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i1eg6d | Battle of the worst: auto wipers or auto high beams | I can t decide which is the worst! My high beams are on when they should be off. My wipers are whipping back and forth for a light mist. These are two of the most disappointing features in my opinion. The AI needs some additional improvements. | cmfrazier | 2020-07-31 20:02:01 | 33 | fzws9gs | Auto high beams. The wipers are soooo much better then they used to be. No improvements to the high beams until they start using the wide FOV camera IMO. | tezzler83 | 2020-07-31 20:44:55 | 60 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
75an3q | Battmobile lithium 12 volt battery anyone use this in their model S? | https: www.battmobilebatteries.com product-page cleaned-revised-lithium-12v-battery-for-tesla-mode Anyone been using one of these for a couple years? Wanted to know how they held up compared to the standard 12 volt battery that the S comes with. Edit: just noticed it has a 4 year warranty now use to be 2 year | BlueManifest | 2017-10-09 17:27:08 | 22 | do4ql9o | I was thinking about whether it s a fire hazard but they are using lithium iron phosphate (LiFePo4) in the battery which is a heavier but much safer battery than the standard higher performance lithium cobalt batteries. It s a pretty neat idea. I built an electric dirt bike with LiFePo4 batteries and they worked as advertised for me in that they never got hot and seemed a lot less picky compared to the pack that I built with 18650 cells... but the penalty is in weight per capacity and volume which in this case for a 12V battery seems like a great trade off. | Eloquent_Cantaloupe | 2017-10-09 18:17:12 | 6 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
cjfbho | Bay Area SR+ owners driving up to (through) the mountains? | Going to be taking my first long-range trip in the 3 (Bay Area to Mammoth Lakes) and I d feel pretty reassured to hear from anyone who has done something similar. I ll be taking HWY120 through Yosemite and BetterRoutePlanner says I can make it with only one stop at the Groveland Supercharger. I guess my question is how well can I trust these route planners? I don t think I have it cut too close but I m really worried about the long steep grades going into the mountains murdering the battery. I notice the miles remaining on the screen jumping around like crazy. Anyone made a similar trip? | jayrot | 2019-07-29 18:33:24 | 14 | evd4z4o | Forget the planner after you looked it all up plan your charging with breaks and meals. We have done this trip many times. We start early breakfast at Mountain Sage in Groveland and charge. Leaving on a cup of coffee at 06:00 gets us there hungry around 08:30. [https: www.tripadvisor.com Restaurant\_Review-g32460-d1972559-Reviews-Mountain\_Sage\_Cafe-Groveland\_California.html](https: www.tripadvisor.com Restaurant_Review-g32460-d1972559-Reviews-Mountain_Sage_Cafe-Groveland_California.html) Hike and charge at Mammoth. We head the long route on the way back quick (20 minutes?) charging reststop at Fish Camp dinner at Anderson s while charging in Gustine and over Pacheco pass to get home. [https: www.peasoupandersens.net homeSantaNella.html](https: www.peasoupandersens.net homeSantaNella.html) Unless it s late then we hit Groveland again taking the short way home. When Yosemite is crowded and 20 mph traffic AP has done the whole park with no problems so I can do some sight seeing. | duke_of_alinor | 2019-07-29 19:57:13 | 12 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
gffoem | Be Careful with Crosswalks because the Tesla will abruptly stop under 2020.12.6+ | It appears that the new Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control feature in 2020.12.6+ will stop abruptly at crosswalks with blinking yellow lights. The problem appears to be that the Tesla doesn t detect them until about 50 ft. so it attempts to stop abruptly. On more than one occasion cars behind me honked. With traffic lights and stop signs the Tesla seems to use map data (perhaps OpenStreetMaps) to detect intersections upwards of 600 ft with plenty of warning and time to slow down. But with crosswalks it doesn t appear to use map data. I confirmed it didn t appear to use the OpenStreetMaps crosswalk information. So I suspect it is using image detection of the blinking crosswalk lights and from my tests it can t detect them until you re almost on top of them. Not sure if it thinks its a yellow light intersection or a yellow blinking light crosswalk. Here is a video of all my tests with both 2020.12.6 and 2020.12.11.1 [https: youtu.be 3YlM\_MK3fH0](https: youtu.be 3YlM_MK3fH0) I tested crosswalks with and without blinking yellow lights either above or to the right of the road. I found a bunch of crosswalks without lights but clearly identified in OpenStreetMaps. Didn t see any crosswalk info in Google Maps. | nickpuschak | 2020-05-07 21:30:35 | 39 | fpt9n3m | Someone needs to make a video on how to make concise videos. | Dr_Pippin | 2020-05-07 21:34:56 | 11 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
eq4jk8 | Be Warned! Tesla Dashcam no longer works with SanDisk MobileMate USB MicroSD Adapter | I ve seen [this USB MicroSD adapter](https: www.amazon.com gp product B07G5JV2B5 ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8& psc=1) recommended a few times in this subreddit for use with the Tesla dashcam. While it worked in the past since I most recently updated my vehicle it has no longer been working. It took me a while to [figure out what the problem was](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments ep00hr daily_discussion_support_thread_january_15 fehpz9y ) but I was able to narrow it down to that adapter. I put the same microSD card into a cheap plastic adapter that came with my old dashcam system and it worked fine. I thought there was a defect with the SanDisk MobileMate adapter I had so I exchanged it for a brand new one. **The brand new one also does not work with the Tesla dashcam system!** The vehicle doesn t even detect that a USB is plugged in. And all the while both the SanDisk adapters have functioned just fine when plugged into a PC. For reference I have a 2020 Model 3 Performance. The SanDisk MobileMate adapter worked fine on the software the vehicle came stock with when I picked it up on 12 26 2019. But after I updated the vehicle on 12 27 2019 it hasn t worked. I haven t tested this out in any other Tesla vehicle. It might be a malfunction with certain vehicles as other people have reported this same problem. | Smoyf | 2020-01-17 18:47:49 | 45 | fenpx6b | Interesting. I have 4 of these and they are all working fine. Edit: What firmware are you on? Could be a bug... | skidz007 | 2020-01-17 19:26:12 | 18 | Tesla Sentry Mode Setup |
k9gayo | Be careful y all my Tesla Tequila came shattered and empty :( | Pics here: [https: imgur.com a nraufuJ](https: imgur.com a nraufuJ) My shipping provider did not provide tracking information at all and the package just showed up with no warning luckily was still around to pick it up and the bottle was shattered the tequila was completely leaked and the packaging was completely soaked. Did anyone else have this experience or any suggestions what to do? | IoWn3rU | 2020-12-08 23:58:32 | 52 | gf436t3 | Is the shipper even allowed to deliver it without getting a signature from someone old enough? | antmakka | 2020-12-09 00:15:59 | 51 | Tesla Delivery Woes |
6u3xpy | Be considerate about where you charge your car. | Had a surprising incident today and I just thought maybe a little PSA would be helpful (and to vent). We run a small family business where we have two electric car chargers installed for customers our property is very clearly not confused with a public space (think farm). Today we had a Tesla S pull up and park in our charger spot plug in and immediately leave in another vehicle that had followed behind. OK we thought maybe he will come back after visiting a few other places and come to our store after. NOPE. He came back this time in another vehicle got into his Tesla and they both sped off as we were watching he could see us too. Stole a free charge. As a business we care strongly about the environment and are happy to offer the service but we do pay for the electricity. In general if it s not a public station the business is covering it and it would be common courtesy to shop there or at least speak to the owners first. It says that in the notes when you find us through the map. I m sure most of you wouldn t do it it was bizarre to witness it happen. Very uncool driver of a brand and image we really love. | killuminati22 | 2017-08-16 18:13:28 | 259 | dlppwlf | There is a disconnect between cost and use with destination chargers. People that receive supercharging for free may not rationalize the cost. I would consider putting up a courtesy sign explaining appropriate use and that it s provided for customers. I would imagine the person just followed plugshare and never thought twice. | aboveliquidice | 2017-08-16 18:23:29 | 132 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
8rc3jg | Be genuine. | **Our Growth** We re slowly approaching 300k subscribers. Only a year ago we had just crossed 100k subscribers and up from 50k the year before. 30 000 subscribers in the beginning of 2016 to coming onto 300 000 now. That s a 900% increase in a little over 2 years. Undoubtedly we have all walks of life here now and this is the premise to my next points. **Expectations** The purpose of this post is to provide some awareness on how we expect people to act and participate in the sub. We want *everyone* to be respectful. We want *everyone* to have a good experience and have a positive atmosphere (separate of the topic at hand). Topics can be negative or criticisms but you can still have a healthy debate and be respectful to one another. This is expected of everyone. **Be Nice** We do not want to see any shady behavior where someone makes another feel worth less for not knowing the little details about Tesla knowing or understanding the intricacies of their finances or a specific topic that was discussed before. Not everyone is here all the time and not everyone can know everything so if you make another person feel bad are rude or make someone feel like their opinion is worth less or appear to create a negative atmosphere (do not confuse this with negative news) it won t be tolerated. **Generalizations about the community** Often times when people deal with a fan or enthusiast based forum you get associated as a cult . This in fact happens with Apple. Not everyone shares the same sentiment and extremes and in fact most are grounded but there is often times an exception where folks take it to the extremes and it negatively affects how everyone is perceived. Try not to generalize try to remember that most people are rational. **Your History** On Reddit your post and comment history are in public view (unless you delete your posts) or continuously make alt accounts that you cycle through. You can learn a lot about a person based on their history and it s something we take into account when actions need to be made. When you deal with all sorts of folks this is necessary to look into to better understand someone regardless of how creepy you think it is it s okay to disagree with the necessity. **A Reminder** In our sub we are strict on Rule 1. We expect people to not be rude provoke instigate or concern troll. We want people who are inherently genuine. There are other places on Reddit if you want to act that way but it won t be here. If someone rubs you the wrong way or makes a point you don t like or understand do your research and come back with reputable facts and sources. **A Warning** We *aren t* giving warnings in all cases anymore (we haven t been for a few months actually). It has become too difficult to keep track of each warning. So consider this it. We have been giving more temp bans instead and only then will it lead to a permanent ban if someone doesn t adjust to our expectations after the temp ban. We actually have had a low number of these actions lately which is nice. **Our My Job** To provide a positive atmosphere and make this a welcoming place. I used to be a bit of a pushover and would try to make the majority happy (I realize this is impossible) but it s in my nature. But in the past few months I ve become a bit tired of people who act one way here and another elsewhere. If you re being fake I m no longer sitting aside. I m beginning to understand why u dieabetic doesn t take any crap being in my shoes could be hard to understand but when you are attacked a lot when people assume constantly you begin to see all sides of people. We do this thankless job for free because we re fans of the Tesla mission. Tesla does a lot of positive things and they do some questionable things. We know Tesla isn t perfect no one is. But let s keep our eye on the prize Tesla s mission. This means if another company makes an EV that s good! Competition is great and seek out criticism. **Your Job** Be genuine. **One last thing** I quickly realized that as a mod you re looked up to to set an example. That s understandable and I ve tried to do so but we are people too and we can t always be perfect. I decided I won t change who I am anymore and I m going back to being goofy with comments again... I truly miss that part of me. But don t mistake it for weakness. And **don t forget to report** so we can see and address things more easily. If you mention mods we ll likely see it. And not every person who dislikes an action by Tesla is shorting the stock but maybe try to learn more about them to understand them so things make more sense. These are just my thoughts and I d like to know yours (mods and community) and thanks for reading. One quick follow-up from u DieAbetic: Do not resort to calling names just say agree to disagree and move on. Don t feed into trolls and don t call everyone that is critical a short or a troll . Avoid misinformation and when posting citations are preferred when stating things as facts. Avoid hyperbole and exaggeration and also avoid blowing off actual issues as nothing or insubstantial. We are here for fans investors new owners old owners and even critics. Understand other people s perspectives without attacking or calling names. | 110110 | 2018-06-15 16:04:51 | 323 | e0q2b4i | Yes please be goofy! | DumberMonkey | 2018-06-15 16:11:49 | 38 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
eapqfl | Be mindful of what you put in your front trunk...almost had a disaster today on I-78 | Driving on the highway on NOA the car in front of me starts to stop quickly causing my car to slow considerably. Suddenly I m getting beeps the red hands on wheel the windshield wipers stop working and NOA disengages and I m met with the “FRONT TRUNK OPEN” warning telling me to pull over. I pull over and it turns out that the front trunk was open but still semi-latched so it didn t have any chance of flying open but still scary. So how did this possibly happen? My only thought is that when my car slowed suddenly the small box I had in my front trunk moved forward and managed to hit the emergency trunk release button that s in the front trunk by law. Regardless having all this happen and to be blinded by the windshield wipers refusing to operate was pretty terrifying going 75 MPH. | Crazey4wwe | 2019-12-14 21:36:25 | 206 | favtu6z | PSA: cool story bro below I once had a hood decide to come open on me going about 65mph. You wouldn t believe how hard it is to drive with your head out the window Ace Ventura was an absolute pro in my opinion. | throwaway2922222 | 2019-12-14 22:21:59 | 176 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
