Recent content by Nikola3327

Not sure that 8hr is a long enough sample. Does ScanMyTesla wake the car up to query it? That would affect the sample. I'd be sincerely disappointed if my car pulled that much juice for Sentry. (I have HW3 perhaps that explains the difference). Also wondering how much local climate...

Software improvements can make significant improvements to resources needed in any system (CPU cycles, memory, etc). Admittedly, I don't know much about the system architecture on Teslas so forgive my ignorance, but are you assuming that all those things run at full power draw? I wouldn't...

I have the M3P (not that it makes a difference), it’s still a 75kWh battery. Yes sentry mode works fine. I get the alerts and video when I return to the car. In the early days of sentry mode, it did drain the battery faster, maybe 5% a day. Not surprisingly, they must have improved the power...

I leave my car parked for days at a time in a parking deck at the airport. Always with Sentry on. My car never loses more than 1-3% of charge per day*. Doing some table napkin math, that would be less than 100W per hour (Prob somewhere between 70-95W on average). Where is this 300W number...

Also might want to check your voltage under load. I’ve noticed that if TWCs detect significantly low voltage, they back off the amps. I’ve seen this at hotels that have the destination TWCs. At home, I can see the voltage drop a few volts (<5) when the AC units cycle on/off.

Tesla chose (poorly) to call it "Full Self Driving"...I don't really find that to be ambiguous or confusing at all. It's either "Full Self Driving" or it isn't. Clearly it's not even close to "FSD" currently. We disagree on the merits of FSD currently (and I realize I'm likely of the minority...

This. Auto Lane Change is worth maybe $500 to me. I don’t even really want that, I just want the std AP to stop disengaging when I (the human) switch lanes. I’d be willing to pay for that. I prefer to change lanes myself anyway. I didn’t pay for snake oil at the $6000 price and I sure ain’t...

I saw one that said something to the effect of: “you spend 90% of your budget on the first 90% of the project. You spend the other 90% on that last 10%.” :)

IMO, Turbo Tax is garbage. Had no issue with my EV credit this year using Freetaxusa.com. Added bene that the Federal filing is free. You select your car make/model and delivery date and it calculates and populates everything for you.

I freely admit, I did not read the entire 8 (Now 16) pages of this “insightful” thread. :) in fact I’m amazed it wasn’t locked 16 pages ago. :eek:

Your sig says Raleigh. There’s a service center in Raleigh...

That’s by design. The circuit is designed to have 25% overhead for a continuous load. A NEMA 14-50 outlet can deliver up to 50A but the Tesla plug has intelligence that limits it to 32A. Allowing up to 40A would be within design spec for 14-50 outlet on a 50A circuit. I wonder if tesla limits it...

I appreciate the frequent updates, but also agree it would be nice to have some sort of “long term support” release that doesn’t get new features, only occasional bug/vulnerability fixes. As one of my old bosses was fond of saying, “If you want a software with no bugs, it will never be...

Insurance companies commonly attract customers with lower rates and then they raise them every time they renew, because they figure people are too lazy to shop them and they’re right much of the time.

According to Forbes this week “many” more have chosen not to opt for it. (About 2 to 1).