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It's hardly a statistically valid sample!

The car does have 360 degree coverage...the resolution of the cameras is the limiting factor for the wide-angle cameras because it limits the effective range at which the camera can see fine details. But intersections you should be just fine with 80 meter visibility from the B-pillar cameras...

We had a small fender-bender with our 10 month old Model 3 a while back - and the body shop in Austin told me that odds were good that the insurance company would want to total it. Evidently, the high cost and low availability of Tesla parts to 3rd party repair shops can make the value of a car...

We had a small fender-bender with our 10 month old Model 3 a while back - and the body shop in Austin told me that odds were good that the insurance company would want to total it. Evidently, the high cost and low availability of Tesla parts to 3rd party repair shops can make the value of a car...

I heard that in cold weather, the residual warmth in the engine compartment of a gasoline car is what attracts the rodents - but with an electric car - you'd think that wouldn't be the case. But evidently, it's still an issue.

I presume if it shorted to some other wire with voltage on it? I don't know. But in any bundle of wires, there's pretty sure to be one at ground voltage and another at 12v or whatever - so when a wire is shorted to some other wire - then more or less anything is possible.

I have to tell you a story about that... Back before I was a Tesla fanatic - I was a MINI Cooper fanatic. One morning my car had that kind of damage - I was able to limp to the dealership on Saturday with all manner of exciting warning lights flashing. It was a MINI/BMW/Cadillac dealership -...

Hmmm - that's annoying. Seems like access to geolocation isn't a security issue providing people are given the option to enable it or not. The car seems to have no problem displaying the site. The browser is still pretty raw though - no way to deal with cookies or preferences or anything of...

I have a piece of web software that I wrote myself (I do this kind of thing for a living - but this is just for fun) - it uses geolocation as a part of what it does. On my Model 3 (FSD), I get a popup saying that geolocation isn't available. That's weird because Google Maps uses geolocation -...

Ah - OK. Very stealthy! :-) It kinda looks like HAL from 2001.

Hmm - to the right of the drivers' name on my model 3 there is a circular icon that has a red "light" in the middle of it if you touch it - and goes off if you touch it again. I have no idea what it does...but it doesn't SEEM to do anything much. It's not mentioned anywhere in the owner's...

Hmmm - so epoxy? :-)

I have to add yet more steps! When they ask you for a copy of your insurance WITH THE TESLA VIN ON IT - they don't mean a cellphone photo or a scanned copy or a paper copy - they mean the actual PDF of the original document (three more emails to get that one straight!). I never did get the...

I always wonder whether an ultrasonic "wiper" could be developed that would kinda shatter raindrops into a fine mist that would just blow away. Get rid of all of the moving parts - avoid having any kind of moving arm that distracts the driver continually. No idea whether it would work...but...

I know that when two cars that are in adjacent supercharger parking slots are both charging it happens more slowly (presumably some internal limit in the wiring to the superchargers) - hence the charger "etiquette" of trying to leave an open spot between your car and the next. I suppose that...

As of now...my sister, my father-in-law and by brother-in-law are all suddenly and separately talking about getting Teslas...and we only started seriously considering it when my son got one. So he is "patient zero" in this rapidly spreading infection! :-)

I need to add another step! They can't get your temp tags to you unless you have insurance WITH THE VIN OF THE TESLA ON IT. Before this point, they needed to see proof of insurance - but didn't care whether the Tesla was explicitly on it...now they do. <sigh>

Oh - when we get full self driving mode...there will be videos made..."Can haz cheezburg at drive-thru?"...etc.

Perhaps the legislation could say: It's illegal to shut an animal inside an unattended vehicle UNLESS the vehicle is equipped with suitable cooling which is enabled the entire time the animal is there AND there is a prominent temperature readout that can easily be viewed from outside the...

Dog not dead...temperature is therefore within acceptable limits! :-)

Cool! Well, it's not QUITE enough to start the El Paso Tesla Owners Club...but it's a start! :-) My wife had a KIA and I have a MINI Cooper - we've been THINKING about Tesla's for the longest time and when the KIA reached the end of lease and the last MINI payment was paid - we realized that...

True - but that wasn't quite my point. Google's goal here is to tell you how long (in TIME) it'll take you to get there - and for that it can directly measure the time it took many other cars to get there with Google Maps enabled - so their estimate should be very good (and it is). They don't...

Which computer do you have? The newest one shouldn't have any shortage of time - but the older ones are getting close to their limits.

Your recollections from engineering classes is correct. Drag is proportional to speed squared. At low speeds, things like friction matter more - but at high speeds, drag dominates the energy requirements so completely that you can pretty much say that 14% more speed is 30% more energy. I'd...

Generally, almost all online businesses have a roughly 5% problem rate - it more or less doesn't matter what you're selling or how. Go to almost any product selling on Amazon and look at the 1-star reviews. Nearly every product has at least a couple of them. Doesn't mean that the product is...

The thing is, it wouldn't take a lot to fix it. A simple one page description of the process and the steps that have to happen in what order...that alone would have saved a mountain of grief. I'm thinking something like: BUYING A TESLA IN TEXAS: 1. Go to website - follow instructions -...

I just took delivery of my Model 3 here in El Paso. There is a supercharger on i10 in Prado Verde - just over the border in New Mexico - but if you live in El Paso - then what do you care? Just charge it in your garage. There are now enough superchargers on i10 and i20 to get to pretty much...

There is no such thing as bad publicity. If the S comes even somewhat close to the Porsche time - it'll be all over the news. The word "TESLA" get pushed up the search results - this is all good news. People buying Tesla don't need to drive faster than a Porsche around a ridiculously...

We finally have our Model 3 (SR+, FSD, White)...the car is fantastic - everything we hoped for - but I have to say that the process of buying is kinda lacking. We bought online because there is no Tesla presence in our area (West Texas). The web site didn't offer many details on things like...

Yes - if you fall asleep, the car may well save your life...but that's not the real question. The REAL question is whether the lack of active driving tasks can lull a driver into falling asleep. While you're actively having to drive the car, it's easier to stay alert than if you have more or...

The problem is that in many places (certainly here in Texas) it is ILLEGAL to leave a dog in a vehicle unattended. The law was written before "Dog Mode" made this practice safe. So while it should be perfectly SAFE to leave your dog in the car (with Dog Mode enabled) - it's still not...

Ordered a basic white SR+ with FSD - online on 8/14/19 - estimated delivery was "two weeks" - but it's two weeks today and I don't even have a VIN number yet. When I call the support people they say "Should get a VIN in a few days"...but they've been saying that every few days since the...

I'm a software engineer (specializing in video games and flight simulators) - I've been a MINI fan since back they were called "Mini" - I've worked in three different Mini owner's clubs...and restored a few 1960's era cars. But - after spending half a day crawling over, driving (and...