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I have a small powered USB hub on the Tesla data port, but powered by the 12v port. This setup appears to be reliable on current (2019.8.5) firmware. While some battery banks will do pass-through charging, almost all have shutdown circuitry when power draw is too low. I'm copying to a local...

Fixed my TeslaPi, now working again after partitioning on 2019.5.15. Don't forget to update the copy paths with the new structure.

I can't tell you yet how long the rear pads last on my Model S, but I just replaced the fronts at 303,000km.

Has anyone had this issue resolved by firmware update? It seems that several have had MCU replacements that fix the issue, but it screams software problem to me. Mine started doing dozens of reboots per trip directly after updating to 2019.5.15, but the very same update *cured* the same issue...

Perhaps someone should inform the PC MPs that Bill 4 hasn't actually passed yet.

The media continues to lack research ability on this topic. S & X are coming from the same production line which is running near or at capacity. More Model X orders == fewer Model S builds. You can't really equate production and demand when only so many vehicles can be built. There is...

Mine has 235k km and the pads are about halfway worn.

The carbon fibre look doesn't mesh well with Signature Red paint to my eye. Looks great on other colours.

I have an unused original 2012 spoiler that I never put on my Sig Performance, still in original plastic.

So the people that buy the used Teslas that are traded in don't count as owners? That's a bit of desperate cherry picking.

I drove a P90D for the first time last week and it hooked up perfectly in places where my P85 would have gone squirrely. The Signature cars also had a different rear frame mount that makes a noticeable difference in handling to me, but the AWD is a HUGE difference. I still like Sport on the...

I have a set of 21" silver rims with <4000km on them in Ontario. Immaculate as they were only run for a few months before I swapped to 19's. I also have a pair of 21" Continentals with 4k on them if interested.

Nope. Up until 8.0 the trip meter would read in scientific notation if over 100k, though. I'm at 221k now on 2049. My battery heater did just die and I had a wiring harness in the driver's door crap out.

They are also reverse cherry picking by excluding all of Panasonic's Japanese production.

I can't believe that even a FUDster would attempt to blame autopilot for a drunk driver doing double the speed limit and avoiding a car going the wrong direction. It doesn't bloody well matter whether autopilot was engaged or not in that circumstance. This is NOT autonomous driving. Driver...

Is the Spiegel video online or just live? I don't generally watch talking head news, but I could make an exception for a laugh.

Interesting that they appear to have only counted the first 1000 AP2 cars as revenue, which means that a future quarter will have a LOT of extra revenue from virtually every car since last October popping $3k-$8k onto the pile. This is what happens when you only look at accounting results and...

What has journalism come to? I see reports that the loss widened and shrank, missed revenue and beat revenue. Poor algo's, there's too much to choose from.

With regard to the cost of the NVidia hardware, it isn't terribly difficult to make a stab at a general price. The Drive PX2 uses the Parker SOC, which is a generation newer than the X1 used in the NVidia Shield, which is a consumer-priced box with networking, USB, HDMI, etc. and sells for $200...

Applying a little Occam's Razor to the inventory sales: Why on earth would you stop production or produce unneeded inventory cars when you had a three month backlog of sales to eager customers? If I could order a new Tesla on their site and get it in California in a few weeks, that might be...

Perhaps a joint project between the Boring Company and Tesla Submarine mode?

The "press" reporting on the IIHS tests are rather aggravating. Multiple sources claim that Tesla "failed" a test that they got an acceptable rating on, others "fall short" or "lose". They did indeed fall short... of a perfect score. It is rather sad to see such biased reporting. BMW got...

I don't think I'd want to be in drive with people getting in, that's one Korean pop singer away from a tragedy.

There's a video floating about somewhere of someone doing a cross-axle ditch in a Model X that exhibits exactly how good the control is. I would say that it is substantially *more* effective than even off-road limited slips and approaches the ability of a full locker. A wheel off the ground...

Coming from decades of manual transmissions, I can't stand the regen brake lights. If I want the driver behind me to know that I'm stopping, I can feather the brake, I don't need said driver to think that I'm braking when I'm just slowing gradually. A downshift and in some cases simply letting...

So if your sworn duty to do your job means doing something immoral, you should do it? That's where we get war crimes, genocide, corruption and tyranny. Morality should come first. Sometimes that means suffering the consequences, but failing to do the right thing is what makes for morally...

