Australian Model 3 Highland experiences, tips, tricks

[johnchidgey]

Nissan LEAF?

A lot of people bagged the LEAF. I mean, seriously bagged it. The original Tesla company Forum was a hotbed of HATE for the LEAF.

But it’s been a fine car for us. Very reliable. We didn’t have expectations of it beyond its capabilities. It got us into EVs and eventually getting a Tesla.

We still have it.

I drove a Leaf once via the company I worked for at the time and it was a lovely car. I enjoyed how quiet it was (with the PWS turned off), how it handled and the fun musical score it plays when you turn it on. My only issue was its range so once the Model 3 was released here in Australia, I got one of those instead. The Leaf deserves more credit than it gets.

 

[Vostok]

Not that the tesla can draw 350kw but was getting 170-180 i think.

The highest rate I’ve ever seen my car charge at is 180kW, and only for a few minutes, on a 350 kW charger when I was at low SoC. The car reported that as a charging rate of 1200 km/hr, faster than the speed of sound

 

[dronus]

Nissan LEAF?

A lot of people bagged the LEAF. I mean, seriously bagged it. The original Tesla company Forum was a hotbed of HATE for the LEAF.

But it’s been a fine car for us. Very reliable. We didn’t have expectations of it beyond its capabilities. It got us into EVs and eventually getting a Tesla.

We still have it.

I was just talking to a guy this morning while the car was charging. His mate imports nissan leafs from japan!

 

[Max Spaghetti]

I was just talking to a guy this morning while the car was charging. His mate imports nissan leafs from japan!

With Chademo charge ports I guess...

 

[dronus]

Wodonga SC. Showing people teslas is thirsty on the juice..

 

[dronus]

With Chademo charge ports I guess...

Im not sure. He said he imports them, retrofits them and sells them but im not sure what that means

 

[dronus]

Handy hint:

Set air aircond to max and recirculate to get rid of any pubes off your dash.

 

[dronus]

 

[Jules22]

Handy hint:

Set air aircond to max and recirculate to get rid of any pubes off your dash.

WHAT are you doing to your dash!

 

[Max Spaghetti]

Handy hint:

Set air aircond to max and recirculate to get rid of any pubes off your dash.

Thanks.

I hope you had duct tape over the internal camera.

 

[dronus]

WHAT are you doing to your dash!

I dont know how pubes get everywhere.

Your guess is as good as mine.

 

[paulp]

Handy hint:

Set air aircond to max and recirculate to get rid of any pubes off your dash.

I thought it was just you and the dog

 

[Tesl3on]

Wodonga SC. Showing people teslas is thirsty on the juice..

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Stealthy G

 

[meloccom]

Im not sure. He said he imports them, retrofits them and sells them but im not sure what that means

All Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) Nissan Leafs have the CHADEMO DC charge port and J1772 AC port. Later Australian delivered Gen 2 Leafs changed the AC port to type 2 but I think JDM versions did not.
In addition JDM market cars have Japanese language on the binnacle and centre screen. It’s fairly easy to change the binnacle to English but the centre screen is a different story, plus it has physical buttons with Japanese characters on them and the Navigation only covers Japan and doesn’t work in Australia.
So lots of JDM importers have solutions for these and other issues.

 

[Jules22]

Tried updating the UMC again, this time with the battery at 100%. Still no dice.

I saw someone on facebook posted some comms with Tesla support. The response was that it is currently not working on the latest versions, didn't mention if it was Highland specific but sounds like it's a software issue. Hopefully will get resolved soon.

 

[Mes1]

I just reached out to Tesla to ask whether I should bring in my UMC next week to get the firmware updated. Their response:

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Has anyone confirmed that they could update their UMC firmware on the new M3?

Been at 100% well stuck on 99% but says complete for the past 5 hours, saying completed charge but still stuck at 8amp

Cars locked currently screens are off

Will leave overnight see if changes to 10amp

 

[Jules22]

charge but still stuck at 8amp

According to the FB post I saw, if you go into service mode you can see it trying to send the update repeatedly and failing each time.

The response that user got from Tesla was that it's an issue with the latest versions.

 

[EVGL]

Wodonga SC. Showing people teslas is thirsty on the juice..

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Have you compared the xharging cost compared to petrol/diesel for the same distance travelled?

 

[dronus]

Have you compared the xharging cost compared to petrol/diesel for the same distance travelled?

This is, i think for the few weeks ive had the car

 

[dronus]

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This is, i think for the few weeks ive had the car

Can spend that on aliexpress i guess