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Surprise! Teslas don’t get their advertised range in most conditions. That’s due to marketing, not degradation.

I had the same Tesla repair kit and when I had a flat 2yrs in, discovered that the pump didn’t work! It still made noise but no air so I was very confused for awhile. I concluded that their accessories are frap and I got a third party replacement. Btw I believe the repair glue will force you...

Since you’re in EU is the quoted range above WLTP or EPA? Canada might use the latter?

Very helpful, thank you!

Been wondering for awhile… to drive in reverse, does MY have a planetary gear like ICE cars or can the motors run backwards?

Firing someone and immediately hiring them back is the very definition of a mistake. 🤣 Complete the following sentence: “Although we fired you last week, we would like to hire you back this week. We fired you by ______.”

Or as the news reports now indicate, sometimes you make a rash decision and have to walk it back!

Agreed. The OP had only one car which seems much more difficult.

Range 310 in 2021 MYLR with 76K miles and inductions. After overnight charging for the first year to 80%, I realized the error of my ways and charge to 50% most nights since then.

Btw the MY factory windshields can be famously low quality. (Search for threads about “sparkles” in sunlight.) Be glad you’re getting a new one!

You can now set the starting charge in the mobile app trip planner.

Colorado incentives are crazy right now! I just bought a new Leaf for almost 60% off of MSRP I.e. $16K before taxes for a new car. (Wish I had the justification for a second Tesla though.)

I wonder if the inevitable degradation comes out of the “locked away portion” or the “available portion” or a split between the the two? If it’s the first one, then this software-locked battery is the best deal going!

Backing out is fine, selling your car before you have a new one? Kinda crazy!

This means charging to e.g. 100% on a software-locked battery isn’t actually 100%. So from a battery health and supercharging curve standpoint a software locked battery is just as good as a battery that is not locked? What a great deal!

L5 unsupervised robotaxi this August per Musk. 🤞 (Based on my experience of FSD free trial, still some gaps to close…)

The robotaxi launch will necessitate true level 5 (unsupervised) near-flawless FSD. This will hopefully trickle down to all other models and resolve phantom braking once and for all! 🤞

No stalks? You might be in the wrong forum?

Rando Q - can FSD override the nav system when it’s wrong? Today the nav system took me the wrong way down a 1-way street. Was not using FSD. I wonder if it would have bailed?

When downhilling, the air resistance will be the dominant component?

Which cars did you look at and how do they compare price wise? I don’t like the look of Hyundai/Kia but they seem comparable.

I’ve noticed the FSD trial likes to speed in school zones (28mph vs. 20mph limit) so I disengage for those!

First day of FSD trial curbed my wheel requiring a tire rebalance. Won’t be buying. https://qz.com/tesla-full-self-driving-cars-curbs-elon-musk-software-1851415347 Maybe FSD trial is secretly sponsored by replacement wheel manufacturers?

Why are they raising prices significantly for Juniper? (I believe M3 Highland did not increase in price.)

This is where having such a limited line of cars is hurting them so badly. If they could be cranking out subcompact sedans or crossovers they wouldn’t have to flood the market with model Ys. Need a second electric car (for the kids) now but probably going to be a Leaf or used i3. Needs to be...

How was the charging situation on the eclipse road trip? Not too congested?

Based on my HPWC cable the car being noticeably warm (body temperature) at 48A, I suspect it isn’t as simple as you say. I don’t need to resistive heat my garage! When I dial it down to 40A it is much less noticeable (there are other posts on this site suggesting this is the efficient sweet spot).

How much is the retrofit?

First day of my SFSD free trial and badly curbed a wheel on a left turn. The tire has a ‘flap loose’ on the sidewall now. What is the likelihood of a replacement being necessary?

No they need more sales of FSD. 🤑

I strongly suggest Off Road Assist when there is snow on the road. It changes power/regen to 50/50 front/rear, providing much better traction and eliminating fishtailing.

I’ve been using Off-Road Assist in snowy weather this season and it is much better!

Any hot takes on this part of the 2024.2.6 update? What are y’all seeing?

We had a multi-foot snow dump and my MY lost both OEM mudflaps in the resulting mess. Miraculously, I found both (one was across town). Now I need to re-attach them but of course the OEM clips are long gone. Any suggestions?

The Navajo rez is the great American charging desert! We crossed it in March 2022 by staying in the Moenkapi overnight and charging to 100% there. Can you take I-40 through Gallup then Farmington, etc.? Less stressful.

Wow, you posted a whole single video of a full self driving Tesla reportedly causing a crash in SF? Most dangerous car ever! Everyone return your cars!!

Thank you for stopping by our newsgroup as a non Tesla owner! PB has been very annoying at times (couple years ago) but never unsafe. Just damn annoying.

Owning an EV in a climate with harsh winters without a home charging option seems highly unpleasant.

No offense, but using an EV as an Uber/Lyft vehicle probably isn’t a good proposition in Chicago winters. 🤷

My experience is that it will only precondition if there is enough juice to do so before the reaching the SC. If not, it won’t precondition.

That’s a pretty big assertion! “Plugging into a SC without preconditioning may damage your battery back.” I have not seen anything official that would suggest this.

I suspect those ice tires are chewing into your consumption to a noticeable degree. EPA numbers are from the stock low rolling resistance tires.

My dog (when a pup) dug through a box of camping gear, located our satellite phone, and turned it into a chew toy. 🤷‍♂️

Can you skip it on both directions? Worried about westbound since (1) Flagstaff and Tusayan SCs require a big climb from Kayenta and (2) headwinds from the west.

Great update. Wondering if you opened up PlugShare or similar to see if there was close by L2 charging that you could have used in a pinch or not… some areas of the country are “charging deserts with SC oases” though.

Reminder (vs. the original post) that once you break in new tires, efficiency can increase by 5% or more.

In Colorado at least it can be very cold with bone-dry roads, and 40F with ice patches in the shade. So not sure how the temp approach would apply. 🤔

I do think the black coated Apollo (that’s apparently the name of the wheel underneath the Gemini covers) looks quite good. I’d probably do that if I got another MY. I’m 2.5 years in on my MY with Inductions, though, and I still think they look great. Nice wheels and I typically prefer OEM...

Nope. MY does not adjust front/rear power based on temperature.

This disables traction control but maybe that’s okay?