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This forum is pretty good about allowing people to express negative opinions about Tesla (some users are less tolerant, but the forum itself is fine). I would not expect @jumpingfool to be treated any differently from other new users.

It's the Coriolis Effect. That's why we drive around roundabouts clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere...

That must be why so many people find it difficult to be frank.

Excellent summary, @dronus . To be fair, I don't think @gm12 was suggesting the use of extension cords to circumvent safety. I read it as "Extension cords are capable of carrying the current*. My car was lowering it's charge rate because of heat in the plug. An extension cord would have...

You might benefit from reading this thread. https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/2-quick-charging-qs-for-a-noob.325225/ Wall-charger installation costs will depend a lot on your personal circumstances, especially the length of cable you will need to run. It might be best to just talk to an...

I think a reasonable person, in the course of doing their own research, should be able to rely on public statements made by the CEO on behalf of their own company. Those statements should be substantially true at the time they are made. I also think that a reasonable person could view many of...

You can get by on 15A. I am still using 10A, but don't drive as much as you. However, there a times when I would like more - usually when I have done a long drive, the car is on 20% and I want to fill it as much as possible from my large solar array rather than charging from the grid...

Remember that you can limit the number of amps drawn by the car via the app. You could use a 32A circuit and a third-party 32A tail, but set the maximum amps to something lower if that made you more comfortable.

If you mean the discussion about Elon Musk, then I disagree. This thread is about FSD not delivering what was promised. Mr Musk's statements about FSD would quite reasonably form part of a customer's expectation of how FSD would perform and be further developed.

@Audietron , I didn't read @Zoltrix77 statement about Elon Musk as a compliment.

Perhaps it would have been better if I had used the word "encouraging" instead of "pushing". Spotify have a free option because it is a gateway to the paid option. Having limited other options in the car means more people are more likely to use Spotify. Agreed. I also enjoy the relative quiet...

I have been assuming that Tesla make money from Spotify by pushing their customers to pay for Spotify.

Public statements buy the CEO about the products would never have any bearing in your decision? I appreciate that few CEOs directly talk about their product features, but Elon Musk certainly has in the past, and clearly in a way that is intended as information for potential customers.

Yep. The inability to create playlists is an obvious example of the Tesla system lagging behind most other media players.

The hard part is the stretch from Rockhampton to Mackay. My MYRWD doesn't think it can get from Rockhampton's Supercharger to Mackay's QESH charger at highway speeds. Marlborough's QESH charger is broken all the time (including now), but you might be able to get 11kW via a BYO Mennekes cable...

Surely a Tesla-driver's tattoo would use Neural-ink. Then you would be just a firmware update away from being able to control your car with your tattoo.

Yeah, a modular design that allowed upgrades to parts like the computer, cameras, mobile network connection, etc would have been really nice and make good use of the "always being upgraded OTA" ethos that Tesla espouses.

Actually, yeah. I did that for a living for a year. My Tesla is the first car I've owned with a reversing camera. If you read a little higher up in this thread, I was advocating for drivers maintaining the habit of using their own direct vision when reversing instead of being totally reliant on...

Yup. All fun and games until the camera fails.

While the turning circle is so bad that it is worth mentioning twice, I meant to say "The Model 3 has a wide turning circle and less-than-spectacular rearward vision." The cameras do really help with reversing, but I would prefer that all drivers - and especially novices - be incentivised to...

I think the OP is asking a sensible question with a couple of components. Should I buy a new car, or something older in case I damage it? And, should I buy a Model 3? Inexperienced drivers are more likely to make small mistakes like hitting curbs, swinging the front of the car into an obstacle...

It could be worse. Nevyn72 could be asking you for a lot of Dalmatians.

Mine are still poor. I drove in rain today and needed to press the button frequently to see through the windscreen. Then, when the rain slowed to a few spots, the wipers went to full speed for about 30 seconds. Still so much worse than just old-style intermittent wipers with a frequency control.

Yep. I'm still waiting on my favourite "The Harley Davidson".

Tesla were telling me "very soon" in March for a car that eventually arrived in late June last year.

