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I had the same issue. No navigation. I stopped by the Tesla Service in Torrance, CA as it was a quarter mile from another stop I was making. They told me it was a satellite issue and implied it was GPS. They further stated it was intermittent and slow.

No, I didn't get the Simple Switch. I passed inspection with just the DCC-9. Whether I should have to further cut the maximum potential draw on my 100 amp main circuit is another question. I am going to see if the main breaker ever flips and what we are using at the time before I make a decision.

I wish this was true. I am sure it is largely true for driving on the interstates between metropolitan areas, however, this still isn't true for rural areas or trips into the National Parks in the west. In National parks and surrounding areas, the charging infrastructure is more likely to be...

I have a wall charger at home and carry the UMC with the standard 120/15 adapter and an extension cord in our MY. Its come in handy at hotels that have destination chargers but they aren't ever available due to other Tesla owners that treat them as "theirs". It also works at friends homes...

I don't see how this would work without having some device, far beyond a dongle, that is capable of monitoring the current flowing through the main.

I am one of those people. I live in a 40 yr old townhome with 100amp service at the main which is in a HOA owned utility closet. The conduit leading to our unit's panel is buried under concrete and too small to allow new wiring to be pulled through it. The HOA's electrician who had previously...

I agree with you to a limited extent. I don't think that Tesla should be allowed to take away features that were present in your car when you bought it (e.g radar). On the other hand, I can see you being frozen at the last version of software that supports that hardware and having to pay for...

I can echo this about the Top fit shade that I bought on Amazon. Excellent fit and the see-thru aspect is great when traveling.

You are probably correct and I am hardly a subject matter expert. My concern is making sure that, we are safe and have the ability to pass inspection. If you have experience with the DCC product line, I would love to discuss it with you off-line. The reason, I am considering a SimpleSwitch as...

Thanks again for your suggestion. It is my understanding that using the DCC-9 allows me to ignore the TWC when doing a service load calculation. Per the NEC load calculation pdf I am using for Los Angeles, we are at 94 amps with the AC and heat pump water heater and without the TWC. I assume...

Thank you for the reply. Our current panel is now full and over 40 years old. Our general contractor says we need to replace it, stating we need more dedicated breakers for the AC and other major appliances. He also wants us to have arc fault breakers as well. I have no problem doing the...

Thank you for the suggestion. My, perhaps faulty, understanding is that the DCC-9 with a 50amp breaker for the TWC, is the recommended solution with a 100amp service. FWIW, I have never experienced a tripped breaker on either the main panel in the HOA's utility closet or on the 60amp breaker...

Thank you. Their DCC9 is very similar to one of the Smart Switch options. I will need to go through their solutions in more detail, but definitely a possible fit. It would be nice to present the general contractor and his electrician with a series of options that all comply with code. It...

The Neocharge works in a similar manner but with plugs. I believe that all of the major 240 items we have or are considering, need to be hard wired via conduit. I don't know that it's acceptable to have a break where these lines exit to a plug. If I had an electric dryer in the garage and was...

Not without incurring the same costs my general said would be prohibitively expensive. Thank you for the suggestion.

We are remodeling our townhome. It was built in 1981 with 100amp service at the meter which is in a HOA utility closet. The conduit from the closet is 1.5" and buried in concrete. The general contractor says that upgrading our electrical service from 100amp to 150 or 200, would be...

My parents 72 Chevrolet Caprice had a smooth ride, but it was a boat. A smooth ride while nice is not a major factor in my auto purchasing decisions.

I have reported this before, but my daughter's 2021 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid was in the shop for over 6 months with most of the time spent waiting for parts. This includes, at the end, Hyundai sending a damaged replacement part that was supposed to be a brand new part, 3 separate times. Each time...

I can't speak, the UK experience, but I have my MY set to reroute if it saves more than 2 minutes. Earlier this month, we were on a road trip and the freeway was closed in all lanes due to an accident with a fatality. The Tesla navigation system, matched Google's (or whatever my SIL was using...

My experience with having AAA is that it's a bunch of separate insurance companies that masquerade as a single entity. Their service level depends upon the geographical area and the local tow truck companies that they have contacted with. IIRC, benefits like Premier towing may not apply in an...

IIRC, it's as long as they are a dependent.

It's not just Tesla, my daughter purchased a 2021 Hyundai Sonatas Hybrid in September. She had the car a few days less than 3 months when a driver in a MB made a u-turn from the right lane in front of her, claimed he didn't see her. The car has been in the shop for over 4 months and they are...

Is Watt Ave part of the state highway system or a local road? If the latter wouldn't having Cal-Trans fix it be an example of a subsidy to the local residents?

I agree with most of this, but I don't think the mandate should be revised. Imagine the costs to protect areas like the bay area (with all of its reclaimed land) against sea level rise (even the modest 1.6 ft of rise forecasted for 2050). Ditto San Diego and the Long Beach/Seal Beach areas.

