The power plant in out Teslas are actually Boxer (or perhaps Inline? I've never actually looked) 6000 - 8000 cylinder monstrosities. I saw this earlier today, someone on reddit mentioned going from 8 cylinders to zero and one of the responses was instead of losing 8 cylinders he gained thousands!
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On Sunday we went to OMSI in Portland for the Pompeii exhibit (definitely worth it) and they have two spots dedicated to EV parking with chargers. I didn't notice them until after we parked, but it was kind of hard to miss them when we got out of the car because we were two spots over from them. I wouldn't have taken one of the spots anyway as I still had 240 miles of range and it was only 25 miles home. Leave it for someone who needs it.
The two cars in there were a plug in hybrid and an eGolf, but when we left, there was a champagne metallic Model S 85D plugged in. My SO hadn't seen the color before and thought it was interesting, but I noticed the mirrors weren't folded. I though they started adding the folded mirrors before the dual motor came out. I wonder if the folding mirrors were broken or the owner forgot to lock the car?
The two cars in there were a plug in hybrid and an eGolf, but when we left, there was a champagne metallic Model S 85D plugged in. My SO hadn't seen the color before and thought it was interesting, but I noticed the mirrors weren't folded. I though they started adding the folded mirrors before the dual motor came out. I wonder if the folding mirrors were broken or the owner forgot to lock the car?
gavine
Petrol Head turned EV Enthusiast
I think auto-folding mirrors is an optional setting so that owner may have set it for manual fold.
DrivingRockies
Closed
That must have been it and I must have missed the setting. I had looked for mirror settings in the past because their behavior drove me nuts pulling out of the garage, but the last firmware update fixed all my complaints.
Past August we did Portugal - Germany - Portugal for 28 days, traversing Portugal, Spain and France (and back) to visit Germany in our Model S 85D. We drove a total of 11027 km (approximately 6892 mi). Almost at every Supercharger, other drivers - most of them German drivers - would come to ask about the car, "You are so far away from home, how do you do it?". Or "How long does it take to charge?". Or "What's the range?"
One person in particular added lots of other questions, about maintenance, consumption, speed, acceleration... At one point my answers must have been too precise for him, he said / asked:
- I work for BMW, do you work for Tesla?
- No, I'm just a happy Tesla owner!
One person in particular added lots of other questions, about maintenance, consumption, speed, acceleration... At one point my answers must have been too precise for him, he said / asked:
- I work for BMW, do you work for Tesla?
- No, I'm just a happy Tesla owner!
Great idea, great consideration. Good man.
IMHO, all tesla owners should be considerate of the needs of other, less-capable EVs. With an exception for emergency charging, of course.
Alan
Agreed. There are only a couple of EV charging spots at Dulles Airport (IAD) and I have only parked there once. Always disheartening to see Teslas parked there -- especially when they aren't even plugged in. Just seem to want to park close to the terminal. I'd like to see the the EV charging spots moved farther from the terminal and more of them installed. That way people would park there when they need to charge vs. just for convenience. Would also like to see more spots that can access/use a 120V outlet. When I go on a trip for 10 days or whatever, would love to just plug it in but don't need anything but a trickle charge...alas all the outlets I've seen in the garages at Dulles are marked "not for public use" although I've never seen anything plugged in them. Am wondering if I'd get yelled at if I did plug in to one of them....
RogerHScott
Active Member
I don't know what these words mean. I walk away and the car locks itself. "Forget" what?
dedicatedtek
Member
I'm all for this at every charging location. I tend to park farther at any location anyway...
Ha! My wife has gone from finding it funny/cute that i park wayyyy over there when the car was brand new, to rolling her eyes, to now just being resigned to the fact that I am still keeping it up.
If memory serves me right any Tesla stock holder ordering a M3 automatically goes to the head of the line. Don't matter if you have 1 share or 10,000.
Just another perk from Tesla.
HankLloydRight
No Roads
On the chance you're not joking, no, shareholders do NOT get special treatment for M3 orders.
Drive in movie theater is open in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire and at Milford, New Hampshire.
Check around your state as while they might seem old fashioned are a great way to go to the movies with the kids and still have a great time with the wife. Here in New Hampshire both still have a kids playground in front of the screen and it's an excellent way to let the kids tire themselves out before the second feature starts..
dgpcolorado
high altitude member
I expect that a lot of Tesla owners practice "defensive parking" to prevent door dings — I certainly do! I don't mind a longer walk.
navguy12
Active Member
I don't want to take advantage of any perk I don't need if I might be otherwise denying someone else who does need it. To me that's just common sense. It's probably also a good ad for Tesla to have a Tesla parked near the EV chargers and not using them.
If I had plugged in I would have been able to recharge the car, but 30 miles of range is about $0.80 out of my pocket. I've literally found more than that dropped around the house by house guests in the last couple of months.
Acho
Member
I have about a dozen tesla moments a day but today my brother in law sent me the best one.
Total stranger posted photos of my Tesla on his instagram - priceless
Total stranger posted photos of my Tesla on his instagram - priceless
I know this is probably off-topic and against the rules to post a link to another thread, but I think it kind of qualifies, so here it is... how amazing is this thread? Tesla adventure in Outback Queensland and North-QLD
Arrive in Hope, BC to Supercharge. Sleepy town, but decide to take a walk around the downtown only to discover that Hope is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the first Rambo movie which was filmed in the town. No wonder this place looks familiar! Get to tell my kids all about a movie I enjoyed watching when I was their age. In a regular car I would have driven past and missed a cool bit of pop-culture. Supercharger stops are often great opportunities to discover things off the beaten path.
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