I wondered if there was some kind of mix-up in the terminology. A Faraday cage would be effective, but I suspect (just from the tin-foil-hat way they are marketed) that a lot of the products marketed to block RFID chips are of very low quality. I could be wrong, but I am reassured that they...

Sorry to hear about your trouble. Tesla took no interest in repairing the damaged paint on my June 2023 MY. I decided it wasn't worth the misery of trying to deal with them through legal channels as they have vastly greater resources than I do. If you are going to take them to an...

How so? RFID is used for lots of things.

Or the creatures that Tesla bugged...

Yeah, it works sometimes but not others. I went to my garage and opened the door. The app showed the car unlock, but was still showing "X minutes since last seen" and hadn't updated any of the charging information. I am still on 2024.2.7, so this wasn't caused by the recent firmware update.

I think that is the disconnect that happens in a lot of these discussions. On the one hand "Holy moley, look at the robot parking itself!". On the other hand "There is no way I would consider that a good job of parking a car. It was slow and inaccurate and I would be worried to trust it to park...

Hi @bcarp, Sorry to hear about the damage. I definitely took a couple of months to calibrate myself to the cameras lack of depth perception, and just the fact that you are mentally switching between views with different angles and magnifications when looking at the side and rear camera feeds...

I hear you. It helps a little to be able to drag the camera window to another part of the screen, allowing access to whatever controls it was covering.

What kind of highway range do you get in the sandwich maker? Btw, thanks for all of your informative posts in this and other threads. You do good work!

I am in the latest Android app, the car is 2024.2.7 like yours. CoS set to charge from any source to 30% and CoS to 100%. My SoC car was at 88%, PW2 at 10% when I started this morning. The car is charging via UMC. I have a 20kW PV array and 15kW inverter, so have enough production on all but...

Great work, Vostok! I am trying that for the first time this morning and it seems to be working. It is a bit annoying to need this manual step to prioritise the PW2, but it is a good technique to know. Edit: Nope, it just switched back to prioritising the car. Dang it.

Yeah, me too. June 2023 MYRWD. Maybe our vintage are receiving updates on the same schedule?

How is your new job going at the SA Tourism Board? 🙂

I meant that it adds about 10% above my reserve (so I end up with 20% or so in the battery) before it prioritises charging the car.

Brisbane to Rockhampton is easy. Even the QESH has frequent enough chargers, they are just limited to 50kW. If you have the range to get from Rockhampton to Mackay in one step, you can use Superchargers (otherwise you do have to take your chances a little bit at Marlborough or Carmila). From...

"Meh Plus", obviously. Although, "Meh 2: 2 Meh, 2 Furious" has a certain ring to it.

Mine is set to Self-powered, but has been charging the battery initially. I can't work out the pattern, but it adds roughly 10% to the battery before it stops and switches to charging the car (and then eventually charges both when the solar production reaches a high enough level.

Do you have any numbers regarding the lack of heat and UV rejection? Are you saying that a significant amount of heat and UV penetrate the glass? I would assume that anyone in the industry who made claims like that would have some objective information to support those claims, so would be...

How do you set Powerwall as the priority for Charge on Solar? CoS was only recently deployed here in Australia and we don't seem to be able to set the priority. Many of use would like our Powerwall to charge before the car, but can't make that happen. Am I missing something?

That probably depends on the extent of the damage. If the contact was so minor that the other party might not have realised any meaningful damage was done, I don't think the police should be involved. If you think they knew they damaged your car and decided not to leave their contact details...

My Charge on Solar behaviour has changed slightly so that it now prioritises charging the Powerwall 2 first from my 10% reserve up to 20%, then prioritises charging the car over the battery. That is better than just completely prioritising the car, as it did initially, but I would still before...

I just use the mats that came with the car. They have been pretty decent. You may want to just wait and see before buying aftermarket options.

Touch your climate control (where the cabin temperature shows) and look for the icon shown in yellow here (which means it is on). To access the Owners Manual inside the car, tap the car icon, the Service, then Owners Manual.

I am not sure what the photos are showing. If you think the rear demister lines are visible because the demister is on, have you checked to ensure it isn't manually set to "on"?

Time to find someone with an older car who can update the UMC for you.