ig1ex8 | Be real with me how bad is it to own a tesla without home charging (apartment) | Everyone seems to sugar coat the elephant in the room when it comes to owning a tesla in a space where you cant plug it in everyday. I do have access to chargers within 10 minutes but they are standard ev chargers. Would i expect to wait for hours every few days? How much of a real inconvenience is this? Especially for a standard model 3 in a cold climate Edit: thanks for the honest feedback guys too many reviewers are in the honeymoon stage and are totally fine waiting around at backlogged superchargers or planning their days around charging. Seems like a wild inconvenience and it is. I m going to wait until i can get a homecharger or outlet and then pull the trigger | UpV0tesF0rEvery0ne | 2020-08-25 00:21:07 | 26 | g2r0jk4 | I wouldn t even consider getting a Tesla if you cannot charge at home overnight. | chri5t | 2020-08-25 00:26:38 | 102 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
gvciat | Be sure to add HW3 to any service appointment even if you haven t been told its available | I hadn t heard it was available for me and I also had heard of so many people being told they would get a hardware upgrade on a service call that they hadn t asked for it so I didn t include the upgrade on my service request. I asked when I dropped off the car and they said it was available and I would have to make another appointment which isn t available to make until my car is done with this one. They claimed there was no way for them to order the parts now until I make the appointment (which would ve been nice since the part probably would ve been here by now--on my 5th day in the shop). | mikecourt | 2020-06-02 18:12:59 | 77 | fso122g | Find a fault in the car... can be a rattle or a misalignment. They will get you in and will do HW3 installation while you are there. Their purpose is to not waste your time and theirs. | mrteewin | 2020-06-02 19:29:45 | 12 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
bg4hjc | Be wary of being the only car at super charger late at night | Culver City super charger 1230am. In open area of a mall parking lot. No one else there and I pull in to charge. About three minutes later a Jetta pulls in five sports over from me. No reason for them to be there at all. I watch them. They pull play off and go somewhere behind me where I can t see them from my car because brush is in the way. I get out of my car and move to watch them. They are parked and someone gets out of passenger side stands there then gets back in. Car just sits there. At this point I take charge cable out and still stand there watching. They then drive a little more in the same area and stop again in a darker spot. Again no reason to be there whatsoever. I finally leave and flag some cops down a minute away. They say they will check it out. I drive back over and the Jetta is gone. I could be being paranoid but it was the perfect situation for a robbery and it really didn t feel right especially when they parked again out of my vision. Be careful and if you notice something please report it. | redroverdover | 2019-04-22 17:00:44 | 201 | eli91kd | Be wary of being the only car at (literally anywhere) late at night. | tineras | 2019-04-22 17:07:45 | 322 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
88negc | Beautiful Spring day. Drove all over. No range anxiety at last - ex Leaf owner | What a beautiful thing it is to come back home after driving around the Peninsula North Bay South Bay and still have 90 miles left. Oh I noticed gas is going up to $4 gallon. Thank goodness for off-peak charging keeping that cost of driving down. | TeslaDataIsBeautiful | 2018-04-01 01:39:51 | 49 | dwm6xm8 | Former Leaf owner here too. I kinda miss the challenge. I drove for literally hours today and had nearly 200 miles left. In my Leaf I would have had to charge at least once then limp home with a real sense of accomplishment. I didn t even bother to plug the 3 in when I got home today. | pkulak | 2018-04-01 05:52:37 | 19 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
erz39e | Bedliner on the bottom of a Model 3 | Has anyone used a sprayon bedliner on the rocker panels or lower body of a model 3? I live in a county where they insist on putting crushed volcanic rock on the roads and it has eaten some of my paint (imagine that - you can t sand blast a car and expect it to put up with that). I m looking to put LineX along the rocker panels and around the outside of the wheel wells. Basically follow the lines of the plastic you see in the Model Y if possible. This comes right into the sonar sensor on the front and rear of the car so I m wondering if anyone has tried this before. | GenerallyObvious | 2020-01-21 18:52:29 | 21 | ff6tu27 | I m sure it would work. But why not PPF? It looks much nicer than bedliner and it can be removed where bedliner cannot. | Reddok69 | 2020-01-21 19:25:51 | 7 | Tesla ownership feedback and issues |
gxrbd3 | Been a lurker for two years and was going to join this forum by being a owner this summer. | Hi. I hope this is ok. It s about life. I really wanted to join this forum. This might be a long read. Not sure if this is a rant. Maybe a scream maybe a life tip. I actually still have my 1000 deposit with Tesla since 2018. Its been hard to say yes to a test drive because I know if I did I would of bought the car the same day. I know everything about the Model 3 I see all the YouTube videos. Read the forum almost everyday. Thanks to all the experience I read here. I been wanting a Model 3 + for two years I have been saving $. Been close to buying it quite a few times. This summer was it I can put down 25% and have monthly payment of car and insurance of below 20% of my monthly income I was set. With COVID 19 I was going to wait since I m working from home. Unfortunately It s not meant to be. I have cancer now. Life is different. Life is short. Got medical bills so until I fight this the car will have to wait. I will be doing a test drive for my Birthday. At least. Pretty excited. Enjoy life. Enjoy the car. TL DR Have cancer no car for me. | murc13lago | 2020-06-06 13:49:13 | 2,203 | ft4hifi | Here s what s going to happen: 1. You will beat the cancer. 2. Owning that Model 3 will be **even sweeter** Best of luck | tr287 | 2020-06-06 14:10:05 | 1,189 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
bc1exy | Been a silent observer for a long time but now the wife wants a Tesla... | I ve long been an admirer of Tesla and their revolution to the EV industry since the OG roadster days. Being environmentally conscious has always been a part of my priority list so EV s have always garnered my interest however the pre-Tesla options hybrids looked like booty imo. & #x200B We recently started watching Netflix s Our Planet and after the second episode my wife looks at me and goes I think we need to get Tesla s. (My car is recently paid off as of earlier this year and she is going to get out of her lease end of next so we re both near market for a new vehicle). & #x200B Since I don t follow Tesla as closely as I once did I really have three questions for ya ll owners: 1. Do you love your car have any regrets leaving a standard gasoline diesel vehicle? 2. For anyone who s had issues with dings collisions etc. has the process been a nightmare for repairs as I ve lackadaisically seen? 3. Do you notice chips dings on the front bumper due to the lack of need for a traditional grille? (I think it would clear bra the front personally) & #x200B Thanks in advance open to any and all advice from owners. (For reference I would be looking at a Model 3 most likely and she would be getting the Model Y next year). | cblackwe93 | 2019-04-11 15:45:38 | 64 | ekn0uic | Do I love the car? When the car is in the garage I just want to sit and hang out in it. I still feel that way after almost 1 year of ownership. So yeah. Love the F-ing car. | hamtonp | 2019-04-11 15:54:31 | 98 | Tesla Model 3 Review |
bd8uvg | Been camping in my model 3 for the last two days. One day to go on a single charge. Here are my thoughts so far. | Whevhn I start8ed I charged my batt to 95% at a supercharger. I parked with 89% (280mi) on my batt (90% was my target since I don t like my batt over 100%). I ve been sleeping flat in the back side of my car. I am 6 foot 3 inches tall it was a comfortable sleep. Ran the AC over night temp was 69 I set it to I think 65. Woke up around 8pm lost 40 miles of battery approx. 240 miles left. So overnight AC use will use up around 50 miles of charge per night. I ve been charging my phone and my battery case overnight as well. I ve got one day to go and approx 100 miles on the batt. The car s always on AC will shut off at 60 miles left in batt so I figure I ll be good to go for tonight. With the front seats folded down and all the way forward I have plenty of trunk space plus miscellaneous storage under the seats. The biggest tip I can give is if you plan on being inside your car during the day YOU NEED TO BUY A CANOPY. The sun will heat up your roof too much to be able to air condition it with any kind of efficiency. If it took 40 miles at night I can see it taking easily 80 miles during the day or more.... This is even with a canopy... You need a canopy that will shade the entire car if you want during-the-day comfort. Car window shade blockers aren t going to do anything. Ie you can t air condition the car suing the day don t even think about it. | blackjackel | 2019-04-14 23:01:39 | 22 | ekwjlg6 | I continue to be pretty blown away by the fact people use their car in this manner. ICE or EV. | dinozero | 2019-04-14 23:21:25 | 19 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
628jfl | Been lurking for some time: About to put my order in on a P100D Model S and I have some questions. Any help would be appreciated. | Glass roof or no? (I live in a sunny summer hot place) I love the idea of it but I am worried about the heat (black interior) Home charging (Does a wall charger come with the car or do I buy separately)? How much does it cost to install? The closest service center is 6 hour drive away. What are the requirements for servicing this vehicle? Can the servicing be done by a traveling repair guy? Do you get more sex with this car? | liberty4u2 | 2017-03-29 18:39:19 | 36 | dfkjulb | The glass has a VERY high tint. You ll be fine. The car can also pre-condition to get it to a temp you like before getting in. The wall charger is a separate cost ($500-$550) plus installation (depends on needs - mine was $4k some people it s less depending on panel cable run etc). The vehicle comes with a mobile charger. The vehicle can sometimes be serviced by a Ranger but for most things you d need to take it in. Plan accordingly. I was already engaged and then got married so my sex has likely gone down. | dirtyfries | 2017-03-29 18:41:50 | 33 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
3dgu9i | Been trying to talk myself out of getting a Tesla since The Oatmeal s Tesla cartoon came out...my P85D entered production yesterday! | While I tried to talk myself out of such a huge expense on a depreciating asset I started putting money into savings every paycheck. Some large lump sum income went into investments which netted about 10% and while I tried to trick myself into believing I d get a more reasonably priced car by naming my savings account new car and not TESLA OMG!!! I ended up losing the battle to my friends and colleagues continuously telling me YOLO get it before you have kids that suck you dry and all that jazz. So...I finally talked myself into getting the safest and fastest production sedan ever made in the color I ve always wanted after autopilot and LTE rolled out all while interest rates are as low as they can get...glad I waited but just like technology you have to bite the bullet at some point or you ll never buy at all. Thanks for being a great community for me to lurk on over the past ~18 months! | HelluvaNinjineer | 2015-07-16 04:05:20 | 87 | ct503ee | No thank you for supporting a company that is trying to make a difference in the automobile industry. | Craig_VG | 2015-07-16 04:09:36 | 29 | Tesla Model 3 Review |
9xq98o | Been using Powerwalls for 4 months and suddenly confused about how they work | I have solar + Powerwalls but for me the solar is kind of a coincidence. I mostly want the Powerwalls as a backup system. The last 4 months have been great and everything seemed to work as expected. Today the panels are covered in snow and we had a power outage... The batteries kept me going through the outage (awesome) but are now down to 50% and won t recharge even though the grid is backup. A Tesla service person they can t recharge from the grid because I have solar. If that s true that s very disappointing... that can t be right can it? That means my solar panels are actually a liability for outage purposes. To be very clear I do not care about tax incentives... I know there is a tax reason to only charge batteries from solar and I am not interested in it. I just want to be able to charge my batteries from whatever power source is available grid or solar or whatever. Is that possible or not? | chriswilmer | 2018-11-16 21:09:50 | 36 | e9ud4a3 | > When Powerwall is installed without solar it can charge from the grid to support backup operation. When Powerwall is installed with solar it is not currently able to charge from the grid. Powerwall installations on new and existing solar systems are designed to qualify for the Federal Investment Tax Credit which requires 100% charging from solar. Powerwall installations must also comply with rules around grid charging which vary by utility. https: www.tesla.com support energy learn powerwall functionality | mjezzi | 2018-11-16 22:00:53 | 19 | Tesla Solar Panel Decision |
6ivcp5 | Beeping sound between 74-84 mph? | I have an odd issue where I hear a beeping noise coming from the front of the car (2015 P85D) when I m traveling between 74 and 84 mph. I m fairly sure it s the front motor receiving power but it s not the smooth whine that you normally hear when accelerating. It s a constant low volume beep-beep-beep in a similar tone to the normal acceleration whine but in intermittent beeps. It goes away below 74 and above 84. It s like I ve hit a resonant frequency in that range or something. Total guess. Anyone else experience this? | BlueShift42 | 2017-06-22 18:14:58 | 16 | dj9dpbq | OK. I have had a friend with a problem like this. He took his phone and put it in the frunk and put it to record and he was able to record the sound and give it to Tesla and they fixed it. I have done the same thing with my back suspension and they fixed it just from the sound. I know it sounds stupid but it if works then it s not stupid. Give it a shot. | rcnfive | 2017-06-22 18:41:38 | 17 | Tesla Model 3 Audio Experience |
p3xk9e | Before buying used from a private seller have the original owner extend the warranty. It won t be possible afterwards. | I really wish i knew this before transferring the title. Just trying to save anyone else from the same headache. | SheetSafety | 2021-08-14 00:13:59 | 94 | h8x2jn7 | Uh... I feel like an idiot but does Tesla offer extended warranties? | camthehombre | 2021-08-14 15:12:55 | 28 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
7a3we3 | Before we find out tonight - how many cars do you think Tesla made in October? | EDIT : Good point by Fred - I meant Model 3 specifically. Or hell total if you want it s your comment. My guess is ~300. | cliffordcat | 2017-11-01 14:27:13 | 78 | dp6vvjc | False premise: I don t expect them to officially announce production totals for October. | LouBrown | 2017-11-01 14:52:38 | 68 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
