Australian Model 3 Highland experiences, tips, tricks

[sammody]

I also hear that having the iPhone widget on your phone isnt good for battery as it frequently pings the car and wakes it up from sleep?

Correct. It also causes some people to do bumdials too (accidently opening car boot, frunk etc) as the button is pressed.

 

[paulp]

Thanks for that, will check the energy settings and do this from now on as the car's parked in the sun all day at work, gets to 55deg + inside

Ive also turned off the cabin overheat protection

You could work out the cost of overheat protection vs baking your car interior, and decide which you prefer

 

[SpokenFour]

For those lucky enough to have their cars - how is the alignment of your LED strips between the doors and the dashboard? Have been watching too many US reviews where some are pretty out of whack. Not sure if they can be adjusted.

Tried to bring mine forward but only gets moved to Chatswood that week.. Jelous!

 

[paulp]

For those lucky enough to have their cars - how is the alignment of your LED strips between the doors and the dashboard? Have been watching too many US reviews where some are pretty out of whack. Not sure if they can be adjusted.

Tried to bring mine forward but only gets moved to Chatswood that week.. Jelous!

Your car is supplied out of the china factory, not the USA factory

 

[dronus]

Tried submitting a bug report with mixed success

 

[dronus]

For those lucky enough to have their cars - how is the alignment of your LED strips between the doors and the dashboard? Have been watching too many US reviews where some are pretty out of whack. Not sure if they can be adjusted.

Tried to bring mine forward but only gets moved to Chatswood that week.. Jelous!

I cant see sny problems with mine.
US production is a bit more hit and miss

 

[Mes1]

For those lucky enough to have their cars - how is the alignment of your LED strips between the doors and the dashboard? Have been watching too many US reviews where some are pretty out of whack. Not sure if they can be adjusted.

Tried to bring mine forward but only gets moved to Chatswood that week.. Jelous!

Yeh I noticed plenty of US complaints, but thankfully mine are perfect here

 

[SpokenFour]

our car is supplied out of the china factory, not the USA factory

Yep which was my hope that it's less of an issue which seems to be. Probably just getting paranoid / stressed leading up to pickup day

 

[Tesl3on]

Yep which was my hope that it's less of an issue which seems to be. Probably just getting paranoid / stressed leading up to pickup day

The LR test drive car at the Adelaide DC was really poor with the alignment of the LED strip. I’m wondering if it was so bad that they decided to use the car for test drives instead of sell it to some poor bugger with OCD.

 

[dronus]

The LR test drive car at the Adelaide DC was really poor with the alignment of the LED strip. I’m wondering if it was so bad that they decided to use the car for test drives instead of sell it to some poor bugger with OCD.

 

[paulp]

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I wont point out the problem coz you will never be able to unsee it

 

[dronus]

I wont point out the problem coz you will never be able to unsee it

I dont want to know

 

[Tesl3on]

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That’s the alignment I’m hoping for!

 

[dronus]

That’s the alignment I’m hoping for!

I think its pretty spot on.

 

[dronus]

Ohh i just remembered the other reason that 2024 firmware would be handy - having the 3rd party chargers available in navigation. I dont know most of these victorian towns too well so would be handy to have without having to look at my phone

 

[dronus]

Raking up the kms!

 

[Mes1]

Sentry will use about 1% every three hours, and the aircon obviously depends on the weather, the temperature you've set it to and whether it's parked out in the sun or undercover in the shade. Can easily use a fair bit - check the Parked tab of the energy app.

Rather than leaving the aircon on for 30 minutes, use the app to turn it on 5 minutes before you get back to the car.

So here's the screen shots after I investigated the energy section.

It seems most of the drainage happened whilst parked. Only 12.5% actual driving.

 

[Jules22]

Raking up the kms!

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Nice you beat me to 1000, I'll go just over today.

 

[Vostok]

It seems most of the drainage happened whilst parked. Only 12.5% actual driving.

Sentry is an absolute power hog. I only use it when my car is parked in the dodgiest of locations. So maybe a couple of times a year.

Having the AC on all the time, or using COP, is another way to use up lots of power. I never have COP turned on, if it is really hot, I’ll vent the windows. The most I will do is turn the AC on remotely a few minutes before getting back to the car.

And as others have mentioned, stop waking your car up by checking the App. It’s still where you left it

 

[dronus]

Nice you beat me to 1000, I'll go just over today.

Im about to triple it this week...

Actually, might go in via Bendigo to break that segment up