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That is a release of LEO satellites by SpaceX for Starlink internet service. We had something almost identical in North Texas the week of April 5, 2021.

I've had 2 issues with them since 2016, neither having to do with water. One, the key fob in my pocket when I'm putting things in or taking out of the trunk results in me accidentally pushing the button and opening one - hands free. Two, one time in a parking garage with a honeycomb type roof -...

Defense.

I understand this will mean that batteries will not be replaceable. They will be part of the structure of the car, making the car's handling and efficiency even better than now. This is possible because of the new battery technology that doesn't use connectors between cells, instead allowing...

That's one way, but, in my X, the car has decided to jump from neutral to park when I've tried it. To avoid that problem, I recommend tow mode. Go to Controls, Service, tow mode, and make sure your wipers are off. The will allow the car to roll freely and it will not jump back into park...

Many good suggestions to go with the criticisms that are pointless imo - you've bought the car you've bought. Here is one more that may help extend the range some - drive in Chill mode, yes slower acceleration, but, better range. Between that and going with 19 inch wheels, the single charge...

Incorrect. Under 23 CFR § 658.17, an 18 wheeler's max weight is 80,000 pounds

But are these individual components you've found on the web the same tech used in the original post vehicle? I'd like to see the sales price of a Waymo vehicle, not a few parts here and there to start to be able to compare. The only estimates I've seen say that Waymo cars are vastly more...

That 4th picture really shows the family resemblance to the X! It looks better in the wild than it did on stage introduction, imo.

If this is how you feel about Musk and Tesla, why on earth would you own one of his vehicles? Are you dumb or something? You run around saying he a shyster, shady, liar and can't be trusted, but you buy his products. WTF? Something else is going on here. Sell your car and move on. Your...

On line forums are a very tiny percentage of the whole and they are the most vocal and most outspoken. While Tesla service experiences are far from perfect, my experiences have been that they are pretty much on par with other car companies...with our local Lexus being the outlier. They provide...

I think you need to do some more exploring with version 9 as its functionality is better than before imo, in the sense that there are more options, they just start at a different baseline. For example, if you press and hold the fan button, it turns the A.C./heat unit off, so in that sense, it...

So are you saying the car is following this map to navigate not just general direction but also where in the lanes to drive, how to avoid barricades, etc? If so, that is really not even similar to autonomous driving. Around here, highways change virtually daily with new lane striping...

Thanks for the post. The bottom line of where AP is now is, you are fully in charge of your car at all times. Tesla should probably be more explicit about this reality (not sure how), but, for anyone who hasn't read a million posts about this by now - you are the driver, period. True self...

I've had one half shaft replaced and that worked. However, before long, it started doing it again. I think it is coming from the other one? IDK. But, the odd thing about it, after the car warms up and has been driven for 30 minutes or so, I can't seem to reproduce it. The problem is the...

The fudsters, no doubt backed fully by the ICE mfgrs and carbon fuel industrial complex love these little conspiracy theories. Those apt to believe them never consider "as compared to X". Example, yes some Tesla battery fires have occurred and will occur, but, as compared to ICE cars, the...

I'm literally in the exact same boat as you except with a Model X. However, I've come to accept that you cannot expect Tesla to follow the model of ICE car mfgr. I'd bet you very likely had "not being an ICE car" in your decision tree to invest in a Tesla in 2016 as an early adopter in a still...

Hmm. Report: The Tesla Model S Depreciates Only 28% Over The First 50,000 Miles

I just had my 2016 X in for replacement of the 12V battery. Turns out they didn't have one, so it took till the next day and in the mean time, I drove X 100D with 850 miles on it. It had the big tires on it (22 v 20? that I have which should mean a rougher ride). Lets just say that the...

Yinn is correct. The lexus is designed to ride like a marshmallow on a stack of down pillows, whereas the Tesla is designed to hug corners and be extremely responsive in all ways. Part of this is due to the weight of the battery that makes Teslas super heavy. I think a soft suspension of...

FUD plain and simple. They predict that Tesla will be in 7th place by 2021. The German consulting group that wrote this German love fest opinion piece is 51% owned by the Carlyle Group, a large private equity group heavily invested in energy production. I don't know their opinion on Tesla, but...

I got it last night...my car is in wifi at home. The two areas of update were that the maps features had been improved and the warnings when using auto pilot changed to put your hands on the wheel and apply light pressure. I haven't noticed what the map improvement is yet.

How many trucks has Nikola pre sold? Oh, zero? I see. Maybe Tesla should counter sue for $3 billion dollars because Nikola stole the first name of Tesla's name sake and being in the same business, they have infringed on the trade name and caused confusion among buyers. I like that case quite...

True - but, I have never adjusted the ride height from the factor presets. Makes me assume the camber was initially out of spec, but, I had to learn what camber was when they told me about it, so my opinion is relatively worthless in this area!

The 6 seat configuration is the most comfortable for passengers I think. The back two passengers can stretch their legs into the space between the middle two. The middle two have an average amount of leg room, but, can move around a fair bit because of the space around them. Just my opinion.