7w5oc4 | Before you cancel ... | ... check out [this](https: i.imgur.com jGGxSq1.jpg) latest estimate for Canada. It shows mid-2018 for first production and AWD. That means they will try very hard to keep the $7 500 until the end of this year instead of 30 Sep 2018. It also means AWD will start production sooner than expected. The AWD version of the Model 3 is going to be amazing. Even the current RWD Model 3 LR has the exact same range as the Model S 100D based on EPA dyno test scores. They both scored 455 miles at 48 mph. The Model 3 LRD will have more range than the Model S 100D. Check out my S vs 3 comparison [here](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7pek5p model_s_vs_model_3 ). On Aug 3rd 2017 Tesla had 455 000 active reservations ([source](https: electrek.co 2017 08 03 tesla-model-3-elon-musk-production-reservations )). I estimate 506 000 active reservations now. Canceling and reserving again when you want the car might not be the best idea. Update: Check out [THIS](https: teslamotorsclub.com tmc attachments upload_2018-2-8_21-9-21-png.279013 ) other Canada estimate. Look at the reservation date. Even people who reserved in 2017 in Canada are getting their car soon (May or June 2018). | Teslike | 2018-02-08 15:46:59 | 114 | dtxoqip | HODL | MooseAMZN | 2018-02-08 16:09:49 | 70 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
2log5l | Being from the Canadian prairies I m quite surprised there are no Tesla dealers here. | Being from the Canadian prairies I m quite surprised there are no Tesla dealers here. Almost every parking spot has a built in plugin for cold weather. I think electric cars would be very popular here. Why aren t there any dealers? | sircj | 2014-11-08 15:25:52 | 18 | clwnnb4 | Tesla is still backordered with not enough cars and too many buyers so they aren t really focusing on expanding into every possible market yet. | ZinkSays | 2014-11-08 15:40:48 | 12 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
biqmtl | Belgium LR RWD base price 53 000 confirmed to have AP. | IMPORTANT EDIT: Like everthing at tesla yesterdays news is old news... from may 1 on AP is NOT included in LR RWD orders any longer. it costs an extra 3200 euro making the LR RWD totally unattractive & #x200B There are a lot of stories going around that the base LR RWD in Europe does not have Autopilot included. Today the salesperson contacted the regional manager of tesla Belgium about this matter and he told me that the base price is 53.000 euro and that it DOES include AP. I asked him to put that on mail for me. He told me that he had to ask because normally they are not allowed to do that but i just received written confirmation on this matter. | Tha_Reaper | 2019-04-29 15:15:58 | 52 | em2b378 | This story about LR RWD including or not including Autopilot in Europe keeps getting better and better🤔 | metacircle | 2019-04-29 15:23:28 | 8 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
a1e1u2 | Bellevue WA dealership problems | I want to start out by saying that I love my new 3. It s been everything I d hoped and I can t say enough about it. But... I ve had a few problems with the service center that I bought it from on 20th St in Bellevue WA. (There are two in Bellevue) First the person there who was meant to handle the delivery our “Delivery Advisor” Samantha was very difficult to reach and virtually non responsive during the delivery process. I never saw her once on the delivery day and by then hadn t heard from her in days. We had to routinely get info from the lady who took us on our test drive Veronika. She was amazingly helpful and did a great job. When I had to bring the car back to have a few minor problems fixed (lights and trunk panel not mounted correctly etc) I scheduled the repairs well in advance and I was told they might not get it done that day but I could get a loaner vehicle Lyft or a rental car. When I brought it in I was told they had no loaners and it d be 4-5 days. I was shuttled to Enterprise nearby with several other Tesla owners and was told all they had left was mini-vans. Meanwhile the Tesla sat unmoved for almost 3 days in their parking lot right where I parked it. Fast forward a few weeks and after coming back from a vacation a few weeks later still no license plates. I contacted the Dept of Licensing and with 3 days to go until my temp plates expired I was told the Tesla service center had never submitted the paperwork. I called the service center immediately and was told they were being FedExed and would be delivered on Wednesday. (Temp plates expired after Monday). Wednesday rolls around (today) and no plates. My wife called the service center and was told it d be another 5-7 days but we could get a rental car again. I called them to arrange that and was then told that they were en route already and was able to send me the tracking number. When I checked the tracking number it said they were coming from Bellevue but that FedEx hadn t picked them up yet. The package pick up time was 35 minutes later than when I d received the email. I don t know if they ve had the plates the whole time or what s going on. Again I can t recommend the car itself enough. It s amazing... but if you re buying one from WA try a different location. The one on 20th in Bellevue has been an absolute nightmare every step of the way except for Veronika. Edit: Changed “dealership” to “service center” | Elprez1 | 2018-11-29 04:28:49 | 13 | eap6sau | *cough* service center not dealership *cough* | needaname1234 | 2018-11-29 06:16:25 | 20 | Tesla Delivery Woes |
trt1bw | Benchmarking and comparing the Ryzen MCU in Model Y | I have access to a Model Y with the new Ryzen chip as well as one with the previous-generation Intel Atom chip so I tried running a benchmark to get some idea of performance. I chose the [JetStream 2 browser benchmark](https: browserbench.org JetStream ) which should be a pretty good proxy for CPU performance. It s a widely-respected test for browser performance using bits of real codebases. There s not a lot of options because you have to run the benchmark in a web browser of course but most of the entertainment apps seem to just be websites so it should give some indication of performance gains there. I also compared it to some of the other computers I could easily test. System | JetStream 2 Score | Multiple of MY Atom ---|-----------|--- Model Y Intel Atom | 13.086 | 1.0x **Model Y Ryzen** | **62.980** | 4.8x Xbox Series X (AMD Zen 2) | 85.363 | 6.5x Google Pixel 6 ([source](https: old.reddit.com r TeslaLounge comments trt5vk benchmarking_and_comparing_the_ryzen_mcu_in_model i2nog22 )) | 88.983 | 6.8x Apple A12 (iPhone XS XR) | 124.602 | 9.5x Apple A13 (iPhone 11 iPhone SE 2) | 141.311 | 10.8x Apple A15 (iPhone 13) | 206.636 | 15.8x Apple M1 (MacBook Air) | 210.298 | 16.1x [AMD Ryzen 9 5900X](https: smile.amazon.com gp product B08164VTWH ) (Windows PC) | 216.570 | 16.5x Apple M1 Max (MacBook Pro) | 233.165 | 17.8x I ll try to find more devices to compare against. If anyone can think of any other benchmarks or provide any other comparisons let me know! I m particularly curious for someone to run this benchmark on the refresh Model S X which probably have a different Ryzen than the 3 Y do. (Edit: Apparently it s the same CPU unclear on GPU. Ryzen YE180FC3T4MFG) **TL DR The Ryzen is about 5x faster than the Atom but both probably get blown away by your old phone.** (Edit: [This wasn t approved on r teslamotors for a couple of days so there is some discussion over at r TeslaLounge as well](https: old.reddit.com r TeslaLounge comments trt5vk benchmarking_and_comparing_the_ryzen_mcu_in_model )) | supapuerco | 2022-03-29 23:39:40 | 22 | i2v1bct | Thanks for the benchmarks. There definitely looks like there s some sort of performance limitation there intentional or otherwise. Ryzen should perform much better. I wonder if its intentional to either discourage use of the browser (mobile data costs money!) or dedicate performance to the rendering of the rest of the GUI (speedo FSD animations google maps turn stalk noises etc). I also wonder if more performance is unlocked when the car is not started? (No foot on pedal charging - basically when the HV contactors are disconnected). For example when entering full screen youtube mode or when a full screen game is launched. I have the Atom and its basically unusable for normal browsing. Given the numbers above does anyone have any observations of the Ryzen MCU is more usable in the real world? My use case is navigating cruddy restaurant websites to see what I can order and the Atom MCU drags to a halt loading pages that contain more than 4 images. | MonkRX | 2022-03-31 15:57:33 | 7 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
5tgc49 | Benefits of CPO vs. private? | Situation: two cars have come up that I m interested in that are virtually identical one is a CPO and one is a private owner sale. Asking price is the same. Both cars are Model S60 about 26 months old approximately 30kmi on the odometer. Other than the CPO inspection and such what other benefits are there to CPO? Any benefits to private purchase over CPO? I m primarily curious about the warranty of the CPO vs. transferable remaining warranty on the private vehicle. But any other points of interest would be helpful too... Thanks! | seenhear | 2017-02-11 17:52:07 | 10 | ddmbdab | You get a brand new 4yr 50k mi warranty with the CPO and the balance of the original 8yr battery warranty. With the private sale you d get the balance of the original 4yr 50k mi basic warranty and the balance of the 8yr battery warranty. CPO s are still subject to sales tax (depending on your state) and it can take 3-8weeks for them to recondition the car. Plus up to $2k for transport depending on how far away the car is. | skitch23 | 2017-02-11 18:07:05 | 8 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
ba8cmu | Benefits of using an approved electrician for wall connector installation? | Are there any benefits to having one of Tesla s approved electricians install the wall adaptor? There s only one in my area and I d rather use a different electrician that has worked on my house before and installed our new panel. https: www.tesla.com support find-electrician | jackamick | 2019-04-06 20:06:31 | 13 | ek9p2i7 | Absolutely no benefit outside of they MAY have done a couple more. | SparkySpecter | 2019-04-06 20:12:48 | 25 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
67jbhy | Besides Fred who do you enjoy reading listening to watching about Tesla? | I think Bob Lewellyn (sp?) does a good job. Daniel Sparks always has interesting articles. Contract outsourced ghostwriters can go away are no better than bots rehashing keywords wish there was a filter for them. Rory Reid? Tesla Forum has interesting regulars. JB Straubel should author all things Tesla tech stuff. Who else? | ShaqLuvsTesla | 2017-04-25 20:36:27 | 15 | dgqyfop | Tesla bjorn!! | jonas_man | 2017-04-25 22:06:10 | 16 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
35tg5r | Besides grid safety why would someone without solar want a powerwall? | Or is it JUST for solared folks? | i_pee_in_the_sink | 2015-05-13 10:57:04 | 13 | cr7m8o2 | because you could take advantage of real time pricing and charge for cheap at night and use when electricity is expensive during the day | krystar78 | 2015-05-13 10:59:12 | 9 | Tesla Solar Panel Decision |
7o4x57 | Best Of r TeslaMotors 2017 Awards! | Hello everyone and happy new year! [Thank you for all your nominations comments and overall participation in the previous post](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7gz564 best_of_rteslamotors_nominations_for_2017 ) highlighting the best of 2017 in the subreddit! We will be receiving the Reddit gold from the admins within the next week or so and will be sending awards out to the winners and those that nominated the winner soon. And now here are the winners based on your votes: * **Best looking Tesla**: u wk057 s [Tesla towing a Tesla](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 5svj4t tesla_towing_a_tesla ) nominated by u MrMonstunna * **Best underappreciated comment**: [this comment](https: imgur.com EeXvhdc) by u worldgoes nominated by u WhiskeySauer (Note: WhiskeySauer s own comment was [number 2](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 6uu5jw no_tsla dlvnwba )) * **Best overall post submission**: u motofanka s date with u cdbz11 [here](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 6ulen7 so_this_happened_yesterday_my_date_with_ucdbz11 ?st=JAOQKG81& sh=a8d3707c) nominated by u Kinvelo * **Best overall content submission**: the original top-voted comment was recently deleted for unknown reasons so winner is the investigative work of u hubris_draws_stuff in [this thread](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 5x15je dash_cam_footage_of_the_potential_autopilot_crash deefyk1 ) nominated by u stevejust * **Best overall contributor (informative helpful)**: u teslike with his excellent analysis citations and overall helpful attitude - nominated by u RougetDeIsle Thank you from the mod team to everyone for making 2017 great in this subreddit and congrats to our winners! | dieabetic | 2018-01-04 18:24:13 | 43 | ds6svop | Congrats to all the winners! Thanks for making this subreddit awesome. Same to the mods | dirtyfries | 2018-01-04 18:25:40 | 16 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
6kx12d | Best Phone OS to use with Tesla Car | Hello All I m one of the few WindowsPhone people left however i m thinking of switching phones. I want to base my switch on which phone works best with the Tesla Android or iOS. What do you guys think. TIA | KirkVanHouten1 | 2017-07-03 01:44:12 | 17 | djpgaee | *they do exist...* | 110110 | 2017-07-03 01:59:13 | 72 | Tesla companion app features |
q3c77n | Best Tesla Model 3 phone mount without adhesives? | Most of the ones I ve found use adhesives for the back of the screen. Are there any non-adhesive solutions? Preferable that allows you to put the phone on the bottom or top of the screen too most are just on the left side (near the driver). Or maybe there are some good non-adhesive center console or cup solutions instead of near the screen? Thanks in advance if anyone found a good solution! | FranzVz | 2021-10-07 15:59:39 | 12 | hfrhmfg | I ve tried several but like this one best. Mounts to top-left of the screen. No adhesives. Nothing permanent Topfit Car Cellphone Mount for Tesla Model 3 Model Y Monitor https: www.amazon.com dp B088FJF6K3 ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_ZHPYN6N75CCRCZ9RQK06?_encoding=UTF8& psc=1 | agbishop | 2021-10-07 19:05:51 | 19 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
4d4wrf | Best Tesla Youtubers? | Who do you subscribe to for Tesla insight news real world owners experiences that actually own a Tesla? Always looking to kill time watching Tesla videos on YouTube as we countdown until the 3 is here. Who are your go to channels to subscribe to? | cnastyu | 2016-04-03 04:32:44 | 18 | d1ns061 | Bjorn Nyland and KManAuto. Both make detailed videos of their vehicles and they take long trips so it s like one really long review. For me it was Bjorn Nyland that really showed me the utility of Model S. Everyone else would rave about the 0-60 performance the handling etc but Bjorn uses Model S to transport goods across Norway and the amount of cargo capacity and the practicality of the vehicle on long trips is what really sold me on Model S. It s also very cold with a lot of ice and snow in Norway as well so his videos also highlight the wintertime performance of Model S (and he has a RWD not even an AWD vehicle). He also won a Model X through the referral program and he just pre ordered a Model 3 so there should be a lot of videos coming your way. He s currently in the US taking a Model X on a US road trip so that should be fun to see. And Norway is a BEAUTIFUL country so the scenery in his videos is amazing too. [Bjorn Nyland s Youtube Channel](https: www.youtube.com user bjornnyland) [KManAuto s Youtube Channel](https: www.youtube.com user KmanAuto) | DDotJ | 2016-04-03 04:39:25 | 17 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
