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About a year ago I was on the horns of exactly this dilemma - albeit a late pre Raven S vs an M3 LR or P. Before we got the current Y, we had a 3 LR (MiC) and loved it. But found the Y more practical hence the change. The S or 3 was to be my car to replace my ICE and so additional to the Y But...

As ever on forums, people are quick to post problems and issues they are having, which can be off putting to potential buyers. So just to redress the balance, I thought I’d post about my recent experience with Tesla service. Yesterday my 2018 Model S failed its MOT because the near side...

Thanks for the heads up, I’ve just change mine to Authorised Teslas only, having previously had it set to “ Teslas only”. Very easy to do, just clicked on the cars on the app and they were both added.

Hmmm …the AP17U looks like it’s listed at loads of places as being suitable for the passenger side so it should be ok (my pack contained 2 wipers, one drivers side and one passenger side). The screenshot attached shows the one you’ve got should be ok, but needs adapter 2aa (which means nothing...

What was the number of the blades you got? When I replaced mine on my 2018 S I bought Bosch Aerotwins A524S, which have a 26” for the drivers side and 18” for passenger side. They went straight on, I didn’t have to change adapters or anything. I got mine from Wiper Blades 4U in September last...

We stop the charge pretty well straight away - plug in, go indoors then stop the charge. We always get an IO schedule come through, not immediately, but normally within 30 mins ( can’t remember exactly how long we’ve had to wait but I doubt it’s been over half an hour). I’ve never toggled the...

We are on Octopus Intelligent and our PW will charge up at the same time as the car. The only thing we have found is that when the car is using IO cheap rate outside the core 23.30 to 05.30 timeframe the PW doesn’t recognise this and so contributes to the car charging. The car tends to draw...

Based on no information whatsoever, I think that at some point all ICE will have higher VED than BEVs. It seems a bit odd that you can get an ICE with low emmisons running in a town being taxed at £20 a year, and yet a small EV (Fiat 500 for example, ideal city car) paying £165. Either that or...

It’s an interesting question.. I was a confirmed petrolhead for years and very much enjoyed running some reasonably high performance cars (911’s, V8 Astons etc) but I would not have bought any of them second hand because you don’t know what the previous owner had done/how they’d been driven...

If you’re looking into this, you might have already come across this video by RSEV As a dealer the guy buys M3s on a weekly basis and knows his stuff. Can‘t comment with certainty on whether an SR could do 130 mile round trip in winter but I’d be pretty confident it could. It’s about half...

Maybe worth talking to the guys at RSEV - this one might be older than you’re after but they always have cars coming in..they will probably take yours in PX too 🤔 https://www.rsymons.co.uk/used/cars/tesla/model-s/perfomance-ludicrous-one-owner-raven-sub-zero-hi-fidelity-panoramic-roof-120

WANTED Has anyone got a rear parcel shelf, black, for a December 2018 Model S that they want to sell? I only really need the left hand side bracket that locates the shelf on the runners, its missing from my newly acquired car. So if you've got just the bracket that would be ideal. Please PM...

Thanks @init6 . I persevered and using laptop (not iPad) I was able to find the service information, albeit I've not worked out how to download it (no biggie, it works well being able to click on the screen and getting the appropriate part of the guide on screen). Next step is going to be brave...

Bit of a thread resurrection here…. by any chance did anyone download the manual for a Model S (2018) when these were free? And would be prepared to share with me? Looking today it’s gone back to paid subscription only. I‘ve recently got a Model S and the centre console lid doesn’t close...

odd - I changed it on the app successfully a couple of days ago, before I actually got the 15p rate (but had received the e mail). however I have noticed that during the day, all solar is going to running the house and the remainder is being exported, although the battery is sitting at 56% ...

the removal of the stalks is a brave move and I’m sure will alienate a number of drivers. But it really would need a “try before you buy”. personally I don’t have a problem with the button being where it is. why? Because I spend literally hours on my driving sim playing Eurotruck Simulator 2...