I too am up to date with 2018.14.2, which happened shortly after posting here and on a Tesla facebook group. Perhaps unrelated, but, the timing sure lines up. Either way, the directions map on the dashboard is vastly superior to the old one and the map on the big screen is much faster. I...

No regrets! That said, Teslas are clearly not for everyone. For my family of 4, it has been up for every need and I love it every day. My favorite days are the days it updated over night and the car got better - that is still magical a year and half into ownership! As you can see from the...

Stuck on 2018.6.1641efac Posting because the last time I did, magic ferries pushed an update to me that was, imo, overdue. :-) Hoping that happens again! My car sleeps with a strong wifi signal every night, so, I've done all I can do at this point to encourage updates to find me. Hoping...

It is amazing how myopic Fudsters can be and are about every time Tesla breaks wind. How quickly it is forgotten the last break to rework the assembly process earlier this year resulted in an immediate, significant increase in production numbers. How do people who follow this company closely...

No need to discuss your dim view of the speculator class...just incredibly bizarre to put Elon in it. Makes it appear as though you do not know anything about him, his history, his role in the Tesla, SpaceX, etc. VCs are out looking for the quick buck, Musk is out building an automobile company...

So you want someone to create all new, visionary, game changing products by doing it the old ways that have always been followed. So, in your view, the best way revolutionize things is to keep doing them as they have always been done.

In a traditional company you'd be right. However, not one single thing about Tesla is traditional. He sees the path to solving production issues as technological in nature. He is a technologist, one of the most skilled and forward thinking of our time. So, what manager is it that you think...

Well, I don't know about A beer, but, would be lovely!

Good one! Nope. Personal injury lawyer. For realz.

Stunning! Lovely! Awesome! Color me jelly. How about we make it you tell them what I do for a living? You've already said what you do.

You Your "ability" to read and understand people is amazing suspect for a lawyer. You know nothing about me or my beliefs but you continue to spout remarkably off target projections about what I believe. I didn't miss anything in your post - you claim to be a defense lawyer - about which I...

Nice passive aggression! If people believe you, they have a heart, if they believe there are adequate warnings about paying attention while driving they don't. You have no idea what my thoughts are about the deceased and their loved ones, because that is irrelevant to this discussion and it is...

Blow outs are not usually the problem for folks getting less miles than anticipated as far as I've heard. The issue is normally rapid tread wear. Blow outs can happen at mile 1 under the correct circumstances. Do you know why your tire blew out? FYI, 30k isn't a terribly short time for...

Have you practiced law 1 moment in CHINA? If not, all this talk about what the legal system will do is pure speculation - you should know that more than most as a practicing attorney. I have seen my car go around many stopped objects and cars changing lanes into mine while on AP(1), but, had...

Good additional info. Works for me on the use of auto pilot. False sense of security? I don't get it. The warnings couldn't be more clear. If you don't know that you are driving a car you are driving that car, you shouldn't be behind the wheel. Lets face it, people die in cars every day...

That is awful, but, as the video says, there is no way to know if Auto pilot was being used or not because Tesla hasn't been given access to the car. I find it very suspicious that the car did not react in any way to a clearly visible issue. My AP1 car swerves when trucks start to move towards...

Actually, at least 20 deaths occurred in 528i's in 2014 alone. Better recheck the source of your info. Mine is: Driver death rates

Who do you think the demo of the Volvo is? They are known and always have been for safety over looks and have always attracted those most interested in safety. Your exact argument for why you apparently think Tesla's aren't safe (even though crash test data proves you dead wrong) is the same...

Having just read about this, you 'bet' you know what happened? You simply speculate that yes, maybe he did have his hands on the wheel but it wasn't detected? Thankfully, such speculation is not going to be how this is investigated. Let's get facts prior to going on a fudster rampage shall we...

This may be covered elsewhere...I don't have time to read 22 screens of comments to find out. On Ride the Lightening Podcast, someone called in who had talked to a midwest Tesla SC and the upgrade cost to the new MCU would be about $2,500, plus a couple hundred in labor costs. Gotta want that...

There will always be fatalities involving autonomous vehicles, just as there are with human operated vehicles. There will always be fatalities that are at least partially the fault of the autonomous vehicles. There is no perfect driving or perfect programming. The standard cannot be perfection...

I don't know about Arizona, but in Texas, a bicyclist has the absolute right to use an entire lane of traffic the same as any motorized vehicle does on any streets that don't have a designated bike lane (very very very few here). There is something odd about the road in the video - there is a...

That sounds possibly like the small forward window alignment issue that is something the mobile tech can fix under warranty. Consider having that checked out. Fixing that on mine cut down on a some of my noise issues. However, you will still hear ICE cars engines and truck engines that are...

24 hours after posting here, my car received the update to 2018.6.1 Probably coincidence, but, either way, I'll take it!

Thanks SMSMD! I'm plugged in and on wifi every night for 12 hours minimum, so, hopefully, the update fairies will find me soon!