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suggestion: Cyber truck has large windshield and reported unsightly large wiper arm. Solution: install high velocity air vent on outside bottom of windshield and create a curtain of air to remove and displace water.

my beloved 2010 Roadster 521 left my ownership in 9/2017, immaculate, with factory hardtop, 12,000 miles. Buyer was what I would call "suspicious" individual(I stupidly allowed car to leave with my plates and he ran up $800 fines on toll roads on my plates)...claimed the accelerator 'stuck' and...

good call on the carpet. I owned that car for 2 years, it's easy to imagine the carpets got in the way. Good call. Sorrry to see 521 go, I put a lot of love into that car.

I have owned 2 Lexus and multiple Toyotas, a Dodge,...etc...when I bought my Tesla, there were no pushy salesman that wanted to shake my hand and be my best friend....I went to the Tesla website, built my car, and when I was ready to buy had the pleasure of a helpful sales rep...no stress, just...

I think the S is likely more quiet than the 3. I would suggest you consider the ability of your 'app' to measure sound accurately... I doubt the mic on your phone is that able to detect actual noise. I bought a real decibel meter and used it to compare when I was shopping for a new IC car and...

here's the part I ordered on Amazon: " Topfit Car Center Console", costs $26.99 with free shipping. Excellent quality. Drove around yesterday and it stayed in place, and items inside didn't rattle. Company has other accessories too, and sent free "done with charging" time display card.

just got a nice accessory for my 100D from Amazon... a nice drawer that fits into the space under the touch screen.... reasonable price, and it looks great. Topfit center console drawer. Seems to keep things like sunglasses secure when driving and makes it easy to get to items. Just thought...

I'd be happy to put my new 100D up for comparison with any German auto... I put myself through undergrad and grad school doing body work, and I have yet to find any mis-aligned panels or trim. And all the cars I saw when I took delivery in October were blemish free.

I Question the addition of longer wire improved your range... antenna length is a function of signal wavelength.... maybe you altered the position of the wire? I did quite a bit of checking this out on my own unit, and found no change in range by lengthening antenna.

I have been having problems with my Homelink not executing auto open. I have removed and re-entered my homelink several times and still had trouble... audio notification sounds and advisement of 'feet' to opening shows.... then yesterday I found what may be the problem. I have an entry to the...

successfully created my Homelink but noted that the auto open feature would alert but would not open the door. Door will open by selecting homelink manually but would not seem to work automatically even after trying different distances and deleting and re-creating homelink. I have a tight...

felt the same way and found a lot of opinions from people that had not had the protective film... so I had my bumper, front fenders, hood, and rear bumper coated with Xpel ultima on my roadster. Glad I did! It really does protect from rock chips, and bugs clean off easier. Now I just bought a...

Sold the roadster to "Indian Steve"..... sounds like it has a good home! Enjoyed the roadster... and now am enjoying my 2017 model S 100 D. These are the most amazing cars in my opinion... Thank you so very much Elon for making this car the most advanced in the world.... and 'green' too!

2010 dark blue roadster for sale. 12,900 miles, like new, have matching factory hardtop, mesh top available. Protective film applied to fenders, bumpers, hood, rocker panels, paint is immaculate, not even a rock chip. $56,999. Beautiful car. If interested call and leave message with contact...

ecarfan- I live in Richland,WA.... we have a large research base here, PNNL, and some ground-breaking scientists in the area ( we have the LIGO here, you may have heard of the recent announcements about gravitational waves heard). I will do some more checking on this- I think I know some...

I have read with great interest about the use of Graphene to enhance battery technology. Graphene sulfur batteries seem to be a possible better alternative to Lithium ion battery technology. Some researchers claim the increase in efficiency and charge rates could allow a 500 mile battery...

Wiztecy- what model of Nitrons are you running? I have the stock Bilsteins and am looking at options... thanks

I was looking at some options for coated cables and came across this on Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/bhp/coated-stainless-steel-cable Might be an option to consider in the right diameter... rdstr

Last time I talked to someone about Bilsteins I was left with the impression you can send it in to Bilstein and they will rebuild for a nominal fee... I think I heard somewhere around $50/ shock (seems low tho). Let us know how you do with the rebuild, I'd like to know.. good luck. rdstr 521

wiztecy- guess your 'half glass full' approach is good assuming the seller is not really trying to misrepresent his roadster... If it were me I would just not have included the letter and let the potential buyers research on their own. As far as Tesla as a company, I have ALOT of faith as...

Ebay #6 for sale saw this signature roadster for sale, says vin#6. He has a letter from Tesla in the ad implying, or at least to me it did, that the car is eligible for a battery upgrade 3.0. I sent him a nice FYI that the 1.0, 1.5 Roadster was not eligible for the upgrade, but he has...

I thought I'd show you a simple bracket I fabricated for my roadster front plate that fits on the tow hook. Took me about 2 hours to make from some lite gauge steel and a plastic mounting plate I picked up at hardware section at Walmart. Just thought you might like to see if you wanted to...

Mesh Top I know it's been discussed in the past in this forum, but I just received my Taylor Mesh Top, and it's great! Those 'newbies' like me may be interested too... I found the YouTube video on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUPS5FY5uVg and here's the contact for them...

I am only a junior member of this community, but I would like to say when I bought my roadster I felt I received a phenomenal value for my roadster and I assumed someday there would be challenges finding parts for a limited production vehicle...but I am confident that Tesla will continue to take...