This is very true. I've owned cars for 30+ years and I'm pretty sure that my Tesla is more expensive than all of them. Put together.

This is a very important, but often underestimated truth. Acura NSXes still look like new cars. My "other" car is a 1963 Land Rover with all of the original body panels. My Model S has been through five Canadian saltbath winters and 220,000km and still looks like a new car (minus a few rock...

If you've ever driven a high performance car even once, you'll find the Tesla extremely well behaved compared to almost all high performance cars. The traction control and stability control on an electric drivetrain make an excellent and well behaved vehicle. That said, when you push it just...

FWIW, the Ontario incentive is capped at $75k and offers $14k off if under that mark, so there are markets where a 60 will offer greater incentives.

That's great news, mrElbe! That's been bugging me for ages.

The service centre will replace the key shell with the newer design which doesn't have this issue.

I can't tell any significant difference from new, although compared to a modern build, a signature car has a few disadvantages. I've lost ~6-7% range and learned that tires are a greater expense than fuel. Interior still looks new, paint looks like a hard driven three year car, by which I mean...

I'm over 100k miles (175,000 km) and will keep driving mine until the wheels fall off.

I believe that this a new warning based on drive unit self-diagnosis that allows for service checks before issues are noticeable.

Why would you park with the nose of the car hanging over a parking barrier? Even at high, these cars sit pretty low compared to many and you risk hitting the front lip on the parking barrier. Those barriers aren't there for you to pull in until your tires hit them. Maybe I'm just used to...

Mine was delivered in December 2012 as well and I'm about where you are, somewhere north of 160k km. Apart from various rock dings and paint chips, the car looks new still and drives and performs better than it did when delivered. Last I checked, my battery had ~3-5% less capacity than new...

Why would they be charging you for an alignment for a repair while still under warrantee?

78123m, range charge to 396 ideal for me. That's 1.3%, nowhere close to 6% and at 130,000km.

The more you drive a Model S, the more value you get for the rather pricey initial purchase. I've put some 130k km on mine, saving somewhere north of $15k in fuel costs. If I only drove it 10k a year, the combination of low distance and vampire losses would mean much less value.

I switched from the original Tesla OEM blades to the icons and didn't notice a profound difference. There is still a section of the driver's side that smears in salt spray. Perhaps I need to adjust my spray pattern again to hit difference spots on the windscreen.

24w of LED lighting sounds like enough to illuminate a large room. That'd be 6 chandelier bulbs. I have around ten feet of strip lighting on a bookshelf that doesn't use 24w. Four of these is nearly 100w, which would be a very bright incandescent bulb, in LED, it should be blinding!

Ok, I'm only going to count daily drivers as I've owned many other short term, project or parts cars. 1988 1979 Dodge Colt 1990 1972 MGB 1991 1978 Jaguar XJ6L 1992 1979 Mazda RX-7 1995 1994 Land Rover Defender 90 1995 1995 Mazda MX-5 1999 1993 Mazda RX-7 TT 1999 1990 Range Rover 2001 2001 Dodge...

I don't ever drive under the speed limit unless conditions warrant, but I certainly don't mind if other drivers choose to do so *if* they remain in the right lane as Mknox mentioned. On a single lane road, it will frustrate people in that you will have a long line of angry drivers stuck behind...

FWIW, I've also never been able to shift the car into gear until after the brake pedal "softens" and the instrument cluster is fully booted.

Wow, there are some scarily litigious and incredibly impatient people buying Teslas these days. I completely agree that Tesla needs work on communicating changes in deadlines, but one whole day of delay over a weekend and everyone has to start whining about lawyers? Egads!

I'm on my third Canadian winter in a Model S and I'm pretty much at the extreme for distance driving with my workplace and my wife's derby practice both an hour away one-way. I've also done some pretty long trips sans Superchargers. Driving electric is a fundamentally different experience than...

Toronto's Service Centres are now selling Hakka R2's, but at a pretty steep markup. I'm also on my third Canadian winter with my Model S and have clocked ~120k km so far. Everything that Doug has presented is spot on, but I'd add one additional tip for severe weather. When the roads are still...

Don't carry your fob near your phone, either. That can reduce pickup range.

The only way to get decent value out of a car this expensive is to use it. I've had mine for over two years and 110k kilometres, I intend to enjoy every km!