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Now that it's Monday and I've been able to hear back from Tesla on the app, they have revised the estimate to $240 parts and labour. Not worth the DIY effort to avoid that price, so as long as there are no surprises I think my brief exploration into the world of headlight replacement is over.

Thanks again Meloccom. I will report back with my experience.

So would these do the trick? OSRAM D8S XENARC XENON Bulb 25W OEM 66548 VW Audi Tesla Amarok They state Tesla on the page. $99 a piece seems good, and my DIY skills are usually pretty slick (my free time is the limiting factor). If I’m feeling patient I found another cheaper (but much slower)...

The left headlight on my 2014 Model S has started to play up. It goes out a couple of minutes after starting the car. I booked it in for service but Tesla have quoted $1700, presumably to just replace the entire headlight assembly. From my reading it sounds like this should be a pretty simple...

Tesla confirmed that this was the issue today. They are going to perform the 'upgrade' free of charge but I will have to wait a couple of weeks for parts to arrive.

I don’t. I’m really just driving back and forth to this 32A charger. The house it’s at only has a 40A power connection anyway so I’m definitely not getting higher than 32A without having some trenches dug.

Thanks for that information. I did confirm that the charger provides 32A with somebody elses car. So I need to get Tesla to fix this with hardware. Very annoying. The more I think about it the more annoyed I am in fact. Tesla really should have treated this as a recall. Somebody could get stuck...

I’ve just installed a new (single phase) Wallbox Pulsar Plus at my holiday house. It seems to have been correctly installed and is set to 32A internally. However, when I plug my car in (2014 P85 Model S) it will only charge at 16A (The car reports 16A as the max available. ie the display reads...

One of my 2014 Model S door handles has stopped presenting. I previously had one repaired under warranty but I'm not too keen on the price of an out-of-warranty repair. There are various DIY kits available from the US which I would be very capable of installing myself. Given I probably will...

There is a lot of info about door handle issues, but I haven't quite seen this one. I have a 2014 Model S P85, not sure what gen door handles. The right rear door handle presents normally when I approach/unlock the car. A month or two ago it started to need a lot of force when pulling it to get...

Just a follow up to this. I got the 19" PS4s on my car about a month ago. The Tesla service centre basically said they don't recommend them but so far they have been fantastic (I presume they just haven't been formally tested by Tesla on the vehicle so they won't make a recommendation). They're...

Hi all, I have a 2014 Model S P85 that need new tyres. I have had Michelin PS3 tyres previously and fairly happy with them. I notice that the PS4 tyres are now available in the correct size (245/45 R19 102Y). Does anyone have any experience with these for the Model S? I know they are popular on...

So my aging Model S was parked outside in the hailstorm that went through Melbourne on the weekend. Not much I could do about that once it started. After it had passed I went out to check the damage expecting tragedy. Every other car on the street had significant hail damage (although no broken...

I've got to take issue with this sorry. Time is not part of the definition of energy and is irrelevant for measurements of energy. Energy is measured in Joules and power is measured in Watts. They are related by time where 1 Watt is equal to the expenditure of 1 Joule of energy over 1 second (1...

I have a 2014 P85 in Australia. I was recently on a long winter drive to the snow. About 30 minutes into the drive my heating failed. Not a lot of fun but I decided to press on. I had to stop to supercharge at one of the new dual-cable superchargers (Euroa) and my car would not supercharge. This...

Thanks for the info so far. No I’m not on Facebook, and I never will be, and neither should anyone else be. But that’s a discussion for elsewhere. The torklift looks interesting but expensive. Is there any further information about the TOCA person who installed one? Or was it the torklift as...

Hi all. Does anyone know of somewhere in Melbourne to get a towbar installed on a 2014 Model S? I don’t want to tow anything. Just carry a couple of extra bikes in addition to the two I’m carrying on the roof. The service centre didn’t seem to have any idea. Cheers in advance.

I’m bumping this thread. These superchargers are well overdue. I’m trying to plan a ski trip this year and have to assume they won’t be there; which is annoying! Does anyone know how to make some noise about this issue?

I too have been getting pretty annoyed about Spotify on my Model S lately. I thought it got a bit better after V9 for a few days, but then turned into a real mess. I have a wild hypothesis about it though. I have one of the original AP1 cars like many others here and it connects to Telstra 3G...

The support for the Australian Government is currently pretty close to their level of support for EVs.

A quick look online and I can get cover with RACV with agreed value of $110,000 (probably too high) and $2000 excess for $1712. Unless InsureMyTesla respond to my polite inquiry with a substantial reduction in premium, I think I'm about to go through a relationship breakup. I should say that...

Not a great business model for something called InsureMyTesla!

