Recent content by Charl

Yeah mine is technically a 2019 although delivered Feb 2020. No Matrix, what a shame. I'll console myself that it has the sexiest dust caps on the block...

Negative, maybe my car is too old. This will happen more and more as the fleet ages, the hardware will become the limitation.

That's a great feature if it works as advertised, does my car have the right hardware?. So far FSD, wipers, auto main beam, the list goes on... do not. Maybe I groused too much and went to the back of the queue, my update yesterday was only 2024.8.7!

Well, happy taxidriving, you got a great car to do it in.

EV's are all about CO2 reduction. Encouraging their use reduces emissions. Giving a purchase rebate and not taxing them is strong encouragement. "Fairness" has little to do with removing these, it amounts to stupidity unless you think we should not reduce emissions.

NZ RUC was implemented in 1977, to more fairly recover road damage cost due to heavy vehicles. Being largely diesel powered it got applied to fuel source. Conveniently, smaller diesels could be taxed less by simply creating a lighter weight class to tax. There is of course an implied emissions...

May be inherent suspension problems in 2019 models, mine is too although I only took delivery in Feb 2020. I have never experienced such gaslighting as happened around these tyres and their issues. Michelin would not even divulge what the new tyre tread depths should be! The front Michelin Pilot...

My Model 3P got 42k km on the rears - the fronts were destroyed by eating the INSIDE SHOULDERS (y'know, where you can't see to measure tread depth) by 36k. Front suspension linkages and bushes were replaced twice in that period. I am of the opinion not shared by Tesla, that they owe me at least...

Most tyres have minimum tread depth ribs in each of the grooves, at regular spacing around the tyre.. If the tread has worn down to that level at any point, replace the tyre. There is no reason to do this, before that point. Worth rotating them every 20k km as Tesla advises. At the very least...

After many submissions, and acknowledgement they voted on the wrong stuff in the first place, the government sends us this new tax message: 91 Octane Fuel 262 c/l Per 1000km Fuel Excise tax 77.4 c/l Fuel Tax RUC Total Tax Corolla 4.9 l/100km $ 37.93 Nil $ 37.93 RAV4 5.3...

Fuel Excise tax 77.4 c/l Per 1000km Fuel Tax RUC Total Tax RAV4 5.3 l/100km $ 41.02 Nil $ 41.02 Ford Ranger Raptor 11.3 l/100km $ 87.46 Nil $ 87.46 Corolla Hybrid 4.0 l/100km $ 30.96 Nil $ 30.96 RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid 1.0 l/100km $ 7.74 $ 53.00 $ 60.74...

Because plug in hybrids pay fuel tax

Sequential, yes. There are a few versions online, true, I'm sure there must be one that is recommended locally!

Progressive... late model Audi's (and some Korean copycats) have indicator segments that light up successively from the middle to the outer edge. The light appears animated, and is very hard to miss. The Tesla has a very conventional and very small little rear indicator lamp, which judging by...

Took my trusty sound level app out on the Auckland motorway, The 2024 car subjectively sounded quieter but only 2dB difference from my old Model 3P?? Then I asked MS Pilot (which intrudes on my PC) about this. To compare 71 dB with 73 dB sound, we need to understand that decibels are a...