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Do be careful with your new Ioniq 5, per How Secure Are Teslas/Tesla Thefts (2nd-most stolen/desired EV)

Tesla Dartford also offers bodyshop service, so ask in the app Service for a quote with photos.

112 pages of that report can be found at https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2023-06/ECE-TRANS-WP.29-2023-86e.pdf

Interesting…

If a full power off and start fixed the problem, then it’s likely software/firmware state was cause. Give it a while to see if it recurs before requesting service.

Hard to tell, Rohan Patel departed shortly after his tweet saying that Tesla took a look at UN regulation and decided it wasn't worth the effort until they got it right. That's the internal realistic view I suspect, hence all bets on demonstrating a measurable success in the US first - land of...

The Automated Driving Bill is purely a prescriptive cut-down on the adhered to UNECE regulations. Also once that's over, it basically leaves another 6 months for an approval committee to be set up in the UK to act as authoriser for manufacturer self-driving systems. First at earliest by end of 2026.

Back to the Lords where it originated for them to assess any of House of Commons amendments, if House of Commons okays it on Wednesday with a vote. Months later Royal Assent may be granted. Then after all that, nothing… until the UNECE Auto Regulation actually permits autonomous driving. Tesla...

The Automated Vehicles Bill has a date for its Report Stage and 3rd Reading in House of Commons at last: Wednesday 1st May 2024. I have AP3 with HW2.1 and MCU2, still waiting as you may have guessed ;)

I love the Before/After images in that Amazon page :)

Some accounts such as Santander Edge Up come with free CHAPS for larger transfers. Otherwise multiple to the daily limit of £100k with £25k transaction cap will be necessary to avoid paying extra. It will usually surprise the US accounts team, so best advise them to expect multiple.

Well, half-way through and a shiny meaningless Gold medal plus immaculate DriveScore, er, score (might as well): Only two missed trips from the logging. Discovered that Admiral only offer ‘up to 10%’ off renewal, the worst of all major telematic insurers. Their speed tolerance is <10 mph...

I noticed this sort of unusual GPS lock drift with a short-lived software update from Tesla a while back. Suspect it’s not signal related but processing side. It may clear itself after car powers off fully and network stack has a chance to reset or after next firmware release.

That video is also from 4 years ago… with suspicion that Tesla sent a fleet of drivers out on the same route to show the most successful at Autonomy Day. This year’s Investor Day originally thought to be around 1st March came and went, so perhaps 22nd April?

Very much looking forward to the “minor bug fixes and improvements” for my ‘legacy’ S.

The ONS stats capture the following properties of vehicle theft: Timing (all, theft of, theft from, attempts of/from) Where (similar) Method of entry (similar) Door not locked Window broke/tried Lock forced/tried Key/electric fob Signal manipulated remotely Window left open...

It applies if you have the AMD Ryzen graphics processor (see Controls > Software > Additional Vehicle Info), when 2024.14 reaches these shores.

Spotted an interesting Freedom of Info request to DVLA about stolen EVs with model-specific breakdown for Tesla: 2023 KIA: 290 HYUNDAI: 187 NISSAN: 91 BMW: 38 MG: 35 AUDI: 32 TESLA: 29 Kia Niro: 199 Hyundai Ioniq 5: 96 Kia EV6: 91 Nissan Leaf: 88 Jaguar I-PACE: 45 Tesla Model Y: 11 Tesla Model...

Also have to watch out for the shortened tariff rate and the full precision one published in the regional differences PDF. My gas tariff since 1st April is 5.963 p/kWh + 28.949 p/day. Last statement text was “@ 6.96p/kWh” (before 5% VAT), when really 6.9610 p/kWh.

They are showing rounded consumption to 1 decimal place, but are calculating with 3 decimal places. Hence the difference. To calculate yourself you'll need to download the raw CSV data from the Energy Usage page or use a third-party interface with their API.

FSD (Supervised) v12.3.4 has been released to legacy S/X owners in the US! (meaning that we regulatory-restricted folk of this small island may see some improvements with next update in ~8 weeks)

Press and hold both scroll wheels on steering wheel for 10 seconds then release once screen changes.

Is it still there after a restart of infotainment? If so, probably a colour symbol to hint at new software feature capability added.

The V11z is the new version of DVLA’s V11 for vehicles attracting a ‘zero’ rate of tax. If renewed online in advance of its arrival then safe to ignore.

Play with the start date and voluntary excess a little to find optimal, calculate cheapest temporary cover quote then decide how to proceed.