b29e49 | Best Tesla choice for taller person? | Hi there I m 6 5 300lbs and built like a linebacker. I m looking at getting a new vehicle and love the idea of going electric. Which Tesla has the best interior room and would you think any would work for me? Is there a plan to make a truck? I feel like a truck is my best choice. I ve got 6 months or so before I get serious about buying one. Any input is appreciated. | houseofmatt | 2019-03-17 20:10:05 | 14 | eir5bys | Model X | wutangnamegenerator7 | 2019-03-17 20:12:24 | 28 | Revolutionary Tesla Cybertruck |
7gbgo3 | Best TuneIn stations | I hate scrolling through the TuneIn station lists only to find many have really crappy sound quality if they work at all. So I thought it d be nice to collect curate a list of TuneIn stations with good sound quality and reliable broadcasting. I ll start: * OpenLab - mostly electronic music * Bluegrass Jamboree What are your favourites? | DKP0wers | 2017-11-29 07:18:05 | 12 | dqhwk04 | So far the only 3 I ve listened too sound alright to me. Then again I haven t put my speakers and sub in yet BBC1 - current top charts music and funny British accents HOT 97 - current hip hop east coast based KROQ - world famous | t0mmyr | 2017-11-29 07:32:31 | 6 | Spotify Gapless Playback |
m6znw5 | Best Way To Regen? | Wondering if there s any efficiency difference in the regen charging depending on how I utilize it? Will regen braking push more back into the batteries if I get off the accelerator late in the game and let heavy regen occur or if I start backing off the accelerator earlier and come to a stop from a longer distance? ‘21 YLR | Coldreign | 2021-03-17 12:49:51 | 12 | gr8doxt | DO NOT overthink this. Drive the car normally and smoothly letting off the accelerator to stop where and when you need to. | Rev-777 | 2021-03-17 13:01:53 | 74 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
8cny73 | Best accessories for Tesla Model S | We joined the Tesla family this weekend with a Model S. Very excited! Would love to hear what this community thinks some of the best and must have accessories are for a Tesla. Interested in interior and exterior accessories including things like phone holders luggage racks seat covers etc. If you can be specific with the name. Thanks! Also if there s already a thread for this feel free to comment the link! | TeslaStan | 2018-04-16 14:34:15 | 30 | dxgd9kk | Replacement LED lights for the trunk and frunk. Got them from abstract ocean and they are so much brighter | mehony85 | 2018-04-16 14:43:46 | 34 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
7izitq | Best and worst states for Tesla ownership? | I live in Virginia and I feel like I m in one of the worst places to own a Tesla. There are no tax incentives to buy one and we have this crazy personal property tax that requires us to pay 3% of the first $20K of value of our car every year and then 5% on everything over $20K. So if you own a car valued at $80K you have to pay nearly $4 000 of tax EVERY YEAR. | the_y_of_the_tiger | 2017-12-11 03:46:54 | 49 | dr2k7c5 | Every time someone tells me something I didn t know about Virginia it s always something bad and involves oppressive taxes or laws. | run-the-joules | 2017-12-11 03:54:02 | 46 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
bydjvz | Best buying experience ever! | So my wife and I had been weighing the pros and cons of buying a Tesla. Main con was cost as we are both about to be making quite a bit more with her finishing her internship. Ok I lied. It was really my idea. She wanted a mustang but I slowly convinced her that in time a Tesla would be a better investment (ya ya I know cars depreciated over time yada yada but Tesla can go for DAYS). Anywho last saturday I was on the Tesla site configuring my dream Model 3 and noticed the info popup regarding the federal tax credit decreasing July 1st. I thought well there goes $2k because there s no way I could get financing and take delivery in T-minus 30 days. Boy was I wrong. Saturday 6 1 I decided to call Tesla to get the low down on the models namely between the standard and SR+. Now we aren t well off by any means but the added perks and range for the SR+ sold me and so I worked with Oscar (shout out to Oscar in sales! Dope guy) and he assured me an SR+ would be deliverable before July 1st estimating 3 weeks tops. Oscar gave me a promo code for the free 1k miles supercharging and also responded via text when I had questions even after hours. Super chill and not trying to sell me hard like the lot boys out there. I applied for Tesla financing and got a pre-approval within a few hours. Consulted with the wife and debate black or blue. Screw it lets go with blue and black. Don t need the fancy wheels either. Ok so this is it. We re doing this. Click on final confirmation of loan offer (not too terrible APR either). Sunday 6 2 I shit you not the next day I get a text stating tentative delivery on 6 5. I m thinking damn not gonna make it before the fed credit drops. No wait hold on there cowboy. Counted the months on my filanges: holy shit thats in like 3 day! No way. Just not possible. Originally delivery was not possible to my home address in Fresno CA (2.5 hours from Fremont). I call Oscar to see what options I have. He ll look into it. Then delivery says wednesday 12-2pm at home address. Wtf? Ok cool but can I get a PM delivery Oscar? He texts back and says well now closest delivery is at Gilroy superchargers 6-8pm same day. Road trip! Wednesday 6 5 Long story long Mitch delivers our new Model 3 in Gilroy. Literally 4 days after starting the process. All the DMV paperwork is taken care of by Mitch. Sign 4 papers hop in and get a run down of the cockpit. Because we all know this thing is really a fuggin space ship! Drove a majority of the 2 hours back home with auto pilot on around the windy San Luis Reservoir. This thing literally drove me home! It effortlessly climbed up the hills doin 80mph. Best purchase ever. And I ve definitely had buyers remorse before with a Tacoma base model no extra cab. If your on the fence my dudes and dudettes just pull the trigger and DO IT! TLDR: Ordered and picked up new Model 3 all in 5 days! | vyk4r1u5 | 2019-06-08 22:44:06 | 79 | eqgc0jt | Being in California certainly does have its perks. Congrats! | croninsiglos | 2019-06-08 22:50:43 | 23 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
6rabor | Best case scenario what is the earliest that full self-driving will be legal in at least one state in the US? | Is it fair to assume that legislative regulatory requirement are the only thing standing in its way? | HIP2013 | 2017-08-03 05:48:48 | 10 | dl3kfma | First I assume you mean driverless not just full self-driving. FSD (with a driver present) is known as Level 4. Driverless (no steering wheel) is Level 5. Testing is already legal for cars without steering wheels in Michigan and perhaps some other states. http: fortune.com 2016 12 09 michigan-self-driving-cars And no regulatory approval is not the only thing standing in its way. No one yet has a FSD vehicle that is reliable enough to not require human input over a long enough timespan to be considered safe . Google s self-driving car still averages a disengagement every 5 000 miles or so. | venture70 | 2017-08-03 06:24:29 | 7 | Tesla Autopilot Performance Review |
5r9g5w | Best cell phone holder? | Where or how are folks mounting their cell phones in their MS? | yrrkoon | 2017-01-31 17:08:07 | 13 | dd5gotp | I plan on mounting my cellphone in my Model S 3 the same way that I have in my current ICE. I purchased a very long charging cable which I ran up through the panels in the interior then through an airvent. This way the cord itself is concealed. Then I used a [Spigen Magnetic Car Mount](http: a.co aB0Qv7J) which has a vent mount and a metal panel which goes inside my case. Really clean setup while also giving me great accessibility...not that you should ever use your phone while driving... That being said Id also love to hear see how others have mounted their phones as well! | ClarksonianPause | 2017-01-31 17:37:33 | 6 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
63alyd | Best charger to install at my retail stores? | I own a number of retail stores and most have solar panels on the roof so theoretically free charging. What is the best outdoor charger for < $1k? I was looking at the Juicebox Pro 75A since they can be monitored and controlled remotely. | Mad_Sam | 2017-04-03 23:47:37 | 46 | dfsmkr7 | According to Teslas website they will actually give you (if you qualify) up to 2 chargers for your location. You can find out more here: https: www.tesla.com destination-charging | ClarksonianPause | 2017-04-04 00:33:17 | 67 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
596hq7 | Best charging set up for at home? | So I m moving to a new home in a few weeks and am looking into having an outlet or outlets installed in the garage. Ideally I d like to have two outlets or chargers installed but just one is a possibility as well. Does anyone have advice or experience with this? What is the best type of outlet to install? I was thinking about the Tesla chargers but also wondering if maybe just a standard outlet would be better so it could be used by other types of EV s in the future. Does anyone know what is the difference between a 40 amp and 50 amp installation? Which is better cheaper etc? Anyone have experience doing this and have ideas as to total cost? Thanks in advance for your input. | aquastorm | 2016-10-24 19:23:50 | 10 | d95zrfj | I m not an electrician but from what I hear most is a NEMA 14-50 on a 50Amp breaker. I think having two each on their own breaker would be sufficient. If you want more then you ll need the Tesla [Wall Connector](http: shop.teslamotors.com products wall-connector-with-24-cable) and that runs on a 60Amp breaker but I believe you d need the High Amperage Charger option on your vehicle to even make use of it. Most things I ve read people say they really felt they didn t need anything more than a NEMA 14-50 which I believe would be the cheapest installation route for the most bang for the buck (aside from a 120V). | 110110 | 2016-10-24 19:25:10 | 11 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
6hf52v | Best day ever! Rented a 2015 P85D to chauffeur my son and his date to prom! | 24 hours to pretend I was a Tesla owner! Just reinforced how badly I want one... | RagginMAMA | 2017-06-15 13:54:47 | 265 | dixvtnb | Must be nice for your son...having a prom date I mean. *sobs in corner because I remembered I couldn t get a prom date* | nramos33 | 2017-06-15 15:04:52 | 91 | Tesla Model 3 Review |
mxs9oc | Best features to show during Test Drive? | Hey everyone my father and I will test drive a M3 next week and I was wondering what your top features to show and convince him would be? I am pretty familiar with Tesla and their cars but have never driven one myself and neither has he. He is the CEO of a medium-size company from Germany and looking to replace their company cars with EVs and since I think Teslas are by far the best option I really want him to get the most out of that drive. I would love to hear some opinions from experienced owners! | NotTheReal_ | 2021-04-24 20:29:51 | 29 | gvqwmyn | Let him test drive it.....the company already did the hard work for it. It ll sell itself. Day 24 still in love | MicNice420 | 2021-04-24 20:36:29 | 55 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
fe0onb | Best forum to resell Tesla Model 3 | hey r teslamotors I moved to a big city and the cost of owning this car is prohibitive there so I m selling it. I understand the resale value is pretty good but I m wondering the best way to resell this thing. My experience to date has been selling 7k used Honda civics on craigslist. | incernmentcamp | 2020-03-05 19:37:44 | 31 | fjl3ikp | https: onlyusedtesla.com listings ? | igbright | 2020-03-05 20:13:47 | 24 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
vvj09n | Best method to route for road trip chargers? | I m leaving for a road trip tomorrow and trying to figure out the best way to route it. I m the past I ve switched between A Better Route Planner and the Tesla navigation and Google maps. But you can t send route from Google maps or ABRP to Tesla… and I haven t figured out how to get Tesla to route an entire trip with superchargers factored in. Clearly I m an idiot and missing something. Can someone teach me the easiest best way to do it? Thank you! | eyal8r | 2022-07-10 03:59:44 | 20 | ifkayby | That s really one of the big USP s with a Tesla just enter your destination and it will route through all the needed Superchargers along the way. If you really want to have a specific route I suggest you first enter the final destination and then create waypoints that forces the navigation to route your preferred route. | Unclassifi3d | 2022-07-10 05:25:34 | 34 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
lc47lu | Best online place to buy a used Tesla? | Trying to get a model 3 sr+ or long range but I don t wanna wait the 5-9 week delivery time and there s never any good deals or the specific specs I want on the website and there aren t any private sellers within 150 miles so im looking to buying one out of state online (in Oklahoma btw) | patrickkr24 | 2021-02-04 01:38:15 | 17 | glxqa9z | Don t know where you live but you can try [this website](https: onlyusedtesla.com listings ). | phxees | 2021-02-04 01:41:59 | 13 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
cjcy4v | Best options for 2 Tesla charging? | We re going to need to put in charging capabilities in our home. The panel is in the finished basement so I m already expecting a big bill but I m curious what we should consider for having 2 simultaneously charging vehicles? Model 3s if that s important. If we can charge 2 at a time I wouldn t worry about splitting the amperage but want to know what my options are before we talk with the electrician. | Anonymous_DrLurker | 2019-07-29 15:42:31 | 19 | evchfxx | you can install 2 Tesla HPWC on the same system and configure to communicate and load share. | run-the-joules | 2019-07-29 15:48:21 | 38 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
7tyc00 | Best place to get a loan | Does Telsa offer cheap loans or is it better to go with a credit union? My credit union is offering 2.89% but I saw on some forums people were able to get 0.99% from Tesla. | JuryNightFury | 2018-01-30 04:02:50 | 14 | dtgdbvu | USAA 2.49% 12-72 months. | CivilGuardian | 2018-01-30 07:05:06 | 10 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
cd9xq7 | Best place to sell a Model S | Hi! So I bought a leftover 2018 Model S 100D last month and honestly I don t want it anymore. Yes I know I m going to take a bath on the depreciation. I think I d feel better if I didn t have this car anymore. I am always worried about somebody doing something to it or me screwing it up. Where s the best place to sell it? It s got 1 000 miles on it. Enhanced Auto Pilot. Other upgrades too. I think I d be happier with a 3. Buying a $100k+ car isn t me. Thanks for the help. | PayLayAleVeil | 2019-07-14 23:35:03 | 17 | etsjqqm | Trade in to Tesla? Maybe you can get two 3s. Go to Autonation and get a quote. | JustWhatAmI | 2019-07-14 23:37:10 | 10 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
gvjmjk | Best place to sell my Tesla? | Located in Boston and looking to sell my Model 3 SR+ since my Model Y is getting delivered soon. Any websites you d guys recommend? Tried cars.com and Craigslist so far. Thanks! | Rg427 | 2020-06-03 00:37:30 | 12 | fsp573n | Carmax consistently has the best offers for any car I ve ever sold. | hvgotcodes | 2020-06-03 01:09:41 | 9 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
