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My 2015 has had the seat base and seat back replaced. They look and feel the same as the original leather to me.

I own a 2015 Model s, and recently rented a 2023 Model 3. The 2015 Autopilot is better in most respects than the 2023 one. Much less phantom braking for example, and not slowing down for cars that are 50 m+ ahead of me (at city speeds).

...and will also brake at random moments when it doesn't need to.

It will damage the electrics. I need a wiring harness replaced in my Model S due to "corrosion caused by water ingress".

The postage charges from Abstract Ocean are quite reasonable, but they have only a limited range of items. I bought a keyfob pocket from them. The fob pocket cost USD 11 and postage was USD 4. This was in 2017. I can also recommend their extra-bright LED interior lights.

I have AP1 and 32.4, but this doesn't work for me. Whether I have autosteer on or off, the speed stays at the setpoint, regardless of decreases in the speed limit. Is there some control I need to set?

Hi Jayson, I have to disagree with you. Tesla's communication is poor. They promise contact and don't deliver. I was promised a call "the next day" and still didn't get a call until I reminded them three times in a week. Cheers, Mark

When I collected my Tesla from AutoNexus in Perth a year ago, I had to fit my own personalised plates. Autonexus used double-sided tape on the plates, so it was easy enough to remove them and fit the new ones with double-sided tape from Bunnings. Even though the plate was made of relatively...

Of course you will use more energy by accelerating more quickly, but after 8 seconds you will have travelled further, so the effect on Wh/km is not as dramatic.

For about a week (perhaps since the recent 7.1 update in Australia), I have been unable to listen to BBC radio streams via Tunein. I can get all the other stations, but the only BBC stations I get are foreign language, like BBC Urdu or BBC Arabic. I can't get BBC World Service, or any of the...

I have a 70D and I also got a second update last night. It cured the problem with logging on to Spotify. I didn't notice if my car "changed" to a 60 between the two updates. I haven't charged the car since the Monday update.

Agreed. It is more "twitchy" than before, I find. Instead of smoothing out kinks in the lane markings, it follows them slavishly. I have a "traffic calming" chicane that I pass every day. Before, the car could handle the first turn, but not the second. Now it doesn't even handle the first. It...

In WA, the law is that only screens used as "driving aids" are permitted to be visible to the driver. This allows GPS and (more broadly) the dispatch systems in taxis. The utility where I worked also got an exemption for the system it used to notify technicians of faults and maintenance jobs...

The Law in this area is NOT an Ass In that case, it's the person doing the velcroing who's an ass, not the law. I have worked in this area (managing a roll-out of laptops in service vehicles), and the authorities are quite happy for a Web browser to be installed as long as there is an...

Cruise Control Upgrade - Remembers Settings? I've just driven to work with the new update. Perpendicular park worked well in the rather tight car park here. The cruise control now seems to remember settings. I'm not sure if it is remembering settings I have used before, or whether it's based...

Has the text "3G" also disappeared and has 3G failed? This happened to me outside of any update. A reboot with the steering wheel buttons fixed it. - - - Updated - - - I'd imagine they will start slowly in each country as its country-specific variant is rolled out. After all, if it goes...

It's up to the service provider to devise the paln, so they choose the quota. NBNCo has made quota very expensive, so I kept my quota down to save money. Yet I still pay more for NBN than the near equivalent ADSL 2+ service I had before (NBN 25 mb/s down, 5 mb/s up; ADSL 20 mb/s down, 256 kb/s...

It must have a degree of integration with the car's systems to be able to overlay the car's projected track on the camera image, surely?

To save Tesla money where it can? My 7.0 update was around 6-8 GB, according to my download statistics. That would be a big, expensive chunk of data over 3G. It was about a sixth of my monthly NBN download quota. Luckily I rarely use it all.

Even coasting can cause this type of incident. Even with the right tyres and AWD. I used to own a Fiat Panda 4x4 and I had quality M&S tyres on it. I was driving through the snow in France and eased off the throttle. The back end lost grip and I spun through 360 degrees in an instant. As soon...

Here in WA, it seems my car uses GPS rather than reading the signs. The GPS changes the speed displayed from 60 to 40 when I cross a road with a 40 km/h limit. There are no signs indicating this. And it often does not change the displayed speed limit when there is a sign. so I feel it is not...

I have only 10 cm to play with in my garage. I love the way I can drive at an apparent 0 km/h, using the accelerator rather than creep. I go in forward, so I drew a line on the garage wall in front of me. When that disappears below the bonnet, I know I am far enough in and about 5 cm from the...

I originally chose Pearl White, but even in the Tesla showroom, one of the employees confused it for plain white! It is far too subtle for me. Much more subtle than the pearlescent finishes on many other brands. I changed to Metallic Deep Blue.

