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I just have to state that I bought the aluminum skid with tho he soundproofing rubber foam to go over the hard fabric one and it fit perfectly. Also the reasonably priced front wheel well road noise reduction kits for M3. Perfect fits and plenty of extra fasteners. My wife and I both noticed a...

It isn’t obvious to me. With my Volt, I just typed in the summer and winter schedule with the 3 cost tiers then overrode when needed. I didn’t see anything like that. I obviously missed something. I know it’s especially important when you need a full or high level charge to have charging end as...

When did these come out and are they now legal in all states? Best time to do this is when reroofing. These would have allowed me to do a much better solar installation on my home. Thanks

I am sure these questions will have been covered somewhere, but I am going from about 65% to about 80% (I don’t think it shows exact% anywhere) daily and charge at 32amps. Lately I have lowered the charge rate to 20 amps. Any thoughts on that. Lower rate should mean inside battery lower heat...

I am going to give this a quick rather than accurate response, but when it first discussed that Tesla was funding research With a famous north east coast battery scientist. and had major Breakthroughs, this was the first time I heard about “the million mile battery”. That same article (and I am...

Agree, must be a weight shedding thing. Even though my last car, a Volt, was very well made, and not flimsy in any way, the plastic door cover did pop off it’s hinge a couple of times when bumped.

The shingles do look great!

17,000 watt hours is 17kwh or 17 kilowatt hours. the next day is over 15kwh. This time of year is max for many on net metering because we have just started using ac a little. Depending on your houses orientation and shade issues, June 30 should be close to your max day and month for pure...

I used a hydrocarbon refrigerant in my old Freon based Acura called Duracool. It was comprised of a mixture of butane and propane with all the methane removed. It required only 1/3 the volume of Freon or 134 and was a larger more leak resistant and 25% more efficient coolant. It also required...

I do think these two things can go together. When the immune system is inefficient by virtue of age or compromise it can be slower in mounting a defense when the body has some immunity to the virus. This allows the virus population to grow so large that the eventual inflammatory reaction is...

Actually , I searched for pictures and Nevada seemed to have panels on a very small part of the roof and in the pictures of Shanghai i can’t tell.

I have seen pictures of the roofs of the Nevada GF and the one in China. Am I wrong in saying that at least these two do not have solar roofs?

So much for my question about a heat pump, couple of good facts killed that but if components of the car need cooling during colder weather (other than during charging) why can’t some if that heat be used? Also, there are aftermarket kits for sound deadening which also keep out more dirt and...

I only scanned a few pages looking for this and I know i haven’t experienced the cold many of you have (rarely below 35 where the seat warmer is always more than adequate for all. I have the ac controls down I think, but at my temps I cannot tell if the cabin heater is on or not. Display is...

Except now it’s becoming so much more likely that the car next to you may be a Tesla. Will we all be racing each other to see who has the fastest car. What a difference from only 6 months ago in the Bay Area. My wife and I went on a freeway trip from Antioch to S.F. Airport, then brief stop in...

Except now it’s becoming so much more likely that the car next to you may be a Tesla. Will we all be racing each other to see who has the fastest car. What a difference from only 6 months ago in the Bay Area. My wife and I went on a freeway trip from Antioch to S.F. Airport, then brief stop in...

I think many people have safe home parking like in their own garages and many even at work. I use the setting to keep it off at these locations so I don’t think it cost very much to have it on while shopping and doing errands.

Thanks for all the good info. The picture of the tire insulation looks like what I pictured, but the article I read maybe a year ago was about I think Continental tires which were going into some model of Tesla’s and the difference in noise improvement was more like 3 dB. Considering the for...

My greatest pleasure of ownership is not in the acceleration because I only step down once in a while, but in showing the car to people unfamiliar with them . I can’t think of a single person who hasn’t gone super enthusiastic on me. I have a midrange rwd and everyone is always blown away by the...

So how can we find out what is causing Model 3 to be noisy on groved concrete which is common hw at speed? Is it high inflation (at 42 to 45 which on all other cars I have owned was 32) or is it inadequate sound insulation?

I am not sure what to think hearing conflicting assessments of how sound in M3 compares with other cars. My general feeling is that the M3 is too loud. What always reminds me is going from a newly paved hw at 60 mph+ to some others adds an unacceptable amount of noise. So is this because the...

I watched one of the videos and if you do have the moldy Smell and have to spray the foam aver your evaporator box and fins, you may want to add up the cost of the foam and the filters and see how close to the $150 it is. I think most people should be able to do the job but I would worry that I...

