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2014 Model S. I can no longer figure out how to access the owner's manual on the touchscreen. Any help? Also, I can no longer see a way to disable traction control. Is it still possible? Thanks in advance. Long time since I've been on this forum.

Not as pricey as a repaint, one could consider a wrap.

We have an elderly Garland commercial stove; might not even be legal anymore, with its pilot lights. But it's six burners, two ovens, plus a salamander/broiler. It's a beast but we've had it >25 years and it's wholly reliable. Basically built the kitchen around it. That said, I think one can...

I was quite proud of myself for remembering remotely to lock when leaving the Cadillac loaner I had when getting the titanium underbelly installed. Came back to discover I'd left the engine running. As to issues with my March '14 car, now with >7000 miles, I had a minor problem with the pano...

Doctor draftee, served in Vietnam.

Same experience: a few drenching rains, no issues. I have the Michelin Primacy 19" tires.

I thought it odd that there were no comments so I, too, left a respectful one, about acceleration and range. It's still not posted. Same with another commenter in this thread. Interesting.

As others have said, I'd want to see the new gray in the flesh. To me, at the moment there are about four shades of black; ie, the current green and blue, except in direct sunlight (at which point they look great!), are pretty much black. If the new gray is still light enough to be distinguished...

There's the I 205 bypass around Portland, but it adds miles and the traffic is often about the same during commute hours. You could check on the nav if you have real-time traffic. If it were me, I think I'd charge in Woodburn and continue to Portland for the night. There are several decent...

These replies are very helpful. Thanks!!

Looking at previous threads, most of which are somewhat elderly, I infer there's not a lot of good charging options for those who might venture off I-5 in Northern CA. I note the Benbow Inn has a picture of a Tesla charging; I've emailed them to find if it's possible to reserve a spot along with...

Another old retired Seattle area guy here. I feel the same way. I hadn't driven for a couple of days for various reasons, and got to the point I couldn't stand it anymore. Took it out for a ride and immediately felt the same pleasure you described, yet again. It's better (maybe not cheaper, but...

Every once in a while I start to regret not getting the P; then I remind myself that the difference in acceleration from, say 50 mph to whatever, between the P and the "regular" is noticeable only on a very accurately handled stopwatch. I remind myself I'm within sight of 70 years old and don't...

Mine was doing something similar, but closing much closer to fully. Since it was intermittent, the service center had a hard time figuring it out till I kept it that way and took it in. Eventually they replaced the glass, the seals, and one of the two motors driving the roof. It's been fine...

I look forward to if/when an update offers the "don't ask again" option. I get the message every morning. Compared to other things in life, it's a very minor annoyance, but still... My problem is that my home wifi isn't very powerful in the garage. The car detects it, but when I try to "join"...

I occasionally indulge my love of writing, and have been contributing to a writers' website. This is something I just posted, which Tesla folk might enjoy. Me And The Electrons by sid.schwab on ReadWave For those with nothing better to do, there are several other essays of mine there. This one...

6mm = ¼ inch. Undetectable to my eye. And, FWIW, I have 5.9 and raised the car to max height this morning to put on the front plate (hated doing it) and it's still at that height a few hours later.

Mazda Miata, Trek 5500

The most helpful advice I've gotten re voice commands was to use "where is" for navigation. "Drive to" or "navigate to" seems to confuse the poor little feller, "to" vs "two."

If Tesla's blue were a little lighter, my wife would have insisted on it. Her car is a Miata in "tenth anniversary" blue, really a cobalt blue, and it'd look great on a Model S. The current Tesla blue is nearly black except in really good sun. Looks great that way, though.

I've had my car for a week and the nav screen has locked up about four times; meaning it stops moving. I've rebooted with no fix, but I discovered that if I speak a location ("where is [address]) it starts moving again, and if I cancel the directions it stays okay. If it keeps up, I guess I'll...

When I was talking to USAA to get my insurance set up, when I told the guy it was a Tesla, the first thing he said was, oh, Consumer Reports best car ever. We ended up talking for at least 15 minutes before getting around to the business at hand. Told him about supercharging, internet, etc. He...

Thanks, Jeff. I've played with it on a couple of test drives, but won't have my own car till (holy cow!!) this Thursday. Then I guess I can start to figure it out for my particular situations. I'll be driving from Seattle to Portland a lot, too, and there are several long downgrades on I-5 on...