7zolmb | Best place to sell my late 2016 Model S 90D | Our family has recently made some changes to our working situations and now our model S is going to be driven far less than we originally anticipated. In light of this we are thinking about selling our car to a home where it will actually get some use. The details are: * November 2016 build Model S 90D * 8 700 miles * Deep Blue Metallic Paint * Sunroof * 19 Silver Slipstream Wheels * Black Tesla Premium Seats * Dark Ash Wood Décor * Integrated Center Console * Black Alcantara Headliner * Supercharger Enabled * Enhanced Autopilot * Subzero Weather Package * Unlimited supercharging * Transferrable maintenance plan The Tesla offer for the car was very low so we are trying to find another option. What is the site you think most people frequent looking for a used Tesla? Also how do you go about coming up with a price? I can look at this car as a comparison https: www.tesla.com used 5YJSA1E20HF187081 but it seems Tesla is adding a markup on their used model S s to come up with that price. I could be wrong though. Any insight would be appreciated. | mrslatezb | 2018-02-23 14:57:24 | 15 | dupitft | Craigslist and TMC posting | lagmonst3r | 2018-02-23 15:06:02 | 10 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
dj12vs | Best possible value for a new Tesla I could find in 3.5 years of waiting | I made a day 1 reservation for a model 3 hoping for the $35 000 version with the full $7 500 rebate. What a value I thought! Then it was introduced at 50k instead of 35k and I realized it wasn t happening the tax credit would be gone before the base model arrived. So I cancelled my reservation... * Then the base model was released surprisingly with most of the premium interior thrown in for free. * Then my state s governor (Jay Inslee) ran for president on a climate change platform and he introduced a state sales tax exemption of $2 500. * Then Tesla started offering end-of-quarter discounts in the form of free upgrades up to several thousand more dollars off. * and the federal credit was still there at $1875 I decided that $35k minus $1875 minus $2 500 minus the cost of two free upgrades was worth it! Check out my model 3 complete with 19” sport wheels and red multi coat paint purchased for the low low (effective) price of $30 625 plus fees! https: i.imgur.com zvCuKZb.jpg She may not have quite the range or power of other models but she s still objectively fast as hell and quite capable for even long commutes. Basically all I m missing is Autopilot —but for the price I paid I ll just have to endure the torture of driving using my own two hands. :) | Roboculon | 2019-10-17 04:10:53 | 230 | f407zsd | Great work! Toughed out the wait and got an amazing vehicle at an amazing price! I applaud you sir Good day | ouyanes | 2019-10-17 04:57:21 | 44 | Tesla Model 3 Review |
6sqrbh | Best practices for garage charger location and height? | Getting ready to plan out a mild garage refresh and part of that is getting a 240 installed somewhere in the garage for the future Model 3. I m totally new to EVs. Any tips or best practices as far as location and height of the outlet? Is there anything you would have done differently? | mtoac | 2017-08-10 03:39:14 | 19 | dlew0g3 | Ideal location is by the driver side rear of the car where the car s charging port is. For height I think for it to be ADA compliant it shouldn t be too high probably around 3-4 ft. There are some diagrams on Tesla s charging site (or were at least). Remember on a NEMA 14-50 to mount it with the ground on top my electrician did it the other way and the UMC hangs awkwardly. (I installed a HPWC next to it so I only need the outlet as a backup). | noahio | 2017-08-10 04:30:51 | 10 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
hxqpfo | Best practices for range efficiency on long trips | What are the recommended settings for increasing range efficiency on longer trips where super chargers are a bit far apart. Intuitively the obvious ones to me are AC not stomping the accelerator and minimizing wind resistance. What am I missing? | artificial_intel423 | 2020-07-25 17:38:15 | 14 | fz7qgqg | Drive slower. Aerodynamic drag is by far the biggest range killer. | Wugz | 2020-07-25 17:42:02 | 62 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
jqhinv | Best practices for ski trip winter driving | I have a model Y AWD with hitch rack ski carrier. Will need to to drive 1-2 hours to get to various ski resorts. Charging: Would you recommend charging to 90%+ the night before? Given cold weather and hills.. is it fine to charge to 95%? Settings: I don t actually see a “range mode” is there anything else I should select in addition to turning the auto mirror function off and windshield wiper service mode? Winter Tires: Do you think that the model Y can handle some snow ice on occasional ski trips with the standard tires or do you think that winter tires are mandatory in any situation that involves snow? Charging: Anyone have positive experience with charging at the ski resorts or is it not safe to rely on that? Also just curious for those that own the ski carrier and hitch do you even bother to set that stuff up if you re just skiing by yourself? Or do you just throw it in the car if it s just one set of skis. | Lavitche | 2020-11-08 19:13:58 | 25 | gbn4lgl | > Charging: Would you recommend charging to 90%+ the night before? Given cold weather and hills.. is it fine to charge to 95%? Charge to whatever you need to get there. You aren t going to damage the car even charging to 100% as long as you dont let it sit there at 100% for days or do it every day. > Settings: I don t actually see a “range mode” is there anything else I should select in addition to turning the auto mirror function off and windshield wiper service mode? The model y doesn t have a range mode. The items you are talking about have effectively no impact on range. The thing that will most impact your range is how fast you drive and how hard the heat is running. You can get the best range by driving like your grandma - slow acceleration keeping it under 65 and using the heated seats instead of heating the whole cabin. > Charging: Anyone have positive experience with charging at the ski resorts or is it not safe to rely on that? You can t rely on it always being available. | mcowger | 2020-11-08 19:22:25 | 13 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
5qeb8u | Best practices for workplace EV infrastructure? | Pardon my burner account and wall of text but… My company is building a new facility and I m fortunate enough to be in a position where I can influence the process and make sure that we re including infrastructure for employees with EVs to charge at work. We will have substantial electrical capacity due to heavy equipment and datacenters on site so it s mostly a matter of just planning for this early in the process to account for EV charging. While I am a Tesla fan I recognize as well that it s important to make sure that whatever is installed is the best choice for all EVs not just mine and this is where my knowledge level isn t great. From my understanding essentially anything on the market can use a level2 charging setup but a high-output DC fast charging system is not compatible with most vehicles unless they paid for the option to be installed in their car (and is of no use to plug-in hybrids?) Is the best policy for compatibility then to have several level2 charging points and ignore DC fast charging for now? In all reality the speed of charging isn t even that much of an issue since people are here for hours anyway and we will not be making these available to the general public. Furthermore it seems like chademo is the most popular plug and those expecting tesla or SAE plugs should have the appropriate adapters anyway? Are there any charging solutions out there that have multiple cables so that they don t require adapters? EDIT: Or is the pro move just to install a number of 14-50R outlets and let employees sort their own cables? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. | random189024u91hrb | 2017-01-27 01:25:49 | 11 | dcyn2d7 | DC fast chargers are expensive. Plus no matter what you install you re going to have a problem with employees parking their car and leaving it long after charging is complete. A 14-50R doesn t help most of the little EVs as they don t have chargers with 14-50 plugs like Tesla s UMC. The most flexible are standard J1772 chargers as every EV sold in the US in any volume have the J1772 charging port. Same for plug-in hybrids like the Volt and Prius Prime. Another problem you re going to eventually face is whining from the non-EV employees that they are being left out. Plus the really anally retentive accountant will claim that you are providing a benefit to the EV employees and you need to tax that. A common solution at least in Silicon Valley is to outsource the chargers to someplace like Chargepoint. They ll install chargers. Your employees get chargepoint accounts and add a site code to their accounts which allows them (and not just any chargepoint account holder) to use your company s chargers. They ll take care of the billing directly to the employee. But you still have a parking problem as soon as the number of employees with EVs Plugin-Hybrids exceeds the number of chargers. It s a giant huge never ending pain the ASS to get people to move their damn cars when they ve finished charging. | geo38 | 2017-01-27 02:45:28 | 7 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
bnqq6e | Best seat configuration for Model X (most kid friendly)? | I m looking to pick up a model X as a family car and would appreciate any advice on seating: We have 3 kids under 5 years old and obviously having 3 carseats across a back seat is a bit of a pain. Can anyone provide personal feedback on the 5 seat and 6 seat configuration with kids? I m really torn on it...my thought was my oldest could sit in the 3rd row and buckle himself into a booster while the 2 younger kids are in 2nd row captains chairs w carseats. Is it easier just to have 3 across the 2nd row given the improved access of falcon wing doors? It looks like the 5 seat configuration has more legroom for 2nd row (but I could definitely be wrong there). Definitely not having a 4th kid so don t need more than 5 seats but happy to pay extra if the 3rd row vastly improves loading unloading of the rugrats. Thanks! | hamachee | 2019-05-12 16:18:59 | 11 | en8av8t | Sell the kid that you like the least. | run-the-joules | 2019-05-12 16:20:10 | 25 | Car seat configurations in Tesla |
8pc8tc | Best service approach? [discussion] | I sent an issue to [email protected] 2 days ago and haven t gotten a reply (auto or otherwise). Is a phone call to my local service center the best option? Issue follows if curious: My auto lane change worked for the first week of ownership but on my first road trip (of course) it quit engaging. The available lane is represented on the display while on auto pilot when I engage the turn signal it briefly shows the dashed lines toward the lane I m changing to then the displayed lane disappears doesn t change lanes and my blinker stays on. Auto lane change is enabled in my settings for all profiles and easy entry. Version 2018.18.13 I would have posted in the Q& A mega but that sticky has disappeared in my app for the thread and the link provided by automod redirects to r teslamotors Edit: I did call the local service center these folks are indeed a pleasure to work with. They ve set a tentative appointment for next week and asked I repeat the issue while in car driving specifically asking I request “a time stamp on an issue” so they can live log it before the appointment. How cool is that? | Daheavyb | 2018-06-07 17:31:30 | 15 | e0a7qlc | Definitely call. You will get immediate response. No company anywhere ever replies to emails. That s my level of expectation. I can only be pleasantly surprised on the rate occasion that a company does reply to an email. | _ohm_my | 2018-06-07 18:51:37 | 6 | Tesla ownership feedback and issues |
blbb3c | Best sites to try on the new web browser? | I was hoping to get the PLEX web app to work on the new browser but could not get it to. I know there has to be some unique sites that would not work before but work now.. What are the best ones to try? Radar maps? Weather sites? Anything unique to Tesla? | ImUrHuckle63rry | 2019-05-06 12:05:30 | 53 | emn3c6q | [https: remotedesktop.google.com access](https: remotedesktop.google.com access) & #x200B Otherwise telegram web and tweetdeck are working way better. | w0rd3r | 2019-05-06 12:40:33 | 22 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
gzf75u | Best sound dampening products you ve used? | Just ordered a 3! Yay. I am very interested in learning what products you all have installed on your cars to make road noise less and what has actually worked. Thanks for some unique and great recommendations so far everyone! Far better than the one we all see on amazon. I appreciate it a ton! | Skidoo23 | 2020-06-09 03:41:41 | 50 | ftg8yhv | Wheel well dampener was the only thing that remotely worked. And even then Model 3 is the loudest car I ve ever leased. Mind you I drive on Los Angeles freeways with these stupid traction grooves that create a hideous amount of noise. The difference between a cheap economy car like a Hyundai Elantra and a luxury car like a Genesis G80 is night and day and model 3 leans closer to Hyundai Elantra as even a 2019 Hyundai Sonata is quieter than my model 3. I hate the freeway so much. BASENOR Tesla Model 3 Wheel Sound Deadening Mat Soundproof Protective Pad Audio Noise Insulation and Dampening https: www.amazon.com dp B082DY2L7P ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_7HY3EbS3540AP | MoistBruin | 2020-06-09 06:15:05 | 21 | Tesla Model 3 Audio Experience |
8huect | Best sunshade for Model 3 | Does anyone have a recommendation? I strongly prefer a collapsible one that I can store easily but open to a custom fitted one that does not fold etc | EdwardEYP | 2018-05-08 05:48:24 | 14 | dymmwwa | I would suggest getting clear tint with high IR and UV rejection as that will save your dashboard and you don t have to mess with putting it up and taking it down all the time. | Newton715 | 2018-05-08 05:53:43 | 9 | Tesla ownership feedback and issues |
h8mpty | Best third party apps for new M3 owner? | I just got a LR M3 and I couldn t be happier. Picked it up this morning and already put 85 miles on it doing test rides with my family. I m looking for the best apps to use with my new car. I ve got an iPhone (but not an iWatch) and a good sense of tinkering. I ve heard about TeslaFi but that s the only one I ve heard of and also their website looks janky. Would love to hear what ya ll recommend and apologies if TeslaFi is actually tight. | weed_donkey | 2020-06-14 03:53:32 | 12 | furqwr0 | Teslafi is quite good. Do you have a better route Planner and plugshare ? You ll want those for sure | garoo1234567 | 2020-06-14 04:13:54 | 15 | Tesla companion app features |
25zjpq | Best time to place an order? | looking to place an order for an S85 very soon however I dont want to place an order with potential new options updates on the horizon. Has there been any time frame historically when new options seem to come out or are they pretty much random? Sounds like new paint options might be coming at some point however I m 95% set on the red. Also heard rumors of seats but that doesnt sound like until next year. Any thoughts? | bobbyducati | 2014-05-20 00:12:48 | 16 | chm8lrn | Tesla makes incremental improvements every month. They come as soon as the update is ready so there is no schedule. As with any technology the best answer is to wait as long as you can. No one knows when they will update certain items except for insiders (who aren t going to tell you anything) so you re just going to get a bunch of guesses here. My guesses: - New paint options by the end of the year. - AWD by the end of next year. - Seats have already been updated at least once. Musk said in February that the next upgrade was about a year away. So.. early next year. | jonjiv | 2014-05-20 01:04:00 | 10 | Tesla Delivery Woes |