Had an interesting experience with Carfax... bought a Lexus LS and Carfax showed no issues... Bought the car, and found out from the shop repairing a failed parking sensor the car had indeed been repaired and they said it never showed on Carfax because the damage was below a threshold $ amount...

thanks for all the input. Finally got a reply from Nitron UK... they thought since the Nitrons had no rubber bushings I would not get any 'smooth' improvement over the stock Bilsteins.... odd, as I would think the adjustable nature and spring rates would smooth out the ride more than the...

thanks for the reply Andrew. I am trying to educate myself about shocks and find it is difficult to get a lot of info. I did find someone that suggested I look at the NTR (96-02) 46mm shock though and in the standard spring rate I think it's rated 550/650lbs. F/R . Is this what you have...

Been looking into alternatives to the Tesla suspension kit. I found a newer Nitron series, the Street series, which are a monoshock with single adjustment. Have any of you tried this shock series? I see no reason to modify torsion bar at this time and want to try a 'modular' incremental...

have you tried Ebay? I found one there myself. I would stick with the original Tesla top myself... fits great and in my opinion the car looks great with it on. I would also recommend the Tesla bag... I thought at first it was expensive, but now glad I bought it... keeps the top well...

the local university here in the Tri-Cities has a charging station... try the CWSU campus in Ellensburg. Also, the McDonald's has a charge port but not sure if it's 240V.

A few years ago there was a radio control roadster, I think the model was orange or red, that was available. If any of you purchased and now want to sell, I would be interested in this little model. I am enjoying my roadster so much, my girlfriend has accused me of loving the car more than...

I was surprised my 10 year old Blue Max opener did not sync with the car... it has a fixed code. However, my newer LiftMaster with a rolling code synced up in 10 seconds with the training mode button depressed.

just replaced the Garmin antenna shown on my roadster. At first, it did not work. Ended up unplugging the power to the module under the passenger dash and waiting for a few minutes and re-plugged in, which caused a reset, which worked. Just another thought if you plug it in and it doesn't...

I don't think he is talking about the rust on the actual friction part of the disk... he is talking about the hub part. Clean it and treat it with a rust stabilizer or remover, then paint it with a rust inhibiting paint. Avoid any paint on friction part of disk but if you get some on, it will...

When I was looking for a roadster, I saw this and did some research. Since it has a 'salvage' title, Tesla will not sell any parts to anyone who buys or owns the car... so unless you have some spare Tesla parts and a battery, you are out of electrons on this car! PS... I called the "Capital...

had my 2.0 roadster for 2 weeks now and find the seat very uncomfortable. I looked online and no aftermarket seats will fit. I know that some have removed the air powered lumbar support and added foam... have any of you done any mods to your seats? I am thinking now of removing the seats...

My clock will not advance. Tesla asks if it says "Jan 1970".... yes it does! Anyone else have this problem and was it solved by replacing the GPS or the antenna?? thanks everyone.

thanks Jaff! and as to putting it back in, I struggled and then realized it goes in sideways not end to end...yep, you are right!! lol Ken

NVbob and Fluke: do you remember about how much it cost? And thanks for the help!

thought when I bought my roadster there was no owners manual... couldn't find it anywhere. Then someone said 'feel under the passenger seat and grab what's there and pull it out', so I did, and guess what, there was a hard binder that had the Tesla manuals in it! So if you are one of the...

have any of you had a product like 3M protective film applied to the front of the roadser hood, fenders, light covers? If so, have you been satisfied and do you have a picture of what you covered? I have it on my Lexus and it's been a rock chip saver... thanks

you could use aluminum but light gauge steel is easier to bend and tap into- aluminum tends to fatigue when you bend it into a 90 degree. I should have taken better pictures, if anyone wants to see better detail I will take the plate off and take some pics of the actual bracket that show...

so I decided to fabricate a mount myself from some light gauge steel that I bent to form a channel that surrounds the tow hook, and secured it to the hook with a sandwich-cookie approach and 2 screws clamping it around the hook. Then I got a nice piece of heavy plastic mounting at Walmart and...

so I decided to do some more research and found this on the web: http://fasttoys.net/shop/FTP-Lotus-Elise-and-Exige-No-Drill-License-Plate-Mount/ let me know what you guys think of this option!

charged the roadster for the first time, and it finished. Looked at the display later and it had a choice displayed to 'top off' the battery charge... what is this and should I select it? The screen displayed 181mile range when the battery completed it's charge. thanks for any input.

Just licensed my new (to me) roadster and in Washington state we are supposed to have a front plate mounted as well as a rear. Anyone have any ideas on how to mount this front plate? I am tempted to leave it in the trunk as I fear it could interfere with cooling airflow. Any thoughts...

wanted to add a photo of my roadster to my profile but not sure how...looks like administrator needs to edit a setting for this to be possible? And how do you contact the administrator of this site? thank you!

I want to thank all of you for the great advice!!! I pulled the trigger and bought the Roadster 2.0 :smile: RCSharp, I would love to hear from you in a PMessage about the sound kit. This is a great forum, all of you are so very helpful, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

thanks for the help! thank you all so far that have responded. I really appreciate the feedback and advice!

I need some advice from current owners please. I am considering buying a 2.0 roadster and would really appreciate some feedback advice. I have read some of the posts but still have some questions and I have yet to find a car to test drive. How much road noise is there in the roadster compared...