Thank you for your thoughtful reply. That 50% number was in the back of my head. Can you suggest a simple way to find out the true maximum range of your battery as mine seems to have slipped a few miles since I bought it in Feb 19. I kept it at 90% the first 5 months then went to about 80% to date.

I went on a 2k mile national parks trip with 2 relatives from North Carolina where they know almost nothing about Teslas. We talked about them all during the 6 day trip until they got tired of hearing about them. It kept coming up because we had rented a fully loaded Escalade with every whistle...

Nice. Being in the center of the garage it is likely to reach the fro t or rear of either car. Sweet.

I hope that Tesla, as a part of its growth in software, does two things: first, I would like to se either some driver preference learning g software applied tin both left right lane clearance and the adjustment of the acceleration deceleration patterns to the driver’s when adaptive cruise...

Tire pressure is also hiding in that same area but you pull from right to left for it.

I am not worried about calibration, as long as I know why my daily routine has lost some numbers and that they could be reset it desired. I can afford to do 70%. The way I interpret what I have been recently reading is that the loss of displayed mileage can be recaptured by leaving the car...

I went through that thought process when we had to install a new 100 amp sub panel for our ac system. We included planning for a solar panel system to be installed one year later, and for future electric car(s. I ended up routing 90 amp wiring right over the center of the two cars on the...

How difficult would it be for Tesla to just tell us what would be best for battery life under a number of different scenarios. I probably average about 30 miles a day and have 32amp charging capability in my garage. My only limitation is the time of day I charge. I charge daily, sometimes twice...

I did not understand all the terms you used in your question, but I had a Chevy Volt, (which I was very happy with) until I bought my M3. I plugged my Volt into 110, but I already had 50 amp wirin220v wiring in place for my future full BEV. . My son did the same about a year later. . However ...

As electric cars become more and more popular I would think it might make sense to let a neighbor plug in at a discount rather than waste the power.

I believe that in the solar installation area you have to question everything and explore. I trusted my installer implicitly (and still do) but recognize that they all have their bias towards certain panels. My son installed his 22 panel system 22% efficiency) one year after I installed my 17%...

Just wondering, how much would it cost to get an extended warranty for my Model 3 to give me bumper to bumper protection after my 4 year warranty runs out. Ihorror stories about the cost having to replace motors, drive units, or MCUs out of pocket might make such a warranty worth considering?

I know I could look it up, but I am probably not going to get one, but just in case I may want to install a hitch basket to increase luggage capacity for the Model 3 for 2 couples taking a long trip, For anyone who has added a towing hitch for a M3, 1. How much did it cost and 2. Did it...

If it could be adjusted somehow on the spot for extreme left and right lane driving and for trucks (momentarily) it would be a safer feature but that is only relevant in modest to heavy traffic. It is perfect only for center lane driving. And is ok in all lanes in light traffic.

There are two things to consider now with net metering. First, solar panels had 30% less efficiency when I put my system in 4 years ago. Now you can get about 22% and mine is less than 17%. For sure get the higher efficiency panels because it will leave more room on your roof for expanding the...

I do not have full AP. I bought “adaptive cruise control and assisted steering” for $1,000 each when offered about 2 months after I bought my midrange M3 in Feb. 2019. I use the features only on trips on freeway with passengers. I use adaptive cruise control even around town when by myself. ACC...

Thanks. I learned something.

Of course you are right but I dont like the idea of my M3 going on a flatbed I have seen cars get damaged because of the entry angles. With the M3 being so low....... This was, I think an exercise in what’s possible. I thought I read somewhere that the car should not be charged with a generator...

I didn’t see the answer to question of where would you hook up safely on a M3 to tow someone else?

I have a 12v to 115v ac inverter my son gave me that could be hooked to another cars 12v battery with 1000w output. I am guessing that that is about 8 amps. I wouldn’t plug it into a cigarette lighter tap because the terminal lugs on the inverter are hefty. I would use car battery jumper cables...

Thank you

Sorry, to continue, if I am driving and want to capture something that just happened what do I do. If I get home and notice damage on my car what do I do with the dashcam. If I get into an accident what exactly do I do with it? I have a midrange plus? purchased in Feb 19 without auto pilot. Does...

I have a 64g memory chip plugged in and it is working. When I happen to notice my screen says I have a couple of events I touch the camera on the top of the screen till the red light goes out, then take the chip and plug it into the USB port on my desktop. Then I see endless numbers of film...

My point was that since EA was so heavily subsidized it should have been less expensive that it’s non subsidized competition, including Tesla. Thanks for straightening me out on the actual prices. It was my first attempt to try and figure out prices as a new Bev owner. Sorry for my error.