You may be surprised but I do think that a substantial portion of the surplus (40 to 50 percent beyond the legal obligations to pay this down) should be used for paying off the states bonded debt and any state underfunded pension obligations. I am not sure that the state should "bail out" local...

I have been hearing all of this crap about rich people packing up their bags and leaving California for years now from conservatives (most of whom are not rich themselves) and outside of a few examples like Musk, it just isn't' happening. In point of fact the Budget Surplus is getting extremely...

I have used mine several times while traveling under the following circumstances: At a hotel when their destination chargers were all in use and I arrived late at night with a very low state of charge and had plans for the next day and there wasn't a supercharger within 15 miles At a friend's...

Your assumption is that all of those high income people disagree with the policies in the state and are going to pack up their bags and leave in mass and that no one will come in to replace them at similar income levels. I find that highly unlikely. However, AMPd's post was not about tax...

Why? Do you really think the taxes paid by one individual are material to the total revenues of California? Even if you are in the top half of 1 percent, there are hundreds of thousands in that elite category. So we won't miss your tax dollars

I doubt that as well!

Your free to leave. Most of us won't miss you.

It's not stupid, if anything it's late. Meanwhile, our forests can continue to burn down because of climate change and legal monopoly power companies like PGE who only care about their profits.

My youngest daughter borrowed my 2005 Prius for her first post high school road trip a decade ago. She got a ticket for doing 100 on 5 just north of the 99/5 split. Not a cheap ticket.

I certainly plan on keeping my AWD MY for 10 years. It also is a better car with new features that it didn't have when it was delivered in Dec of 2020. My Prius never changed in a positive way.

You need to stop supplying false information about SCE's electric rates. The non-peak rate available with TOU-D Prime is $0.22 per KWH. To the best of my knowledge, no one has posted that a Tesla can be cost justified by the difference in fuel and maintenance costs alone when compared to one...

I had a number of problems getting my old LG G6 to work properly on BT with our MY. I was continually having to disable and reenable BT on the phone every time I went to the car. If I remembered, I could use the app to unlock the car, but I still needed to did/reenable BT in order to "start"...

Actually I did that the first night using the moile charger. It worked untill some kind soul decided to unplug it around 2:00am. I got 8 miles of range added back in.

I had a similar experience with a hotel advertising a destination charger and not having one. I also had an experience at the Carmel Highlands Inn where they have 3 destination chargers but their use was first come first serve and unmanaged. As you might imagine, it was hard to find a free one...

I have a Starbucks insullated stainless steel mug with a handle and lid that I have had for more than a decade. Works great to eliminate the used coffee cup clutter. The coffee stays warmer longer as well.

I am no This doesn't make sense. Assuming $4.per gallon that is approximately $8 per day for gas at 45-50 mpg. I average less than 250wh mile so 100 miles would be no more than 25kwh of power, which at .22 per Kwh would be $5.50. FWIW my wile drives a Prius and her cost per mile just for...

I don't know where you live in California but those prices are way more than I am paying with SCE's TOU-D-Prime program which is available to those with electric or plug in hybrid vehicles, battery storage or heat pumps). I pay .21 per kwh in the winter and .22 in the summer. Peak hours are...

I think we are in agreement. I also funded my 2 daughter's college education via 529's (and the original educational IRA program). They had some left over that I am holding for some eventual grandchildren. FWIW, I also made gifts to my daughter's via UGMA accounts that were established before...

I understand the OP's challenge wanting to own a single or set of specific stocks and I agree with you that it can be done with a Roth IRA. However, I also agree that it's not smart money management to use a Roth to accomplish this. IMO, a financial advisor who went along with this would be...

Why in the world would you want to do this as opposed to a 529 (outside of the ability to own stock)? There are so many downsides, the first of which being you are limited to a single $6000 per year contribution (plus catchup) that would need to somehow divey among your children or...

I have no clue if the wash sale rule applies in a gain situation. It's not a normal strategy except in this type case. FWIW, wash sales for losses occur within a 61 day window, 30 days before and after the actual trade date.

That used to be the case and some quick research showed that it was the case for 2021. I did tax harvesting for my kids when I set up their gift accounts back in the 90s. The problem is that only the first $1100 of unearned income was untaxed and the second $1100 was taxed at the minimum rate...

Cooled seats seems like an alternative to ventilated seats. I would like it for the black seats in our MY LR.

If you have an older garage door opener that uses a static code or gates that use static codes (which is typical for gates with a large number of users), then all you need is a working clicker for each code. Rotating code opener's typically require access to the learn button on the opener...

Tailwind maybe a good solution for a single location where you own or control the opener (I don't know but will take your word for it). However, based upon the little research, that I have done, it doesn't seem to work for multiple locations like SilverString stated he used homelink for. Nor...

The italicized portion of your statement is wrong. Homelink simply replaces clickers. Multiple cars with Homelink (not just Teslas) can easily share the same garage door opener. To the best of my knowledge, your Tailwind "solution" is based on your having the ability to integrate it into...