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Today while driving south on old middlefield road in silicon valley to get onto highway 101 south, I was in the left lane following a car when a flatbed truck maneuvered to leave the road in the right lane, causing my car to immediately lock up the brakes, suddenly halting my car. Luckily...

If you don't have $14k, get the AWD, which is a good deal even if you only get a $3750 tax credit. The car is 10% faster for 10% more money, PLUS you get 4WD, which almost never happens, so it's a deal! The P3D is about 30% faster for less than 30% more money, so it's an even better deal. Our...

We got our car (a P3D+) a month ago but my wife was relucant to drive it. She said ... I'm afraid it will get scratched ... It cost SO much money! What if I destroy it?? Then ... I finally got her to drive to a nearby bar last night. The first things she said were: (tries accelerator...

Good News (save $99!) I live in the Bay Area and last weekend left my credit card on top of skyline boulevard. I found that on the way back (going up and down La Honda Road), my phone was flying all over the car, under the accelerator pedal, deep in the passenger wheel-well - Everywhere! I...

I have a P3D+. It drives like a starship. You just spy a point down the road, hit the accelerator, and the car teleports you there (it uses a technology called 'blink drive'). I have never had a really fast car before. Our fastest car before was a 1971 Dodge Coronet 440(cu in), doing 0-60 in...

Hey if they disconnect the motors from the wheels and run the motors at 1000 mph then it would only take them 1.5 months to go 1M miles!

Right now, the Tesla Model 3 is about 5 years ahead of other cars. I am not certain they will maintain this lead. If customers don't buy these cars they certainly won't maintain their lead. If you are looking for a car that is 6 years ahead, I guarantee it will never come, as a car 5 years...

Don't worry it's well-established that the date when you paid your $2500 establishes which freebies you get. I have a P3D+ (ordered 6/30 at 11:22pm) but still nothing that says free supercharging or unlimited connectivity.

i love my P3D+ but one day I hope to borrow a RWD with aero wheels and drive it 300+ miles. I love hypermiling our ford fusion energy (72 empg woo-hoo! even though it really means 36 mpg ...)

Can you park the car somewhere that you can run an extension cord out of a window and out to the car? We charge our electric cars on the street in front of our house, on 120v. You can charge a tesla 3 RWD 50 mi overnight (it's more like 4 mi/hr for an aero / rwd car) and perhaps visit a...

The cars are cute, but it's a $10 item. If you want one you can get it on EBay for roughly $60 from some other owner.

We got a P3D+ and we are ecstatic. People love this car. Everybody who drives it has flipped out. Most are AFRAID to use more than HALF the acceleration. There are many design advantages (and of course, it's MUCH easier to park). The main thing is, the Model 3 is 600 pounds lighter (4800...

I used the Tesla Model 3 checklist from a long time ago on Tesla, Inc - The Original Tesla Motors Reddit Forum. I just updated it slightly; here it is: Tesla Model 3 Buyer's Acceptance Checklist

My VIN is 63,037, and my build month/year is 8/18, so the car (P3D+ blue/black) was at most ~30d old (delivered sept 12th). Note that if you are getting a P3D the EARLIEST anybody EVER got the car was july 19th, 2018 (according to spreadsheet), so you don't have to worry about getting some...

When I said the car had good phone integration I was referring to the ability to control the car (lock, unlock, heat) with a phone app I don't know of other cars that do that, and autopilot leads the industry although I didn't buy it - the self-driving industry is still terribly immature and I...