Interestingly I’m in a similar boat to the OP re potential purchase of a Model S. I.e a 2016-2019 (so post nose cone) OR a similarly priced Model 3. the current model Y will be staying (really it’s SWMBOs car), so this is to replace my ICE that I’ve just sold. as part of my research I came...

I’m hoping they fix this as we generally listen to BBC local radio, from another area. (Northampton although we live in the Radio Leeds catchment area). Leeds is far to Woke for me and plays music not to my taste, whereas Northampton (Bernie Keith in particular) does his own thing. So listening...

My other car is a Skoda Octavia VRS which has the VW TACC, and have to agree it is more user friendly than the Tesla application. To be clear, I have never had any issues with the Tesla version, but it is usable under fewer conditions than VWs version. for example, in 30 mph limits with parked...

I’ve now heard back from the installer. he says that the way my system is set up with my dumb charger means that in the event of a power outage the car, if plugged in, will take from the Powerwall as it effectively sees the charger as part of the house load. As my current set up works so well...

I’m not sure about how exactly the Powerwall was set up, I’ll get in touch with the installation co next week and see what they say. 👍🏻

@Dilly thanks for that. I don't have any updates available for the app, which is 4.18.0-1607 and the feature you e shown me doesn’t seem to be present. @upgraded has suggested that I might need to call Tesla support to get it sorted, so I’ll get on with that tomorrow… meantime here’s the...

Thanks all for replies. @MorrisonHiker @Dilly I’ve had a look in the app and can’t see the screen referred to. The car is currently plugged in (but not charging) so would I need to unplug to be able to access this setting? Or can you give me a steer, please as to where the screen is in the...

We had our Powerwall and solar installed in late January this year, and are very happy indeed. We are able to charge the Powerwall and car (Model Y) off peak at the same time - ie - the grid feeds both the Powerwall and car simultaneously (as opposed to grid-battery-car) Today we have had a...

@Pete UK - I too found this thread hugely useful when researching solar last year. our set up is 14 Trina panels with optimisers, 9 on a SE roof and 5 on a SW roof. Solar edge inverter (limited by DNO to 3.68 as they refused the G99 application but were happy to accept on G98 limits) and Tesla...

I just renamed mine Moorcroft, which is the house name. Boring I know…but you did ask 🤣🤣🤣

Having had our Powerwall since late January I was getting a bit annoyed that the app showed my Powerwall name as Mr W Sco***** ie my name. A genuine example of a first world problem I know… anyway I did a search on Google about how to change the name on the app, and also searched this...

I have only (limited as in 3 weeks) experience of the Powerwall and have to say I am delighted with it. There were several reasons why we chose the Powerwall over others, but the main one was the ability to island the house in the event of power outage. but more importantly, it just works. Does...

We had the auto defogging problem (coming on with no apparent need and staying on). Our local SC traced it down to low gas level in the AC, which they topped up . No problems since, it might be worth pointing your guys in this direction? it took our local SC a few hours to trace the problem as...

As someone who has recents had a system installed, I found a wide variety of prices and that it was impossible to compare quotes as the three quotes I got all had different equipment. And different things included (some included DNO application costs, one didn’t, the panels were different makes...

By way of an update from last Friday’s post, everything is now fully up and running. I’m really happy with todays performance, which was the first full day of Solar/Powerwall and Grid being available. Despite it being January and a mix of cloud and sun, we produced 6.9kw, 38% of which powered...

@Dilly thanks, that’s exactly what I was hoping to hear 😀 @phil4 sorry to hear that. I have to say that at the start of the journey I was sceptical that Egg would deliver on their promises, which they even put in writing. But they did come through, they said they have a constant standing order...