Try quoting for 20 days ahead, it may be just short time between quote and start date resulting in price hike.

14th and 21st March DFS settlement figures are finally in. National Grid ESO essentially confirmed they were waiting on some of the smaller providers and had to nudge them into action. 21st 18:30+ = 73 of 84 MW procured for £25,814 21st 17:30+ = 71 of 80 MW procured for £23,463 14th 18:00+ =...

I had Tesla Mobile Service renew my cabin and HEPA filters on 2018 S in March only to find smell of occasional exhaust increasing. Around 60% greater airflow but persistent enough to make me suspect the cabin carbon filter part. So bought myself a Mahle LAO1613 and swapped them over, finding...

Genuine TESLA Model S 2016–2020 activated carbon cabin air filter part 1072736-00-B (barely used) for sale (~£15 incl. Royal Mail parcel £3.19 fee): 255 mm long, 180 mm wide, 20 mm high (K 1376A), Made in Poland (likely by Filtron), serial 2223081, TESLA 107273600-B from mobile service...

Sure that’s MCU2? Thought only MCU1 screens were vulnerable to the uncured glue.

I’d like to ask the EU regulators what the **** they were thinking about when declaring that for DCAS update in November that *every* *single* *manoeuvre* needs to be manually confirmed. Whether the UK can diverge from that nonsense within a few years is one thing, whether Brussels wake up to...

Try making an online transfer to the account as new payee and see what details verification check stage suggests/reveals.

The Automated Driving Bill is pending Report stage date in House of Commons at present, but even once complete that is still 6 months for transport secretary to arrange for an authorising authority to be set up before they even start the work of assessing self-drive systems. No earlier date of...

We know that pro-Tesla YouTubers are the first to experience it ahead of the mainstream press until the embargo is lifted ;)

It also doesn't overwrite unless storage medium is full, so a lot of video beyond that hour window can be recovered using storage recovery tools.

Might explain why Octopus haven't emailed to announce the last £1,000 draw winner or the end of the sessions themselves (still pending 100 bonus OctoPoints too).

Surprise announcement, the ESO dataset has returned online! Could this be another Live/Test event before end of the month? (per the derogation)

I don’t believe it will be for “all”, usual ‘legacy’ S/X owner exemption. Nor regulated for cars without cabin camera. Nor before 2025.

From Bell Telematics years back I discovered the Gold discount was 4%, Silver 2%, Bronze nothing. 45% of customers awarded Silver, just 10% Gold before IPT (45% Bronze presumably).

A human driver would probably capture the scene with a smart phone video recorder and slow down in lane. No need to kill the children presuming a good chance that everyone dies. FSD (Supervised) would likely continue on regardless at uneven speed.

Let nature run its course, like happened with a squirrel deciding to cross the road in front of my tyres this morning. Though if a sizeable dog, lift off and alter path to avoid collision to minimise bodywork damage, brake if no vehicles close behind.

It needs 1,000 mi over 3 months to provide a reward decrease in renewal, so you may not have time. Would be good to know what sort of percentage reduction Admiral quoted for the Telematics black box (presuming Gold/Silver/Bronze awards).

I’m giving the Admiral Insurance app MyTrips telematics a go at present just for fun really (I like seeing Gold medals it seems), in vague hope that renewal offer with some level of reduction baked in plus their own margin drop might be sufficient next time around, presuming Tesla Insurance...

Well, that offers a little hope I guess for us ‘legacy’ S/X owners with MCU2+AP3+FSD.

I tried it myself (DVLA email dated 05/03/2024 09:15), which is why I know that’s true. It's also documented somewhere about five working days into month for DVLA tax licensing renewal (originates from time for new paper disc to arrive by post). It will also be the case this month, up until 6th...

The 5th is only because the online V5C system changes behaviour from the 6th day of the month. Up to and including the 5th it allows the 1st month as start, beyond that it becomes the next month. Which is why reminder in mid-Feb and renewing online on 5th March permitted March–Feb for 1st March...

Good thing I got in early with adjusting mine.

Try going on the DVLA renewal site today (1st April), selecting V5C Document Reference (not V11), then see for yourself what they offer.

https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/goskippy.com Doesn't seem that bad to me, 81% four or five star.

I've seen GoSkippy before, typically cropping up at the desperate broker call stage :) Often had quotes from them around £2,790 mark, so to get one that low seems a bargain to me. QuoteZone offered really poor results this year too, the lowest I received was £1,267.10. I ended up with £442...