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The second you place an ad you will get scammers - they have no shame. Don't take any offers over asking price. For payment, when I sold mine, the buyer came to Oregon from Colorado, we went to a Wells Fargo (where he had an account), and they made out a cashier's check to me - which I then...

We use EverCharge in my building, and my bill is usually $40-50. I helped set the system up, so I have some knowledge of what's involved. First, the price for electricity in commercial buildings is NOT what residential consumers pay - and how they've hooked that up makes a difference...

Just my $0.02 worth, I was thinking about why Elon was talking about tying the long-awaited virtual overhead view (I've wanted that from day one after I saw it elsewhere) with FSD. In the S, the doors are very high and it's hard to see the parking spot lines. As many have noted, the vehicles...

110+ hour work weeks will do that to you.

Go to your local Tesla-certified body shop - ask THEM which is the company easiest to deal with. Then go from there on price.

Talk to your local Tesla approved body shop - ask them who gives their customers the least grief when getting body work done. Which companies pay promptly? They'll know. THEN think about price. Cheap insurance that doesn't get your car fixed is a bigger ripoff then a higher rate.

The original warranty expired this February, so I think not. From Tesla's extended warranty page, "You may purchase the Extended Service Agreement no later than 30 days or 1,000 miles (1,600 km), whichever occurs first, past the expiration of your New Vehicle Limited Warranty." It's been...

Portland, OR

Drat, another omission - no rear facing seats.

OK, almost everything except Performance... 19" wheels, single charger, non-performance seats. I cant remember if the performance seats were only available on the P model.

Very clean, 44,000 miles Everything except Performance Metallic Blue 85 kWh battery Active Air suspension Premium sound system 19” wheels Panoramic sunroof (with luggage rack hard points) Tech Package (Navigation, Rear Camera, Power Rear Liftgate, etc.) Black Nappa leather interior w/Alcantara...

A few pics and videos from this year's TMC Connect, including the infamous rendition of"Happy Birthday" for Doug. TMC Connect 2017

I know most folks left, but if anyone's still around and wants to get together for dinner, respond to the thread or PM me.

I hate to eat alone :)

That was a lot of fun. I'm interested.

Charging in condos/apartments. Took me 3 years, but it's done!

ChargePoint chargers show if the car's charging on it's screen.

In Oregon, if it's marked "EV Charging Only" or something similar, it's illegal - even for an EV. I think Washington is the same. Mostly aimed at ICE vehicles, but also applies to EVs using charging stations as special parking spots. $250. People will learn really fast when they get hit...

Seems like someone should have started this by now... Here's my Flickr album for TMC this year: TMC Connect 2016 . The last bit of this is what you can do when you spend the night at Mt. Shasta - I'm so glad I took the time to do some exploring. The side trip at the Reno National Auto...

I was there until close to 11, no one else showed. I must not have waited long enough :(

So, we're going to Bangkok Cusine on mt rose street at 8:00

Sounds good- Say, 6:00?

The tech session is at Treasure C - cool stuff

Always more fun to have dinner with other people... you can tell me all about how fabulous the Gigafactory was (I was reduced to watch the stuttering streaming feed from the hotel). Respond to this thread if you'd like to get together tonight - perhaps 6:00 or so? Doug

I'm coming - driving down from Portland, OR. And to Bonnie's party, too!

Sounds like fun

SpaceX. You could do a whole table just on their Mars shot.

Thanks!

So, it looks like Tesla is beginning the process of moving to a larger location in Portland, OR, just several blocks from where I live (just service center or showroom, too, I don't know). That property lies on the Willamette riverfront. As properties get developed, they contribute their...

No instruments directly in front of the driver? Just the big screen in the center? Not sure I like that...

My car was too old to upgrade - I specifically asked about that.

George Carlin said it best: "Think of how stupid the average person really is. Then remember that half of them are stupider than that" Works for a lot of stuff, not just stupidity

Check with your local Tesla-approved body shop - ask them which insurance companies are good about paying. I dropped State Farm when they tried nickel-and-diming on my claim - paying 1/4 what it cost to fix it after deductable - had to take them to arbitration (won), then dropped them. Not the...

If it's an early 2013 (like mine is) you can't get that info. I ended up getting the Fobo tire sensors, they have an app for my iPhone (and watch!) which lets me see the pressures in real time. Home - FOBO

Great article. I moved into a condo in June of 2014, and I'm still working on getting charging set up, so I can feel your pain :) I've survived so far because there is enough free charging near home (OK, a mile walk), and now we just got charging available at work - that makes a huge...

However, map updates can be so large they do require wi-fi... And there's no way to say, "update NOW" when parked near free wi-fi. Or a service center :)

Carbon fiber is an awesome material - but mostly hand-laid today. Boeing and BMW are both doing a lot of work in figuring out how to make parts more like injection molding. Boeing in particular is working on how to recycle and reuse the resins as well as fibers, so keeping those materials out...

"Deprecated". Still works, but you should upgrade at your earliest convenience.

Not now - but imagine when there are 20 times the numbers of Teslas out there (after Model X and Model 3 come out) - the current supercharger sites I've seen alone I-5 will be inadequate, many with no room to expand the supercharger if desired. I see now that some cities (Bay Area, Sacramento...

Getting kind of close to the date - I submitted a paper proposal and haven't heard back yet if I was accepted. Have notifications been sent yet? I don't want to put in work polishing if I don't need to :) Thanks for a great conference!

No, I missed that - oh, well, the Hyatt is closer to the Supercharger, anyway :)

Looking at the map of where Picnic Creek is, and the Roseville Supercharger, it looks like the Hyatt Place Sacramento/Roseville is right next to the Roseville Supercharger, and they're both only about 15 minutes to Picnic Creek. The cost is also quite reasonable - $139/night Making my hotel...

I've seen the Model X prototype at TESLIVE - it's much larger than this! But the body style (and wheels) do look very Tesla-ish. Love to see the VIN on one of these!

Falcons eat gulls

My mother is coming with me to visit some friends in the Bay Area. I'm hoping we'll be able to fit her in for a tour that week - she last saw an auto assembly line in 1949!

Just wait until BMW has more EVs out - for some reason BMW seems to attract major jerks for owners.

70-75 will definitely sap your range - that sounds about right. The slower you go, the better your range. Cruise control helps, but drag goes up the square of the velocity. The mileage figure is an estimate, based on "average" speeds. I'll guess 60 MPH. Going 75 creates 33% more drag...

That's definitely one of the takeaway points - a lot of folks think it'll get done in a few weeks. The easiest way to have EV charging in your condo is to buy one that already has it. :smile:

Do you think there would be interest in a talk on EV charging in condominiums? I've been working on getting charging at my condo since June, still not there yet, but might be a useful "lessons learned" sort of thing.

If the factory is in operation, then no - it's way too dangerous for a child. There's just too much activity, forklifts, transports, and robots where a child could get in trouble. - - - Updated - - - I'm driving down from Portland - the weird thing about driving via Superchargers is you keep...