bqnolk | Best user-oriented feature integration I ve ever seen. | I m not sure if this post is for r elonmusk or for here but here goes. Tesla by far has the best feature integration of any company I ve heard of. Most businesses have a “continuous improvement” policy or some way to listen to their users and improve their product but none are on a level that Tesla is. I see twitter and reddit posts about an improvement or new feature and it seems like Tesla is already working on it or they start to work on it very quickly. Personally I think it s really awesome that Tesla is able to do this and the possibilities are endless with the features that could potentially be integrated. I guess this is just a post that s bragging about how cool Tesla is as a company. Hopefully they can continue this and push out more updates! | Pearce1605 | 2019-05-19 23:30:06 | 12 | eo69nz8 | Think about it. Each update whether small or large is bound to do a few things: 1. Get owners to boast about it (worth of mouth advertising) 2. Get the media in on the action (example: sentry mode recordings) 3. Make owners happier overall see #1 It s a cycle and it s extremely easy for them to do in the grand scheme of things for a big benefit. They really want owners to love their cars. While they may not be perfect everywhere it does show. That s just the [cherry on top](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors wiki topreasons). I mean we haven t even gotten to enhanced summon yet and it s already fun. | 110110 | 2019-05-20 01:13:38 | 6 | Tesla companion app features |
sha6ij | Best wall charger to install? | Do most folks with a Tesla just go with the standard Tesla wall connector? I was talking with a contractor and they mentioned using clipper creek… now I am as uncertain as ever. Edit: first of all I want to thank everyone for taking the time to respond to the post. I talked to the contractor (two actually) and they both said that it would be the same cost to install (14-50 vs wall charger) so I think I am leaning towards the wall charger. If it s a “wash” to have the product installed then it sounds like it comes down to the cost of the wall charger vs a second mobile connector which is a couple hundred dollars. I did find it interesting that one user noted the wall connector is more efficient and will end up paying for itself… that would be bonus but I don t think I ve heard that before. | GoodContest | 2022-01-31 19:45:41 | 21 | hv1d9sz | I just had a Nema 1450 plug installed. I use the mobile charger that came with my 3. It s a way cheaper way to go and it gives you options if you choose another EV brand in the future. Also cheaper to replace a mobile charger than the Tesla wall charger should anything go wrong down the road. | I_Like_Holes | 2022-01-31 20:09:19 | 50 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
xkdwm7 | Best way to file complaint against Tesla service center? | Hi all - we have had to have our model y serviced for the same problem 3 times. The folks at the service center have been nothing but rude insinuating that we were to blame for something that has been an issue with the car from day 1. Where is the best place to lodge a complaint? I don t think speaking to the manger would lead anywhere. Thank you for help! | cheesephilly | 2022-09-21 19:09:07 | 158 | ipdkmly | Lemon law lawyer | socbrian | 2022-09-21 20:06:32 | 171 | Tesla ownership feedback and issues |
4e9x7l | Best way to listen to podcasts in-vehicle? | I m currently using Bluetooth in my Model X to play podcasts from my iPhone but was hoping there was a way to do it directly from the vehicle. Any suggestions? Thanks! | scottvv | 2016-04-11 08:57:32 | 15 | d1ybdgj | Pocket Casts over Bluetooth is my preferred way. I can finish listening from my desktop when I get to work or home. I wrote a simple web view wrapper around their website for my Mac. I m hoping the rumors of an API SDK happen soon. I d love to get a podcast up on the touchscreen. | SheepWheatOre | 2016-04-11 11:18:58 | 14 | Spotify Gapless Playback |
6vf8mx | Best way to rent a Tesla for a day? | My wife and I will be in Washington DC in April for vacation and would like to rent a Tesla to drive around for a day or two. However the only place I ve found is Turo which requires I be 30 to rent (I m 26). I also saw Enterprise Exotic Cars but that s pretty pricey. Any other options available? | hew2702 | 2017-08-23 00:12:29 | 23 | dlzsosj | You can message the owner on Turo and they can have the age requirement waived for you. | NotLake | 2017-08-23 00:28:10 | 20 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
ceyr6w | Best way to sell current M3 and get a model s x | First I love my model 3. Best car I ever had. Brought brand new LR 11k miles in 7 months mainly from daily commute on Hwy. Because recent life event change we need a bigger car. Car is paid off. Does Tesla give fair trade in value? Or I should sell it on Craigslist? Adding more info: Of course enabled AP and M3 Key fob Location: Mountain View CA. NorCal 35% tinted windows and glass roof Exterior Color: white Interior color: black Tesla mats for both front and back. Sunshade for glass roof 19” wheels Third party accessory list: Wireless charger Rear spoiler Wrapped door handles Wrapped console but I did not do a good job. You can always remove it. (Since day one ) Front back row mats from amazon Tempered glass for display since day one Brighter door trunk lights And other miscellaneous stuffs. | superpanjy | 2019-07-18 21:46:10 | 12 | eu5w07n | Try craigslist or Facebook market place. I ve been browsing both for a used M3 but most people listing their cars more than it cost to buy new. If you re realistic in the sale price you won t have a hard time selling it. | Slammedtgs | 2019-07-18 21:50:17 | 24 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
e2ox0r | Best way to separately track and bill my Model 3 charging in my landlords garage. | I live in a mother-in-law apartment attached to a larger house. I plan to install a NEMA 14-50 outlet in my landlord s garage to charge my yet-to-be-delivered Model 3. Describe some good ways to track how much I electricity I use when charging in the garage (with the plan to reimburse my landlord) and or how to separately itemize my cost for charging my car. | OutlawSixActual | 2019-11-27 23:31:47 | 22 | f8wsr8p | Have your electrician install a dedicated meter which will monitor the usage of your single 240V circuit. A number of suitable products are available for under $100. | crumplezone49 | 2019-11-27 23:55:22 | 14 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
bwkoec | Best way to ship a Tesla to Puerto Rico? | With no authorized dealer or seller in Puerto Rico Teslas down there are marked up significantly. It s actually unreal and vastly cheaper to simply buy it and ship it from the mainland outright. & #x200B There is a decent community of Tesla owners down there and several have vouched for a certain shipping company that is legit and handles all paperwork and ships it with insurance for about $1 400 from Florida. I went to a Tesla dealer in my city (NYC) and they don t really know or feel comfortable vouching for anything as none of these companies are affiliated with Tesla which is perfectly understandable but I d like to dig around a little more. My dad has done exhaustive homework on all this but he doesn t speak English so I thought I d ask here since this is a much larger community. Wondering if anyone either has been in a similar situation or can point me in the right direction? I would be interested in the Model 3. Cheers. | panoramicsummer | 2019-06-04 04:42:17 | 12 | epybakq | USPS priority mail. If it fits it ships. | spindrift_20 | 2019-06-04 05:30:57 | 30 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
c88djl | Best way to voice call someone with multiple numbers? | I m amazed this is not easier than it is unless I m missing something. If I have a contact in my phone (iPhone X) with multiple numbers and I say “call xyz” it pops up with that stupidly small scrolling window that only fits about one and a half numbers on there. The order seems to be random because it s not matching what s in my phone it s hard to see while driving it s tiny you have to scroll and it disappears if you don t choose something within like 5 seconds. It s basically a hazard. What s worse is that the car recognizes each number for what they are mobile home etc. but even saying “call xyz mobile” still just does the same as described above. All these new features like Mario Kart are great but is there really no better solution to this problem yet other than creating separate contacts in my phone? | leopor | 2019-07-02 12:00:47 | 36 | eskqrav | Call James Smith Mobile Call Bob Jones Work & #x200B It doesn t seem to give me any trouble. | compu85 | 2019-07-02 12:45:58 | 32 | Spotify Gapless Playback |
m0rqxu | Bestla - The new Tesla app is in free beta | The main Tesla app gets the job done but there s some features I wish it included. Over these past few months I ve been working on an app for both iPhone and Android with the goal of allowing you to take full control of your Tesla in ways that the main app does not. You can think of it as a companion app to the main Tesla app. [iOS App Store](https: apps.apple.com us app bestla-tesla-companion id1551088174) [Google Play Store](https: play.google.com store apps details?id=com.appuccino.bestla) **Some of the features:** * Periodically log data and view graphs (battery level battery degradation temps etc.) - with data import export * Perform any action without pulling up an app * Quick actions (long press icon on home screen plus home screen icons for actions on Android) * Quick Settings tiles (Android-only in pulldown) * Persistent notification similar to the Tesla app s but with customizable actions (Android-only) * [Upcoming] Use actions with Siri and Assistant ( open the frunk ) * Schedule actions in the future (eg. warm up the car at 8am on weekday mornings or lock the doors in 5 minutes) * Show nearby chargers on a map as well as you and your vehicle and open them in your Maps app * More features to come with feature requests appreciated! Features are prioritized based on their upvotes from the community. Some examples: * Siri Assistant * Home screen widgets * More graphs * Notification center * Apple watch & Wear support * Auto-backup data * Custom alert notifications I ve decided to start the app out in free beta for little a while to get as much feedback as possible to make sure things get to a good state for this initial set of features. At full launch I would charge a small fee for the app - I ll be continuing to iterate and add features to the app over time and want this to eventually include every feature you d like in a mobile app for your Tesla. This isn t just a one-time release so if there s enough interest charging a small fee would to allow me to work on the app part full time depending on the amount of interest (I m a software engineer at a search engine company you may have heard of and they have some flex-time options 🙌). I also created r bestla for updates and announcements from me as well as general talk about the app. If you have a feature request please [let me know](https: bestla.kampsite.co )! Just make sure it doesn t already exist there and be sure to upvote the features you want to see next. I m thinking voice assistant support is the next move especially to give iOS users some more outside-of-app options but I ll wait for the community to decide what is most wanted next 😁 | AggieDev | 2021-03-08 22:19:09 | 35 | gq9ic5j | Reminder folks if you get on early access with the FSD Beta you can t use third party apps. Maybe that s changed or they won t enforce it. But I know they used to. Sorry u AggieDev don t mean to bring sucky news I just know people want the beta who may not be aware | 110110 | 2021-03-08 22:29:32 | 30 | Tesla companion app features |
da7yhz | Beta software risk mitigation | I hear that Tesla employees browse this subreddit from time to time so I just wanted to put out a mild suggestion regarding risk mitigation of user error in future autopilot summon releases. It is simply this: When new features under the autopilot or summon umbrella are released it may be wise to “lock” these features until the user watches an instructional video or reads through the relevant handbook sections. With V10 I know my excitement got the better of me and I immediately tried messing with smart summon without first digesting its features and limitations. Thankfully nothing bad came of it but I m certain I m not alone in this and some gating procedure would not only help protect us from ignorant mistakes but also those around us. Just a thought | NlNJANEER | 2019-09-27 22:58:50 | 177 | f1nvl3n | Definitely like the idea of a ‘watch to unlock tutorial. | 110110 | 2019-09-27 23:39:20 | 64 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
8xqxii | Better Forums than Tesla Main? | I was wondering if someone has any suggestions for a better Tesla forum than Teslas own. It seems that Tesla s own forum isn t really moderated and there are some serious trolls in there. Is Tesla Motor Club the best alternative? | bikesair | 2018-07-10 16:40:42 | 14 | e24x2a4 | This is like walking into an In n Out and asking where the nearest McDonalds is. Of course the best discussion is here on r teslamotors | Skate_a_book | 2018-07-10 16:43:36 | 38 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
nnam47 | Better financing rate? | Does Tesla no longer offer the service of emailing [email protected] to have them shop for a better rate for you? I contacted them and was told “2.49% is the floor rate in our loan program.” and they wouldn t be able to find a better rate yet I ve seen users post about their experience with them being able to find a better rate. Has anyone had any success with this recently? | NegotiationValuable5 | 2021-05-28 23:34:23 | 10 | gztgfxv | I emailed [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) the following: I got quoted at a 2.50% rate but looking around looks like I could get 2.0% or lower. Would you mind shopping the loan to potentially get me a lower rate? which got me a lower rate. | AManAPlanALodeiro | 2021-05-28 23:46:37 | 10 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
ai8lk8 | Beware Tesla FUD has increased dramatically over the past few days. | I m seeing a lot more trolls and FUD over the past few days. This makes sense because Tesla is expected to announce new products in March and vested interests are trying to manipulate the stock price between now and then. They are likely trying to drive the stock down to below 250 share by the end of February and then back above 300 by the day prior to the event. This is a pretty normal (but illegal and immoral) thing so expect to see this thrash. | OompaOrangeFace | 2019-01-21 09:40:40 | 15 | eely05n | Tesla had some reasonably big and arguably bad news over the last week. | feurie | 2019-01-21 10:37:16 | 125 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
