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Well, this is weird. My 2012 85 in the same color and same interior had the same instrument cluster cycling issue on Friday morning (4/14). Rebooted the screens and it resolved. The evening before, I had a TPMS error so I added some air to the affected tire. The next time I drove the car, the IC...

Adding another data point: 2012 Model S 85 120K miles (pre-sensor, pre-autopilot) upgraded to MCU 2 last Friday. One week prior, touchscreen/MCU 1 failed - would not boot up touchscreen, stuck on last settings which meant climate control ran for a week straight, no audio, able to drive and...

Last Spring I took my MS to Wilmington for the Azalea Festival. I parked in the Market Street deck to charge and stayed at the Hilton Riverside. It was a short walk to the hotel and right in the middle of everything downtown. I would have left the car in the deck overnight, but there was a...

I stopped by to charge on my way home and ran into a tech from Tesla Service. One of the 8 towers was getting some work done, but the rest worked fine. They should have the grand opening soon. I still find it odd that I have 2 Superchargers within 85 miles of my house and I live closer to a...

pgiralt, the rest area is on 64, on the eastern side of town past Washington County Hospital and the Rehab center. It is not marked as a rest area on Google Maps just looked for the looped road around what looks like a park.

I cruised through Plymouth yesterday checking parking lots along 64 from the eastern edge of town to Williamston. I saw no definitive construction recognizable as a charging station. However, at the edge of town there is a major remodel of a rest area/visitor center and out front there was a...

There are 2 J1772 chargers at the Buncombe County Interchange building (59 Woodfin Pl). I spoke with someone at the front desk and they said that public use of the chargers all day for free was allowed. Officially, no overnight parking, but I don't know if they really check. Also, the Visitor's...

A fellow Model S driver sent me an email today with this picture. He said it was almost ready to open. He didn't mention charging there, so I don't think they are live yet. Soon, though by the looks of it.

A fellow Model S driver emailed me this photo today. He said it was almost ready to open and was behind the Texas Steakhouse off exit 22. He didn't mention charging here, so I don't know if the Superchargers are live yet or not. Still exciting.

This weekend, I pulled into the Burlington Supercharger with 16 miles range left. I started in Asheville with 249 miles range to travel 189 miles. I made Burlington to Asheville a few days before starting with 257 miles of range and ending with 60 miles left. For the return trip, however, the...

3223 here on 5.8. This weekend I got 120kw in Burlington,NC, but 90kw in Rocky Mount, NC. Weird. I had my choice of charging bays and picked one in the middle. No other cars were charging. Are some bays 120 and some 90, or should they all be 120 capable?

I just had my S in for the 12,500 service. I live 140 miles from the service center and I have the 4 year service/ unlimited Ranger service plan. They picked up my car and left me with a loaner Performance Plus 85 with all the bells and whistles on Monday. Wednesday, they trailered my S back to...

Apparently, SB 327 has been amended by the Commerce Committee to restrict the definition of "unfair competition" as far as service goes to warranty repair requiring direct involvement of a franchised dealer without compensating said dealer. The bill, in current language, does not bar a...

Just the $13.60 for the safety inspection.

Plug Me In - I am in Edenton. We had our 300th birthday celebration this weekend and a lot of state dignitaries were in town for it. Governor McCrory was on hand, but I couldn't get close enough to talk to him. He was too busy kissing hands and shaking babies, I guess.

When I registered my S in January, I transferred my plate which had a June renewal. Today, I got my inspection done at a local service station. Needless to say, it was the talk of the shop. It was no surprise that NC's inspection computer program was not set up for EVs and they had to call the...

This weekend I gave my House Representative (who happens to be on the Jobs and Commerce Committee) a test drive in my S. He was very impressed: with the car, with the fact Tesla is repaying their DOE loan early, with Tesla being an American company. On the web browser, I had the Forbes article...

I offered some change in language to amend the bill to allow manufacturers to sell and service vehicles not available through established franchised dealers to my Senator. He took the proposal to the bill sponsor. He sent me an email that the bill sponsor declined to amend the bill. Looks like...

I just had an interesting conversation with my State Senator who is a member of the Commerce Committee and is the Deputy Minority Leader. I informed him of my concerns with the bill and he said he did not realize the bill would restrict auto sales and service directly from manufacturers that did...

Road trip report: 395 miles in two days I had an overnight trip to a concertdown the NC coast and decided to put the S to the test. The trip downwas 195 miles. The night before, I set the charge scheduler to finisha range charge at 8AM. The next morning, as soon as the range chargewas complete...

I have the 85kw battery. I range charged immediately prior to leaving home. Starting with a rated range of 270 miles, I arrived at the midpoint charging destination (parents' house) with 110 rated miles. I estimated needing 210 miles of rated range to make it back home safely (1.5 X 145 miles)...

I have a 290 mile round trip I take acouple times a month. Along the route, there are no charging optionswithin 120 miles of my house. The majority of the time, the trip willinclude an overnight stay at the midpoint where there is a 14-50(240V/40A) charger, so no problem making it on the...

I am also missing some stations from tunein on the MS radio that are available from the tunein site on my PC. I am missing most Radio Paradise: commercial free, listener supported, actual djs selecting eclectic music. Is there somewhere we could request a station to be added to the tunein on the S?

85kw, air suspension, solid roof, blue exterior, tan interior, matte obeche, 19" wheels, single charger, tech, kid seats

Got my VIN yesterday: 3223. Signed the finalized paperwork this evening, but not in time to wire payment before the bank closed. Hopefully the wire goes through Monday without a hitch and I can close the purchase in the last hours of 2012. No firm delivery date, but given an estimate of 2 weeks...