I must say I'm absolutely impressed, flabbergasted, really, at the brilliance in this thread, and the elegance of various people's solutions. Not to mention depressed by realizing there was a time, around fifty years ago, when I probably would have understood the equations. It stands to reason...

In real world conditions, most hills end with a need to stop, or turn or something that alters the glide. On highways, maybe not. But coasting to the point of affecting cars behind you is probably not good. So the situations in which coasting can go on as long as momentum allows, are rare. Maybe...

In other threads some have mentioned using wireless doorbells, placed in frunk and controller inside. On a somewhat related note, at Cannon Beach, OR, several years ago, tsunami warning sirens were installed along a 16 mile corridor. Rules required weekly (or monthly?) testing. Those that were...

Alliant has, within the past few days, raised its rate to 1.79% (or thereabouts). Still a great deal. I got locked in to the 1.49% a couple of days before the change.

Retired general surgeon (still do a little assisting.)

Threw a rod on a Hillman Minx while driving to CA for a wedding. My '65 Mustang was stolen and, improbably, recovered because it died in the middle of an intersection. My Acura stopped dead in the middle lane of a busy three lane road, due to an electrical failure of some sort; a bunch of high...

My delivery date remains, as originally announced, on 3/17. Based on posts such as this, though, I'm pretty much expecting delays. They already figured out how to make time stand still, after all. Or make days last forty eight hours, weeks 12 days....

Probably typical of some purchasers, I've alternated between wondering why I'm spending so much on a car, and wondering if I'd made a mistake forgoing the P85 in favor of an S85. Then I drove a 60 and found that its acceleration was still way more than anything I'd experienced. I placed my order...

I have. Approaching build date I felt I needed another jolt of reassurance that I'm not crazy, and went for another test drive just a couple of days ago. The car was right off the truck, not entirely cleaned up inside, even. The advisor said it had the new seats, and whereas I've never found the...

If you have access to Columbia Crest wines they're generally excellent, especially their "grand estates" varieties, which include Cab, Merlot, Chardonnay, and a couple of others. Around here (Seattle area) they usually can be had for around 8 bucks. Not too long ago, their grand estates cab was...

I should add one more thing: in this most recent drive, I saw the standard headliner for the first time, and I must say I like the alacantara a lot better. Is it worth the extra $1,500? Matter of opinion, I'm sure. What I didn't like about the standard liner was the color, sort of cream, with...

As my build date approacheth I've had increasingly sleepless nights, wondering why I'm spending so much money on a car. And, being the cyclothymic sort, also worrying about having wimped out and ordered an 85, non-performance. Crazy. So I contacted my advisor and asked for another ride, another...

I live up the road in Mukilteo. Will be picking up my S85, gray/gray on 3/17 (presumably.) I'd be happy to arrange a meetup. At that point it wouldn't be too late to make changes, should you decide to. Mine will have pano/upgraded sound/air/twin chargers (but not HPWC).

Well, my duddy got officially fuddied a few years ago (I've recently entered my 70th on the ground). But it was the "holy sh*t" moment of the first real acceleration on my first test drive that sold me. And the touch screen with all its capabilities. And the beauty of the lines. And the fact...

When it's time to go, I'll just hook a hose to the tailpipe and... oh... wait... Guess that's the one advantage of ICE over electric.

Thanks, again. Looks like, on the settings page, I need one more post to avail myself of the feature. - - - Updated - - - Looks like I'm "Not allowed to have a signature." Was it something I said? (I assume it's about # of posts. I'll get there eventually.)

Thanks to both of you. I can't find any place in my bio information in which to list the car details, so I assume it's because I haven't posted much. I'll post a few more, and try again.

Most people who post here end their comment with a listing of their car and its features. I can't figure out a way to have that list as a repeatable signature. Is there a way, or do people just add it each time? If so, do they copy and paste from some saved offline source?

FWIW, I just had a nice customer service experience with ATT, which I use for my iPhone. Got a new phone last month and inadvertently used the data plan rather than wifi to synch up the new one, causing a never-event overage for the month. I called ATT to try to figure if it occurred on the day...

I just talked to Tesla today about adding a second charger without the HPWC. The person I talked to said they can't unbundle any more. While I was talking to him I got a call from Tesla on my voice mail from someone else who left word that I could, in fact, get the second charger without the...