b8ml31 | Beware - autopilot is happy to drive on the wrong side of the road. | I ll start it with the usual - yes Tesla tells us all in the manual that we should be only using the autopilot on divided restricted highways. Yet they do allow it to be enabled practically anywhere and lot s of people do not realize the dangers and did not read the manual. Yet others would argue Tesla must allow the enablement of it everywhere to provide valuable feedback to Tesla about various failure modes and such (something that only happens to a pretty limited degree). People also dinged me in the past because there s a special email where Tesla would like to receive autopilot feedback and I should let them know first. So this time that s exactly what I did I contacted them 4 days ago (2+ business days) with this information and nobody got back to me (I did get an autoresponse confirmation they got the email). https: imgur.com a 8znanJr Somebody I know who said of course if you try to sound smart - you would be ignored so try to sound stupid instead . Perhaps this is true after all this is not how I deal with customer bugreports personally but is this really common? Nobody even watched those videos - the view count is at 0. The main purpose of this post is to hopefully raise awareness for people not overly trust autopilot. There s a bit of an increase of AP failed videos lately with number of owners increasing and so I hope this one would serve as another important lesson for them. Also the _only_ reason I even considered doing thise AP outside highways is to test some stop signs detection. Normally I only use it on highways as prescribed (and even then very sparingly). It also highlights a pretty severe bug in the code where the system does not seem to care to stay in the wrong lane that s easily identifiable and hopefully Tesla would correct that promptly now that it s clearly exposed. And also a big system limitation. Here s one instance (on streamable not to anger Google contentID gods): https: streamable.com kpugc Heres a series of several runs in the same spot: https: www.youtube.com watch?v=EFS5YoFJWcE As you can observe in some cases car does not even beep just moves into the wrong lane. Here s a depiction of what the car think it sees: https: streamable.com n45t3 A bit on line color information: - red line - a solid line that you should not cross - bold red line - a double line that you should not cross - yellow - implied lane boundary in absence of real lines assumed crossable - green - dashed line we can cross It s actually pretty remarkable. Up to 00:06 it clearly understands that the gap between double solid lines does not matter and draws a very sensible depiction of what the lane boundaries are anyway. Unfortunately the moment the double line near the car disappears all memory of the doublelines is lost! This should not come as too big of a surprise to those who have seen my other videos but this cannot be stressed enough the system has no even short term memory between the camera frames! And not even HW3 is goign to help it in foreseeable future since NNs most of the driving logic is still in the conventional CPU code and NNs are mostly only used for recognition and changing that would be a hugge-huge system overhaul so I consider it s unlikely we ll see it anytime soon. Some of that could be augmented by maps but that s still quite limited. By 00:10 we finally can observe the double lines close again and the gap to it is small to declare it as such (bold red line) yet the bug I talked about earlier manifests there s no rule to say the car must stay to the right of the double yellow line (or just any double line for that matter) and if that invariant fails - it should definitely request a takeover. Now if we look at the case where the system did not fail: https: streamable.com 70jfp - we can see that it s basically a luck of the draw we did not cross the yellow line too far into the other lane (smaller speed?) and so the keep in lane manager decided that it s the right lane we should be staying in not the left one. In this particular stretch the right lane seems to be preferred though based on my testing. Needless to say these problems also present themselves on highways too the car is all to happy to dive for the left exists (as numerous videos demonstrate) or even into a median at times (depends on some preconditions and I am not going to risk my life in attempts to reproduce this!) Note about night footage - night actually is a better time for AP - the contrast on everything is much higher it s likely to work even worse during the day but it s kind of hard to try it due to traffic. So I hope you will watch this footage and will remember to never trust the system until Tesla themselves tell you to trust it in the **manual**! Until then I really wish they would create a bunch of educational videos or slides for when the system is most likely to fail just like some other vendors do in their manuals. Note to the Tesla will learn if we try it enough times - no it does not work like that. Your detailed intervention information is NOT sent anywhere no you cannot just press the bugreport button and submit a usable autopilot bugreport either. So don t put your life in danger don t try to engage autopilot in places where you noticed it does not work well it would not help anything at all. One final tip - try not to use autopilot when drowsy tired sleepy ... this is the most sure way to mentally disconnect and fall asleep. I know some might disagree since if it s on it might also save you but in general if you cannot continue driving - better don t! It s MUCH safer than depending on autopilot doing the correct thing The video is shot of firmware 19.8.3 | greentheonly | 2019-04-02 17:57:47 | 129 | ejypvzh | As a data point there was some construction a while ago (~2 months) where only one lane was open on a two lane road and the construction workers were letting each direction of traffic take turns taking this lane. For my direction of travel it was the wrong side of the road and the length of this lane was about 1 mile (so pretty dang long). I turned autopilot on as an experiment during the transition to from this lane and kept it on during the lane. It handled everything great and how I would have wanted it to (navigating the cones as lines!) but a warning saying you might be on the wrong side of the road might be nice although this should be obvious to the driver. Sorry if this isn t exactly related to this topic just thought I would share my experience! | CheeseJam | 2019-04-02 18:11:46 | 20 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
x567ke | Beware of Jeda model 3 hub | So I ordered a Tesla Model 3 USB Hub (2017- mid 2020) and a Tesla SSD on May 8th**.** I received the SSD back in June and I FINALLY received the hub today. It was impossible to get any answers from Jeda support even though I emailed and texted them over and over. I find the cover the SSD is screwed to does not hold magnetically to the body of the hub. Even tho it has a big magnet on the back. What junk. What a shitty company. Stay away from Jeda. | happysalesguy | 2022-09-03 22:08:07 | 53 | imztpw5 | I ve had similar issues. Never buying again. | grillntech | 2022-09-04 00:25:08 | 23 | Tesla ownership feedback and issues |
62z3ni | Bi-Weekly Experiences Thread! | We re currently in the testing phases of a new weekly sticky thread. This thread **has some updates**! Now testing a post every other Sunday (EST) at 6AM and comments will be sorted by **Best**. Use this thread to comment your own experiences during the week if they match below. If it s a slow day visit the active thread at the time and participate or see our Live chat in the sidebar :). This thread is specifically intended for **photos** of: * Order Confirmations * Vanity Plates * Low Quality Vehicles In The Wild * Items you purchased (like toy cars) or baked (like cakes) Please realize that this thread is in testing and incorporating a **Rule 5**. This sticky is intended as a new solution for common types of posts and to work towards a structure that works for the future of the sub as we gain popularity as Model 3 approaches. Here s a direct [**Imgur Photo Upload**](http: imgur.com upload) to assist with sharing. Thanks and share away! -u 110110 | AutoModerator | 2017-04-02 11:07:43 | 43 | dfq57w1 | I [ordered](http: imgur.com R6CpUzP)! 100D Glass Roof all options except rear facing seats. Edit: Black Interior with Carbon Fiber. Though I m debating white. Edit2: Debate done: I m sticking with black interior. Also I m removing the high amperage charger cause my home can t support it and I don t think it s important enough for me to spend another 2-3k upgrading the house. | _drew_p_ | 2017-04-02 12:38:32 | 30 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
878b51 | Bi-weekly TSLA Investor Thread | This will post every other Monday (EST) at 6AM. Use this thread to comment your own investor links or commentary. This thread is specifically intended for TSLA related posts. This thread is meant only for casual discussion regarding TSLA stock. Only generic investing-related topics will be allowed as posts. This thread should **not** be construed as investment advice or guidance. | AutoModerator | 2018-03-26 11:14:38 | 34 | dwf5i89 | Fortunately my experience in crypto has made be immune to emotion from 8% daily drops. Thank goodness. | pjgf | 2018-03-28 14:43:56 | 30 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
8v7g2d | Bi-weekly TSLA Investor Thread | This will post every other Monday (EST). Use this thread to comment your own investor links or commentary. This thread is specifically intended for TSLA related posts. This thread is meant only for casual discussion regarding TSLA stock. Only generic investing-related topics will be allowed as posts. This thread should **not** be construed as investment advice or guidance. | AutoModerator | 2018-07-01 04:10:56 | 72 | e1qbpfh | Man I feel like I expected this as a 4 year investor. I just ignore it all in the long run. My cost basis is \~210 (same as Ron Baron). I buy large dips like the \~150 and the \~250 dip but in general I just hold and sit back. This is the biggest story stock biggest emotional stock and largest shorted stock. The financial analysts think they can somehow apply fundamentals to this stock which they can t. All the shorts are foaming at the mouth trying to kill this company. The oil companies entrenched manufacturers dealerships energy sector foreign aerospace govt etc etc etc.. ALL have an interest in seeing Tesla fail. This country is full of optimists that don t want to live in a world that doesn t look like Musk s vision and they are willing to put their savings retirements and investments aside to give Tesla a chance. Half my investment is in my IRA the rest is in personal equity. I don t need this money for 10+ years. I m willing to let it ride to see what Tesla can do. I wouldn t sell until it goes under \~$100 or so for tax harvesting. I just don t think the world understands that component even though it s screamed at them repeatedly. I don t think they understand the brand new industry that is being created and the moats Tesla is creating every day. Their battery density & prices vertical integration supercharging network missile cell tech self driving hardware software and AP mapping data manufacturing breakthroughs solar roofs smart grid energy storage etc etc. They are obviously sitting on even more advanced tech with claimed 200kWh+ roadster and semi batteries motors and god knows what else. It s not like their engineers have just been sitting in a dark room playing Dungeons and Dragons while the Model 3 has been ramping up. Just keep these things in perspective before you go down the doom and gloom route. This stock is hyper emotional yes a 7& #37 swing is fucking crazy with this big of a company but it s not crazy for this stock. edit: wow 10 down votes in the last 10 minutes.. hmm | JaredBanyard | 2018-07-03 18:05:14 | 65 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
9m553s | Big & Talk Driver - 1500 miles in Model 3 | So I picked up my Model 3 AWD last week and immediately embarked on a road trip for a combination of work and pleasure. For a bit of background I am a car junkie. I love cars and my current stable consists of a Nissan GTR Toyota 4Runner Mercedes Unimog Camper Volkswagen Westfalia Syncro. I traded a BMW i3 REX in on the Tesla. Other notable cars I have owned are BMW M3 M5 X5M 911 Turbo Subaru WRX STI Mercedes E65 Audi R8 V10 Spyder to name a few. So cars for me are a form of enjoyment. I typically buy them for some unique feature that I feel like I don t have. I am also a big guy. I am 6 4 and 315lbs and before you all call me fat. I am more muscle than obese (even my doctor thinks so!). I have finished the first leg of my trip which took me 1500 miles from Chicago to Boston to New York and now Baltimore. I thought I would write up some of my thoughts and impressions on a few topics. Vs. BMW i3 I posted earlier wondering if the Model 3 was really any better than the i3. As a lot of reviews I felt were more expounding the benefits of electrification vs something unique to Tesla. Overall I have to say the Model 3 is just different from the i3. The i3 is an amazing city car with a spacious cabin and upright seating that gives you a great view of the road. The Model 3 sits LOW and the view out is not as good as the i3. The Model 3 is a superior highway cruiser and way more versatile to be an only car because of the supercharging network. The Model 3 blows the doors off the i3 in performance. The I3 has instant torque and is fun from 0-30. The AWD Model 3 can feel like a baseball bat to your back when you floor it. As an only car the Model 3 is a better choice but as a city only car I still think a $20k BMW i3 REX CPO is a compelling value… until the 35k Model 3 comes. Buying new at full price the Model 3 is definitely a better option. Interior Space for Big Drivers One area I was curious about before purchase was how much space was there for us big guys. I saw some posts from the tall thin and the shorter and heavier. But nothing really for the big all around guys. I fit great in the i3! The doors were big and opened wide shoulder room was a tad pinched if I was in with a Crossfit buddy but overall I was comfortable. The Model 3 is bigger but it s a different seating experience. The center tunnel and such seems to wrap around you while the dash and interior of the BMW i3 or the 4Runner seems to drop away around you. But there ultimately is plenty of room inside once I am in. My only issue is getting out. My shoulders are a bit over 2 feet across. With the seat adjusted it is slid back behind the pillar. When I turn to exit it s a bit tight with my shoulders spanning from the steering wheel to the pillar of the car. So if you are a BIG all around person it s something you may want to check out. If you have bad knees or anything like that and you a big and tall I am not sure this car will work for you. Autopilot and Driver Fatigue Full disclosure I bought the Model 3 for autopilot. I initially was going to get a Model X as a Sec 179 deduction but realized what I really loved that I didn t have was autopilot. So my expectations of Autopilot were high. My parents live in VA and me in Chicago and I wanted to be comfortable doing the 700 mile trip with my dogs about every other month to visit them. After 1500 miles I am excited to say that it s lived up to the hype. it truly reduces my driver fatigue by a huge factor! I had long driving days that took me well past midnight and I wasn t fighting fatigue. It was nice to be able to pop into autopilot and focus ahead on the road while the car managed the minutiae. It s definitely more like the aircraft idea of autopilot vs the literal meaning. If you are contemplating long road trips as a major use case for your purchase it delivers. I DO hate the nags as it s pretty frequent at 80mph and I don t like the steering wheel jiggle technique at all. I think it s dangerous. I have been using the scroll wheel to turn the volume up and then back down. But I do think Tesla should explore BMW s solution of a capacitance band in the steering wheel as another sensor or use that interior camera to roughly gage driver attention like a dumbed down version of Cadillacs system. Chill Mode vs Standard Acceleration Let me just say this directly. I think standard mode is dangerous in reverse. Maybe my brain is slow to process but when I am reversing I find that standard mode is way too jumpy. When I am trying to check mirrors look at the screen and reverse it s a lot to process with the car trying to launch backwards! There was a story here about how someone ran into their garage and I thought “Dang how did they ever do that it s your garage!” But now I completely understand. The throttle mapping is just too aggressive and it s too much to handle in reverse. I really wish there was a setting to automatically turn on Chill mode in reverse. Unless you are driving a get away car I have no clue why you would ever