Recent content by milleron

My Tesla is now a little over 6 years old with all the hardware upgrades that are available including new cameras. Auto wipers didn't work 6 years ago, and I've never noticed any improvement with any OTA update since then. Improvements are a figment of Mr. Musk's vivid imagination. It's an...

That clarifies it. Thanks very much! (There's a now-defunct 2020-21 thread on the replacement radios that shows that there was some confusion back then because of different upgraders getting different part numbers. I do hope that you're correct about the replacement tuner being the same tuner...

Thanks, but are you talking about the "MCU 2 FM tuner" in cars that come with MCU2 or the replacement tuner for cars that have undergone an upgrade from MCU1 to MCU2?

I've done without an FM tuner for a couple of years following my MCU2 upgrade that disabled access to my original tuner. I'll now throw for the replacement IF it has HD-radio capability, but I want to make sure it does before scheduling the service. If not, I'll continue to rely on Tune-In. I...

I'm considering buying the replacement FM tuner because I lost access to the original tuner with the MCU2 upgrade. Can anyone tell me if the relacement tuner has HD capability and if it is having difficulty with the latest software version?

After receiving advice from TeslaFi not to allow reporting for offline status. I renewed the token and reinstituted TeslaFi monitoring. Teslafi now reports normal sleeping. TeslaFi support says that some cars report "offline" when the car is sleeping, hence the advice to stop reporting...

I didn't turn that off because the texts appeared to have been coming from Tesla, not from TeslaFi. I did a reverse lookup on the Chicago-area phone number, which is owned by "Tesla Cham," and it gave about 15 alternate numbers, all in the bay area. As I've received no more goofy texts since...

Thanks for the tips!! It's not obvious to me that Teslafi's monitoring could cause Tesla (actually, the phone number is "owned" by "Tesla Cham") to send me texts that the car's constantly "offline for the last 30 minutes," but I have my fingers crossed that disabling Teslafi will correct it. I...

For several weeks, I’ve been getting texts from the 312 area code, “Tesla has been offline for 30 minutes.” Sometimes they come about every 72 minutes, and at other times it’s about every 2 hours, 4 minutes. This happens when the car is in my garage and connected to WiFi at all times. I recently...

Is it known whether the refreshed S has the octovalve heat pump like the Y or the old 2012-version resistance cabin heater?

There are times when I could explain the performance of my Model S auto wipers exactly as you did. Then the next time it rains, I'm throwing every curse I know at them. The auto functionality is frustratingly erratic in my experience.

I'd much rather die in an auto accident caused by faulty wipers than move to the People's Republic of California.

I hope the camera calibration works. Meanwhile, here's what Summon is good for: You enter a parking space with those concrete "curbs" that can damage your front fascia if you drive over it. You stop a very safe distance from the concrete barrier, get out, walk to the front of the car, and use...

In simplest terms, this is the principle explaining ALL insurance of ALL kinds. It defines the concept of insurance, but it's little help in deciding whether to purchase insurance for any given purpose. In the end it's always a crapshoot . . . unless it was the original Obamacare, in which case...

My lifetime average for my 2017 S is 247wh/mi, and my electricity costs literally half of what yours does. I'm in Ohio, by the way, not in the shadow of a huge hydroelectric dam. My fuel costs are thus 2.7¢/mile, so I DO recommend EVs as a huge energy and cost saver.