What do we mean by "torque vectoring"? I'd like to add my view to this thread. I'm not sure we are really talking about true torque vectoring here. I do not believe the Model S has a true torque vectoring differential (although the Model X may have). It has a conventional "open" differential...

The VW Golf can do this (with the optional "safety pack")...and you get a whole load of NOx thrown in free! :-)

These criteria are useful but what about actual grip? I mean actual g-forces, rather than handling (which can include things like how progressive loss of grip is). For me, wet weather grip is what counts. Most tyres are fine in the dry, but some wide tyres have very poor grip characteristics...

This is also an issue for me. I like to listen to the audio edition of The Economist on a USB stick. Even though I put the audio on pause when I shut down the car, at some point it resumes playing and I find myself 10 or 20 tracks ahead of where I left it, when I return to the car. Why? - - -...

My 70D also came with Michelin Pilot tyres.

We actually do. That is why it is 230 V +10%, but minus only 6%. This allows 240 V countries like the UK and Australia to comply with the rules whilst keeping a 240 V grid.

Or even to make use of a single charger, which goes up to 40 A. I am getting 32 A on a single phase. I can't go to 40 A as my total supply for the whole house is only 63 A.

I'm missing the date and time display and (slightly) the odometer.

I suspect that they would already know they were going to change at the time of order in November. You can't make significant changes overnight, so months of planning would be required. And since it would already be known, they would only advertise the new version for sale. For example, I...

I haven't got my Model S yet (it arrives next week), but I bought the Tesla bootliner (A$ 260) and got a divider grille from eBay (about $60 including shipping to WA) to keep the dog off the back seats. I also got the chrome boot sills from Tesla (another $260) to try to protect the back when...

That passage sounds like it could have been plagiarised from the Steve Jobs biography!

I thought I'd just offer a gentle reminder the the Tech Package is no longer available. Some features are now standard, some are in Autopilot, and some are in Premium Interior and Lighting (e.g. fog and cornering lights, power liftgate).

I think I read somewhere that they load the cars at Long Beach, although that is much further from the factory than Oakland. Mine went "in transit" on 12th August, so I'm hoping it will arrive in Melbourne on the Cap Pasado on 18th September (via NZ and Sydney). James the delivery specialist...

Thanks for that expansive answer! ;-)

Well, it's off-topic, but do you have any evidence for that? I did a quick Google and couldn't find anything other than rumour.

Don't be too sure, it was only a few years ago that F1 driver Lewis Hamilton was fined for "deliberate loss of traction". http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/lewishamilton/7528892/Australian-Grand-Prix-Lewis-Hamitons-brush-with-the-law-sparks-fresh-interest-in-race.html I...

James told me that they cannot reveal which ship my car is on "for security reasons". A bit perplexing when the shipping line to Europe allows you to see every Tesla (by VIN) that they have delivered and where and when they delivered it. However, he says my late September delivery schedule is...

I'm amazed they are so cheap. I have house & contents insurance with Youi but their quote for my Mini was very high. I thought they select the lowest risk cars only: meaning slow and cheap to fix, neither of which applies to Tesla. I'll probably be getting my insurance from RAC WA; Tesla owners...

Perhaps they outsource the wheel repairs? My local BMW dealer does, but the rep was kind enough to give me the name so I could go direct. It still took a week though. However, they lent me a replacement wheel for the week. Fairly easy to find for a Mini, but perhaps not for a Tesla.

It looks like the schedules posted here have changed quite a bit. I went to the website of the shipping line (ANL), and it shows that the Cap Pasado will be in Oakland on 23/8/15 and is scheduled to arrive in Sydney on 16/9/15. The ER Wilhelmshaven was at Oakland on 8/8/15, at at Long Beach on...

After 2 and a bit weeks in the factory, my 70D is now in transit. Excellent! I wonder which ship it will get loaded onto?

My 70D is in production, and has been at least since last Tuesday 28th July, so it's been over a week. The VIN ends 089120.

Many people here in WA say that "manufacturing is going to China" or "manufacturing is going to low-wage economies". That is certainly true for some sectors, but in others technological acumen and high quality products are important. I give some examples: 1. The Nissan plant in the UK produces...

James from Tesla Australia phoned me today to say that the security package is being removed from my order, but apparently it doesn't change the spec. of the car. He said it was a mistake - this package is only offered in Europe to meet regulatory requirements there. I expect a few others in Oz...

I just saw this photo on a thread about tyre pressures. Isn't a max. load of 420 kg very low for a car of this size? I weigh 100kg, so with 1 passenger also 100 kg and two at 80 kg, plus a child at say 40 kg, we already have a load of 400 kg without filling that cavernous boot. I would think...

I suppose I must drive differently, as my tyres wear pretty evenly on left and right. Front and rear wear differently, of course, so I just get a pair replaced when they wear out. The only time I have rotated tyres is when I bought one separately as a result of a puncture - I moved it around to...

What is it? What is the security package? I also noticed it was included on my order.