need to go so fast in reverse. Honestly I would love to put the current standard mode as the “sport” mode and remap a new mode that would be standard. The first 30-50% of travel should be like chill mode but after that it should be full on power. I really think it would make the car safer. Audio System and Noise Hmmm…. Everything I read said the audio system is amazing and the cabin is so quiet. I don t know that I agree. I hear a crap ton of road noise and wind noise. I use the i3 as a comparison as it is electric and it s noticeably quieter in the cabin vs the Model 3. Particularly the tire noise. I wonder if mine are missing the foam. But these 19 s are loud. Now that brings me to the audio system. From a clarity and balance perspective I find that it delivers it does sound solid. My issue is that I have to drive it to about 75 80% to drown out the road noise on the interstate. I don t like running it that high. Around town it s a different scenario I don t have to drive it so hard. Am I missing one of those settings somewhere that is limiting the volume to safe levels or something? Also slacker radio sucks if you want to play a specific song…grrr Supercharging Stops The last thing that s struck me is the super charging experience and mainly what to do with the time. Thus far I have really liked it. I have read a book sat down and eaten healthier meals than I normally do while traveling and generally been more “active” than a normal road trip. I do find that I don t like to just sit in the car while it s charging. Also my app tells me when I am close to ending my charge to continue my trip but doesn t actually say when I can continue. It will just switch the display from time to continue to trip to total time to charge until full.. I found this annoying and started to set my own timer when I stopped to charge. Also it seems to prefer longer stops vs shorter stops. Online at Tesla.com trips it often gives me multiple stops for 10-20 minutes each. Inside the car it tends toward one big stop for 50 minutes. Weird. I hope one day we can get even more sophisticated and be able to plan around meals automatically. I want to set my meal time preferences and then have it take that into account for charging recommendations. Wrap-up Overall I am loving the car and it s delivering on my desired use case. Its made me a believer in TSLA and I am now long on the stock. I don t know how you could live with the car for a while and not be. They aren t Mercedes bmw or Porsche Tesla is just Tesla with a distinct POV of its own. | kiomon | 2018-10-07 13:45:16 | 23 | e7bxque | > Mercedes Unimog Camper For some reason I m really interested to hear about this. | OrbitalATK | 2018-10-07 13:46:37 | 9 | Tesla Model 3 Review |
2ivpnq | Big Flow of Orders are Already Coming in Due to the Dual Motor Option | At the event Tesla set up some computers for attendees to order a new Model S after the presentation. Apparently hundreds of people lined up at the computers after finishing their test drives. After visiting all the forums it seems like a lot of owners are making the switch to the Dual Drive. Especially in Norway the winter is rough but the market for used Tesla is very good (probably more so since Tesla is dedicating a lot of its production to China). Here in Quebec in my small circle I know only 2 Model S owners and they each placed an order for a 85D. I also hear that a lot of people are pulling the trigger because of the dual drive. TSLA is still down 7% today. I think the market is really underestimating the impact of the Dual Drive will have on Tesla s backlog. What do you guys think? | FredTesla | 2014-10-10 18:57:04 | 15 | cl5xth4 | The market being down has nothing to do with the positivity of the news. This is normal for the stock market. | SamusAranX | 2014-10-10 19:20:32 | 9 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
7alvh1 | Big Rapids MI supercharger status | 10 stalls going in at big rapids MI Meijer off of US 131. All chargers in place all cabling being run right now. Should be up and running within the next week or two. | football13tb | 2017-11-03 19:51:47 | 27 | dpb8utq | There are 7 superchargers under construction in Michigan right now. I m quite excited to see all those grey dots on the map turn red. Just in time for my Model 3. | StapleGun | 2017-11-03 22:52:10 | 8 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
6q54qn | Big Self Driving Announcement Tonight? | I read an article this morning mocking the unrealistic timetable for self driving Musk has declared over the past year. They quoted a tweet from Musk on Jan 23rd 2017 in response to a question asking when Full Self Driving features will noticeably depart from Enhanced Autopilot. Musk replied 3 months maybe 6 months definitely. 6 months later happens to align perfectly with the model 3 reveal event we have today. Maybe a big announcement is on deck? | nickt784 | 2017-07-28 16:58:49 | 29 | dkulmz0 | Better conversation here: https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 6q0j4c unconfirmed_employee_boast_first_fsdspecific ?utm_content=title& utm_medium=hot& utm_source=reddit& utm_name=teslamotors | TheKrs1 | 2017-07-28 17:02:59 | 12 | Tesla Autopilot Performance Review |
a2jlje | Big Sur road trip! | Took the TM3 from LA up to Monterey through Big Sur with the wife and baby a few weeks ago. Our first trip in the Tesla- it performed wonderfully! Baby did well - we set up the frunk as a mobile changing station which was fantastic. Wife didn t have to worry about changing the baby in shady public restrooms which put her at ease. & #x200B Edit: I had the baby on my lap so I couldn t finish the post. We were a little nervous doing a road trip (especially with an 8 month old) and despite the TM3s range you can never really shake that range anxiety until you do something like this. So we did - stopping for supercharging worked great for us since it allowed a few minutes for the baby to get out of the seat and move around and autopilot really proved itself to be a game changer (especially on the straight-shot highway on the way back). Tesla definitely has won a couple converts in us! https: i.redd.it qlzt53gjsy121.jpg & #x200B & #x200B | wolverinewizard | 2018-12-03 01:20:59 | 48 | eaz3k4q | I love this pic!!!!!!! | Protaro | 2018-12-03 02:21:09 | 7 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
c0lwuq | Big sales push or regular experience? | Hello all I m right on the cusp of ordering my model 3 but I thought I might as well set up a test drive at the local showroom. I filled out my info online to schedule it and within MINUTES I received a couple emails a phone call and some texts who all responded VERY quickly to every question I had. They said the showroom (Indy) is slammed and I needed to schedule one asap if I planned on having the drive before the end of June. They were very helpful and polite but I could tell they ve been told to push to get people in a car. I m NOT at all complaining about this (and if this is the regular experience I can look forward to as an owner outstanding) I m excited they seem to be pushing hard this month before the tax credit lowers. This quarter is going to be massive even in rural Indiana I m seeing a LOT of 3 s showing up. | Ben_Dover98 | 2019-06-14 16:10:51 | 13 | er5mxgg | They re always adjusting their sales strategy to optimize things. It could be that they ve aligned sales incentives better around overall customer experience rather than just sales deliveries. | BobbySauce2000 | 2019-06-14 16:22:11 | 7 | Tesla Delivery Woes |
56skvx | Big shoutout to Tesla service! | So last year I went out for a run with my key so that I could drive home (protip: don t do this). And what do you know the key fell out somewhere and despite me going over my route 4 times I couldn t find it. Fast forward to 3 weeks ago and I go glamping (glamorous camping highly recommend) and when I am ready to go to bed put the remaining key compass and headlamp next to my head. When I wake up the key is gone but the other two are still there. I was under a tarp but not in a tent. Based upon the fact that the car was 30 feet away and nothing was stolen and the car was still there I conclude a squirrel but have stolen it in the night :). Anyway I have been avoiding spots without 3g for the last week and driving by the phone until I finally got around to schedule a service appointment. They said it was going to cost $130 on the phone however they were really nice and did a goodwill transition and gave me a new key for free. Thanks you guys rock! Time to go make sure this never happens again... | needaname1234 | 2016-10-10 15:40:55 | 50 | d8m2wgl | Downvoted for glamping upvoted for free key! | iamamemeama | 2016-10-10 17:08:43 | 14 | Tesla phone key functionality |
fehbeq | Big time tail light water leak | Is this setting some kind of new record? I picked my brand new SR+ from Madrid and drove to my city in a drive similar to what a San Francisco to Los Angeles would be something in the ballpark figure of 600km no rain along the way. When I got home and parked inside and spotted what I though were some drops of water. After opening the trunk some water leaked OUT of the tail light and realized those drops were actually bubbles and that my tail light wasn t any short of being a fish pond see for yourself here: [https: www.youtube.com watch?v=jOCKxs5NE-s](https: www.youtube.com watch?v=jOCKxs5NE-s) I know that to some extent having tail light water leaks is somewhat common but I am almost certain that I cut a whole new level here. Reached out to Tesla they will fix it but have to order the part (up to a week of wait) I have to admit lack of stock is somewhat dissapointing to such a common problem. | livingston3 | 2020-03-06 17:58:53 | 17 | fjnzvi4 | Sounds like you need more blinker fluid now | WigWoo1 | 2020-03-06 18:01:14 | 35 | Tesla ownership feedback and issues |
ehnlh2 | Biggest Gaps in the Supercharger Network - Heatmap Overlay | [Link to Map Here.](https: i.imgur.com LgvpNds.png) Edit: added map below. [potato quality map overlay ](https: preview.redd.it 49gegix3xt741.png?width=1215& format=png& auto=webp& s=54cda499c6f24b11a6804e419b4654f18f616df6) I was curious about the biggest gaps in the supercharger network so I took the current Supercharger [map](https: www.tesla.com supercharger) and overlaid it with [Max Galka s flow map of the US highway system](http: metrocosm.com traffic-flow-maps ). it s not perfect but the three sections of the US that have the most highway volume without enough chargers appear to be: * I-94 in Western Minnesota and beyond. * I-40 in Western Arkansas. * I-5 in Oregon possibly. The Western AR gap is real as it s a route I would take 4-5 times a year if I could but I can t speak to the others. The Map link has similar maps for ~~the EU~~ Continental Europe Scandinavia and the UK if anyone would want to do something similar there. Apologies for quick and dirty overlay. If there s a better way to do this please share the map! | mrdavisclothing | 2019-12-30 15:44:39 | 163 | fckbkpe | I live in Minnesota and feel the pain on the Minnesota leg. In a Performance 3 in the winter there s not enough range to get to Alexandria and back let alone a more common destination like Fargo. (I could probably hyper mile it and make it but not with normal winter driving.) At least a few of them have the drops in place already but from what I ve heard the hardware was diverted to Canada to push the Trans-Canadian route through by end of year. Supposedly Alexandria at least will be done around spring 2020. | PaulJP | 2019-12-30 16:00:25 | 61 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
6t2gd1 | Bike rack | I currently have a Prius. I have a model 3 reservation. I want to buy a bike rack that will work for both. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thinking about the kind that pops into a tow hitch but I can t find confirmation that the 3 has one. | Jshorr2 | 2017-08-11 16:54:59 | 19 | dlhy3r1 | Former bike shop manager here: I highly recommend hitch mounted tray-style racks. Ease of use durability and space between bikes makes it your best option if you keep a rack on your vehicle full time. Very easy to switch if you ve got the same size hitch on both vehicles. Thule is what s on my VW right now. Kuat is another great choice. My next recommendation is SeaSucker. Vacuum cups with the appropriate fork or through axle mounts. Incredibly strong and easy to setup and move between vehicles. My favorite for when a hitch rack isn t an option. Lastly Saris Bones is far and away the most common. Cheap and fits the vast majority of vehicles. Not the most stable more likely to scratch your bike or car. Annoying to move between vehicles. That said lots of people are very happy with them. | TriathlonNerd | 2017-08-11 23:20:00 | 7 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
60n2sg | Biodefense Mode | When do people use the Biodefense setting and how often is that? Why is this something that we need to turn on vs it engages automatically. I mostly use my to clean out the cabin from my kids stinky soccer gear after games and occasionally behind a truck or such. | Thekacz | 2017-03-21 11:41:34 | 53 | df7ooos | Clearing out a particularly nasty fart. What? You asked! | Mynameisnotdoug | 2017-03-21 12:16:23 | 50 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
9tcno2 | Biodefense mode expectations. | Curious to know the experiences people have with this mode. I have it included with PUP and notice I can still smell outside odors. Where in forums people are saying it is so powerful that it eliminates skunk smell and the cow smell while driving through the 5 between NorCal and SoCal. I m wondering if my filters are bad or not installed. Or are people just over exaggerating what it s capable of? | emceee21 | 2018-11-01 19:33:23 | 11 | e8vafhd | I complained to Tesla about the same thing with my Model S. I live in Florida and many people have shallow wells for watering their grass but often the shallow wells produce water that has a sulfur smell. I could still smell the sulfur with Biodefense mode On. Others told me they couldn t smell it in their Tesla s so I contacted service. I was sent an email explaining how it doesn t work that way and I would still be able to smell stuff. Though I personly disagree I kind of took their word and I did nothing more. After a year of smelling all kinds of stuff while Biodefense mode was On (and with Recycle on too) I took my Tesla in for its annual maintenance and asked them the same question Why am I smelling sulfur? They said they d look into it. When I got my car back they told me that one of the servos was bad which affected both Recycle and Biodefense and that they had replaced it. There was a noticeable difference. I no longer smelled sulfur even with just Recycle on. **Now the Bad News:** It only lasted about a month or two then I started smelling stuff again. I haven t taken it back again but I really need to. I m guessing the servo went bad again but that s just a guess. | 2paranoid | 2018-11-01 19:56:42 | 16 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
iu8hs5 | Biohazard filter replacement? | I live in Oregon and to say the smoke is bad is an understatement - it is choking. I have been using my biohazard setting for the air and it has worked great until today I could still smell the smoke. I suspect the filter is toast and needs to be replaced. Is this a DIY thing to replace like a cabin air filter? | Clackamas1 | 2020-09-17 00:28:58 | 17 | g5j6ekh | Some of the smoke smell is gaseous and not particles which no filter short of a hundred pounds of carbon can get out. If the filter is toast it will impede airflow which has yet to happen. Might just be a shift in wind patterns bringing a different mix of pollutants to your air. Yayyyy..... | chillaban | 2020-09-17 00:37:06 | 35 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
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