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What did you do to your Tesla Model 3 today?
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HenryT
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PR-UK
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Ordered these back on the 5th May, 'dispatched' on the 6th and since then absolutely nothing, DHL still say the label was printed but not received the item.
Picked mine up on Monday after dropping it off at Azuri Car Care in Stevenage to have it polished, ceramic coated, and PPF added to the sills and around the back of the wheel arches. Looks great and hopefully make it easier to keep clean!
RedMod3
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Today I am going to try out for the first time the BP Chargemaster 7kW wall unit (that I received free with my Smart Car, which I'll never use on the Smart Car as the Granny Charger will always be good enough).
I've set the BP charger to start at 1:45am and finish as 6:00am with a target of "Full Battery" and "Fast" charging, so 7kW.
The Tesla is set to start charging at 2:00am to add about 120 miles, so should finish between 4am and 5am.
Let's hope this works.
I've set the BP charger to start at 1:45am and finish as 6:00am with a target of "Full Battery" and "Fast" charging, so 7kW.
The Tesla is set to start charging at 2:00am to add about 120 miles, so should finish between 4am and 5am.
Let's hope this works.
Today I am going to try out for the first time the BP Chargemaster 7kW wall unit (that I received free with my Smart Car, which I'll never use on the Smart Car as the Granny Charger will always be good enough).
I've set the BP charger to start at 1:45am and finish as 6:00am with a target of "Full Battery" and "Fast" charging, so 7kW.
The Tesla is set to start charging at 2:00am to add about 120 miles, so should finish between 4am and 5am.
Let's hope this works.
I don't understand why you have to have settings on both the car and the charge point? If the charge point is set to always on then it will charge the car from the time you set on the car up to the percentage you set on the car (or on the Tesla app).
RedMod3
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Good question! We are on Economy 7 tariff, so cheap power always between 1:00am and 6:30am, so I only want to charge during those times; I set the start time in the Economy 7 period even though the charger is wired to the 24hr supply socket.
The charger could in theory be used to charge the Smart car, but being mean, since the Smart cannot set a charge start time, I didn't want to risk paying twice the price to charge it.
I do have a Tesla charger too and would have no use for smart capabilities of a gen 3 charger, but since the BP charger was free, I thought I'd try it out.
The BP and Tesla chargers are wired via a change-over switch so both can't operate at the same time.
RedMod3
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Well that didn't work out as I expected! My Tesla only charged at 16A, so instead of finishing during the cheap Economy 7 period, it continued charging at 16A into the peak period.Today I am going to try out for the first time the BP Chargemaster 7kW wall unit (that I received free with my Smart Car, which I'll never use on the Smart Car as the Granny Charger will always be good enough).
I've set the BP charger to start at 1:45am and finish as 6:00am with a target of "Full Battery" and "Fast" charging, so 7kW.
The Tesla is set to start charging at 2:00am to add about 120 miles, so should finish between 4am and 5am.
Let's hope this works.
.A call to BP Pulse confirmed there is a small change-over switch inside the BP Pulse connection box and this switch determines whether charging is at 16A or 32A.
So, I decided to drill a hole in the connection box and mount the switch, so it could be operated from outside the connection box. A warning, this should only be done if the charger is in a dry place like a garage, as the connection box then becomes non-waterproof.
Photos show my modifications with the connection box cover off and on. Now I can easily set the charging current, and tonight, I will try charging the Smart Car at 32A, instead of using the Granny Charger.
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So here it is, the upgrade that I doubt anyone has been waiting for.... Rear passenger bins:
My kids know how precious I am about keeping the car clean, and their excuse is always that there's no where to put their rubbish, so they're out of excuses now.
These were around £15 each, decent match for the black pleather and come with around 25 small bin liners. They also have an LED light. I assume it's not for routing through rubbish in the dark but possibly for using without the bin liners as an additional storage device. They just clip over the pocket on the rear of the front seats.
Main functional purpose aside, they're pretty good at preventing shoe marks from the rear of the front seats.
Also swapped out the all weather mats during the summer months for carpeted ones. They actually have a noticeable effect on sound deadening so come the winter I'll investigate if there's anyway the all weathers can sit on top of the carpeted mats.
My kids know how precious I am about keeping the car clean, and their excuse is always that there's no where to put their rubbish, so they're out of excuses now.
These were around £15 each, decent match for the black pleather and come with around 25 small bin liners. They also have an LED light. I assume it's not for routing through rubbish in the dark but possibly for using without the bin liners as an additional storage device. They just clip over the pocket on the rear of the front seats.
Main functional purpose aside, they're pretty good at preventing shoe marks from the rear of the front seats.
Also swapped out the all weather mats during the summer months for carpeted ones. They actually have a noticeable effect on sound deadening so come the winter I'll investigate if there's anyway the all weathers can sit on top of the carpeted mats.
Will make a new thread when I get round to installing these but I've purchased the sound deadening kit for the front wheel wells. I don't really have any issues with the sound, but it would be nice to tidy up that area and if there's any reduction in sound then that's a bonus.
Before installing, I want to add a ceramic coating, so did a test patch today with the following:
Test patch is the darker centre strip in the liner. I used Gtechniq C5 but after leaving it for the recommended drying time it doesn't seem to have any impact on water repellence so think I'm going to need something specifically designed for fabric, such as 'CarPro CQuartz Fabric and Hood Impregnator'.
Will save the C5 for the callipers, order the CQuartz and weather dependent will install next weekend.
Before installing, I want to add a ceramic coating, so did a test patch today with the following:
Test patch is the darker centre strip in the liner. I used Gtechniq C5 but after leaving it for the recommended drying time it doesn't seem to have any impact on water repellence so think I'm going to need something specifically designed for fabric, such as 'CarPro CQuartz Fabric and Hood Impregnator'.
Will save the C5 for the callipers, order the CQuartz and weather dependent will install next weekend.
RedMod3
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Every four weeks we have a Chinese takeaway, and there is a really good one where we are. There's a little Chinese boy aged 11 who operates the till, and he's keen on cars, and he's good on maths too, so today I took him for a 45min ride in my M3P (having of course made the appropriate arrangements with parents).
He was fascinated with the car and likes Teslas, and spent much of the time on Spotify and asking lots of questions about the car and the "engine". This made my day, and made his too. A happy ending.
He was fascinated with the car and likes Teslas, and spent much of the time on Spotify and asking lots of questions about the car and the "engine". This made my day, and made his too. A happy ending.
Mine went up by a whopping pound (Churchill too) adding the alloys made no difference to the price. Went on comparision sites just to compare but came out a lot more than my renewal even tho its not due until the 1st
Doudeau
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I finished up my holiday in North Wales by dropping into DAJ Automotive to have my pretend wood replaced by Alcantara.
I wasn’t keen in the pretend wood in my first 3 - my new MIC was just too much with the door pieces too.
Great service and chat with the team there. Proper Tesla enthusiasts.
I wasn’t keen in the pretend wood in my first 3 - my new MIC was just too much with the door pieces too.
Great service and chat with the team there. Proper Tesla enthusiasts.
Sparkeur
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Today, in my Model 3, I drove to my local DHL depot to pick up a parcel....
and this is my first post using what was inside it...
and this is my first post using what was inside it...
Ooh err! It actually works then!Today, in my Model 3, I drove to my local DHL depot to pick up a parcel.... View attachment 696211
and this is my first post using what was inside it...
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