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Hello OP, I have this issue as well. I've had it for years on my 2018 MR. In my case, it will drain my battery in about 5 days if left alone during this condition. It happens most often when the firmware has recently updated. I sort of stop the battery drain by rebooting the car. Give this a...

chronopc said: ↑ Is it sad that I've owned the car for over a year and I have no idea how to access the FM radio? Sorry to hear that. Best wishes on your prompt recovery. Apply Streaming cream and take a USB drive daily. It's worked wonders for me. ;-)

Got 2019.20.1 as well. Maybe it's just me but AP is still: - Mortally scared of big trucks. Following a truck with TACC will leave a huge gap to it, maybe proportional to how tall and scary the truck is. - Paranoid schizophrenic about cars crossing at 90 degrees, even if distance if half a...

Hang in there, it's finally rolling out again to the rest of US & Canada. Edit: and no sooner I had posted this than the "T" notification showed up. I'm updating now with a "25 min" package.

Roughly adding up reports from TeslaFi, 42% of the fleet is on a higher software level than 2019.16.2, the level in my car. There have been over 900 vehicles upgraded to 2019.20 just today. Yeah, that "advanced" option does nothing. JR

2019.16.2

Crazy :-) I think 2019.16.x is a nice collection of regressions from 2019.12.x, particularly regarding ghost braking, TACC and lane changes. On a recent 1600 mile (~2500km) round trip, the first half was done on 2019.12 and it performed flawlessly. I received the 2019.16.x notification the day...

Well, I need the extra performance. How am I going to get from my house to the supermarket with a stupid slow 5.6 sec car???

Ha! Good one. I bet supporting this forum gives you the right to pass judgement on everyone. JR

So my choices are: - I'm ignorant - a complete idiot and/or - a liar Is that it? Learn some manners and respect others on the forum. JR

There's a loaded request for ya :) and probably a topic for it's own thread. Not every state/city/county allows you to build a home without being tied to the grid: https://www.globalresearch.ca/off-grid-living-punished-like-a-crime-as-colorado-county-criminalizes-self-reliance/5483169. Once...

I can assure you no engineer signed off on that complete speculation of CR's. They are only looking to create marketing buzz around their name. They get me to give my opinion here and you to call me a cynic, all good marketing for them. I subscribe to CR and have done so for many years. They...

Hi all. CR has been "reviewing" cars for many decades pretty much the same way: go around the car once, turn the radio on/off, ask the reviewer's neighbor how s/he like their car. That's it. Aside from the above, the problem with CR's reliability model seems to be the lack of weighing on what...

This is not entirely clear to me, either. As far as I can see, if your PW is your inverter, ie: your solar panels are connected to it, then PW will qualify. I've read docs that say a certain percentage of the batteries must be charged from solar before it qualifies. That's sort of a gray area...

Technical: You need a system with an automatic transfer switch or contactor that can isolate you from the grid. Typical grid-tied inverters are, well, grid-tied and won't work when the grid is out. Some "hybrid" systems generate their own local 60Hz (or 50Hz) to make inverters think the grid is...

Hi all, The incidence of hurricanes affecting FL alone is not enough to justify any major backup investment; there were 12 years between Wilma and Irma. The motivation here is the anxiety and discomfort, if not outright health risk, when one does hit. On each of Wilma (2005) and now Irma last...

XM channel 18 is available on Slacker? And where is Slacker available? Not outside cellphone tower coverage, I would imagine. Also available on Slacker: JR

Hi all, I have a high physical and emotional dependency on The Beatles channel, #18 on XM radio. I pity my fellow drivers if someone were take that away from me. Just last week, I listened to very important hurricane recovery news broadcasting on AM radio. Both of these are now enabled on my...

Sure. What if my EV had a 100kW diesel generator on a trailer with a 200 gallon tank of fuel? :) The point is that it was very difficult to find gasoline or diesel 2 days before and about 4 days after the storm. We own an aircraft carrier size, 5.4L Ford Expedition SUV that we couldn't use to...

Hi all. Missed many posts but wanted to jump in and give my 2 cents. I'm in Miami and just had power restored today since Sunday. I can confidently say you want an EV in a situation like this. The 50 car deep lines at gas stations plus uncomfortable moments were you had to yell at <insert...

Hi all. So this dashcam uses analog coax signal from the back camera? Why not use Wifi to link the back and front cameras? It would be much easier to install if it just required a single 12V wire. Maybe I'm missing something. Coax, really?

Hi all. Nice thread! I may have missed a word or two from the posts but figure I'd throw a stone and go hide. - An 800V charger can charge a 400V battery. In fact, voltage is pretty much irrelevant if one regulates current. There are advantages with higher voltage, up to a point. - Why do we...

Yep, lid. That's what I meant. Go hiking in the woods with your Model 3 and if you see a bear, open the trunk lid! That kind of huge. Aside from scaring bears, you won't knock your head on the lid when putting groceries in there. Wait, not groceries... I mean, tools... like manly power tools...

I'm already ordering bags of rhinestones to bedazzle mine.

Hey there! I'm with you on hatchbacks being more practical than trunks. But check this picture out: That trunk lid opens scaringly HUGE. Just like a hatch, the trunk lid won't be in the way. There's also a board at the bottom of that trunk that you can remove to carry taller things. And...

Agreed! I just went through several stages of grieving over that McRat post. In the end, and after consulting other sources, it's changed how I believed environment affected drag. Excellent post!

<s> It sounds like a couple of us shouldn't buy a mobile phone either because there's a mountain or state park somewhere that doesn't have coverage. BUT, if we take a messaging pigeon with us, well then there's no limit to where we can go. </s>

? Probably enough to get to the next supercharger... is how I look at it. I also look at it from a 'time behind the wheel' perspective: ~2-hours worth of nonstop driving. If you charge to 100%, as you typically do for long distance trips, and with some speed moderation, you would likely achieve...

Hi. I'm not sure Musk mislead on the range. He answered that the Model 3 would be *offered* with more range than the Bolt, and it is. More importantly, the Tesla comes with the single, most range-obviating feature of any electric vehicle currently offered: a cohesive, reliable, widely available...

Was that Prius in an major accident or is that how it actually looks? (I guess I need to add: "sorry SageBrush") :-)