Been a while since I've posted here. I just looked at my invoice for this year's premiums with InsureMyTesla. In 2016 I paid $2196 ($1000 excess). In 2017 I paid $2470 (a bit of a jump but not enough to warrant going shopping). This year they want $3897! I will certainly be going shopping. I...

Thanks for the advice given here. I just went with another set of PS3s. the PS4s don't seem to come in the right size (at least not in Australia) and the Potenza S-04 don't appear to be available here at all. Maybe the PS4s will be available here by the time I have chewed up this set!

Hi all, I have a 3.5 year old P85 Model S due for a new set of tires. I have just chewed through a set of Michelin Pilot Sport 3s which have lasted 26000 km which is not too bad given my fondness of the pedal on the right. I've arranged to install another set of PS3s at the service centre next...

Does anyone have any secret squirrel insights into the Mansfield supercharger? It would make me very happy to hear that it will be in before next winter. Also, I'm pretty amazed that you only lost 2km of range per day parked on Mt Buller! I lose more than that parked at home. Are the newer cars...

I've used the Cumberland apartments charger and it works well, but be aware that the car park is busy and crowded and there is no effort made to keep the spaces clear of ICE driving bastards, and no apologies made if the spaces are blocked. It sounds like you might be going in school holidays so...

I have returned the C200 and am back in my Model S once again. So much nicer! I really have become a car snob since receiving my Model S. Anyway, I was told that it is still standard to offer Tesla loan cars, but on this occasion they simply didn't have enough to hand hence the Mercedes.

Perhaps it wasn't cigarettes I could smell. Perhaps it was... Burnt Toast! Thankyou. I'll be here all week.

Yes it was.

I've spent a bit of time in the C200 now. I'd never driven a Mercedes before and I'll be very happy if I never do again. There are so so many buttons everywhere! Covered with vague indecipherable icons. It's like driving a Japanese toilet but not as satisfying.

So I dropped off my Model S at the Richmond service centre today to get a few issues resolved, and instead of the traditional Model S loan car, I was given a Mercedes C200. Apparently Tesla have handed over their loan car responsibilities to a third party and this is what is happening now. The...

This post from last year [WTB-AU] Anyones want to upgrade from a 2014 P85? was very closely related to this.

It's the pedal on the right that makes them wear down apparently.

And knowledge of private vs public schools! And public holidays. Probably not going to happen. I rented a rather crappy Renault a few weeks ago and it had a TomTom navigation system with GPS based speed limits. I couldn't help but notice how much better it was at knowing the speed limit than my...

Thanks for the info everyone. So it sounds like people like Michelins which is what I have heard previously. Am I correct that the A/S 3+ is not available in Australia? I have heard of people importing tyres like these in the past. Does anyone have any info about this or should I just get the...

I had my car at the service centre last week and was told that my rear tires are close to needing replacement. A bit disappointing that I've only gotten 13000 km out of them. Reading around I suspect that my alignment may have been out as that can apparently speed the wear. They did realign the...

The biggest problem with this is that there is no way of setting the charge rate of the car via the API. Like you my car is home during the day (maybe 3 days/week) and I would love to have a system in place that recognises that I have 8 Amps of excess solar currently so please feed that into my...

The 3-phase charging point in the parking meter is a new one to me? What's the story there? Do these exist in other places?

The addition of Spotify to the car has made me happier than any other addition to date! That may sound crazy given I have had my car long enough to go from standard cruise control to adaptive cruise control to autopilot, but I stand by the claim. I've been really surprised by how much I've...

Have either of these two been spotted before?

The start of the new year is traditionally a time for assessing one's life and looking to make changes and improvements. Have you thought about trying to whinge less?

I have wondered whether Tesla shouldn't get the US embassy to make an approach to the Australian government regarding LCT on Tesla vehicles. It seems to be against the spirit of the FTA. When the US says jump Australian politicians usually say 'How High?'.

Well you'll be happy to know that import duty is one of the few taxes you won't have to pay on a Tesla. Thanks to the US-Aus FTA there is no import duty on cars brought in from the US. Doesn't really make up for all the other taxes though.

You can't buy a P85 new Ecocloud, there's no such thing any more. Speaking of which, did you get my PM toikey?

If you have the phone plugged in to the USB chargers (or have an iPhone 6S) you can just say 'Hey Siri, read the message to me'.

I grew up in Papakura. Not the kind of place I'd expect to see a Tesla.

Seriously? I was kind of joking but let's explore this. It was built in November 2014 - Autopilot fully operational. It has about 9000 km on the clock. It's red and very nicely looked after.

Just buy me a P90D and you can have my P85. I'll even wash it first!

Someone has to pay to pick up all those stray discharged electrons you're leaving in your path.