had no problem. She's not a terrible driver, but not really someone who would consider themselves a good driver. One pedal driving took a little bit of getting used to but it didn't take long at all. I think my biggest surprise is how non-intimidating this car is to drive while still being able to go so damned fast. With setting up another phone key, it seems weird that my wife would use my Tesla.com login on her phone, rather than set up her own. I guess there's a way to get Tesla to assign a VIN to two profiles, but it was very un-intuitive to just use my Tesla login to set up her phone key. It's not particularly clear in the manual that you're supposed to do that either.
It's worth the wait everyone, hang in there. Hope everyone's delivery experience goes as well as mine did.
Man keeping up with this forum is a full time job. Went away for a few days and just read through 50+ pages of posts. Thanks everyone for all the great advice.
Currently have a M3LR, black, 19’s, no FSD on order. Seriously considering switching to White Performance since it’ll only cost $2k more than my current order.
Currently have a M3LR, black, 19’s, no FSD on order. Seriously considering switching to White Performance since it’ll only cost $2k more than my current order.
E90alex
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She can make her own Tesla account and you can allow access to your car through your account.
But sharing the login works too and she would get access to all the features. I believe secondary users of the car with their own account don’t have as much access to the car with the app.
For the Teslas are manufactured in the US discussion. Good timing.
That's because ICE cars need time for the oil to sink into the parts of the engine etc no need on an EV. As someone said the breaks might need a little breaking in but overall you can punch it right off the lot
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