Big day yesterday (and today as it happens… solar installation day at last, timescale nowhere near as bad as some experience but I’m not a patient sort of chap and once I’ve decided to do something I just want to get on and do it…so the wait from last August has seemed an eternity. Yesterday...

I’d say do it, it can’t harm. I have read somewhere in the dim and distant past that there MIGHT be a correlation between phantom braking and calibration. for example, in the model 3 we went directly to a motorway with clear lane markings, the cameras calibrated after maybe 30 miles and in 18...

Thread 'Autodefogging (again…)' Autodefogging (again…) hopefully that link will take you to the post @MrBadger

Our problem was it was doing it continuously and blasting hot air out, making the cabin temperature unbearable. But there’s a separate thread as to how it was resolved and all is now well

Re the airbag light… I presume when you change the profile and your wife drove, the position of the seat was moved. Then moved back when you got in. to me this suggests that there might be a bad connection with the plug under the seat which is involved in the airbag warning circuit. I’ve had...

Quick update: today we didn’t use the car until SWMBO needed to go out at 18.00. By then the car was heavily frosted, so she used the defrost setting on the app to warm the car up before she needed it. when she got in, HVAC was working as it should, no autodefogging going on - and most...

End of November we picked up our new MYLR having had a M3LR for around 18 months, which performed perfectly. We always run our HVAC on Auto, and noticed that for the past week or so the car was switching autodefogging on, whether (in our view) it was needed or not. And that the autodefogging...

One question I have is where people are getting their power walls from? I was after a PW and Solar, so went on the Tesla site and put in my postcode and it came up with a list of local providers. I chose one of them (Egg) as it was near to me and went through the quote process etc. For a...

Got an unexpected phone call yesterday. Order placed in August 22 for solar and Powerwall, all very quiet after initial flurry of activity getting survey done etc. Early October a call to tell me that the DNO refused the G99 as proposed and wanted some limits imposed, which was still going to...

Been to Manchester Trafford this morning to collect the new Model Y. what a crap journey over, it’s only 35 miles but took over 2 hours due to fog and a lane closure on M62…so we were late but it didn’t matter. really impressed with the hand over in so far as deletion of the outgoing M3...

@Ramshackle the problem with BBC podcast on Spotify is likely to be down to licensing issues. It happens whenever there is an international sporting event such as the Olympics or World Cup. I normally listen to local (but out of my region) BBC radio in the day or in the car via TuneIn but this...

I had exactly the same yesterday. eventually I realised that I had Tesla set up as a payee in my bank account from when I bought the M 3 so i made the payment using the details I held for them (just changing the RN reference number) , paid what was owed, sent the confirmation to POP@tesla as...

Things getting close now…got a text with reg no, and vin. no idea which cameras or USS it will come with. I’ve not had the “change of spec” text but the vin no is 563xxx so is running at a point after some have reported no USS. private purchase so I’d have expected to be notified. Not that the...

Re the excess - you can take out insurance for the excess, which broadly speaking covers the excess if a claim is made on the main policy. In other words, £1,000 excess on the main policy. You do £500 of damage, the excess insurance doesn’t pay. But you do £1,500 of damage then the main policy...

The Model 3 is called Xena - as in Xena the Princess Eco Warrior. the MY which we are scheduled to collect 29/11 is called Maximus, or Max for short as it’s bigger….

Don‘t know the answer but I ordered MY LR in blue, white interior, 19” wheels and towbar on 8 September, delivery arranged for 29th November from Trafford Centre. Maybe I just got lucky with the combination.

Collection date now confirmed, 29/11 at Trafford. Shame the PX offer on the Model 3 is the thick end of £6k less than they offered when I ordered the car in September. Just need to decide where to dispose of it instead of PX ing …..only just found all this out so will try usual on line places...

My EDD is still November 19- December 3 and has been pretty stable around these dates since ordering in September. Things are moving on the trade in front too, had a text a couple of days back saying I needed to remove the private plate and send them a copy of page 3 of the new V5 once it...